"The water is your friend.....you don't have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move". 
 Alexandr Popov TO DO Check your Kelowna Entries: Tina has posted a second draft of the entries for the main meet and Jamboree to the facebook page . . . Join our Facebook Page! Sign up for the Club Time Trial on November 30th: Not your average Time Trial . . . we have invited Orca to join us, and Masters swimmers will be...

Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else. - Vince Lombardi TO DO . . . or NOT to do . . . No regular practice on Saturday and Monday. Get Ready for the MINI MEET! Our club’s first Mini Meet of the season is this Saturday, 7:30-9am. Mini Squad and Junior swimmers can sign up online. Super Juniors and up are welcome to come out and help with the meet – it’s great fun for our youngest and newest swimmers to have...

“It helps motivate you and not be afraid” - KISU swimmer, Sam Lasinski, about competing in our home pool In case you haven’t heard, KISU hosted the Okanagan Regional High School Meet on Sunday – congratulations to the Pen Hi Lakers for taking first in the Valley! Four regional records were broken by the Lakers relay teams, and many of the swimmers have qualified for High School provincials in Richmond in November. TO DO Check the website: Vernon meet entries are posted. Let Tina know of any changes asap! Sign...

“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game” - Babe Ruth Congratulations KISU, on first place at the Iron Pentathlon Meet! Great Job Swimmers! KISU’s top Triple Pentathlon overall finishers were: 10&Under Girls 3rd - Marlee Caruso; 11-12 Girls 2nd - Acacia Benn; 11-12 Boys 1st - Tyler Wall; 13-14 Boys 1st - Samuel Lasinski; 3rd - Riley Wall. These rankings are based on overall cumulative times for all 15 events swum during the course of the meet. Well done! And a HUGE bouquet of...

"If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do." - Michael Phelps TO DO Sign up to help for the Iron Pentathlon and Jamboree Weekend: I know, I’ve said it before . . . but there are still LOTS of jobs that need to be filled. It takes a lot of work to host a meet, but it’s so very worth the work for a number of reasons! Your swimmer gets to compete (without parent hosted meets, there would simply...

“Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson TO DO Check your Entries: Now that you have entered for our home swim meet, go to the Event page and check out the entry file attachment. It will list all of the swimmers entered in the meet, and the events that they are entered into. Please ensure that everything looks correct to you (ie: you are entered on the correct days, and you don’t have a time of 20 seconds for your 200 fly!) and...

"One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it." - Knute Rockne TO DO: Sign up for our Home Meet: The Iron Pentathlon Meet, and the Mini Iron Jamboree (for swimmers who are not yet sub4) are coming up this month. We’ve been talking about it . . . and now the event is active and ready for sign up. From our Home Page, find the event listed under the Meets and Events tab. Click the Attend/Decline button, and using the drop-down menu for each of your swimmers,...

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible”.” - Audrey Hepburn TO DO Plan to be at a parent meeting! Mini Squad’s first meetings were today, and will be held again tomorrow (Thursday) at 4pm and 5:20pm. They are short, sweet, and VERY informative. Not to be missed – plus . . . you get a bag of “swag” when you attend! Plan to be at a parent meeting! Worth saying again . . . but this time, for the Junior and up groups: Wed, Oct 1, 4:30 –...

“The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.” - Coach Bobby Knight TO DO If your two week trial is finishing this week, contact Jill and Anne to confirm your registration. Mark your calendar for Mini Squad Parent Meetings: Please plan to attend our parent info meeting – Wednesday September 25th and Thursday September 26th 4pm and 5:20pm in the Greenery (upstairs) when your child is swimming. Short and sweet – 15 minutes max. Jam packed...

The season has officially started! KISU would like to welcome our 163 member families to our club for another fabulous year of swimming. For those of you who are new to the club, this marks the first official Club News email of 2013/14. Club News is our weekly communication tool with our families. It will typically contain a To Do list (with reminders of upcoming dates and deadlines), a Parent Article, and sometimes other useful and interesting information. If you ever delete the email but find you still need some...