Fort McMurray Swim Club


Welcome! The Fort McMurray Manta Swim Club offers both precompetitive and competitive swim programs for Fort McMurray youth. Approximately 250 boys and girls, young men and women from ages 5 through 19, carry the Fort McMurray flag in more than 30 meets annually to all areas of the western provinces. The precompetitive program follows the tenets of the Sears I Can Swim Program (SICS) as developed by Swimming / Natation Canada. FMSC strives to create, nurture and promote a life of fun, fitness, camaraderie, and community spirit, through the sport of swimming.

Interested in Joining the Club?
		Does your child love swimming? Then come check out the swim club, meet new friends and a experience a great team environment! Registration for new and returning members to the competitive and the precompetitive stream is now over for the 2009-2010 season. If you are still interested in a late registration, please contact fiveyoungs@shaw.ca.
The FMSC Vision: A world class swim club, inspiring individual, community and national pride, through the pursuit of personal and aquatic excellence
The FMSC Mission: A community-based competitive program, that allows swimmers to compete at the highest levels of the sport, by providing technical, social and financial resources.
FMSC History: The Fort McMurray Swim Club was formed in 1971 and operates under the rules and regulations of the Canadian Amateur Swimming Association (CASA). Its sole purpose is to aid, support and advance competitive swimming for children showing a desire and ability in the sport. The Club is maintained through an organization known as the Fort McMurray Swim Club composed of parents acting as officials and officers on a voluntary basis. It is a non-profit organization and relies solely on the support and efforts of parent members to maintain its operation. The FMSC was incorporated, under the Alberta Societies Act on November 15, 1979 (Registration #50225697). Club bylaws were revised in 1990, 1993, 2003, 2005 and, most recently in 2007. The Club is structured to promote and foster successful swimming and the competitive desire to advance in the sport.
		An exciting and proud development for the Fort McMurray Swim Club a few years ago was the homecoming of two Manta alumni who swam for Canada at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Jennifer Button returned home to speak at our year-end awards banquet and Mark Versfeld returned to be the firSst inductee into the Wood Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. Both Jennifer and Mark began and developed their competitive swimming careers with the Mantas. Having two Olympians originate from a program such as ours speaks volumes to the quality and caliber of our program and a program that we fully expect will produce more of our future National Team members.
To be a Manta requires a high level of motivation and perseverance, involving, in the advanced age categories, between 15 and 20 hours of rigorous physical training weekly. This past season saw the Mantas experience continued success in the pool, qualifying even more swimmers for provincial and national level competitions. We also had our membership numbers climb to new heights making us one of the five largest swim clubs in Alberta with a total of 250 swimmers. All this is due to the high and positive community profile we are able to maintain and the exposure we gain at competitions outside Fort McMurray, all of which would not be possible without community support.


SWIM LOG TRAINING BOOKS
	Buy them today!!! CHECK OUT THE WATERPROOF LOG BOOKS
		The whole book is water -proof and can be used right on the side of the pool deck. Use of Pencil is required but it can be erased after. The book is approx 5” wide by 7” long They are solid white and they can write on the front of book.
	The inside of the book on each page 6 columns and 25 rows creating a grid like format so that each swimmer can keep track of their test sets or even just specific things they wish to keep track of. These books are great for making the kids take responsibility for their own goals, times and being aware at practices. Purchase today by clicking on the link: srusnell@hotmail.com Cost per book is $15 discounted after order of 200.