With the RTR system still offline, here are the meet entry submission forms for all Winter Divisional and Provincials Meets. Clubs will need to submit their Entry File (hy-tek file) and Proof of Time Report (PDF) that shows the meet name and date of entry time swim.
To help with the validation process, we are asking clubs to submit their meet entries as soon as possible as the process will be more time-consuming with the manual checking required for validating times.
A reminder that the Qualification Period is from September 1, 2021, to the Entry Deadline.
Entry Deadline for all Divisional Meets: January 30, 2023 Entry Deadline for Provincials: February 20, 2023
The Golden Flipper Challenge is an annual challenge between Swim BC and other provinces. The challenge has been designed to develop spirit, story, and a rallying cry to inspire and motivate the swimmers, coaches, and their clubs. The regions will work collaboratively to share and compete in this friendly rivalry. The 2022-23 challenge is regionally based, with each region working collaboratively to strategize on how to best develop their event. This may include micro-challenges, special sets, or contests. We would like to thank Team Aquatic Supplies and Speedo for their support of this initiative.
Results up to December 2022:
BC regions are holding the lead in 2 of the 5 contests. Thompson-Okanagan is leading Swim Nova Scotia in the 200m Fly and Vancouver Island is leading Swim Saskatchewan & Swim Manitoba in the 200m Breast. Swim Alberta took the lead over the Lower Mainland in the 100m Breaststroke. Swim PEI and Swim New Brunswick are still leading their contests over the Kootenay Region and North East & North West respectively.
With long course meets on the horizon, we encourage everyone to try and swim the event their region was challenged to. BC regions have had a strong start to the season and can pull ahead with continued hard work.
Dates and Hosts have been confirmed for the following Meets:
Winter Divisionals
Feb 10-12 – Island & Coastal Vancouver – CDSC (Vancouver)
Feb 10-12 – North & Interior – KCS (Kamloops)
Feb 17 – 19 – Vancouver & Fraser – SKSC (Surrey)*
*Please Note: The Vancouver & Fraser event is on a different weekend than the other two Divisional Meets.
Winter Provincials
March 2-5 – ISC (Victoria)
*Open Water Championships
June 18 – SFA (location TBC)
Summer Divisionals
June 23-25 – Island & Coastal Vancouver – RAPID (Richmond)
June 23-25 – North & Interior – KAJ (Kelowna)
June 23-25 – Vancouver & Fraser – LOSC (Langley)
Summer Provincials
July 13-16 – VPSC (UBC – Vancouver)
*Please note the date change for Open Water. Swim BC has moved the meet to a stand-alone event (June 18th). SFA is currently working on securing a venue and we should have an update early in the new year.
Jacob Brayshaw of the KISU Swim Club shaved over 11 seconds off his own record by finishing the S2 50-metre freestyle in 1:49.37 seconds during the morning preliminaries. He swam the final in 1:51.71.
It was the fifth record of the meet for the 20-year-old Vernon resident, who lives with muscular dystrophy. He also set new standards in the 50 and 100-m backstroke S2 and 100 and 200-m freestyle S2.
Brayshaw also had a top time of 1:55.61 in the 50-m breaststroke SB2.
The British Columbia tree growing in the forest symbolizes the beauty and strength of our community and those who contribute to it. Each set of wooden blocks are unique and cut from the same tree as we are unique and parts of the whole.
Beautiful British Columbia
We are a province of diversity. BC has Canada’s third largest population, with over 5 million people, and is the most ethnically diverse province in Canada. Almost 30 percent of British Columbians have immigrated to BC from another country. Our Indigenous peoples, with 198 distinct First Nations – 30 languages, and almost 60 dialects, have lived and cared for the lands and all its beings for over 10,000 years.
British Columbia is the third largest province in size. It is huge! BC is 1,200 kilometres from north to south and 1,000 kilometres from east to west – the size of France, Germany and the Netherlands – COMBINED. To drive from the southern-most point of BC to the Yukon boarder would take 24 hours – non-stop.
The province is known throughout the world for its beauty, its climate, and its people. Our cities are consistently ranked among the most liveable on the planet. People travel to BC from around the world to visit our sites, to recreate (golfing, skiing, sailing, cycling, hiking, and fishing), to eat our fresh foods, for the diverse cuisine, and drink our wines. When people think of British Columbia, they think about our beauty – the rocky coastline, sandy beaches, islands, lakes, rugged mountains, and our vast forests.
Over seventy-five percent of BC is covered in mountains and the province has over 149 million acres of forest.
Our Forests
British Columbia has a higher degree of ecosystem diversity in our forests than in any other Province or Territory in Canada and is among the most diverse in the world. A forest ecosystem is made of fertile soil, plants, animals, decomposers, and fungi. A tree will grow, die, fall to the forest floor, decompose, and nurture the plants and fungi around it.
A single tree will not thrive without that ecosystem.
And yet, life is still difficult for a tree in the forest. A tree is exposed to the elements, including rains and flooding, droughts and fire, extreme heat, extreme cold, and wind.
Every tree in the forest is unique. It will shape itself to and by its surroundings. The roots of the tree will reach across rocks, intertwine with the roots of other trees, and reach deep into the soil for nourishment. The branches will reach out to drink from the rain and feel the warmth of the sun.
The Team
Our Swim Team is a tree in the forest. We are shaped by the beauty of our landscape and diversity of our ecosystem. We have been nurtured and are strong. We have endured and persevered through hardship.
Individuals
Each wooden block has been cut from a single BC tree and the rough edges have been carefully smoothed.
On at a time, please pick two wooden blocks from the centre of the circle. One block represents your mind and the other your body.
No two blocks are the same – each having their own patterns and knots each are perfectly imperfect. Your blocks reflect you – unique, beautiful, and part of the bigger tree.
Contribution
You contribute to this team by displaying your recognition of support, community, diversity, uniqueness, beauty, strength, and perseverance. We do this by clapping the blocks together. It is the commitment of your mind and body to the team.
