The Calgary Aquabelles

The Calgary Figures Meet is taking place on Saturday, November 21st at the Talisman Centre. For all the information, including the complete schedule, the figures, and the draws for each tier, please visit the Events page.

See you there!

Synchro Canada will be bringing the National AA Team to the Talisman Centre here in Calgary, where they will be performing in a Water Show at 7:00pm on October 30th.

For the details, please see this flyer.

Hope to see you there!

The Annual Alberta Aquatics Awards Banquet was held on October 3, 2009. We would like to congratulate the Aquabelles who were honoured with the following awards by Synchro Alberta for their outstanding performances and contribution during the 2008-09 season!

Halle Pratt – Provincial 12 & Under Athlete of the Year
Claudia Holzner – National 15 & Under Athlete of the Year
Krissy Irwin – National Junior Swimmer of the Year
Rosilyn Tegart – National Senior Swimmer of the Year
Jessie Drabinsky – Most Promising Coach (awarded to a coach who has coached for 2 or fewer years in a competitive program)
Jenn Tregale – National Coach of the Year
Laurel Hindle – Diva Award (selected by their peers as having contributed most to the growth and development of coaches in the province)

Great job everyone! Good Luck to all of our Aquabelles for a great 2009-10 season.

The Neighbours section of the September 24th edition of the Calgary Herald posted a front page article on two of our athletes, Gabriella Brisson and Claudia Holzner. The article focused on these girls’ achievements over the summer as members of the 13-15 year old National Team and their outstanding results at the Comen Cup in Belgrade, Serbia in August.

Gabriella Brisson, left, and Claudia Holzner, who are both members of the Calgary Aquabelles, have been swimming together since they were eight. Photograph by: Ted Jacob, Calgary Herald, For Neighbours

You can read the full article at the Calgary Herald’s website.

The Coaching Association of Canada and Campbell’s Chunky Soup, in association with TSN, have launched their “Chunky MVC: Most Valuable Coach” contest!

This program encourages the millions of Canadians involved in community, amateur and competitive sports to visit http://www.coach.ca/chunky/ to nominate a coach who has made a real difference in their lives and the lives of others by reflecting and promoting the values of leadership, activeness and community. This year’s winner of Chunky MVC will receive a prize package valued at $25,000 for his or her athletes and community!

If you know a coach that deserves recognition for the outstanding work they do, then go to http://www.coach.ca/chunky/ and nominate that coach to be the Chunky MVC!

For more information, contact:

Britany Gordon
Assistant, Programs and Communications
Coaching Association of Canada
613-235-5000, ext. 9-2389
chunkymvc@coach.ca

After a very successful 2009 season, the athletes and coaches of the Centre of Excellence and the Calgary Aquabelles took some time off over the summer. To begin the 2010 season with a bang, the Centre of Excellence National AA/A Team Trials took place on August 28th and 29th in Montreal.

The Calgary Aquabelles that participated were Claire Friesen, Cassidy Beaver-Nicol, Sandy Gill and Rosilyn Tegart. When it was all said and done, 3 of the athletes re-qualified; Claire, Cassidy and Sandy are back in Montreal for another year of high performance training to compete for Canada over the next 14 months. Rosilyn has returned to Kamloops and is looking into attending school in the US with a potential synchro scholarship. We wish them all the best of luck!

On a similar note, former Centre of Excellence and Calgary Aquabelles Member, Alison McKenny, will be heading to Florida on September 16th where she will be working on a Royal Carribbean cruise ship performing in the new show “Oasis of the Sea”. Good luck Alison, it sounds like an amazing experience!

We are all very proud of each and every one of you and wish you good luck and happiness!