Kenora Swimming Sharks

*C*O*N*G*R*A*T*U*L*A*T*I*O*N*S Ian Filips of Kenora!

Ian Filips of Kenora was declared the winner of the Kenora Swimming Sharks $20,000 Cash and Coin draw held January 27 at 5:00pm at the Kenora Recreation Centre.  Congratulations Ian! The Kenora Swimming Sharks would like to send out a BIG thank you to Sunset Husky and Blue Heron for being ... read more

NWO Regional Championship Swim Meet

This is our annual NWO Regional Championship Swim Meet. The KSS has hosted this swim meet (the NWO Open Swim Meet) for the past three seasons, and each of these years ended up as the top scoring NWO Regional Team. This year with the NWO Championship Swim Meet being held ... read more

FFAST Winter Chill Swim Meet

This swim meet has just received sanction form Swim Ontario so will be added to our meet list for any interested swimmers. This has traditionally been a good, low key NWO Regional meet which is a perfect venue for our younger swimmers to try new events (longer events such as ... read more

The Soggy Log ~ Feb 1-7, 2010

Manitoba Marlins New Years Swim Meet, January 23 & 24, 2010  ~  A good swim meet for the five KSS swimmers who traveled to Winnipeg on Friday afternoon; the other five KSS swimmers who had planned to travel into Winnipeg on either Saturday or Sunday AM’s were unable to make ... read more

The Soggy Log ~ January 18 – 23, 2010

NWO Regional Education & Training Camp, January 15, 16, 17, 2010 in Thunder Bay  ~   A long weekend, and an excellent swim camp. Our swimmers did a minimal amount of swimming (in terms of “hard” work in the pool) but lots of time was spent working on skills and basic ... read more

Swimmer’s Ten Commandments

Or, How To Get The Most Out Of Your Swimming Take responsibility for your swimming. Continually strive to improve your practice times. Measure the measurable  ~  keep a log book. Record your distances and average times on sets, etc. Value kicking ~ a minimum of 20% of the daily volume with intensity indicators. "Encourage your ... read more

News for Swim Parents ~ Practice Is Too Hard!!!!

Published (edited and amended by BF) by the American Swimming Coaches AssociationYes, sometimes some of the things we do in practice are "hard". We prefer to use the word "challenging". Part of what we do in practice is to challenge swimmers to extend themselves beyond what they think they are ... read more

A bend in the road is not the end of the road.  Unless you fail to make the turn.