Welcome!
The West Coast Wind Swim Club (The Wind) is a swimming program in Powell River / qathet, British Columbia for both competitive and non-competitive athletes.
If you are interested in joining the Wind for this coming season please contact us!
Our 2024-5 Training Groups
Our Groups:
COMBO:Novice 3 AND Age Group (AG) 1 →
for swimmers 6-8 years old, practice 2x per week. Needs to be able to complete 50 meters without help of a proper stroke. (Coaches can be out of the water coaching this group safely) AND for new and returning swimmers, ages 8-12 yrs old, minimum ability is 100m of continuous swimming of a proper stroke, practicing 2x per week.
COMBO:Teen Fit AND Teen Rec →
for swimmers 10 yrs + that want to swim over 1.3 km in a practice to build fitness and stamina AND
for swimmers 10 yrs + that want to learn basics, and maintain fitness with practices up to 1km.
COMBO:Novice 2ANDNovice 1 →
for swimmers 5-8 years old, practicing 2x per week. Needs to be able to be in the big pool for 45 minutes and swim safely to the middle of the pool, no proper strokes necessary AND for swimmers 5-7 years old, practicing 2x per week. Needs to be able to complete 25 meters without help.
AG 2 →
for new and returning swimmers, ages 9-14 yrs old, minimum ability is 400m of continuous swimming of a proper stroke, practicing 2-6x per week.
AG 3 →
for returning swimmers only, ages 12-19 yrs old, practicing 2-6x per week.
Masters →
for swimmers in the community 19 yrs old + that can swim at least 100m continuously, 1-2x pweek
Click here to email if you have any questions about groups or schedules!
Long Course Season:
Short Course (SC) season has wrapped and we are now in the thick of Long Course (LC)!
SC is when athletes compete in 25m pools while LC involves competing in 50m pools (when available).
In preparation we need to shift our eyes to the LC standards listed, and away from the SC standards on Regional, Divisional and Provincial Qualification lists.
Please note: If you/ your swimmer has not aged up since achieving a short course standard this year then they automatically qualify for the long couse standards via conversion. So, they "make" it to Regionals, Divs, Provs automatically -- unless they are now in a new age bracket.
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