Swimming Canada Announces Board of Directors

OTTAWA, Ontario, October 18. SWIMMING Canada concluded its 2006 Annual General Meeting (AGM) by announcing its 2006-07 Board of Directors. The 2006-07 Board of Directors will consist of Dan Thompson (Toronto) as President, Brian Johnson (Vancouver) as Vice President, Susan Bauhart (Kelowna) as Secretary, Bill Hogan (St. John’s, NFLD), Anne Bell (Toronto), Jean Marie de Koninck (Québec) and Steve Norris (Calgary).

“We are truly energized with having such passionate individuals re-elected to the Swimming Canada Board of Directors” said Pierre Lafontaine, CEO and National Coach of Swimming Canada. “We look forward to working collectively in the upcoming year and provide a strong leadership that will allow us to set the best environment possible for our Canadian swimmers and coaches in their quest to excellence.”

During the AGM, Lafontaine and Thompson highlighted several great accomplishments outlined within the Strategic Plan for the 2005-06 season. A 5% increase in number of registered swimmers, 8% increase in provincial and national records, 3% increase in operating budget as well 24 medals at Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Swimming Championships surpassed the initial Swimming Canada goals set for the precedent year.

While celebrating the successes of the 2005-06 season, the main focus of Swimming Canada’s AGM was to present the new goals and tactics for 2007 leading toward the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Major goals for 2007 include winning five medals at World Championships, a 10% increase in number of competitive swimmers / Masters registrations, 15% of national records broken, a 10% increase in revenues over 2006, the creation of National Code of Conduct, establishing a National online officials’ development program, as well as aligning Provinces/territories program and competition to Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) principles.

“As we move forward, we must build and foster strong relationships with athletes, coaches, Provincial Sport Organizations (PSO) and other stakeholders” added Lafontaine. “We aim to be the Number One Sport Federation in Canada. We must be the leader in all aspects of our organization – Quality at all levels.”

Also, Swimming Canada unveiled its new brand identity during its 2006 Annual General Meeting in Vancouver BC. The new Swimming Canada logo reflects the particular attributes of the sport of swimming – power, speed and fluidity through the use of stylized maple leaf, it is symbolic of Canada.

The 2005-06 Board of Directors for Swimming Canada were proud to award the inaugural Leadership Awards to Mr. Mark Hahto, General Manager, and Mr. Andrew Moss Operations Director of the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships; the Community Service Award to Nick Thierry, founder, publisher, editor and writer for Canada’s monthly magazine publication, SwimNews, which he created in 1974, as well as the Administrator of the Year Award to Christian Blais for his outstanding contribution to competitive swimming for over eight years.

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