Buccaneers Christmas Party

Congratulations to this years' Swimmers of the Year (Winnona Yu - Seniors, and Coleen Limsui - Juniors) and to everyone who made 2007 more enjoyable and fun for the team. Thank you very much for all the support. See you next year!

Full album of the party will follow because I just got back from a wedding in Boracay and still sorting thousands of photos from different parties. hahaha!

Anyway, See you all soon! Next Year will be a harder, better, faster, stronger bucccanners team!

Lessons at Ayala Heights (Underwater Dolphin Kick)

A few days ago, I started coaching the Ayala Harpoons and QCSC buccaneers together at Ayala Heights. One of my lesson was about Micheal Phelps, particularly his ability to swim dolhpin kick underwater fastest in the world during races. I told them the story of the "200 FR Race in Melbourne where he broke yet another World Record, racing Peter Van Den Hougenband" then asked them to watch the video in youtube and just take a look, and it is definitely something to watch.

The drill we did:
20x50m Freestyle on 50" with 10-15 dolphin kick underwater after the turns.

The Challenge:
We had markers 15m, 12.5m, 10m, and a 7.5m markers (with surgucal tubes) on the lanes they were swimming, and on each turn they have to pass that markers, if they missed the marker they'll get stuck on the rubber tubes after the turns.

The Goal:
To kick fast dolphin underwater passed the rubber tubing barrier after each turn on the freestyle swim.

Notes:
The kids seemed to enjoy swimming underwater and pass that rubber tubing tied on the lanes.

Triangular Meet at Ayala Heights

Our end of the year friendly swimming meet at the Ayala Heights swimming pool, with our host team - The Ayala Harpoons (Coaches Archie Lim, and Chinie Gandionco). The Buccaneers swam their best against the Ayala Harpoons' and Celebrity Rapids' developmental team. Everyone got a chance to do their best and engage in friendly practice racing. At the end of the day we take a photo and realise that we are all part of a wonderful family in swimming.

On the Photo Swimmers and coaches from (Taken by Nikki Santiago):
QCSC Buccaneers Coach Tan, Coach Sherwin, with swimmers Matthew Ong, Jan Ong, Belle Ong, Sarah Alvina, Tinky Alvina, Christine Santos, Jaoquin Santos, and Enzo Academia.

Ayala Harpoons Coach Archie, Coach Chinie, with swimmers Raegan Gavino, Rogan Gavino, Raine Gavino, Franco Gargantiel, Ara Inton, Danica Calilung, Miguel Calilung, Manuel Calilung, Angel Calilung and Pootie Andres

Celebrity Rapids Coach Byron Sy with swimmers Jedrick Lim, Duday Reyes, Uno and Paco Neri, Paeng and Vincent Dy, Boju Garcia, Einer Lim, Justin San Juan, and Anzo Umali.

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POF National Championships, Trace Aquatics Center, Laguna

Congratulations to the winners and participants of the POF National Championships! On the photo: clockwise from top left: Winnona Claire Yu, Whitney "WHINER!" Dy, Pamela "PAM-ET" Ng, Jake "JAKE THE SNAKE" Chua Yap, Coach Tan Man, and Timothy "I-TIM" Yap.
OTHER PHOTOS

*GOLD MEDALS*
Jake Aaron Chua Yap (15-16 yrs old boys)
1. 200 LC Meter Medley Relay (2:01.15)
2. 200 LC Meter Freestyle Relay (1:48.02)
3. 400 LC Meter Freestyle Relay (3:59.19)

Timothy Yap (15-16 yrs old boys)
1. 1500m Freestyle (17:51.59) AA
2. 200 LC Meter Medley Relay (2:01.15)
3. 200 LC Meter Freestyle Relay (1:48.02)
4. 400 LC Meter Freestyle Relay (3:59.19)

Winnona Claire Yu (13-14 yrs old girls)
1. 200m Butterfly (2:41.44) AA
2. 400m IM (5:42.99) AA
3. 800m Freestyle (10:02.50) AA

**SILVER MEDALS**
Timothy Yap (15-16 yrs old boys)
1. 50m Freestyle (26.41) AA
2. 100m Freestyle (57.01) AAA
3. 200m Freestyle (2:04.25) AAA
4. 400m Free (4:28.51) AA
5. 100m Backstroke (1:06.30) AA
6. 400m IM (5:31.90) A

Whitney Dy (13-14 yrs old girls)
1. 200m Freestyle (2:19.62) AA

***BRONZE MEDALS***
Winnona Claire Yu (13-14 yrs old girls)
1. 100m Freestyle (1:05.71) AA
2. 200m Freestyle (2:20.02) AA
3. 400m Freestyle (4:58.20) AA
4. 200m IM (2:41.01) AA

Jake Aaron Chua Yap (15-16 yrs old boys)
1. 50m Freestyle (26.81) AA

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FilChi Swimming Championships

The Power Puff Girls! Congratulations to Coleen Limsui, Most Valuable Swimmer (8 Years old & under girls division, sweeping all 5 individual events - winning gold medals in 100 & 50 Free, 50 Fly, 50 Back, and 50 Breast) Congratulations also to Chloe, Shanen, Karina, and Coleen for winning 3rd places on both relay events!!! GOOD JOB GIRLS!!!

John Edric Lim and Iman Limsui is with team xavier!!! xavier bulok! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!


The DS boys! the Good, the bad, and the ugly! haha! kidding boys! what is it suppose to be? the idiot? the stupid? and the nincompoop???? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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2007 Summer Swim Camp

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