Tag: swimming

Pool Sharks medal at regional swim championships

Pool Sharks medal at regional swim championships

Dave Gough- February 25, 2026

The Chatham YMCA Pool Sharks recently competed at the Western Ontario Regional Swim Championships held in London. Renee Egunjobi won gold in the 50m butterfly ... Read More

Branton earns five medals at OUA meet

Branton earns five medals at OUA meet

Dave Gough- February 25, 2026

SubmittedShona Branton Western Mustang  Shona Branton concluded the 2026 OUA Swimming Championships with a dominant performance, highlighted by becoming a Grand Slam Champion in the ... Read More

Swimmers advance to SWOSSAA

Swimmers advance to SWOSSAA

Dave Gough- February 17, 2026

submittedWallaceburg Tartans' Malachi Owusu does the breaststroke during the junior boys' 100-metre individual medley during the 2026 LKSSAA swimming championship held in Chatham on February ... Read More

Payton Rinas commits to Brock

Payton Rinas commits to Brock

Dave Gough- January 4, 2026

Payton Rinas Swimmer Payton Rinas has committed to Brock University to join the Badger swim team in the fall of 2026. Rinas swims with Pain ... Read More

Branton talks to current LKSSAA swimmers

Branton talks to current LKSSAA swimmers

Dave Gough- December 2, 2025

Pain Court’s Payton Rinas and Gavin Schinkelshoek each won three individual events at the season’s first LKSSAA swim league meet held last week at the ... Read More

Lavoie new Pool Shark coach

Lavoie new Pool Shark coach

Dave Gough- October 11, 2025

Bob Lavoie Bob Lavoie wants to bring the Chatham Pool Sharks swimming program back to prominence. Lavoie has mostly coached in the private sector for ... Read More

Schinkelshoek golden at Canada Games

Schinkelshoek golden at Canada Games

Dave Gough- August 18, 2025

Pain Court's Gavin Schinkelshoek competed at the Canada Games in Nfld., swimming for Team Ontario. Swimming for Team Ontario, Pain Court's Gavin Schinkelshoek won six ... Read More

Schinkelshoek named to Team Ontario

Schinkelshoek named to Team Ontario

Dave Gough- August 4, 2025

Pain Court's Gavin Schinkelshoek, competes in the 100 metre freestyle at the LKSSAA swim meet held in Sarnia on Jan. 16, 2024. Pain Court’s Gavin ... Read More

Branton wins bronze at FISU World University Games

Branton wins bronze at FISU World University Games

Dave Gough- July 23, 2025

Shona Branton Port Lambton's Shona Branton won a bronze medal in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the FISU World University Summer Games held in ... Read More

Branton named to Team Canada for World University Games

Branton named to Team Canada for World University Games

Dave Gough- June 24, 2025

Shona Branton Port Lambton's Shona Branton has been named to the Team Canada swimming team roster taking part in the 2025 World University Summer Games ... Read More

Matteis named to Canadian swimming all-star squad

Matteis named to Canadian swimming all-star squad

Dave Gough- April 30, 2025

Quinn Matteis Chatham's Quinn Matteis is one of 41 Canadian swimmers that have been selected to represent the Canadian University all-star team in first-ever head-to-head ... Read More

Chatham’s Sasseville named a first-team all-American

Chatham’s Sasseville named a first-team all-American

Dave Gough- March 24, 2025

  Chatham's Genevieve Sasseville and her relay teammates finished in seventh place in the 400 yard medley relay at the NCAA swimming and diving championships ... Read More

Schinkelshoek wins an OFSAA silver medal

Schinkelshoek wins an OFSAA silver medal

Dave Gough- March 9, 2025

Pain Court's Gavin Schinkelshoek, competes in the 100 metre freestyle at the LKSSAA swim meet held in Sarnia on Jan. 16, 2024. Pain Court's Gavin ... Read More

Sasseville earns a relay bronze at Big Ten Conference Championship swim meet

Sasseville earns a relay bronze at Big Ten Conference Championship swim meet

Dave Gough- February 28, 2025

Chatham's Genevieve Sasseville, and her University of Southern California women's swim team finished in fifth place at the Big Ten Conference Championships held last weekend ... Read More