Tuesday May 13, 2008
SASKATCHEWAN BRINGS HOME A SILVER MEDAL FROM THE CANADIAN OPEN SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SASKATCHEWAN’S, JESSICA GUENTHER, SELECTED TO THE NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM
Synchro Saskatchewan is very pleased to announce that Saskatchewan athletes competing at the Canadian Open Synchronized Swimming National Championships May 7-11th in Sherbrooke, Quebec brought home the silver medal in the Jr/Sr Combination Team event. The 9 person team from the Saskatoon Aqualenes attained a score of 82.333 behind the first place team from Dollard Synchro from Quebec and in a total pool of seven teams. Team members are Paige Askwith, Amanda Bristol, Meagan Burbridge, Kelsey Cochrane, Jeslin Genest, Jessica Guenther, Brittany Leaper, Samanthia Lukash and Tess Wilfong. The Saskatoon Aqualenes are coached by Laurie Wachs.
Jessica Guenther placed fourth in the Tier 7 Junior Figure competition and seventh in the Tier 7 Junior Solo. Jessica is coached by Laurie Wachs.
In addition, Jessica Guenther, from this team, qualified to further compete on May 12th & 13th in a pool of 32 athletes and was selected as one of ten athletes to join the Synchro Canada National Junior Team. This team will compete at the 11th FINA World Junior Synchro Championship July 9-13th in Russia. Jessica is coached by Laurie Wachs .
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The Saskatoon Aqualenes acknowledge the generous, and appreciated, financial contribution made to the club by the following organizations:
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1) Annual Awards Banquet
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Thursday, June 12th
Riverside Golf and Country Club
Cocktails - 6 pm
Dinner - 6:30 pm
Program - 7:30 pm
Tickets will be available soon via Team Parents.
2) Next Board Meeting
May 14 , 2008
1930 hours
306 Braeshire Rise
(Burbridge House)
Interested parents are welcome.
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AquaSquirts - An impressive recruitment tool for synchronized swimming programs
AquaSquirts is an impressive recruitment tool for synchro clubs was the message that Laurie Wachs, Head Coach of the Saskatoon Aqualenes, presented at Synchro Canada's Fall Workshop in 2006. Proof was in the pool at the Espoir event in May as two swimmers from the 1999 Saskatoon AquaSquirts pilot competed at the national level. Both Brittany and Paige were just 5 years old when they were first introduced to synchro through an AquaSquirts program offered by the club.
Laurie says, “This is exciting as it proves the system works. AquaSquirts hooks swimmers into our sport, building basic swim and synchro skills. These swimmers then easily transition into competitive synchro. Our club promotes High Performance so my fear was that starting swimmers at this young age would lead to shorter synchro careers. I worried they would lose interest by the time they were ready for the national stream. Brittany and Paige have proved that starting out young in "Fun/Skill" based programs actually inspires love and passion for our wonderful sport of synchronized swimming.”
The Aqualenes are not the only club in Canada who has successfully recruited new swimmers to their club through the AquaSquirts program. Kitchener-Waterloo Synchro has seen tremendous growth since they began offering AquaSquirts. Former head coach Staci Bartlett says, “We've been using the AquaSquirts program for several years now, and it's been great! AquaSquirts allows us to provide interesting programming, beginning at a very young age. Since starting the program we've tripled the number of swimmers in our under-8 age group”.
Even parents are raving about AquaSquirts and its ability to hook children into synchronized swimming. Kelly Lynch of Quispamsis, NB says, “Over the years my daughter has tried a number of different sports programs, but swimming has really been the only one that captured her interest. I heard about AquaSquirts and how it incorporates different aquatic sports using imagination and creative themes so I thought it might be something that Emma would enjoy. She completed one AquaSquirts session and absolutely loved it so I signed her up for the junior recreational synchro program at Surf City Synchro last year and again this fall. She loves synchro and her swimming skills have really improved. I highly recommend AquaSquirts.”
For information on how to start AquaSquirts at your club, visit www.aquasquirts.ca or contact Wendy White Morrow at wendy@synchro.ca.
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