Category: Organization
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The 2014 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Community Program
“The BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series community program will visit 6 regions this year – Goldfields, Great Southern, Southwest, Kimberley, Mid-West and the Pilbara with over 40 elite swimmers, water polo players and coaches.” http://youtu.be/IpZcFbGdinc
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Be The Influence – The Australian Swim Team tackling binge drinking
World Champion Christian Sprenger chats to past and present members of the Australian Swim Team on pool deck at the 2013 Australian Short Course Championships. See also this one featuring Geoff Huegill from back in 2012
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German Court to Rule on Swim Lessons for Muslim Girls
Read Spiegel Online (in English) A German court will rule Wednesday whether Muslim girls can be exempted from co-ed swimming lessons, an issue that has sparked many disputes. The judges must decide what takes precedence: freedom of religion or the state’s obligation to educate all.
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CC photo #618: The Danish House of Sports
“Idrættens Hus” in Brøndby, Denmark, venue of the 2013 Aqua Clinic, 5-7 September 2013.
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Danes to keep momentum with big squads, Great Danes, Smart Track projects
So I wrote this piece for SwimmingWorld, yesterday, and fortunately got good help there to clean it up language-wise. Danish Swimming seems to be in very good hands. At the 2013 Danish Aqua Clinic this weekend, the Danish National Team trio of sports director Mikkel von Seelen, head coach Nick Juba and national training center…
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MarTar Swim School to fight childhood obesity
See CBS Baltimore September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. At the Mar Tar Swimming School in Elkridge, parents are looking out for their children’s health by allowing them to swim toward fitness. “A swimming pool makes your body lighter no matter what, so the weight is usually not an issue,†Girch said. In 2010, more…
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Scottish Swimmers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Featuring Kathryn Johnstone, Robbie Renwick and Lewis Smith
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Swimming Australia launch GO Swim Month 2013
“October 2013 is being transformed into GO Swim Month, a national campaign aimed at promoting swimming through registered GO Swim centres. A GO Swim Day is a great introduction to a local swim club or a chance for existing members to get together and celebrate everything they love about swimming and their club. Head to…
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Tens of thousands swim across Sun Moon Lake at annual event
Read Focus Taiwan Tens of thousands of people joined an annual mass swimming event on Sunday across Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan’s largest fresh water lake. Over 25,000 swimmers attempted the 3,000-meter swim across the lake in the central county of Nantou, including 237 disabled people and 1,088 foreign swimmers from 30 countries, organizers said.