Category: Organization

RAF Swimming Championships Poster Step-by-Step

Apr 11, 2013

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in Organization, Wow

Yup, the RAF, the Royal Air Force. Awesome poster! RAF Swimmer Step-by-Step from Matt Stevenson on Vimeo.
2013 World Police and Fire Games Swim Meet Teaser

Apr 10, 2013

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in Competition, Organization

Video about the 2013 World Police and Fire Games swimming competition, featuring Irish 2000 and 2008 Olympian Andrew Bree. Watch this video on YouTube
YMCA swim coach Patrick Jeanneret accused of ‘indecent liberties’ with team member

Apr 10, 2013

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in Organization, Safety

Read for instance News5 A Warren County YMCA assistant swimming coach has been fired and is facing charges after an allegation he took “indecent liberties” with an underage team member. The Countryside YMCA Torpedoes swim team was competing in a national swim meet in Greensboro, N.C., over the weekend, when the alleged incident occurred. WLWT…
Danish swim club AGF closes all teams at Gellerupbadet after attack on coaches

Apr 10, 2013

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in Organization, Training, WTF

Danish swim club AGF Svømning yesterday decided to shut down all swim training at Gellerupbadet in Aarhus for at least a fortnight, after two of their instructors were attacked by 20-25 youths in the disadvantaged residential area. They were luckily still in their car, but had its side mirrors kicked off and received kicks to…
Top Danish swimming club Sigma hires Spanish elite coach Carles Subirana Rovira

Apr 10, 2013

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in Gossip, Organization

After having won the Danish elite division Team Championships this weekend, Sigma, the home club of Lotte Friis announced yesterday that head coach Simon Winther was leaving the club as of that day, after discussions with the board about future plans. The club promised to announce a new head coach in a few days, before…
Swim Team Comes Together To Help Out Their Coach

Apr 8, 2013

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in Organization, Wow

See KEYC The Marlin’s Swim Team Season ended a few weeks ago, but they’re still in the pool, swimming in support of their coach. Coach Keaton Brown says, “They’re more supportive you know than any other team that I’ve coached in the past.” Last fall Brown’s father Milton was diagnosed with an aggressive form of…
Netherlands selects 13 for the Barcelona 2013 World Champs

Apr 7, 2013

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in Competition, Organization

See Hollandswimming.nl, the Eindhoven 2013 Swim Cup was the only opportunity for Dutch swimmers to qualify for the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain this summer, and they’ve selected these 13: Men: Ferry Weertman (rookie), Joeri Verlinden, Bastiaan Lijesen, Sebastiaan Verschuren and Dion Dreesens (debutant). Women: Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk, Moniek Nijhuis, Inge…
Grant Hackett offers to mentor troubled Aussie squad

Apr 6, 2013

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Read CourierMail Grant Hackett has offered to mentor troubled swimming stars, including James Magnussen, to help the sport move forward from the London Olympics debacle. “It would be getting together and talking and just opening up the dialogue, so we can understand what is going on. We’ve been through it all before ourselves, there’s a…
Lance Armstrong formally banned from U.S. Masters Swimming events

Apr 5, 2013

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in Competition, Doping, Organization

Read for instance SwimmingWorld A few hours after FINA, the global organization that oversees aquatic sports, sent a letter to U.S. Masters Swimming recommending that Lance Armstrong be denied permission to swim in a Masters meet this weekend, USMS has banned the former cyclist from any future Masters swim meets. So that would be the…