Hello ROW families: The ROW apparel online store is now open: https://2023rowswimclubspringstore.itemorder.com/shop/home/ If in need of a ROW shirt, hoodie, jacket, pant and many more, please make sure to get your orders in soon, as the store will be closing on March 17, 2023! For those volunteer parents needing Officials shirts (red/white) - for when we host ROW meets, or while helping other clubs officiate theirs - they are available for purchase in the store. We have been promised that they will take priority so that we have them in...

With the most normal swim season upon us since early 2020, the competitive swimming governing bodies in Ontario are excited to re-introduce performance based swim camps to its membership. The Western Ontario Swimming Association will be hosting the first, where six athletes from ROW have been selected. This ties Windsor Aquatic Club with the most representatives selected to attend. The second training camp is hosted by Swim Ontario, labelled the Provincial Youth Selection Camp where ROW will have one representative attending. Congrats to all athletes selected and their coaches! Selection...

Dear ROW families: ROW's team page with Ly Sports is now live! Please see the flyer attached. You may head over to the page here (or copy and paste: http://www.lysports.com/team/row/) for all your equipment needs and automatically get a 20% discount. Please remember that swimsuits and parkas are supposed to be black, as per the ROW equipment list requirements for our groups. Many thanks to parent volunteer Kristen Baskerville who did all the heavy lifting involved in establishing this partnership! ROW Communications

& R.O.W. is excited to announce our partnership with LY Sports for all our swimwear and swimming equipment needs. We will have a dedicated ROW team page on their website shortly, where our members can shop with a 20% discount! More details to follow when the team page goes live.

The Region of Waterloo Swim Club is very pleased to welcome Ron Forrest as our new Provincial Development 1 and WLU Varsity Associate coach for the upcoming season. Ron has over 25 years of coaching experience working with swimmers who have raced at all levels of competition including the World Championships and the Olympic Games. Most recently, Ron was the Head Coach and Program Director of the Fort Worth Area Swim Team (FAST), where he coached for more than two decades. Fun Fact: Ron swam for the Region of Waterloo...

Dear ROW Families: As many of you know, several of our groups attended two provincial-level championship meets over the weekend: the 2022 Summer Festivals in Etobicoke for 13 and under swimmers and the Ontario Youth Junior Championships in Markham for senior swimmers. ROW athletes have had exceptional success in these competitions, as you can see below. At Festivals, ROW swimmers earned many personal bests and 14 medals (6 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze) and scored enough points to place 5th out of 53 clubs! This is a level of...

Swim Ontario has recently announced that all scheduled Winter provincial-level meets are canceled due to the lack of opportunities to train affecting most swimmers in the province in the past few weeks. They are planning a series of swim meets to be held in March and April instead. You can read the entire communication here: https://mailchi.mp/6ec13abc3c58/provincial-events-calendar-update-january-26?e=15ce104807

ROW is very proud to congratulate Tyson MacDonald for setting a new National Para-Swimming Record! On December 4th, 2021 in Montreal, Tyson swam a 100 IM race in 1:07.44, which represents a new Canadian SM1 SC Para-Swimming Record! Way to go, Tyson!!! Congratulations are also in order for Tyson's coach, ROW Head Coach Cathy Pardy! ROW Swim Club

The Region of Waterloo Swim Club is very pleased to recognize Payton Felder for her fundraising efforts during this past year. Payton raised over $1,200 in order to help pay for attending the International Children’s Games in Hungary. When the Games were canceled due to Covid-19, Payton made the very generous decision to donate the funds from her bottle drives to our Club! Many thanks, Payton for your efforts. Your dedication and generosity are truly inspiring! Payton’s family is moving out of the province and we are sad to say...

Dear ROW members: In February, Canadian Tire Corporation announced an additional $12 million commitment to Jumpstart’s Sport Relief Fund to help sport and recreation organizations build back sport and play in Canada. Jumpstart conducted a State of Sport study via Ipsos which revealed the pandemic has not only impacted current access to sport and play but has real long-term effects as well. As you are aware, ROW and the communities it serves have experienced the impact of the pandemic first-hand. We recently received confirmation that we are amongst nearly 300...