Michael Patrick has proven over and over again that age does not limit one’s ability when it comes to sports.  The Bowmanville resident seemingly get’s better with age.  The multi-sport athlete has completed over 50 triathlons, including the Ironman Canada event in 1998.  He is a four time member of the national triathlon team and represented Canada at four World Championships.

As a member of the Clarington Swim Club, he has won a number of national Masters swimming championships, and is ranked as high as top-three in the world for his age group in various freestyle events.  He has set and continues to hold a number of provincial and national records in the pool.  Mike is still an active masters racer, trains with the club’s senior group, and continues to break records. More often than not he is seeded in heats with swimmers 10-20 years younger than himself. Mike was inducted into the Clarington Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.

Come and train with Mike, and take advantage of his his extensive triathlon and swimming background as a Masters athlete. Mike understands the challenges of training for three sports at one time, balanced with the pressures of career and family at the same time.

Please make note that the Thursday, 8:15pm – 9:30pm practice has be suspended for the time being due to lack of participants.  If you would like to utilize this practice time, please present a list of 6 interested swimmers to Coach Karen as soon as possible.

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Swim Ontario will be hosting a Free Officials Clinic, Saturday, October 1st.  Choose between AM or PM sessions, lunch included.  All parents should attend.

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CR Officials Clinics October1-2011

Please make note that the date of our Bottle Drive has been changed from October 15th to October 22nd, due to Apple Fest being held on the 15th.

The first hour is open to any and all members of the Clarington Community, ages 6 to adult. There will something for everyone – learn how to dive, do a flip turn, learn butterfly, or just get some stroke tips. Meet the coaches from the Club, maybe learn something, definitely have fun. We will use the last hour for a waterpolo game (ages 13 and over) – no experience necessary.

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ROC swimmer Linda St Germain came on deck about 3 months ago with a specific goal in mind – to win the 50m freestyle at the World Police and Firefighter Games, to be held in NYC on August 29^th.   You see Linda is also Captain St Germain from Toronto Fire Station 33, and a former national level waterpolo player.  But her best time in this event ever was 32.0, and when she came through the doors of ROC she could swim the distance in 36.7 seconds.   3 months later, lots of hard work and sacrifice, and one hurricane later Linda stood on the blocks and raced to second place in a time of 31.67.  A great swim, and a great competitor, hungry now for that elusive gold, her next chance will be Belfast in 2013.

ROC swimmer, John Holbrook, 16, was selected to join the under 18 years Ontario Waterpolo Team this past summer.  John and the team traveled to California from July 10-26th and there attended 2 major tournaments, (one of which was the Hale Summer Championship) and competed in 27 waterpolo games.  The Ontario Team placed 8th out of the 32 teams at the Hale Tournament, and bested the other Canadian teams representing Alberta (9th) and British Columbia (11th). John had the most assists and was the second highest goal scorer for the Ontario team. The Clarington Swim Club will be running a waterpolo league this coming season starting on September 19th, to support John and the increasing population of waterpolo players in this growing sport.