Swim BC Holiday Hours

Dec 16, 2024

Please be advised that to Swim BC office will be closed for the winter holidays from December 23, 2024 and returning on January 6th, 2025.

The Swimming Canada office will be closed from December 23 to January 4, with staff resuming work on Monday, January 6.

For REMS support over the holidays, tickets can still be submitted. The SportLomo Team will monitor tickets on December 23-24, 27, 30-31, and January 2-3. Please note that response times may be slower during this period.

We wish you all a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year!

Call for Nominations

Nov 21, 2024

The Swim BC Board of Directors is seeking nominations for one (1) vacancy in the position of Director at Large for a 3-year term. As a Director, you will also serve on at least one board committee. Interested parties are encouraged to submit an expression of interest for more information, or to complete the nomination documents linked below. Nominations Document Nominations will be accepted until the vacancy has been filled. Should you have any questions or require additional information, please contact: Kristi McIntosh, Chair of the Nominations Committee, nominations@swimbc.ca or Jeannie Lo, President, at president@swimbc.ca

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.

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