Swim-A-Thon and Team Social

Hollyburn Hurricanes Swim-A-Thon and Team Social 

Swim-A-Thon is our big fundraiser of the year and we are looking for a big push this season as we aim to put money towards a full scoreboard for our pool! Raised money will also help offset team travel costs and team equipment. This is a fun event that swimmers from all groups should participate in!

Donation Information

Here are the steps in making a page if you want to try and see:
1. Go to donate.swimming.ca and click Get Started or the red Sign Up For Free button in the top right.
2. Sign up with either a Google account or with an email and password of your choosing.
3.  Confirm email address (click the resend link button if you didn’t receive the email when you log in).
4.  Click on Create A Page and create a title for your page (this should include a way to differentiate the pages between swimmers in the same household ex. Sally’s Swim-a-thon 2023).
5.  The description can be as simple as “For Hollyburn Hurricanes”.
6.  Enter your fundraising goal and link your page to your province and specific club.
7.  Pick a theme and image for your page and click Save Changes to publish!
8.  Share the page link to begin fundraising.
9.  To differentiate each swimmer and their fundraising goals, we recommend you make a page for each swimmer. To create another page, return to My Account, click on Create A Page again and repeat steps 4-8.

Sample Introduction 
I am raising money for my swim team, The Hollyburn Hurricanes, and I am asking you to support me as I swim as many lengths as I can in an hour (or a timed 5km swim) on November 4th. All money raised will go toward our team travel, development and a new scoreboard and timer so we can host swim meets. Please donate toward my goal of $150.
 

Swimmers in Swim Academy/Tsunami/Monsoon will swim as many lengths as they can in an hour. 
Swimmers in Typhoon/Pursuit will do a timed 5km swim.

Swim A Thon Schedule - Saturday, November 4th

Monsoon, Tsunami, Swim Academy swimmers 
3:45-5:15pm - swim from 4:00-5:00pm 
5:15-5:45pm - swimmers will cheer on their teammates and play games
6:00-7:00pm - eat in Committee Room
7:00-8:00pm - open swim and games

Pursuit, Typhoon swimmers 
3:45-5:00pm - motivate and count laps for Swim Academy, Tsunami, Monsoon swimmers
5:00-7:00pm - swim a timed 5k (with warm-up/warm-down for some)
6:30-8:00pm - eat and open swim and games

Parents 
3:45pm - drop off swimmers, volunteer to count swimmer laps
5:30pm - parent social starts in upper level of restaurant

Parents who are interested in counting laps should email Brad. 

All swimmers will be charged for their dinner on Saturday unless they opt out by Tuesday, October 31st. Opt-out under team events on our website - hst.poolq.net/events or email Brad.

All parents are encouraged to join our parent social in the upper level of the restaurant! Appetizers will be provided for parents. 

For every $25 raised, swimmers will get their name in a draw for prizes. This is a fun event for the entire team, last year's social was a big success!   

2022-2023 Swim-A-Thon Results:
60 minutes timed swim results
Isa A - 1650m, Joelie C - 2100m, Maelie C - 2600m, Emily C - 2200m, Esme F - 2400m, Olivia F - 2900m, Emily G - 3200m, Garrick G - 2500m, Freya H - 2500m, Sarah J - 1900m, Yunhan L - 2500m, Holly M - 2400m, Pippa M - 2800m, Ivana M - 3000m, Scarlett P - 2400m, Bianca R - 3000m, Nicholas RT - 3100m, Nikki T - 2900m, Keon T - 2050m, Amelia W - 1800m, Olivia W - 2600m, Henry W - 1650m, Ashley Y - 2900m
5000m timed swim results 
Cameron C - 1:21.46, Noah C - 1:06.28, Stella H - 1:17.41, Brooke J - 1:14.29, Emma J - 1:31.18, George K - 1:07.24, Valentina K - 1:17.17, Rohin M - 58.24, Phillipa L - 1:22.31, Kinsey R - 1:13.37, Bodie S - 1:01.13, Bayden S - 1:06.07, Freddy S - 1:05.41, Rafael W - 1:09.51, Mia Z - 1:26.24