Synchro in Bolivia

karen — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:56:08 +0000

One of my former Vancouver Masters Synchro teammates has been working in Bolivia for the past few years and in her free time there she started a synchronized swimming club! It’s the first ever synchro club in Bolivia and she’s running it on a completely volunteer basis. And that’s not easy. Check out her blog post about a typical practice.

A duet from the club is hoping to represent Bolivia at the Panamerican Championships taking place in Calgary at the end of August. But the cost of a flight to Canada is prohibitively expensive for the typical Bolivian – the girls in Lisa’s synchro club only pay the equivalent of $3 per month for lessons – so they have decided to try raising the money online.

Donations are being collected at GiveMeaning. If you can spare a couple dollars to help supported organized sports in a developing country, please consider making a donation.

And if you’d like to find out more about the club, check out their blog or some of the impressive media coverage they have been getting:

Synchro Bolivia blog
CBC Sounds Like Canada interview (RealAudio file)
St. Albert Gazette article

Summer Synchro

karen — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:16:19 +0000

While the veterans of Vancouver Masters Synchro (like myself!) take a break over the summer, our club will be offering novice lessons. If you’ve in the Vancouver area and you’ve ever wanted to learn synchronized swimming, now is the time!

Lessons run on Sunday nights from July 6th to August 10th. Further details are available over on our club website.

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Synchro in Bolivia

Summer Synchro