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ATTENTION SWIMMERS:

WRWAVE are now swimming their Jan-April hours on Sundays 3:40pm, Mondays and Wednesdays 8:40 pm at the S.Surrey Indoor pool.      The pool is located on 17th Ave behind Semiahmoo Sec. off 148th.


Drop by Sunday 3:40pm and  Mon/Wed 8:40 pm at  S.Surrey indoor pool, for adults 18 yrs  and UP, who would like to see what the WAVE Masters swim club has to offer.  Must be able to swim at least 100 m (4 lengths) of the pool with a reasonable skill level and have a good health record.  Anyone wishing to join can begin immediately if there is an opening in their skill/fitness level lane.
For further information phone 604-594-9703 or 538-7415

The White Rock Wave is a masters Swim group located in the South Surrey - White Rock area of British Columbia, Canada.  We train mainly at the South Surrey Indoor pool located on 14700 17th Ave behind Semiahmoo Secondary School three times a week..1 hr.workouts.

We presently have over 40 members registered for our coached sessions per week and will accept new members in the lane that matches your ability.

MILLION METRE CHALLENGE:

Congratulations to the 250,000m + swimmers ... Bronze Cap..Elsa DeLeeuw(484,000 m), Sue Poulton, Jeff Bueckert, Joanne Christopherson, Paul Mathias, Cheryl Tuira, Rhonda Anslow, Allister Kilpatrick, Kim McCluskie, Nancy Waterman and Alex Welland

 And the 100,000 m. members: Karen Chung, Hudson Giesbrecht,  Kristie Burns,  Tracy Wright,  Brad Duholke,  Kim Buchanan, Carol Wagner,  Russ Dobie, Chris Mathisen,  Val Bouey, Joy Hargreaves, Alida Brichon , Charmaine Gosselin, Christina Vandriel, Karen Peters, Tamiko Fry and Andy Ji.

RANKINGS:
Our small team placed in the top 10 (SC25m/LC 50m) in the women's team total points in the Canadian Masters tally for 2004 & 2005 and in 20th SC/ 14th LC spots of overall team points based on rankings of the top 20 swimmers in each event in each of the five year span age groups from 63 meets and 204 Masters club teams in Canada..  see Events (results) for more info on individual placings.  We also have members who have ranked in the top 10 in the world FINA standings for their age group.  BUT our main focus is to teach adults to swim BETTER and enjoy the challenge of a GOOD workout.

Are YOU up for it!  Everyone needs to start somewhere and soon!  Come join us!

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Team Aquatics Location:
101-1305 Welch St.
North Vancouver
604-980-0034

Limited number of T-shirts red size L /white S to XL- $8.00

Cool swim bag S/O
Silicon swim cap S/O

All swim equipment may be purchased from Team Aquatics (address and phone as shown) but MUST be through WAVE coach. Check Team Aquatic cataloque on line for order number and team 2 price.

Suits are also available in both Polyester and Lycra from Team Aquatic.  TYR Men Jammers  $25.00 / Womens $40.00 in polyester is choice for training.

 

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