& 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...

Dear ROW families: Mark your calendars for this special event! On April 15th at 7:00 p.m. ROW welcomes guest speaker, Mack Darragh, Olympic Swimmer at the 2016 Rio Games. Mack also races for the ISL Toronto Titans as part of the International Swimming League. Mack will speak about perseverance towards goals, especially now as he prepares for Olympic Trials in May. Please send your questions early to Head Coach, Cathy and she will try to include as many as possible in the evening. Mack's Bio link: Mack Darragh - Team...

ROW is proud to announce that our Head Coach Cathy Pardy has been recently chosen by Swimming Canada to be on its Select Coaches development group, as one of only ten coaches selected from Ontario. Swimming Canada coaching groups are presented with several development opportunities throughout their tenure. “These groups are very important for the present and future of coaching in the current era of sport, not only in Canada, but in world swimming…” says High-Performance Director and National Coach John Atkinson. Read the entire Swimming Canada press release, available...

Dear ROW members: Thank you to those of you who made it to our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday night. If you were unable to attend but would like to have a look at what was discussed, the meeting minutes are now posted under Member Services/Annual General Meetings. Here is a direct link (please note that you may need to log in to access the page). We also had two $25 gift cards to give away to members in attendance. The draw took place after the meeting and the lucky...