Category: Organization
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Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships Entry Lists published
See svoem.dk, the Herning 2013 Europeoan Short Course Championships entry lists / psych sheets are now online. I for one am happy and proud that our guy Pál Joensen is once again in a major championships final, ranked 5th in the men’s 1500 freestyle. Entries by event Entries by athletes Statistics
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Shoulberg: “I know I’m old. But I’m efficient and old”
Read SwimmingWorld, backstory that Germantown Academy has apparently fully or partly retired legendary head coach Dick Shoulberg: Shoulberg finally talked tonight after having ignored media inquiries regarding his leave of absence from the deck. However, there is little doubt that Shoulberg would desire to return to the deck as soon as possible. “I know I’m…
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Water level rising as planned in the Box in Herning
Wednesday 4 December 2013 at 18:00, 25-year-old Chris Christensen had the honor to begin the filling of the 2013 European Short Course Championships pools, on behalf of the Danish national swimming team and federation. This event will be his 8th European Championships, and the first ever in which the Danes have home advantage. – “This is…
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Chicago Park District Dec. 2013: Learn to Swim
The Chicago Park District is expanding opportunities for Chicago children to learn to swim. In addition to increasing Sunday hours at select pool locations, the District will offer the first ten-week session of instruction free for children, ages 6 to 17 at pools citywide. Beginning Dec. 2, patrons registering for the winter 2014 session can…
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Swim the Swan – BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series
“To celebrate Perth, the Swan River and our love for open water swimming — the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series will feature a mass participation open water swim in the Swan River on February 2 [2014]. Swim The Swan will see recreational swimmers race over five distances — 500m, 1.25km, 2.5km, 5km and the Olympic…
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The Euro 2013 hype is brewing in Herning
Herning 2013 banners on the main street and buses Post by EM i svømning 2013. Post by EM i svømning 2013.
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The Herning 2013 European pool part of a ‘green wave’
See svoem.dk (in Danish) ‘The European Short Course Championships are in every way a historic event in Denmark. The pools for the Championships are temporary and recycled from the London 2012 Olympics and the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona. After the European Championships, parts of the pools will once again be recycled – this time…
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Fox News: YMCA swim class for Muslim girls proves Sharia law is ‘changing everything’
Read The Raw Story Fox News anchor Heather Nauert announced on Monday that a YMCA swim class that respected the religious traditions of Muslim girls was proof that “Sharia law is now changing everything.†The News Corpse calls it fear mongering.
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GA swimming coach Dick Shoulberg takes leave of absence
Read Philly.com Germantown Academy’s revered swimming coach, Dick Shoulberg, is on leave because of “a personnel issue,” a school administrator said Monday. In an e-mail to parents last month, the school announced that assistant coach Claire Crippen would serve as acting director and acting head coach of the girls’ team in Shoulberg’s absence. Assistant coach…