Welcome to another year of Speed Swimming with the Haney Neptunes!

Haney Neptunes Speed Swimming offers programs for individuals from 5 years old and up! For the younger set, please check out our information on the Hammond Development Program.

Practices start May 1st for all swim groups. Specific swim group times will be made available at the parent information session as well as the Water Polo and Synchronized Swimming schedules. Swimmers may attend three practices a week but attendance is not mandatory. Coaches will assign each swimmer to a group of swimmers of similar age and ability level. Swimmers can only attend practices made available to them. Any requests to change practice times MUST be in writing and MUST be approved by the coach prior to the change occurring.

To ensure parents as well as swimmers have a positive season; please be aware of the following:

1. The TEAM INFORMATION BOARD is located across from the washrooms in the mail lobby area of the leisure center. Information regarding swim meets, relays, meet results, practice changes, and fund raising will be posted on a regular basis.
2. Parents are not allowed on the pool deck. Parents are permitted to watch their children swim from public seating areas only.
3. PLEASE DO NOT INTERRUPT PRACTICE TO SPEAK TO THE COACH! Interrupting practice could endanger swimmers’ safety by taking the coach’s attention away from the pool.
4. Directors of swimming, water polo, synchronized swimming are to be contacted if you have questions or wish to discuss any aspect of the program.
5. NO OUTDOOR FOOTWEAR IS PERMITTED ON DECK. Please remove all outdoor footwear, you may change into deck only shoes or go barefoot.

As swimming is a very technical sport, we ask that parents allow the coach and swimmer to work together to obtain optimal results. Our coaches are highly qualified and have experience necessary to bring out the best in each swimmer. Since all children grow and develop at different rates please do not compare your child to other swimmers. Strokes will improve as swimmers’ muscles develop, give your child time to grow at their pace. OUR AIM IS FOR PERSONAL BESTS!

Attention Grade 10 - 11 - 12 Students:

Are you aware that all three of the disciplines offered by the Neptunes can give you high school credits? That's right, your hard work at practice can give you an extra credit!

For example if you're a grade 10 swimmer who is swimming at a BC Provincial Championship standard, or, a Synchro swimmer who is on a performance Development squad, you can apply through your school to the Ministry of Education for an external credentials credit equivalent to a class credit. See your high school for more details!

Swimming Staff

Coach's Message

To all the new and returning members, welcome to the 2009 summer season! Hopefully everyone has had an exciting and prosperous time since last summer! But here we are at the beginning of a brand new season! My name is Kevin Loong and I am very excited to be joining the Haney Neptunes family this summer as Head Coach! We will be working hard and having a lot of fun this summer! All the coaches, new and returning, are extremely excited for the new season! The summer season will emphasize hard work and friendly competition. There will be numerous meets throughout the summer and I encourage everyone to participate! Please check the website and bulletin board regularly for information that will be posted as soon as it is available. Such information includes meet sign-ups and warm-up times and event validation sheets. Some important competitions to keep in mind are our Haney Neptunes home meet on June 6 and 7, the Agassiz “Camping” meet June 13 and 14, and of course Regionals July 31 to August 2. Let’s try and have a great turn-out for these meets, especially our Home meet! With regards to practices, please bring a water bottle to practice as it is important to stay well hydrated at all times. As well, please be prepared with proper attire at practices be that running shoes for dryland, or caps and goggles for the water! Attendance is also very important because our pool time is limited and the summer season is relatively short. Please try to make as many practices as possible as this will help in getting the most out of the short season. If only part of a practice is possible due to other commitments, please still try to attend.

As with previous years, expectations for swim meets are:

1. Swimmers arrive 15 minutes prior to pool warm-up to begin group activation and land warm-up. This allows coaches to check attendance, and prepares the group for the pool warm-up.
2. Swimmers will all attend warm-ups. Besides getting physically prepared for racing, it is an opportunity for swimmers to get experience in a less familiar pool.
3. Swimmers will talk to their coach before and after their races.
4. Swimmers will wear team gear at swim meets (caps, suits, t-shirts).
5. No junk food at swim meets. Please bring healthy food to competitions.
6. And of course, please respect teammates, coaches, officials and parents from our club as well as from other clubs. This will help everyone to have an enjoyable and enriching experience this season.

Let’s have a great summer season!

Coach Kevin