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2025-26 New Swimmer Assessments

2025-26 New Swimmer Assessments

Burnaby - September 22, 2025 Langley - September 22, 2025 Langley - September 29, 2025

Sessions

Burnaby - September 22, 2025 Langley - September 22, 2025 Langley - September 29, 2025

Burnaby - September 22, 2025

Duration: Sep 22 - Sep 22, 2025

Registration opens: Sep 18 7:00 AM

Registration closes: Sep 21 11:59 PM

Langley - September 22, 2025

Duration: Sep 22 - Sep 22, 2025

Registration opens: Sep 18 7:00 AM

Registration closes: Sep 21 11:59 PM

Group A

5 - 8 years old as of 2026 Mar 15
Fees and discounts
Closed

2025-26 New Swimmer Assessments : Group A

Assessment Group A

This group is for our youngest swimmers, designed to assess basic comfort and skills in the water. We will conduct in-water instruction to both teach and evaluate fundamental skills.

Main Objectives

To ensure comfort and safety in deep water.
To provide participants with a swim club environment.
To assess basic aquatic skills, including floating and unassisted swimming.

Criteria

Age: 5 to 8 Years as of March 15th
Ability: Swimmers must be comfortable in deep water, able to swim with their face in the water, and capable of completing a minimum of 25 meters unassisted. (This is equivalent to successful completion of Royal Life Swimmer 3.)

What to Bring

Swimmers need to bring their own goggles and swimwear.

Schedule

We ask that all swimmers arrive approximately 15-minutes prior to the start of the session to check-in with an Olympians Swimming Ambassador and to change and be ready to meet the coaches on the pool deck prior to the session start. The session is 30 minutes, including time on-deck with introductions, swimming time, and conclusion. There will be about 20-minutes of water time.

Registration

All registration and payment must be completed online through the Olympians Swimming website prior to the session. Spaces are limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. No registrations or payments will be accepted at the pool.

All participants must meet the minimum safety standards required for this assessment. These standards are in place to ensure the safety of all participants and include:

The swimmer is comfortable and safe in deep water
The swimmer is able to swim with their face in the water.
The swimmer can complete a minimum of 25 meters of swimming unassisted.

Assessment

After the assessment, you will receive an email with the results and Olympians Swimming registration information. Please allow up to 48 hours for our team to complete the required paperwork. Note that successfully completing the assessment does not guarantee a spot in the club.

Group B

6 - 12 years old as of 2026 Mar 15
Fees and discounts
Closed

2025-26 New Swimmer Assessments : Group B

Assessment Group B

This group is designed for swimmers who have begun to develop foundational skills. The assessment will focus on evaluating basic freestyle and backstroke technique and ensuring they are ready for the next step in their development.

Main Objectives

To ensure comfort and safety in deep water.
To provide participants with a swim club environment.
To assess basic stroke mechanics for freestyle and backstroke.

Criteria

Age: 6 to 12 Years as of March 15th
Ability: Swimmers are comfortable in the water and can perform basic strokes and a minimum of 50m (2 lengths) of freestyle (front crawl) and 50m (2 lengths) of Backstroke. (This is equivalent to successful completion of Royal Life Swimmer 4.)

What to Bring

Swimmers need to bring their own goggles and swimwear.

Schedule

Registration

All participants must meet the minimum safety standards required for this assessment. These standards are in place to ensure the safety of all participants.

Assessment

Group C

7 - 12 years old as of 2026 Mar 15
Fees and discounts
Closed

2025-26 New Swimmer Assessments : Group C

Assessment Group C

This group is for swimmers who are experienced and have an understanding of all four competitive strokes. The assessment will focus on evaluating their ability to perform each stroke and to complete an Individual Medley (IM).

Main Objectives

To ensure comfort and safety in deep water.
To provide participants with a swim club environment.
To assess the ability to perform all four competitive strokes (Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle).

Criteria

Age: 7 to 12 Years as of March 15th
Ability: Swimmers must be able to swim a minimum of 25m of each of the four competitive strokes (Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle).

What to Bring

Swimmers need to bring their own goggles and swimwear.

Schedule

Registration

All participants must meet the minimum safety standards required for this assessment. These standards are in place to ensure the safety of all participants.

Assessment

Group D

13 - 18 years old as of 2026 Mar 15
Fees and discounts
Closed

2025-26 New Swimmer Assessments : Group D

Assessment Group C

This group is for swimmers aged 13 and older. The primary focus of this assessment in on endurance and continuous swimming ability, not competitive swimming background.

Main Objectives

To ensure comfort and safety in deep water.
To provide participants with a swim club environment.
To assess continuous swimming ability.

Criteria

Age: 13 to 18 Years as of March 15th
Ability: Swimmers must be able to swim a minimum of 200m continuously.

What to Bring

Swimmers need to bring their own goggles and swimwear.

Schedule

Registration

All participants must meet the minimum safety standards required for this assessment. These standards are in place to ensure the safety of all participants.

Assessment

Langley - September 29, 2025

Duration: Sep 29 - Sep 29, 2025

Registration opens: Sep 18 7:00 AM

Registration closes: Sep 28 11:59 PM

Group A

5 - 8 years old as of 2026 Mar 15
Fees and discounts
Closed

2025-26 New Swimmer Assessments : Group A

Assessment Group A

This group is for our youngest swimmers, designed to assess basic comfort and skills in the water. We will conduct in-water instruction to both teach and evaluate fundamental skills.

Main Objectives

To ensure comfort and safety in deep water.
To provide participants with a swim club environment.
To assess basic aquatic skills, including floating and unassisted swimming.

Criteria

Age: 5 to 8 Years as of March 15th
Ability: Swimmers must be comfortable in deep water, able to swim with their face in the water, and capable of completing a minimum of 25 meters unassisted. (This is equivalent to successful completion of Royal Life Swimmer 3.)

What to Bring

Swimmers need to bring their own goggles and swimwear.

Schedule

Registration

All participants must meet the minimum safety standards required for this assessment. These standards are in place to ensure the safety of all participants and include:

The swimmer is comfortable and safe in deep water
The swimmer is able to swim with their face in the water.
The swimmer can complete a minimum of 25 meters of swimming unassisted.

Assessment

Group B

6 - 12 years old as of 2026 Mar 15
Fees and discounts
Closed

2025-26 New Swimmer Assessments : Group B

Assessment Group B

Main Objectives

To ensure comfort and safety in deep water.
To provide participants with a swim club environment.
To assess basic stroke mechanics for freestyle and backstroke.

Criteria

Age: 6 to 12 Years as of March 15th
Ability: Swimmers are comfortable in the water and can perform basic strokes and a minimum of 50m (2 lengths) of freestyle (front crawl) and 50m (2 lengths) of Backstroke. (This is equivalent to successful completion of Royal Life Swimmer 4.)

What to Bring

Swimmers need to bring their own goggles and swimwear.

Schedule

Registration

All participants must meet the minimum safety standards required for this assessment. These standards are in place to ensure the safety of all participants.

Assessment

Group C

7 - 12 years old as of 2026 Mar 15
Fees and discounts
Closed

2025-26 New Swimmer Assessments : Group C

Assessment Group C

Main Objectives

To ensure comfort and safety in deep water.
To provide participants with a swim club environment.
To assess the ability to perform all four competitive strokes (Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle).

Criteria

Age: 7 to 12 Years as of March 15th
Ability: Swimmers must be able to swim a minimum of 25m of each of the four competitive strokes (Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle).

What to Bring

Swimmers need to bring their own goggles and swimwear.

Schedule

Registration

All participants must meet the minimum safety standards required for this assessment. These standards are in place to ensure the safety of all participants.

Assessment

Group D

13 - 18 years old as of 2026 Mar 15
Fees and discounts
Closed

2025-26 New Swimmer Assessments : Group D

Assessment Group C

This group is for swimmers aged 13 and older. The primary focus of this assessment in on endurance and continuous swimming ability, not competitive swimming background.

Main Objectives

To ensure comfort and safety in deep water.
To provide participants with a swim club environment.
To assess continuous swimming ability.

Criteria

Age: 13 to 18 Years as of March 15th
Ability: Swimmers must be able to swim a minimum of 200m continuously.

What to Bring

Swimmers need to bring their own goggles and swimwear.

Schedule

Registration

All participants must meet the minimum safety standards required for this assessment. These standards are in place to ensure the safety of all participants.

Assessment

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