The Camrose Sea Serpents is a summer swim club, whose main objective is to encourage its members in the development of swimming techniques and to provide opportunities for its members to compete against other summer swim clubs. Swimmers must be able to swim a minimum of 25 metres unassisted to register.

Upcoming Swim Meet: Saturday, July 9th
Edmonton U of A West Pool
- The Edmonton Derrick Swim Meet is NOT going to be held at the Edmonton Derrick Club. It will be at the U of A West Pool (Van Vliet Centre -- located at 114 Street & 89 Ave).
- Warm ups for this meet begin at 7:30 am. All swimmers need to be at the pool no later than 7:15 am.
- Entry sign-up sheets have been posted. Deadline to sign up for this meet will be Monday, July 4th.


For further details check out the on-line newsletter, posted weekly (during the swim season) by Head Coach, Shane Gau.

Summer Swim Schedule
Please note the revised time schedule for the remainder of the swim season:
Monday June 27th - Group 1- 5:00-6:00/ Group 2- 6:00-7:00
Tuesday June 28th - Group 1- 5:00-6:00/ Group 2- 6:00-7:00
Wednesday June 29th - Group 1- 5:00-6:00/ Group 2- 6:00-7:00
Thursday June 30th - Group 1- 5:00-6:00/ Group 2- 6:00-7:00
Friday July 1- NO Swim Practice

The remainder of the season the practice times are as follows:
Mondays - NO morning practice - (Afternoon) 4:45-6:00
Tuesdays - 8:00 am- 9:15 - 4:45-6:00
Wednesdays - 8:00 am- 9:15 - 4:45-6:00
Thursdays - 8:00 am- 9:15 - 4:45-6:00
Fridays - 8:00 am- 9:15 - NO afternoon practice

- The morning summer practice is designed for our older swimmers, however everyone is welcome.
- Most morning practices will have 2 coaches on deck and the night practices will have 3 coaches on deck. Therefore, if your child can only attend one practice a day, we would suggest that they attend the night practice.
- If you are unsure whether or not you should be attending both practices, please check with Shane.
- Also dry-land stretches for the night practices will begin at 4:30 outside the pool. All morning practices, stretches will occur on deck beginning at 7:45 am.

Past Swim Meet Results
To see the results of past swim meets please visit Alberta Summer Swimming Association.

Facebook
Check us out on Facebook at Camrose Swim Club -- The Sea Serpents.

Nutrition for Swimmers
For some nutrition tips that can make a difference in your child reaching peak performance during the swim season check out "Nutrition: What to Eat and When" starting on page 9 of the 2011 Swim Parents Handbook.

Have any recipes for healthy snacks? -- send them to info@camroseswimclub.ca and we'll do our best to post them on our website.

2011 Fundraising Summary
Thank You Camrose Chrysler!
The Camrose Sea Serpent Swim Club extends a HUGE thank you to Camrose Chrysler and Mike Rodin, General Manager for their $5,000! This is a really big boost to the Club and will help to keep our swimmer registration fees one of the lowest in Alberta. Thank you!

Swim Mania!
It was a hugely successful Swim Mania for 2011! Congratulations to all the participants for your hard work of laps and nearly $9,000 in fundraising!

A special thanks also goes out to our Swim Mania sponsors this year, consisting of:
Camrose Police Association, Midnite Oil, Duggan Cinemas, Camrose Fire Department, East Side Mario's, Sobey's, Prairie Rose, The Source (Forestburg), Mark's Workwear House, Lamb Ford, Superstore, Walmart, Above the Rest Balloons, Shane Ashton Dental, Duggan Dental, Safeway, and M&M's. Thank you!

Bottle Drive:
This year's bottle drive (Wednesday, May 25th) raised over $6,000! Thank you to everyone for their efforts collecting and sorting bottles, and of course for the donations (bottles and cash) we received from the residents and various businesses in Camrose. Well done!

Other Stuff
Pro-Shop Info:
A team discount is available for swim items purchased from www.team-aquatic.com/store providing you sign into their website. Please ask at the front desk of the Camrose Aquatic Centre for the username and password required.