Margot Wheeler, Bryon Slade and Doug Bundy made their way to Venice Italy on May 24th to start their cycling trip in Italy (Bassano del Grappa cycling). Visit our photo gallery to see more photos of their trip!
Lee Shimano and Dave Jackman attended the Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame’s wine & cheese event in late April. Lee WON! Well…she won the only door prize of the evening at least — 4 TFC tickets!
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.
Beginning in the 10 and under age group swimming, Patty started setting records and kept it up through each age division. She held more Ontario titles than any other female in the Province. In one year she held 19 Ontario records, showing not only the quality but the diversity of her swimming.
Patty was the finest long distance freestyle swimmer in Canada, holding Canadian records for distances of 220 and 440 yards and 800 and 1500 metres. In 1964, Patty became the first Canadian woman to break the 5-minute barrier for the 400 metre freestyle.
Internationally, Patty represented Canada at the 1962 British Empire & Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia, where she placed second and third in relay events. She also represented Canada at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, where her relay team placed seventh.
To read much more about Patty, click on the links below.
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.
Thanks to everyone who helped make the 44th Annual Alderwood Teddy Bares SCY swim meet a big success on January 20. Swimmers, Officials and Volunteers, Coaches, and Pool Staff; it all has to come together smoothly, and it did.
Despite some challenging weather only a few swimmers from well outside Toronto were unable to make it out for the competition. And the team from Norseman fielded what I believe is their largest ever contingent of competitors at our meet with 22 swimmers. Wow!
As usual there were plenty of record breaking swims including 7 new Ontario Records by members of our own team. Five of those records were from our relay teams. As well, Margot Wheeler and Janina Mikulicz took home individual Ontario Records. In total there were 28 Ontario Record swims at this year's meet.
A special thank you also needs to go out to Brigitte Zirger from MSO who is always tremendously helpful in coordinating entries, records information and lots of other details. Brigitte had hoped to swim at the meet but decided that the drive from Ottawa was too difficult given the inclement weather on Saturday. I'll have to have a word with the weatherman before next year's 45th anniversary meet so that our out of town guests have an easier time of it in 2020.
Russ Simpson passed away on June 9, 2018. A beloved long time member of our swim team remembered fondly by many who still swim with our team. Lee Shimano tells us, "this image says "Russ Simpson" ", taken at one of our past team Christmas parties. Click here to read the obituary.
