2008 Team Aquatic Supplies
BC Swim Coaches Conference
September 18 - 21, 2008

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2008 Conference Highlights

The 2008 BCSCA Conference will be hosted again in Whistler and will include two streams - Grassroots and Full Conference. The Conference will begin with the Team Aquatic Supplies Golf Tournament and BCSCA Annual General Meeting on Thursday, with the Full Conference beginning on Friday, and the Grassroots beginning on Saturday. The table below summarizes these dates and times.
 
  Thursday
Sept 18
Friday
Sept 19
Saturday
Sept 20
Sunday
Sept 21
BCSA AGM 18:00 - 19:30 -- -- --
Full Conference -- 8:30 - 17:45 8:00 - 17:00 8:00 - 12:30
Grassroots -- -- 8:00 - 17:00 9:00 - 12:30
TAS Awards Banquet -- -- 18:00 - 21:30 --

We are very pleased to present many outstanding speakers for this years conference.

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Golf Tournament
There will be no golf tournament this year.  However we will be booking tee times for those who would like to join us on Thursday September 18, 2008.  Please contact Chris Hindmarch-Watson if interested.  .

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Location

The 2008 Conference will be held at in beautiful Whistler, British Columbia. Whistler's year round resort is consistently ranked the number one resort in North America. Whistler is known for its skiing, golfing, biking, hiking, shopping, and nightlife.

The Conference Centre, and Host Hotel are all located in the Whistler Village, a short walk apart. The Whistler Village features more than 200 shops and 90 restaurants and bars.

Whistler will be host to the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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Host Hotel

Crystal Lodge
4154 Village Green
Whistler, BC V0N 1B0

Phone: (604) 932-2221
Fax: (604) 932-2635
Toll-free: (800) 667-3363
Web: www.crystal-lodge.com

Rate: $ 109.00 / Night (Traditional Room)
          $ 129.00 / Night (DeluxeRoom)


Conference Centre

Telus Conference Centre
4010 Whistler Way
Whistler, BC V0N 1B4

 

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Speakers

Milton Nelms | Don Talbot | Tom Johnson | Joszef Nagy | Randy Bennett
 Cory Beatt | Alan Wrigley | Eugene Liang | Christina Sutter


Milton Nelms

Technical Specialist for Ian Thorpe, Natalie Coughlin and many others.  His work has been recognized as one of the top 25 most significant contributions to USA Swimming for the last quarter of the century.

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Don Talbot
 

World Renowned Swim Coach; Head Coach of Australia from 1989 - 2001

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Tom Johnson
Canadian National Training Center - Vancouver, Head Coach

Named as the Head Coach of the National Swim Centre – Vancouver in September 2006 Johnson guided his swimmers to three medals at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.  Johnson's swimmer Brent Hayden won gold in the 100 freestyle and later teamed with Brian Johns to win Bronze as part of the 4x200 freestyle relay.  Before joining the National Centre, Johnson had been the Head Coach of the UBC Dolphins for 27 years starting in September 1979.  During his time in the club system he built one of the most impressive coaching resumes in Canadian swimming history. Tom has been named to Canada's coaching staff at seven Olympic Games, nine World Championships and eight Commonwealth Games. Nationally his clubs have won 15 overall national team titles and 21 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Crowns (12 for men and nine for women).

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Joszef Nagy
Canadian National Training Center - Vancouver, Coach

Hungarian native Nagy has coached with the American, Hungarian and Spanish national teams before moving to Vancouver to be the Canadian National Swim Centre’s Assistant Coach. His most famous pupil was American superstar Mike Barrowman who broke world records six times between 1989 and 1992 in the 200 breaststroke. Since 2003 he was head coach at Honved Swim Club in Budapest.  Nagy served as a coach on the 1980 (Hungary), 1988 (USA) and 1992 (Spain and USA) Olympic Coaching Staff’s.

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Randy Bennett
Island Swimming, Head Coach

Randy has coached on the 2000 Olympic team, nad will again be a member of the 2008 Olympic Coaching Staff. Randy is the coach of Canadian Olympians Ryan Cochrane and Rick Say.

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Cory Beatt
Simon Fraser University / Simon Fraser Aquatics, Coach

Cory has over 20 years of coaching experience with the University of Calgary Swim Club, Pacific Dolphins, Surrey Knights, and Simon Fraser. Cory has a diverse level of experience, including coaching for Canada at the 2000 Paralympics, 2004 Olympics, and 2005 World Aquatic Championships.

Cory will be conducting Grassroots Sessions on each of the strokes.

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Dr. Alan Wrigley
Biomechanist

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Eugene Liang
UBC Strength and Conditioning

Eugene Liang has been the massage therapist and strength coach for the UBC Dolphins and UBC Thunderbirds Varsity Swim Clubs for the past seven years.  With a background in Kinesiology and six years instructional experience at the West Coast College of Massage Therapy, Eugene has presented numerous talks on human performance.  He was also part of the medical support staff for SNC at the highly successful 2007 Fina World Aquatic Championships in Melbourne, Australia.

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Christina Sutter
Nutritionist

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Registration

This years fees will be as follows:

 
  Early* Regular** Late***
BCSCA Member - Grassroots $ 150.00 $ 175.00 $ 200.00
Non-Member - Grassroots $ 210.00 $ 235.00 $ 260.00
BCSCA Member - Full Conference $ 250.00 $ 275.00 $ 325.00
Non-Member - Full Conference $ 300.00 $ 350.00 $ 400.00
 
*  Early Bird
** Regular
***Late
Registration & Payment before July 31, 2008
Registration & Payment between August 1 - September 17, 2008
Registration & Payment on September 18, 2008
 

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