Includes

  • COHO Swim Registration Open
  • Important Changes Affecting NSM
  • North Shore Billet Hosts Urgently Needed!
  • North Shore Masters Meet – October 19, 2024
  • Swim Caps – $10.50

COHO Swim

The Coho swim is back!

Registration Online Registration closes: September 5, 2024

Pricing:

  • Until Aug 31 – $65
  • Until Sept 6 – $75
  • Race Day – $90

Swimmers and Volunteers needed!

Contact Ron den Daas at [email protected]

Important Changes Affecting NSM

New Fee Structure

From MSABC 2024 Summer Newsletter:

Notes:

  1. Club member fees are up by 30% and Club registration fees are up by 1300%. In the past, Khosro covered the cost of Club registration himself. We need to find a way to cover the Club registration fee  in future. For this season, I will cover it.
  2. You might say that swimmers can swim under Dogwood instead of a club. The catch is that Dogwood swimmers are prohibited from participating in relays at meets.

New emphasis on Club or Dogwood affiliations

From MSABC Summer Newsletter:

Notes: 

  1. North Shore Masters has organized, recruited volunteers and participated in 11 meets over the past 12 years all hosted by the NVRC. North Shore Masters is not a financial entity. Meet fees are paid through NVRC’s Barcode system and any profits are added to NVRC revenue. Club membership fees were paid via eTransfer to our Club registrar and passed on to SwimBC via RTR. The new Swimming Canada system (MEMS) promises to make this even better. NVRC arguably has better governance processes than any Club. So what is the reason for MSABC to force North Shore Masters to become a Society or have our swimmers swim under the Dogwood banner? We don’t know but are taking measures to form a Society focused on the competitive aspect of the NVRC program. This will cost us about $130 to set up and add about $10 to our annual memberships costs per swimmer. This is approximately the difference between a Club registration and a Dogwood registration.
  2. As we move forward with the Society efforts, we will need to find individuals to fill positions on the board of the North Shore Masters Swim Club Society. These include president, Vice president, Treasurer, Secretary and Registrar. Let me know if you are interested.

North Shore Billet Hosts Urgently Needed!

Do you have a spare room or an empty basement suite on the North Shore? Does the idea of supporting a young student athlete while they pursue their dream interest you? Looking for a role model for your young hockey player? Read more here or contact Samantha Dowling at [email protected]

North Shore Masters Sprint Meet

The North Shore Masters Sprint Meet is scheduled for Saturday October 19, 2024. It is the same day as the BC Provincial Election. Plan accordingly!

This year the meet will be presented as always by North Vancouver Recreation Commission (NVRC) and hosted by Chena under the North Shore Masters (NSM) banner.

As always, we will need swimmers and volunteers.

North Shore Masters Caps

We now have a good supply of North Shore Masters Swim Caps for $10.50 each. Let me know if you are interested. I will work out the logistics of getting them to you.

A fly on the land is worth two in the pool!

Mike