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Stingray Swim Club team champions in Jamaica meet

Stingray Swim Club team champions in Jamaica meet

| 02/11/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Stingray Swim Club (SSC) had an excellent outing in Kingston, Jamaica, at the Dean Martin Memorial ‘AB’ Swim Meet, held 23-25 October, coming home with an overall team championship, 34 meet records, four high-point award winners and a new Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association (CIASA) long course record. Stingray’s 25-strong contingent, competing against well-known […]

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Swim opener soggy but successful

Swim opener soggy but successful

| 12/10/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Despite a rain-shortened evening, the Stingray Swim Club’s (SSC) Friday Night Lights meet on 2 October was a success, according to organisers, as was the next day’s Cayman National Fall Sprint. The events opened the 2015-2016 competitive age group swim season. At the Friday Night Lights, swimmers aged 11 and over competed in the […]

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Swimmers to hit the pool for Stingray fundraiser

Swimmers to hit the pool for Stingray fundraiser

| 05/10/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The Stingray Swim Club (SSC) will be holding its third annual swim-a-thon on Friday, 9 October. The Big Swim serves as a fundraiser for the non-profit organisation, which will mark its 20th anniversary next year. Swimmers will have two hours to complete as many laps as possible. In that time the SSC hopes to raise […]

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Stingray Swim Club dives into race season

Stingray Swim Club dives into race season

| 30/09/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Stingray Swim Club’s (SSC) domestic, short-course season opens Friday 2 October, with the middle- and long-distance Friday Night Lights, followed the next day by the Cayman National Fall Sprint Meet. Calling the sprint meet “a fun, action-packed event”, Amanda Roberts, SSC president, added, “We look forward to seeing everyone in the pool, on the […]

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Swimmers have a cracker of a time at club event

Swimmers have a cracker of a time at club event

| 08/07/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The Stingray Swim Club (SSC) celebrated the 4th of July, a nod to US coaches David Pursley and Tim Leonhart, with its first-ever Firecracker 1500m Relay. Each relay team comprised participants from every age group, with senior swimmers – John Bodden and Haley Roulstone, Christian Glidden and Sam Bailey, Cole Morgan and Sarah Jackson – […]

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Swimmers set to make a splash

Swimmers set to make a splash

| 21/05/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The Stingray Swim Club (SSC) is hosting two swim meets this weekend, with events for competitors of all ages and covering a variety of distances. First up is Vigoro Nursery’s Friday Night Lights, a distance meet on 22 May for swimmers aged 11 and over. On 23 May, the Lions Sprint Meet is open […]

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Awards event splashes out for swimmers

Awards event splashes out for swimmers

| 08/06/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The Stingray Swim Club (SSC) honoured swimmers, as well as coaches, parents and support staff, at its annual awards banquet. At the event, recently held at the Westin Grand Cayman, SSC friends and family celebrated the end of a year characterised by change, success and an overwhelming forward momentum.

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New meet posthumously honours young swimmer

New meet posthumously honours young swimmer

| 04/06/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The first-ever Landon Von Kanel Memorial Invitational Swim Meet will take place 4-7 June at the Lions Aquatic Centre. Presented by Coldwell Banker Cayman and the Von Kanel family, the meet is in memory of Landon, a former Stingray Swim Club swimmer who died in a car accident in the US in 2001. A […]

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Swim club confirms new top coach

Swim club confirms new top coach

| 26/03/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Stingray Swim Club has confirmed that David Pursley has been appointed as head coach at the club, “heralding the start of a new and exciting chapter in the history of Stingray Swim Club (SSC)”. Pursley brings a wealth of experience with competitive age group through college level swimmers and has been immersed in swimming […]

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