New Date and Location for the Year End Party

The Year End Party, Awards Celebration and Barbeque has been rescheduled and moved.

Date Saturday, June 25th
Location Sportsplex
Time 4:00 - 7:00 pm


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Suits for Seychelle - Seychelle - Apr 14, 2005

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Hi everyone,

I wanted to send a quick update and a HUGE thank you to those who have been involved in getting swim suits to the Seychelles.
The response to our call for extra and/or old suits from the Canadian Swimming Community has been overwhelming. It is really amazing how easy it is to help and what a difference it can make. Thanks to all of you who parted with your favorite, old and extra swim suits! I have attached a few pictures of some of the girls from St. Elizabeths Orphange learning to swim. They are so keen to learn and were so proud to be wearing thier new suits at the pool yesterday! Many other youth in Seychelles have also benefitted from your donations. There is a still a huge need for suits both here in the Seychelles and in so many other places in the world, that my mom and I have decided to keep the "Suits for All" campaign on-going..... any suits and any sizes are welcome! We will continue to collect them at our houses and search for appropriate recipients/organizations around the world to send them to!

If you or someone you know would like to donate suits please send them either to:

Brenda or Katie Brambley
4012 Magdelin St.
Victoria, BC
V8N 3M4

With gratitude,
Katie & Brenda Brambley

National Qualifier joins Killer Whales Pod

Kyron Winkelmeyer, formerly of Fort Nelson, BC, has officially joined the Killer Whales Swim Club as the fourth member of our successful Senior Program. Kyron, who just finished his freshman year with the NAIA champion Simon Fraser University Clansmen Swimming Program is an Electrical Engineering Major and is a breaststroke specialist. His Short Course times of 1:04.33 for the 100 breaststroke and 29.97 for the 50 breaststroke placed him 7th at last Novembers Canadian Open National Championships. Kyron will be coaching summer swimming in town and is here to train through the summer in preparation for the 2006 Commonwealth Games Trials to be held in November 2005. Here is a little more about Kyron. Welcome to the team!
Hometown: Fort Nelson, BC
Event(s): Breaststroke
Birthdate: July 27, 1985
Major: Electrical Engineering

Kyron Winkelmeyer’s Favorites:

Movie: Braveheart

TV Show: Friends

Music Group: Cold Play

Food: Pizza

Actor: Cuba Gooding Jr.

Professional Athlete: Mario Lemieux

Sport to Watch: Rugby and Hocky

Sports Team: Vancouver Canucks

Pre-game Meal: Pasta

Day 3 Finals - Finished with a bang!

The final night of the Island LC Swimming Invitational Meet was outstanding for the Killer Whales with some excellent swims under tiring circuimstances. Brock Hoyt started the night off with a lifetime best time by three seconds in the 400 IM with a 5:15 and placed 8th. Marisa Gorjeu and Aven Preston bounced back from an average 100 freestyle final (Preston 7th - Gorjeu 8th) with incredible swims in the 100 butterfly. Preston was 5th with a 1:16.4 and Gorjeu was 6th in a 1:17.6. Alec Page was a solid 1:24.5 in the boys final of the 11 and 12 boys 100 fly, placing 6th and dropping a full second off of his heat swim. Tyson Berkenstock, Andrea Gilbert and Adriaan Kruger all chipped in with good solid swims in the 200 backstroke final. Kruger improved his time from this morning with a 2:38 and placed 5th while Andrea Gilbert was 7th and Tyson Berkenstock was 8th.

The 11 and 12 girls relay team did one better than the night before, placing 2nd in the 200 medley relay. Marisa Gorjeu broke the club record in the lead off split for the 50 backstroke by .03 of a second. Full results will be available at www.crkw.ca and here.

Day 3 Preliminaries

Adriaan Kruger, in search for his very first AAA time in his life, finally reached his goal with a new AAA mark in the boys 200 meter backstroke. His time of 2:39.43 was better than the standard for 13 and 14 boys in BC and he will be joining the qualifiers from CRKW in Prince George in July.

In tonights final, Brock Hoyt will swim in the 15 and over boys 400 IM final, Marisa Gorjeu and Aven Preston will both swim in the 11 and 12 girls 100 meter freestyle and 100 meter butterfly final while Alec Page will join them in the 11 and 12 boys 100 meter butterfly final. Tyson Berkenstock and Andrea Gilbert will be swimming in the 200 meter backstroke final in 7th and 6th position respectively. The Killer Whales girls 11 and 12 relay team will be looking to match their record setting ways on Sunday night after breaking the 200 meter free relay by more than 7 seconds during Saturday nights finals.

Day Two Finals

Day two finals brought some very strong swims from the Killer Whales - Kirsten Rowbotham dropped a second from her heat swim and placed 5th in the 13 and 14 girls 200 breast final while teammate Amberle Bakker placed 8th. Marisa Gorjeu was a little off her morning form in the 100 back but still managed an 8th place finish in the event with a 1:19.6. Alec Page was able to improve his final time in the 11 and 12 boys 200 breaststroke with a 3:37, one second better than the heat swim, to place 5th. Aven Preston, who the night before pulled out a huge upset to pull in a medal in the 11 and 12 girls 200 fly as an alternate, was rewarded with another alternate swim in the 11 and 12 girls 200 breast. Another miracle swim was not in the cards but she did improve her time and record an 8th place finish with a 3:16.8.

In relay action, the 11 and 12 girls free relay team of Marisa Gorjeu, Aven Preston, Taylor Padington and Morgan Healy were able to pull in a fast time of 2:10.2 to place third and record a third place podium finish. Healy was rewarded for her efforts with an mp3 player in a draw between all the nights medalists.

Alec after AAA time

Alec after AAA time,
originally uploaded by Campbell River Killer Whales Swim Club.

Alec Page, fresh off his first ever AAA time in the 11 and 12 boys 200 Butterfly on Friday. Alec is a great example of what perserverance and hard work can do as he has done what very few swimmers ever do: qualify for AAA provincials in his very first season! Great job Alec

Day 2 Preliminaries

Day 2 brought some more great performances to the Killer Whales Swim Club. Morgan Healy started us off with a very strong 5:42 for her 400 freestyle and we got going from there. Kirsten Rowbotham and Amberle Bakker will be representing the girls in the 13 and 14 200 breaststroke final while Brock Hoyt and Alec Page will be carrying the banner for the guys, making the final in the 15 and over and 11 and 12 boys 200 breast final respectively. Marisa Gorjeu sneaked into finals with her strong 100 backstroke in the 11 and 12 girls age group. Aven Preston ended up as the alternate in the girls 200 breast and Andrea Gilbert was the alternate in the girls 15 and over 100 backstroke. 200 IM's are in progress and Kirsten Rowbotham, Tyson Berkenstock and Brock Hoyt have turned in the strongest performances in that event.

Tonight will also see 4 relays compete for spots in the top 8 with the 11 and 12 girls team of Aven Preston, Marisa Gorjeu, Taylor Padington and Morgan Healy having the best shot at a medal, going in ranked 3rd in the event. More results after finals - stay tuned!!!

Day 1 - Great Start!!!

Day one of the Island LC invitational Swim Meet was a success on all accounts for the Killer Whales Swim Club. Two medal performances and a new AAA qualifier were just some of the great performances for the Killer Whales. Alec Page turned in his very first BC Provincial Qualifying time in possibly the toughest event, swimming the 200 Butterfly in 3:22.5 to eclipse the qualifying standard of 3:22.9 and earn himself to the BC Provincial Swimming Championships in Prince George in July.

Brock Hoyt, swimming in the middle of the pool overcame a poor start and turn to churn his way to a third place finish in the 15 and over boys 100 Breaststroke, equalling his morning time of 1:13.55. In what was widely regarded as the bigget upset of the night, Aven Preston, who failed to qualify for the night final in the girls 200 Butterfly, was given a second chance to swim as an alternate and dropped 9 seconds off of her best time to finish third in 2:57.9.

Other finalists were Hoyt in the 200 Fly, Page in the 100 breast and Andrea Gilbert (7th in 50 freestyle), Kirsten Rowbotham (6th in 100 breaststroke). Competition resumes tomorrow morning.

Island Long Course Invitational April 22-24

Island Invitational, April 22, 23.24, 2005, Sanction #: SBC0555

Psych Sheet

Great Travel Day

Our team had a great day today, travelling to the meet and even picking up some new head gear for the event. All looking forward to racing fast this weekend. Keep checking in for the latest results.

Island Long Course Invitational Swim Meet

Seventeen swimmers on their way to Victoria this weekend for the annual Island LC Invitational. We of course are anticipating great results and we will be updating this blog throughout the weekend.

Live results can be found immediately after the event is run.