Margot Wheeler wrote an article for the Etobicoke Guardian about our celebration with the Teddy Bares’ founder, Ted Roach, of the Alderwood Teddy Bares 45th annual swim meet. Click here to read full pdf.
An article on our club swim meet was also published in the February 2020 of snapd.
LeeAnne Francombe swam the 1500m at the Provincials on April 26th, 2019. Margot was there to help count for her, which didn’t quite turn out as planned… ;o) LeeAnne’s time was 26:29:28. Way to go LeeAnne! Congratulations!!
From left to right: Gregg Thurlbeck, Barrie Malloch, and Margot Wheeler
It was a great day for a swim meet, cold and rainy. The ATB hard cores, consisting of Barrie (Chatty) Malloch, Coach Gregg and Margot travelled to the Milton Sportsplex to compete. After some technical issues the meet got underway. The small contingency of swimmers huddled in the stands together close to the action. After waiting patiently for our longest event (400 metres free) even with the close proximity, Barrie missed her heat. Too busy working the crowd catching up with old friends. Margot, dragged her away from her friends and convinced her to swim the event, Gregg worked his magic and got her a lane in the next heat. After the swim, we had a nice meal (almost as good as ours) and called it a day.
From left to right: Narda Schmultz, Dave Jackman, Lee Shimano and Margot Wheeler
This Motley Crew, travelled to Buffalo (March 3, 2019) and attended March Madness, run by Buffalo State College.
Lee "Machine" Shimano swam a record 8 events. Narda literally “kicked ass” in the 25 tomb stone kick race, then swam a 1000 and Dave chauffeured the gaggle of geese around. Margot set a new Ontario record in the 500 yard free event!
Small event, beer and wings by 12:30pm. Everyone, was exceptionally friendly and 3 people have swum at our meet and raved on what a show “the bares” put on.
