Need an idea for a fun game to play on a weekend hike this fall? Active for Life (full article link HERE) has a great list of homemade hiking games your family can try while enjoying the great outdoors!

1. Giddy up

CBC has just announced it will be streaming all 20 International Swimming League (ISL) meets, as well as semi-finals, starting this week! In addition, there will be 12 on-air broadcasts on CBC, some of which will be live and some of which will be taped delayed. That includes dates for re-airs of the finale, dates and details for which haven’t yet been announced by the ISL. Read more about the broadcast schedule HERE (SwimSwam). 

PCS now has an account with the Bottle Depot at both the Glanford and Quadra locations. Just let the cashier know at the beginning of the transaction that you would like to donate your bottles into the Pacific Coast Swimming account. Easy as that!

Thank you for your support!

We are very excited to announce that starting Monday October 5th, we will be offering LFSS programs at Esquimalt again! 

The current program schedules are:

• Lightning Fast 3 & 4 - Monday/Wednesday 3:30-4:15 pm
• Lightning Fast 5 - Monday/Wednesday 4:15-5:15 pm

Register online to reserve your swimmer's spot, as group sizes are limited! We hope to see you on deck soon!

We are happy to announce that a new season of our Stroke and Fitness program is starting soon! Before we can get back in the pool, we first need to reach a minimum of 12 swimmers. The schedule will be Tuesday and Thursday PM from 6:30-7:30 pm and Sunday AM from 9:30-10:30 am.

You can reserve a spot under Online Registration on our website. If you have questions about the program, please contact Mark Lancaster at lancasteraquatics@shaw.ca.

Covid Update September 2020

What an interesting year it has been. We are all settling into more ‘new schedules’, guidelines and opportunities.

At the pool we are back in the water and looking at smiling kids getting fit, having fun and gaining experience in adaptation. 

(2019-2020 Season Team Picture, below) The 2020-2021 season is now fully underway with 145 PCS swimmers and 48 UVic Vikes back in the water! We do have room for a few more swimmers in certain groups for those who haven't made their way back to the pool yet.

KidSport (www.kidsportvictoria.ca) is a local organization that provides grants to help cover the costs of registration fees so that all kids aged 18 and under in Greater Victoria can play a season of sport!

We are very pleased to announce that registration for the upcoming 2020-2021 swim season is now open for new and returning PCS members! Groups are starting to swim at UVic and Saanich Commonwealth pools beginning Tuesday, September 8th 2020. Please login and register your swimmer for the upcoming season HERE. We are looking forward to another awesome season of fast swimming! Go Bolts!

Coach Rod's B group got out for a foggy lake swim in Langford this morning - it might have been a bit chilly and rainy, but the views certainly didn't disappoint! Keep up with the latest training updates and how PCS swimmers are staying active throughout the summer by following our Instagram and tagging us @pacificcoastswimming in your swimming/dryland photos!