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![Reflecting on the 2020 Vancouver Open Water Swim Season Sun rising, looking east from west van, view of the ocean.](https://www.vowsa.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bay-challenge-2019-1-640x480.jpg)
March 20, 2021
Everything—everything!—changed last spring. Images coming in from remote places showed empty streets and Italian mayors berating citizens for being outside. “Unprecedented” became over-used. Just over a year ago, I went …
Read MoreMay 23, 2020
Practice swims have been cancelled for the time being and will only happen with a clear green light from public health authorities permitting group gatherings. Hopefully this will be …
Read MoreApril 20, 2020
The VOWSA team has made the decision to cancel all VOWSA race events for the 2020 season: the Canada Day Challenge, the Kits Challenge and the Bay Challenge. We …
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March 29, 2020
COVID-19 has directly affected all of us. How will it affect the 2020 VOWSA season? Season most likely delayed We are as yet unsure how physical distancing and other measures …
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