Hello Masters Swimmers;
First of all congratulations to all those who participated at the Contre Courant race last weekend at Centre Claude Robillard. It was a lot of fun and there were some really good success stories, especially in the long distance swimming races.
SWIMMING COMPETITION:
Do not forget to register for the next race at Montreal North taking place on December 9th, time is running out.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
The Board of Directors met last week and we would like to share with you some of the information. We have 115 master swimmers registered with the team, consisting of 57 recreational, 34 competing and 18 triathlon swimmers.
The most popular time to swim is the early morning practice with 49 registered swimmers.
SHOWER, SHOWER WITH SOAP!!! :
The YMCA is continuing to address the air and water quality of the pool as this continues to be a recurring problem.
We would appreciate your observations on this point. One way for all of us to improve the air and water quality is to take a shower with soap just before entering the water. With the high pool use, the amount of body stuff such as lint, dead skin and perspiration negatively impacts the water thereby overloading the filters and creating a residue known as chloramines which rises to the air with the increased level of activity thereby also impacting the air quality. This has been confirmed to the team by Joe Schwarcz, Director of the McGill Office for Chemistry and Society who states: “Chloramines form from amino acids that are shed from the skin … and from pee in the water.”
Taking a shower is better for your overall swimming well-being. It is not merely a suggestion but is a mandatory requirement before going into the water, and it will, therefore, be more strictly applied going forward. We are counting on everyone’s cooperation in this regard.
WOMEN’S LOCKER ROOM:
We were advised that the entire women’s locker room will be completely renovated including new lockers sometime in the next year.
XMAS PARTY – HELP!!!:
Our swim team party is Friday Dec. 14th.
Do we have any volunteers? Everyone knows it is so much fun for us to get together, everyone cleans up (we will even pay for the services of a cleaning person if requested) and the host gets to keep a lot of the goodies that everyone brings on a pot luck basis. The host gets to chose the date. Please let me know as soon as possible if one of you are prepared to open your home and heart to keep this tradition going.
XMAS TRAINING CAMP:
We would like to know if there would be sufficient demand to create such a camp during the holiday period as was the case last year. If you are interested in attending such a camp between Christmas and New Year, please let me know.
VERSION FRANÇAISE ABRÉGÉE (Lors de la prochaine communication, la version anglaise sera abrégée) Bonjour tout le monde,
Félicitations à ceux et celles qui ont participé à la compétition la fin de semaine dernière au Centre Claude Robillard. L’événement était très bien organisé et nous avons eu beaucoup de plaisir et de succès, surtout nos nageurs et nageuses de longue distance.
L’équipe compte 115 membres dont la majeure partie nage très tôt le matin.
Pour les raisons mentionnées ci-haut (partie en anglais) il est extrêmement important que tout le monde prenne une douche avec du savon afin d’améliorer la qualité de l’air et de l’eau de notre piscine. Nous comptons sur la collaboration de tout le monde à cet égard.
Le vestiaire des femmes sera complètement rénové l’année prochaine, soyez patientes !
Au secours, au secours, pouvons-nous compter sur un de nos membres afin qu’il ouvre son cœur et surtout sa maison pour être l’hôte de notre party de Noël annuel. Comme vous le savez, nous procéderons « à la bonne franquette » (c’est-à-dire que tout le monde apporte quelque chose) et l’hôte garde les restants! Nous défraierons le coût du ménage aussi, à la demande de l’hôte. Laissez-moi savoir si l’un d’entre vous est intéressé à nous recevoir dans les meilleurs délais.
Faites-moi également signe par courriel si vous êtes intéressés à participer à un camp d’entraînement entre Noël et le Jour de l’An.
Merci et bonne nage !
SYLVIA
Communications Coordinator – Coordinatrice des communications