Provincial Competitive Program – 2025–2026 Season

📅 Registration Opens: Now closed

🔗 Link for 2026-2027 coming in the spring/summer

📬 Questions? Email [email protected]

 

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What is the Provincial Competitive Program?

GO Capital's Provincial Competitive Program is for swimmers ready to take their training and competition to the next level. With 2–4 practices per week, athletes build strong artistic swimming skills, develop teamwork, and prepare for provincial-level competitions.

  • Open to athletes aged 9 and up (depending on experience and comfort in the water)
  • Season runs from early September to late May/early June

Your child must be:

  • Comfortable in deep water
  • Able to submerge while holding their breath
  • Able to swim two lengths of the pool
  • Able to tread water for 20 seconds

Age Categories (2025–2026 Season)

Athletes compete at the age they will be on December 31, 2026:

  • 2017 → 9
  • 2016 → 10
  • 2015 → 11
  • 2014 → 12
  • 2013 → 13
  • 2012 → 14
  • 2011 → 15
  • 2010 → 16

Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD)

GO Capital’s Provincial Competitive Program is based on Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) ‘Training to Train’ and ‘Training to Compete’ stages.

  • Develops stamina, strength, speed, and flexibility with advanced artistic swimming skills
  • Introduces mental training: goal setting, evaluation, visualization, competition preparation
  • Promotes teamwork and excellence in a high-quality training environment
  • Teaches technically sound and creative artistic swimming while building life skills
  • Ages 10 & Under – 'Learn to Train': foundational development and competition experience
  • Ages 11 & Over – 'Train to Train': continued skill development and competitive engagement

⏲ Tentative Practice Schedule (2025–2026)

Important Notes:

  • Brewer Pool will close late fall to early winter for maintenance. A reroute plan will follow.
  • University pools close mid-April for maintenance. Alternate plans will be provided.
  • Holiday and pool closures may alter the regular schedule. Updates will be shared in advance.

10 & Under – Pre-Competitive

10 & Under

Number of practices per week: 2
Total hours per week: 6 hours (4 pool + 2 land)

Practice times & locations:

  • Thursday 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. @ Brewer Pool (includes 1 hour land)
  • Saturday 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. @ Sawmill Creek Pool (includes 1 hour land)

11–12

Number of practices per week: 3
Total hours per week: 10 hours (7 pool + 3 land)

Practice times & locations:

  • Tuesday 4:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. @ Splash Wave Pool (includes 1 hour land)
  • Thursday 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. @ Brewer Pool (includes 1 hour land)
  • Sunday 7:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. @ *Carleton University Pool (includes 1 hour land)

Youth (13–15)

Number of practices per week: 4
Total hours per week: 14 hours (11 pool + 3 land)

Practice times & locations:

  • Monday 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. @ Brewer Pool (includes 1 hour land)
  • Wednesday 4:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. @ Bob MacQuarrie Pool (includes 1 hour land)
  • Thursday 4:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. @ Bob MacQuarrie Pool (includes 1 hour land)
  • Sunday 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. @ *University of Ottawa Pool

Junior (15–19)

Number of practices per week: 3
Total hours per week: 10 hours (8 pool + 2 land)

Practice times & locations:

  • Wednesday 4:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. @ Bob MacQuarrie Pool (includes 1 hour land)
  • Friday 5:45 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. @ Lowertown Pool (includes 1 hour land)
  • Sunday 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. @ *University of Ottawa Pool

Senior (18+)

Interested in senior-age programming options?
Contact us at: [email protected]

Performances & Competitions

  • Watershows: Possible Winter and End-of-Season shows (dates and locations TBC)
  • Competitions: 2025–2026 competition schedule pending from Ontario Artistic Swimming (OAS)

Start of Season

  • Conditioning Camp (Optional): August 25–30, pending pool availability. Dates, times, and locations will be confirmed as soon as possible.
  • Team Placements (Mandatory): September 2–6. Please note: these practice times and locations may differ from your regular age group’s schedule above. Times and locations will be communicated once confirmed.
  • Team selection shared via email before full team practices begin.
  • Important Note About Start of Season Schedule: The Club does not have access to all regular pools and times at the beginning of the season. Athletes should expect a slightly modified schedule during the first few weeks.

Extra Routines – Solos & Duets

Based on updates from OAS programming, GO Capital plans to offer solos (for Youth 13–15 and older) and duets (for all age groups) to Provincial Competitive athletes this season.

  • Extra routines will involve 2 additional hours of training per routine per week
  • Training runs from late September through May/June
  • Extra routine selection and coach assignments are at the discretion of the Lead Technical Coach
  • Extra routine assessments will take place during team practices the week of September 8–14

Required Equipment

Please note that these items are NOT included in the fees. Swimmer accounts will be invoiced separately based on specific merchandise needs. The following items will be mandatory unless indicated as optional:

  • Routine suit (included in fees)
  • GO Capital Artistic Swimming Club cap*
  • Club jacket*
  • Club T-shirt*
  • Club tank top*
  • Club swim bag (backpack)*
  • Club spacing suit*
  • Plain white swim cap
  • Plain black swimsuit
  • Nose clips
  • Goggles (including black goggles needed for competition)
  • Practice swim cap
  • Yoga mat
  • Plain black leggings
  • Optional: Plain black shorts

* To be purchased through the Club

Fees

  • Deposit: $250 (non-refundable), due at registration
  • Club Fee: As per the fee schedule available during registration (NEW: includes end-of-season banquet ticket for athlete)
  • Ontario Artistic Swimming (OAS) / Canada Artistic Swimming (CAS) Fee: $175. Note: These fees will be paid directly by families through a separate online registration system. More information will be shared once available.

Club fees can be paid in full or in installments. Refer to the Payment Policy for details on refunds and withdrawals.

Fees do NOT include travel costs (hotel, food, transportation), competition costs (registration fees, and coach per diem and travel), or additional merchandise. These will be invoiced separately as incurred.

Fundraising

All families are required to pay a fundraising amount set annually by the Board (outlined in the fee schedule). Funds raised per family are credited back to your account. Fundraising may benefit the Club or the athlete.

  • Club-directed: Supports Club-wide needs (e.g., equipment, coaches' uniforms, offsetting operational costs).
    Examples: Watershows, Swim-a-thon
  • Athlete-directed: Helps offset personal costs.
    Examples: Purdy’s Chocolate, FlipGive, Fundscrip

Volunteering

All families are required to pay a volunteer levy set annually by the Board (outlined in the fee schedule). Credited back at season’s end if volunteer hours are completed.

  • Meet roles: Scoring, hospitality, audio/video, etc.
  • Non-meet roles: Board position, fundraising, event setup/support

Full details in the Volunteer Policy

📩 Still have questions? Email us at [email protected]