Some additional notes for 2025/26 Season Startup Meeting on September 15, 2025

PickeringMSC Startup Meeting Agenda

Hello fellow swimmers. We hope you had a great summer and are ready to dive back into the pool. It is less than two weeks away from the start up of our Fall 2025 season, which begins on Monday, September 15, 2025 at the Dunbarton high school pool on Sheppard Ave.

If you have not already done so, it is time to sign up for the Fall 2025 Pickering Masters Swim Club (PMSC) season using the website https://pickeringmsc.ca/membership/ .

Before our initial swim, we would like to invite all returning members, as well as any who may be interested in finding out more about the Club, to join an information session to be held from 8:00 – 8:45 p.m. in the downstairs meeting room at the Dunbarton pool. This is a great opportunity to reconnect with your fellow swimmers, meet the Club executive, coaches, and learn about the upcoming swim season.

Swim Times Review:

• Monday 9:00 – 10:00 p.m. at Dunbarton Indoor Pool (DIP)
• Tuesday 8:30 – 9:30 p.m. at Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (TPASC)
• Thursday 9:00 – 10:00 p.m. at DIP
  • Except for first Thursday of the month 8:30 – 9:30 p.m. at TPASC (Long Course – 50m)
• Saturday 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. at DIP

We are excited to have back Rene St. Aubin and a new addition of Nick McKechnie to our coaching staff.  They will be working hard to provide motivational workouts and stroke improvement to promote your swimming goals, whether these be for competition (pool and triathlon) or for fitness.

Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned swimmer, you will find a place in PMSC that suits your level and goals. We offer swimming sessions for adults of all abilities. Please let your friends know that we are accepting new members (more members means that we can keep fees low). In this regard we are offering a bring a friend discount of 10% off your next session if you introduce a new member who then joins the club.  We look forward to seeing you in the pool again for a fun-filled program of exercise and friendship.

Here are the steps to sign up for the Fall 2024 session: Go to https://pickeringmsc.ca/membership/ :

1. Join the Club for the 2025/26 season which includes member registration and MSO registration with the required release waiver forms.
2. Choose and sign up for your fall swim time(s)
3. Send your e-transfer to etransfer@pickeringmsc.ca. This would include your MSO/Club registration fee and your session fee.
4. For those new to the club, please complete as per step 2. above. If after a swim or two you decide not to join, simply let us know. No payment is required.

Notes:

1. For returning members, it would be appreciated if you could login (upper right of Panel). This will allow your registration form to be prepopulated with most of the required information. Please use the lost password process if you have forgotten yours.
2. If you do not respond to the confirmation email sent, the system will continue to send confirmation emails until you do. So please also check your spam/junk folder for the confirmation email.
3. If you are receiving this note and have already enrolled, thank you.

Looking forward to seeing you in the pool. Please stay safe and well.

Or visited us at  https://pickeringmsc.ca/ or https://www.facebook.com/PMS.Swim.Club1/

The Pickering MSC Team

Pickering Master Swim Club (https://pickeringmsc.ca/)

You are cordially invited to join us at Peter and Diane Chauvin’s home on Friday May 30, 2025 to enjoy a bite to eat and drink and the company of your fellow swimmers.

This invitation is being extended to all who have registered with the club during the 2024/25 season even if you didn’t manage to make it the pool.

Please click on the google link below for the invitation and RSVP
PickeringMSC 2024-25 End of the Season Party

Any suggestions / questions / concerns may be directed to membership@PickeringMSC.ca

Looking forward to seeing you there.

PickeringMSC Team

Hello Pickering MSC Swimmer:

We are off to a good start to our 2025 Winter/Spring session.

Thanks to all those who have already enrolled and paid. It is appreciated and makes our job easier.

Have not enrolled, make the start to your 2025 a good one. Go to https://pickeringmsc.ca/membership/ and choose your swim times.

On other news, the 3rd Ted Roach Memorial SCY Meet – 48th Alderwood is coming up and the Sunday January 26, 2025 meet date is fast approaching. This is a great meet and is the only SCY (Short Course Yards) meet in Ontario this year. Have not done a masters swim meet? Why not give it a try. Questions or if you would like to coordinate with others in the club, please contact David Mondoux mondoux.dave@gmail.com or 647-338-2596.

Or visit

https://ms.mastersswimmingontario.ca/web/schedule.php  for more information

Not a Facebook user and would like to view recent posts in our FB group, please go to https://pickeringmsc.ca/members/coaches-corner/ for more information.

PMSC Executive

Any suggestions / questions / concerns may be directed to membership@PickeringMSC.ca

Happy New Year to all. 2025 promises to be a great year for the pool, OWS, and Triathlon.

Some reminders:

 Our first practice will be held on Thursday, January 2, 2025 (8:45 – 9:45 p.m.) at TPASC in the long-course competition pool.  

 Our first swim of the 2025 Winter/Spring season in Pickering will be on Sunday, January 5 from 8-9 a.m. at the Pickering Rec Complex.

For the remainder of the season, we will be back at Dunbarton starting on Monday, January 6, 2025, 9-10 p.m.

 If you have not registered and enrolled for your place in the pool, please do so at https://pickeringmsc.ca/membership/.

Also, if you are interested in a fun low stress short course yards meet coming up in a few weeks, please visit https://pickeringmsc.ca/around-the-pool/swim-meets/ and the 3rd Ted Roach Memorial SCY Meet – 48th Alderwood) Alderwood Teddy Bares on January 26, 2025.  Stay tuned for more on this shortly.

Any suggestions / questions / concerns may be directed to membership@PickeringMSC.ca

Open to all PickeringMSC present and past members.

For the invitation, please click on the Holiday celebration link below and RSVP.

2024 Pickering MSC Holiday Celebration

Hello Pickering MSC Swimmer:

There are a couple of swim time updates coming up:

• First Thursday of the month, December 5, 2024, the time for our Long Course (LC) swim at TPASC has been changed to 7:30 – 8:30 pm in the comp pool. All are welcome regardless of your swim night.
• Our swim, Sunday December 8, 2024, has been cancelled due to swim meet at the complex

 At this time there has been no updates from the City of Pickering  as to our return to Dunbarton.  However, we are hoping that this will occur within the next couple of weeks.

Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/groups/PickeringMSC.

Any suggestions / questions / concerns may be directed to membership@PickeringMSC.ca

Or visit us at  https://pickeringmsc.ca/ or https://www.facebook.com/groups/PickeringMSC

The Executive

Pickering Master Swim Club (https://pickeringmsc.ca/)

Hello Pickering MSC Swimmer:

 The City of Pickering has informed us that Dunbarton pool is now closed for repairs and that our first practice at the Pickering Recreation Complex (Chestnut Hill Developments Rec. Complex) will be this Sunday, November 10^th from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Rene St. Aubin will be our coach for this practice.

As this Thursday, Nov. 7^th is the first Thursday of the month, there will be a swim at TPASC (8:45-9:45 p.m.). Liane Coholan is our coach for all workouts at the Pan Am facility.

Please note that there will be no more Monday evening, Thursday evening and Saturday morning swims at Dunbarton. The Monday and regular Thursday swims will also take place at the Rec Complex at our usual times (9-10 p.m.) where a few lanes will be set aside for us. For those who have not signed up for Tuesday evening swims or the first Thursday of the month swims, you are welcome to join us at the Pan Am pool.

To gain entry to the pool at the Pickering Rec Complex (officially known as the Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex), just mention to the front desk that you are with PMSC and they should allow you entry to the public change rooms and Pool.

We have not been informed when Dunbarton will reopen but please check  regularly for updates to the calendar and blog on the club’s web site https://pickeringmsc.ca/   and also on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/PickeringMSC.

Any suggestions / questions / concerns may be directed to membership@PickeringMSC.ca

The Executive

Hello Fellow Swimmer.

Please review the attached link below to review a PDF with the latest club news

PMSC October Update  

(Anti fishing notice: if you hoover over the link, you should note that this is from https://pickeringmsc.ca/)

PMSC Executive

Any suggestions / questions / concerns may be directed to membership@PickeringMSC.ca

Or visited us at  https://pickeringmsc.ca/   

The PMSC Executive

Pickering Master Swim Club (https://pickeringmsc.ca/)

Hello Pickering MSC Swimmers:

You’re invited to join us for the Pickering MSC Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, October 23th at 7:00 p.m. at the Lone Star Texas Grill at 705 Kingston Rd in Pickering (in the plaza just east of Whites Rd).  We have already heard positive feedback and interest from members regarding attending the AGM as it provides an opportunity to meet your fellow swimmers in a friendly social environment. Come and enjoy a drink, some appetizers, or even a meal.

This meeting is necessary to again confirm and invite members to join the Club Executive Slate of Officers who will provide leadership to ensure the Club is financially sustainable and is meeting the needs of the members.  As well, the current financial statement will be presented and requires approval.  An important focus of the meeting will be an open discussion about this year’s swim season and your interests going forward. Please consider your involvement in the Club and be prepared to bring your knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm for swimming to shape the future of the Club.

Please click on  RSVP PickeringMSC AGM to RSVP.

Consider joining the Executive, new members are welcome.

Any suggestions / questions / concerns may be directed to membership@PickeringMSC.ca