Cowichan Valley Breakers

📣 Hey Breakers! Check out these upcoming aquatic training opportunities...

The Municipality of North Cowichan is offering Advanced Aquatic Training again this season - a great opportunity for swimmers aged 13+ to start building the certifications needed for future work in aquatics!

Courses include:
🔹 Bronze Medallion & Bronze Cross
🔹 Standard First Aid / CPR-C & AED

These certifications are important first steps for anyone interested in becoming a lifeguard or swim instructor. Swimmers aged 15+ who have completed their Bronze Cross and First Aid can also move on to Swim Instructor and National Lifeguard certifications.

Check out pages 37–40 of the Fall Recreation Guide for course details and registration information: https://issuu.com/northcowichan/docs/fall_recreation_guide_2026_1_

📣🏊 WE’RE HIRING! 🏊📣 The Cowichan Valley Breakers are now accepting applications for Fall-Winter Maintenance Swim Coaches! 💙

We’re looking for enthusiastic coaches who are passionate about swimming, youth sport, and helping build a positive and supportive team culture.

📅 When: October 2026 – April 2027
🕒 Schedule: Tuesday & Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings
🤝 Availability: Partial availability will be considered!

Interested in joining the Breakers coaching team, or know someone who might be a great fit? Check out the full job description and application details here:
https://www.cvbreakers.ca/current-job-openings

We can't wait to hear from you! 💙🏊

Three Cheers for Our Sponsors! 👏👏👏 It takes a community to keep our swimmers moving, racing, growing , and we're incredibly grateful to those who have supported us this year! 🙌

🌊 Cowichan Valley Regional District — Supporting youth, sport, and our local community!
🏡 Faizal Charania - Commercial Realtor & Business Broker — Helping us make moves, in and out of the pool!
⛳ CVTeeBox — Driving support for our team!
🏦 RBC — Helping make our IceBreaker meet a success!

Thank you for being part of our team and for supporting youth sport in our community. We couldn't do what we do without you! 💙

More amazing Breakers achievements to celebrate from the final day of Provincials!🐊 And what a weekend! Congratulations to all the swimmers, coaches, volunteers, parents, and everyone behind the scenes who made Provincials so special! 💙

Safe travels home, everyone! ⛴️

Celebrating some amazing Breakers achievements! 💙Congratulations to all our swimmers who have earned their place at the 2026 BCSSA Provincial Championships so far! We’re so proud of you 🥹

Good luck on your final day, Breakers! LET’S COOK 🔥

Good luck Breakers and all VI Region swimmers heading to Kamloops this weekend to compete at the BCSSA Provincial Championships! 🐊🏊‍♂️

For Provincials, all Vancouver Island and Gulf Island swimmers join forces and swim together as the VI Gators 💙💚

If you're following along from home, the live stream will be available through the BCSSA website or tune in here:
https://www.youtube.com//streams

GO GATORS! 🐊

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us at Awards Night, and congratulations to all of our swimmers 💙 You each helped make this a special year for the Breakers.

Thank you to our coaches, board and parents for all the time, energy, and care you put into the team throughout the season. We're grateful for all of you.

And now, the final stretch! To our Provincial qualifiers heading to Kamloops this week, we’re all rooting for you. Enjoy the experience, race hard, and know that the entire Breakers family is cheering you on 👏

Breakers Swimmer ➡️ Breakers Coach 💙🥇

Here's to history repeating itself! Congratulations to Coach Marcus on another gold medal and another memorable milestone in his Breakers journey at the VI Regional Championships this past weekend.

We're so lucky to have coaches who continue to chase their own goals while inspiring the next generation of Breakers 💙

Way to go, Coach Marcus!

What a weekend, Breakers!🏆 You gave it everything you had at the VI Regional Championships, and we couldn’t be more proud of you 💙 You’ve definitely earned a break!

📢 Reminder: There will be no practices for any Breakers groups on Monday, August 3 for the BC Day long weekend. Enjoy your day off, and we’ll see everyone back at the pool on Tuesday!

🎺 Da-da-da-DAAA! 🎺 The Vancouver Island Regional Championships is NOW! 💙🏊💚

This Friday through Sunday, we'll be freestylin', backstrokin', breaststrokin', and butterflying our way to the finish line!

Breakers Activation:
🏊 Friday: 10:00 AM
🏊 Saturday: 8:20 AM
🏊 Sunday: 8:00 AM

📱Don't forget to join the Regionals WhatsApp chat group to receive all marshalling calls, announcements, and event reminders in real time. Find the QR code to join posted around the pool.

Let's GOOOOOOO!!!!!