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Good to Great Newsletter by the Head Coach Happiness is used in the context of mental or emotional states, including positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.[1] It is also used in the context of life satisfaction, subjective well-being, eudaimonia, flourishing and well-being <Wikipedia> Your kids can be happy, if they learn how to deal with challenges and achieve goals by themselves, through difficulties and failures. The sport is one of the best schools of real life management, this is what we do all the time. “A...

Craig Nieuwstad

PreComp News Pride, Discipline, Loyalty, Commitment & Respect ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What’s happening We hope your season has been moving on swimmingly. We have some events upcoming that we would like to see all PreComp attend. Our Black v Green 2 Meet will take place at the U of R on the 29 Nov and we are hosting a SwimSask novice meet Dec 14 & 15 at the Lawson that we encourage all PreComp to attend.Please take note that there is no training Monday 11 November. Your swimmers can make up the...

Craig Nieuwstad

PreComp News Pride, Discipline, Loyalty, Commitment & Respect ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What’s happening Welcome to 2019 - 2020 Season. We are excited to have you join us for this season. The PreComp newsletter will be sent out once a month with all information needed for the PreComp happenings. Do you have the OnDeck app? Available for FREE for all SwimOffice customers. Team administrators, coaches, and parents can download OnDeck and in real-time, access their team accounts, events, news, jobs, and more. In a matter of minutes, users will feel connected to their...

Craig Nieuwstad

PreComp News Pride, Discipline, Loyalty, Commitment & Respect ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What’s happening  Welcome to the last month of Pre-Competitive for the 2018 - 2019 season. With just a few weeks left we are excited to end the season with a bang. First off on Monday 3 June we have a Parents Conference on Keeping Motivated presented by Coach Craig and immdeiately following we have Head Coach Tissira presenting about information for the upcoming season. On the 21 June we have our Developmental Gala for all Pre-Competitive at the Lawson. The Gala...

Craig Nieuwstad

PreComp News Pride, Discipline, Loyalty, Commitment & Respect ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What’s happening  We hope everyone had a great Easter break. For May we have a few events that are approaching fast. These events include; the sixth Black & Green meet, the Day camp and a Team Potluck where Pre-Comp are asked to bring bread & cheese. We ask everyone to please sign up and join us with fun & learning as the season comes to a close. We are also pleased to offer our annual summer swim camps, which will start...

Craig Nieuwstad

PreComp News Pride, Discipline, Loyalty, Commitment & Respect ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What’s happening  Congratulations to Gillian Kimens who achieved their SwimSask Novice Graduation Time. Good Luck to our Pre-Comp Coaches, Brian Palaschuk, Ryan Jensen, Wawa Elbos, & Etienne Paquin-Foisy who are competing at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Toronto 3 April - 7 April 2019 We had exciting Black & Green Meet 5 which took place at the Lawson during the break of the Prairie Championships. Swimmers who attend had fun time racing and showing off their skills in the pool that was...

Craig Nieuwstad

PreComp News Pride, Discipline, Loyalty, Commitment & Respect ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What’s happening  After an exciting February, congratulations to Brody Stewart and Jordan Armstrong who achieved their SwimSask Novice Graduation Time. Upcoming this month the Dolphins are hosting Prairie Champs (15 - 17 Mar), we encourage the Pre - Comp swimmers to come down to the Lawson and watch the best Age Group swimming in the Province and see how exciting being on the can be. This Prairie Champs also serves up some extra excitement becuase it is serving as Trials for Western...

Craig Nieuwstad

PreComp News Pride, Discipline, Loyalty, Commitment & Respect ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What’s happening  Welcome back. We hope everyone had a great Christmas break & first month of the year. Please note we have some coaching changes and move arounds. The staff for Pre-Comp is now: Bronze (M/W): Jacup Lee Bronze (T/TH): Brian Palaschuk Silver: Ryan Jensen Gold: Wawa Elbos PreComp Lawson: Mitchell Hebert (M), Etienne Paquin-Foisy (T/TH) Congratulations to Danika Singh, Cohen Kachmarski & Bingyin Geng who achieved their SwimSask Novice Graduation Time. We are looking forward to hosting another Pre-Comp Black...

Craig Nieuwstad

PreComp News Pride, Discipline, Loyalty, Commitment & Respect _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What’s happening  After an exciting November, we are ready to finish off 2018 on a high note. There are a lot of events happenning & changes that will occur so please make sure you are up to date. Please remember that the U of R is closed and all PreComp will move to the Lawson. Click on the link to see the schedule for December. We have our Black Vs. Green 3 that is running along side the Christmas party. We encourage all...

Office Information

Hello Rods parents: The team clothing package remains  available to all Pre-Comp & Comp swimmers until Friday, October 5th.  All Pre-competitive swimmers are required to purchase a white cap, green & black shirt & calendar for $30. All Competitive swimmers are required to have a new green cap, green & black shirt & calendar for $30. Please reply to [email protected] if you require a package. The items will  be available to purchase seperately on our online store after October 5th, caps & shirts are $15  each if  purchased seperately. Thank-you.