Affiliated with Swim BC (PSO), Swimming Canada, Sport Canada

Your Child Can Get:

• Learning to swim from September to September.
• Unlimited training hours per week.
• Maintain fitness, swimming skills & technique needed for general health and racing/swim competitions by increasing the child’s ability and needs.
• Improve swimming skills and overall quality of life faster.
• Have consistent workouts that gradually improve posture, muscle strength and flexibility, oxygenation, memory, endurance, and immunity. Regular training aids in discipline, time management, sportsmanship, and setting goals.
• All swimmers are covered by the Provincial Sport Organization’s (PSO) liability insurance.
• Competitive season membership is from September 1 to August 31.
• Annual PSO Fee: $48 for a pre-competitive status with one opportunity to compete. If you want your child to compete more, a competitive category is required (click to check fees with Swim BC).
• Summer registration starts May 1 through August 31 each training season. Fee for Swim BC: $20.25 per swimmer. Unlimited training hours. The Swim BC fees are only for its registrants.

References:

• For more information on Swim BC’s Rules , please click to read here
• Swimming Canada (National Sport Organization or NSO) click here

High-School Credits:

Grade 10 or Athlete 10:

• 4 credits if a child participates at any Regional/Provincial Championships from Sep to Sep.

Grade 11 or Athlete 11:

• 4 credits if a child participates at any Provincial Teams/Inter-Provincial Regional Championships.
• 4 credits for Team BC

Grade 12 or Athlete 12:

• 4 credits if a child participates at any Provincial or National Teams/National Championships.
• 4 credits for Team BC (can get Sport Canada AAP)

Recognized Athlete Programs (click to read)

University Athletic Scholarship & Other Benefits:

• Your child can get a partial or full university athletic scholarship (free post-secondary education in Canada and the USA! More than 640 post-secondary schools, including Harvard University in North America, offer scholarships for swimmers)
• Your child has a great opportunity to represent BC and Canada at national and international swim competitions. If he/she performs well, there are different sports funding programs such as BC AAP, Sport Canada AAP (click to open), $1060-1,765 per month of nontaxable income (click to read), and other sponsorship money.

Affiliated with BCSSA (click to open)

Your Child Can Get:

• Kids are limited to 2 hours per week from October 1^st to April 30^th   

• Any swim competition, including a school swim meet, counts as one hour per day.

• Winter maintenance is NOT the same as Winter Swim Club Program. Coaches are 15+ age individuals certified in the Red Cross Water Safety Instructors (WSI) and/or Fundamentals Coach (NCCP level 1, three-day education of introduction of basic stroke, start, and turn mechanics click here and here.)

• Only unlimited hours from May 1^st to September 30^th (usually ends in August)

• Different intensities, durations and frequencies of training from Sep-Sep increase the risk of exercise-related injuries, stress, and pressure on the child. A competitive season is only 3¹/₂ months longer than the extremely intense swimming season, which includes swim competitions every weekend in June and July.

• Competitive season membership is from May 1 to September 30.

• The annual fee is approx. $35. If you want to sign for a winter maintenance program you must pay additional $20 (off-season membership for the period of October 1 to April 30). A total annual fee is approximatelly $55. It is ONLY for BCSSA members or summer clubs’ swimmers.

References:

• For more information on BC Summer Association Rules and Bylaws, please click here to read more
• More Details about BCSSA and Summer Swimming, please click here
• More Details about BCSSA Membership, please click here

High-School Credits:

Grade 10 or Athlete 10 ONLY

• 4 credits if your child participates ONLY at BCSSA Provincial PQT Finalist (this meet is once a year in August and only 6-8 swimmers can be qualified for 4 credits from all BC Summer Clubs.

University Athletic Scholarship & Other Benefits:

• No, your child cannot get any University Athletic Scholarship.
• No, your child cannot participate at any National or International* swim competitions and get financial support from BC and Sport Canada (NO AAP and NO sponsorship money!). Click here to see all available scholarships for summer swimmers.
  *NOTE: The highest level of swim competitions for summer swimmers is provincial.