Congratulations to all the winners of the 2010 CAL SWIM SCHOOL Invitational Swim Meet (Photos to follow! Soon!) On behalf of Quezon City Sports Club and CAL Swim School, We would like to thank everyone for making waves and joining us in our first ever and hopefully one of many Invitational Swim Meet.
For Meet Results: Continue reading
Time surely flies by when you are having fun…
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We cannot believe it… CAL Swim School Summer Swim Camp is almost over…
(no need to panic!) We will be back next year! In the mean time, our non-summer swimming programs available at our selected venues will surely keep everyone swim-satisfied all year round (more information on that soon!)…
So Anyway, before the summer ends we are gathering potential competitive swimmers from our different venues to compete against each other (for fun of course!), there will be prizes for winners, fun and games, and lots of picture taking! It will be a day of making a splash and having fun, the CAL Swim School style! And with the swim meet we will award the graduates of our swim programs their certificate of completion, hence, the first of many celebration:
The 2010 CAL Swim School Graduation and Swim Meet.
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make a splash
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make not just friends but bestfriends
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See you all there okay?!
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for more information: Call us at 387-1424 or read on below… Continue reading
In swimming… there’s nothing like a good inspirational experience like bringing-in an Olympian/SEA Games “superstar” or a “be-medalled” swimmer to swim with the younger athletes. Meeting and greeting someone in person who shares the same sport as yourself is always a great experience (especially for the kids). They will definitely look up to him/her. They’ll admire them and make them their sporting idol.
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In a span of 2 months CAL SWIM SCHOOL organized “Swim with the Olympians: Seminar Series” with of course the help from our friends from PASA (many many thanks!). Last December after the SEA Games, We swam with Daniel Coakley (the South East Asian “Sprint King”), Miguel Molina (the “MVP”), and now JB Walsh (the SEAGames record holder for the 200m butterfly and the first Filipino to go under 2-minutes in the same event). Surely, like the previous olympians who visited us, we enjoyed having JB swim with our aspiring and future Pinoy “World Class” Swimmers.
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Ah yes! Our friend Miguel Molina is an accomplished Filipino swimmer who has competed and won various local and international swimming competitions. His most notable achievement came during the 24th South East Asian Games held in Thailand in December 2007, where he was named Most Valuable Athlete!–He is only the second Filipino to be given the award, the other being Philippine swimming legend Eric Buhain.
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He swims with us in Ayala Heights everytime he visits Manila. We had a pictorial with him just before the Beijing Olympics 2008… “a day in the life of Miguel Molina” a profile photo-shoot. With all his achievements and success in and out of the water–he is by far the most-humble and most-awesome swimmer we know and the kids look up to him↑.
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We invited Migs to give a seminar about his experiences & adventures in swimming and other walks of life just after last’s year SEA Games where he defended his favorite events–the individual medleys… Last year, January 22nd at Ateneo de Manila LS pool, PASA & CAL Swim School was proud to present:
“Swim with Migs”— The Philippine Winning Spirit Clinic.
Take a look..
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We would like to thank Miguel Molina for taking time to give an inspiring experience for the kids and coaches. We would also like to thank everyone who helped making the event happen and of course the ones who joined our day with Migs. God Bless and Good Luck! MABUHAY ANG MALALANGOY NA FILIPINO!
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Click Here to view more snapshots
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That was a well deserved Holiday break right???
We are happy to be back online and blog-afresh all the updates, highlights & snapshots from last year, and more exciting events & adventures to come just for you. We already lined-up our entries but first let me tell you about what happened few months ago…
Berrr-months has always been busy for the country’s swimming community, especially on a SEA games year. Our friends who had a chance to compete and experience the Laos SEA games has got heart-racing adventure stories to share… One of them was Filipino-American multi-SEAGames-gold medal winner, fastest swimmer in all of South East Asia and two-time Sprint King:
Mr. Daniel Coakley
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Coakleys’ Journey to the Olympics was a presentation held last December 19th 2009 at Ateneo de Manila. We are honored to have the Coakleys share with us their adventures and experience in Life with swimming. They gave us a peek of what a family with a strong mind and heart can do beyond imaginable…
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Introducing our Speakers: (left t0 right)
Coach Jeffery Coakley, Mrs. Lani Eugenio, Kaiwiolaiamanakaipo “Kaiwi” Coakley, and of course Daniel Coakley
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Strong mind = Strong body
“you can do pretty much anything you set your mind to…”
Daniel demonstrating his new technique in freestyle…
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Your greatest opponent is not the person next to you, but rather the person within you.
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Aren’t we all inspired by this family’s passion for swimming and competing for the Filipinos?
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Congratulations to Mr. Daniel Coakley and his Family! We are all proud of you!
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That’s it! CAL Swimming would like to thank everyone who participated and joined our presentation, We sure hope everyone had fun–We had a lot of fun having you all for our guest. Special Thanks to Coach Dong Gonzales for assisting with the presentation. See You all next time!
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Readers! check out the snapshots here!
Oh and, before I forget… PASA has got a busy schedule for this year and we are all excited. Good Day!
Date/TIme: Dec. 22, Tuesday 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: Ateneo De Manila LS Pool
Fee: Swimmers: P300.00, Parents/Coaches P400.00
* Limited to the first 100 participants
It’s a busy December for Philippine Swimming…
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After the successful Short-Course G-League National Championships last month, the Philippine Delegation are now on their way to Laos for the 25th SEA Games. Spearheading the swimming delegation is senior swimmer, team captain, 2-time Olympian, and 24th SEA games most valuable athlete – MIGUEL MOLINA. Swimming with Miguel are veteran swimmers Daniel Coakley (SEA Games Sprint King), JB Walsh, Robert Walsh, Erica Totten, Marichi Gandionco, Kendrick Uy, Ryan Arabejo, Charles Walker, and Gem Ong. Swimmers Jasmine Alkahldi, Jasmine Ong, Jessie Lacuna, Banjo Borja, Dorothy Hong, and Jose Gonzales will be PASA’s newest addition to the Philippine Swimming Team Powerhouse. CAL swimming and everyone back here at home will be watching and cheering for you guys! Good Luck! Mabuhay kayong lahat!
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Miguel will be conducting swimming clinics after the 25th SEA Games and CAL swimming is proud to invite everyone as we host the last leg of his clinic in Quezon City. Click here to download the invitation and here to download the Registration Form.
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We hope to see you all there!
Dear Coaches, Swimmers, Team Owners, and Parents…
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CAL Swim School would like to invite you to a once in a lifetime presentation of the journey of Daniel Coakley (Southeast Asia Swim Sprint King) to the Beijing Olympics. With great family support, pride in his heritage, perseverance and determination, Daniel with his Family achieve their dream of representing their country to the Beijing Olympics.
Daniel with his dad and coach, Jeff overcame numerous obstacles to achieve their dream. These include training in an outdated swimming pool, no training partner, lack of high tech equipment/s, and others. We hope that with this presentation we can be convinced (Filipino Swimmers) that we can also achieve the Olympic Dream even with the lack of technological and system support available in the first world countries, and everything we need to succeed is already available to us.
Please find the general details of the seminar below. We will be limiting the participants to 200 as to assure the quality of the seminar. Sponsors and media partners have pledge their support for the event. All participants will be receiving an event shirt, meal, prizes, and other products from our sponsors.
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DATE: December 19, 2009. SATURDAY 9am – 12nn (8am assembly and registration time)
VENUE: Escaler Hall (air-conditioned auditorium), SEC Building, ADMU, Loyola Heights Q.C.;
Ateneo De Manila LS Pool (Semi-indoor 25m pool with bleachers)
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FEES: P300.00 for Swimmers, P400.00 for Coaches/ Parents and Supporters
* All Fees will include an event shirt, meal, and products from sponsors.
Please free to contact us through our email: coachalim@gmail.com.
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Download the Invitation and Registration forms here.
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SEE YOU THERE!
Congratulations to all participants and guests of the 2nd Leg Short-Course G-League Swimming Championships held at Quezon City Sports Club last September 19,2009. Congratulations also to all the winners, the Champion team: PCA – Stingrays, 1st runner-up: Ayala – Harpoons, and 2nd runner-up: Xavier School – Aquastallions.
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Cal Swimming would like to thank everyone (QCSC, Parents, Officials, Participants & Sponsors) for making our competition fun and rewarding for all the swimmers and coaches. We hope to see you all again next year!
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For a copy of the complete results:
click Here (Meet Results)
or Here (Team Standing)
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Oh, One more thing… If you loved the G-League Ver 1.0 Komiks and Snapshots, click HERE to download a small copy.
Good Day!
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