AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE REGARDING REMS

Sep 24, 2024

TO OUR VALUED MEMBERS As most club applications have been vetted and approved (83 clubs), you are becoming familiar with the Swimming Canada Registration and Event Management System.  Please know that we are profoundly aware of the many issues occurring as club registrars endeavour to register swimmers, coaches and officials.  We are doing our very best to provide both Swimming Canada’s resources and information, as well as taking the time to generate and support that messaging with Swim BC information. To say we are being inundated with requests for assistance would be understating the current environment – we are being overwhelmed.  To address this, we are taking a step back and asking all clubs to:
  1. PLEASE, read all the information in all links that you have been afforded.
  2. PLEASE, ensure the person you identified as a registrar is the “point person” in your organization.
  3. PLEASE, submit your issue(s) via the Swim BC Registration / REMS Inquiry Form. We are triaging these issues to Swimming Canada if needed – please do not continue to ask if there are updates.
At this time, we cannot answer individual email or telephone calls – this week some Swim BC staff are heading to Calgary for the Swimming Canada AGM and CSCA Conference, others are actively planning fall technical events – we do not have the capacity to trouble-shoot the REMS at this time. For meet sanctioning and entries – the REMS functionality to provide these tasks is not available and will not be available until mid-October.  The interim Swim BC meet sanction process can be found here. This is an extraordinary circumstance that no one could have predicted nor prepared for.  We kindly ask for your patience; we will know more after the meetings in Calgary this week.  In the meantime, to continue your club activities, please ensure your swimmers, coaches and officials appear on an internal club registration database, whether that be in PoolQ, TeamUnify, or a spreadsheet.

Swim BC Volunteer Contribution Award

Sep 16, 2024

Do you know a dedicated volunteer in the swimming community? Swim BC wants to hear from you! Swim BC is now accepting nominations for the Volunteer of the Year award for review by the Awards Committee. Criteria: The Swim BC Volunteer of the Year Award will be presented to a Swim BC member who has displayed outstanding contributions to the sport of competitive swimming through leadership and volunteerism to make a positive impact as:
  • A club volunteer, Swim BC or Affiliated Board Member, or Swim Official who saw a need and responded
  • Promoted and supported the development of volunteer networks in their local organization
  • Has been involved in swimming for at least three (3) years
Please click here to apply.

2024 Junior Pan Pacs

Aug 21, 2024

British Columbia swimmers have been showcasing their talent and dedication on the global platform in Canberra, Australia. The 2024 Junior Pan Pacs commenced today in Canberra, Australia, with five BC swimmers representing four different BC clubs. Marc Tremblay was selected as a team coach to accompany and guide the Canadian team.
  • Representing Olympians Swimming Club and under the guidance of personal coach Coach Brian Metcalf: Julia Strojnowksa took silver in the women’s 1,500-m freestyle, taking more than five seconds off her personal best with a time of 16:37.72 and Leilani Fack’s team won silver in the mixed 4×100-m medley relay, combined for a time of 3:49.16.
  • Representing Kelowna Aqua Jets and under the guidance of personal coach Marc Tremblay, Aiden Kirk placed 9th in the 800 freestyle.
  • Additional swimmers from British Columbia:
    • Shima Taghavi, Hyack Swim Club. Personal Coach: Andrew Lennstrom.
    • Tuja Dreyer, Island Swimming. Personal Coach: Lucien Zucchi
We greatly appreciate their hard work and dedication and look forward to cheering them on as they compete in the upcoming days. This four-day event runs from August 21st to the 24th. Live results link:  https://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2024JPP/.  YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmlT9XBmR2k
Dr. Jeremy Bagshaw: The journey of a BC-raised swimmer, from medical school in Ireland to the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Dr. Jeremy Bagshaw: The journey of a BC-raised swimmer, from medical school in Ireland to the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Aug 7, 2024

We are proud to share the inspiring journey of Doctor Jeremy Bagshaw. He was born in Singapore, spent his early childhood in Indonesia, and later relocated with his family to Victoria. He studied at St. Michael’s University School and received training at Island Swimming, where he swam with UVic alumnus and Olympian Ryan Cochrane. He first got to represent Canada at the 2009 Junior Pan Pacific Championships before gaining multi-sport games experience at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010 where he won the bronze medal in the 200m freestyle. In 2015 he was part of Team Canada at Pan Am Games where he helped Canada win bronze in the 4x200m freestyle relay while making the finals in the 200m and 400m freestyle events. He returned to the Pan Am Games at Santiago in 2023, again winning a bronze medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay and a finalist in the 200m freestyle. He came home from the 2022 Commonwealth Games with a bronze medal after swimming the preliminaries of the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay. Bagshaw continued his success as an NCAA at the University of California-Berkeley, where he swam for the California Golden Bears. In 2014, he was appointed team captain, leading the Bears to victory in the NCAA championship. After completing his undergraduate studies, Bagshaw came back to Victoria to train with his club at Saanich Commonwealth Place and work towards a Master of Science in Kinesiology at UVic. During the Paris Olympics 2024, his team placed 7th in the Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay heat 2. Following the Olympics, Bagshaw plans to transition from the pool to a medical career, as he gets ready to begin work at the Royal London Hospital in the U.K. just two days after the closing ceremony in Paris on Aug. 11. Bagshaw recently graduated from medical school in Limerick, Ireland.

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