2012 NZSCTA Awards

The award winners announced at the 2012 NZSCTA Awards Dinner are:

• Swim Teacher of the Year
• Dean Kent
• Rookie Swim Teacher of the Year
• Jacoline Brink and Xavietta De Lautour
• Outstanding Swim School (2,000 or fewer LTS)
• Fulton Swim School
• Outstanding Swim School (More than 2,000 LTS)
• Northern Arena Swim School
• Open Water Coach of the Year
• Mark Regan
• Provincial Coach of the Year
• Noel Hardgrave-Booth
• SWD Coach of the Year
• Roly Crichton
• Swim School Promotion Award (2,000 or fewer LTS)
• North Shore Leisure Swim School
• Swim School Promotion Award (More than 2,000 LTS)
• Northern Arena Swim School
• Coach of the Year
• Gary Hurring
• Swim Club of the Year
• North Shore Swimming

Photos from 2011 Conference

You can view photos from the conference by clicking here.

Many thanks to Sarah Alice Lee of Waterbubs for the excellent photos.

If you want a high resolution version of any particular photograph then send me an email with the photo number.

2012 Events

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Conference Web Site
or Contact: info@nzscat.org.nz
or phone (03) 488 6332
 

About Us

The organization is involved in initiatives and projects that support members in developing best practice and professional excellence in the aquatic industry.

A copy of the Constitution of NZSCTA can be downloaded here.

Vacancies

We have a range of vacancies for coaches and teachers throughout New Zealand.

 

2012 NZSCTA Conference

The 2012 NZSCTA Conference will be held at the James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor in Wellington from the 10th to the 12th May 2012.

The full conference in 2012 will last 3 days. The main conference will be on Friday and Saturday with the Awards Dinner being held on Friday night. This will mean most attendees will be able to save at least one night's accommodation.

The first day (Thursday) will be the increasingly popular Swim School Management Day. The presentations on this day are aimed principally for an audience of swim school owners and managers. The main conference will start on the Friday.

We have managed to reduce the cost this year with an excellent saving for those who register early.

2012 NZSCTA Annual Conference Registration Fee

Fully paid up 2012-2013 Members
	Early Bird (prior to 31 March 2012)	$499
	Conference (after 31 March 2012)	$699
	Day Rate (single day only)	$250

Non-Members
	Early Bird (prior to 31 March 2012)	$619
	Conference (after 31 March 2012)	$839
	Day Rate (single day only)	$350

The registration form for the Conference can be downloaded here.

2012 NZSCTA Swim School Management Day Fee

Fully paid up 2012-2013 Members
	Attending the 2012 Annual Conference	$200
	NOT attending the 2012 Annual Conference	$449

Non-Members
	Attending the 2012 Annual Conference	$220
	NOT attending the 2012 Annual Conference	$559

The registration form for the Management Day can be downloaded here.

Note the big savings to be made by registering early and by attending the whole 3 days. It would also be advantageous to become a member of NZSCTA as the cost of membership is less than the extra cost to attend the conference as a non-member.

The newsletters relating to the conference can be viewed from below:
Newsletter 1 (Costs)
Newsletter 2 (Swim School Management Day)
Newsletter 3 (2012 NZSCTA Conference Coaching Stream)
Newsletter 4 (2012 NZSCTA Conference Teaching Stream)
Newsletter 5 (NZSCTA Plenary Speakers 2012)
Newsletter 6 (2012 NZSCTA Conference (for clubs))
Newsletter 7 (2012 NZSCTA Conference Early Bird Closing)
Newsletter 8 (2012 NZSCTA Conference Accommodation)
Newsletter 9 (2012 NZSCTA Awards)

 

An almost final copy of the speakers and topics can be downloaded here.

Overview of your relationship with the sport of swimming

Our members are the swimming coaches and swimming teachers of New Zealand. Our objectives are:

• To promote and foster excellence in the teaching and coaching of swimming in New Zealand;
• To maintain and enhance the standards, quality and reputation of swim coaching and teaching in New Zealand;
• To promote and foster the professional standing and welfare of swimming coaches and swimming teachers in New Zealand and the status of NZSCTA;
• To encourage and assist swimming coaches and swimming teachers in New Zealand;
• To provide quality education and training opportunities for NZSCTA members and partner organisations;
• To secure sustainable funding to support NZSCTA objectives;
• To establish partnerships and collaborative practices to support NZSCTA objectives;
• To ensure effective communication with members, partners, sponsors, the media and the wider community;
• To advocate effectively in support of the interests of swimming teachers and swimming coaches in New Zealand;
• To otherwise promote, protect and represent the interests of NZSCTA members;
• To actively promote the elimination of the use of prohibited substances from the sport of swimming in New Zealand

What do you see are the critical success factors which will enable swimming to be a vibrant national sport? Detail those factors you see as necessary to encourage New Zealanders to actively participate in the development of skills in the water, swimming for recreation, competitive training and events, and excel on the World stage.

• High calibre leadership;
• A culture of service where SNZ sees a key role being to serve swim schools, clubs and regions in their role of promoting learn-to-swim and the sport of swimming, attracting new entrants, maintaining membership and ensuring conditions necessary for excellence;
• A clear, focused, and well-understood purpose;
• A vision for the organization that reflects a culture of service (see above) empowering clubs, regions and swim schools;
• Effective and respectful communication between SNZ, regions, clubs and swim schools;
• Well-developed programmes based on sound evidence-based research taking into account comparative experience in other countries and institutional knowledge from within the swimming community in New Zealand;
• A high performance strategy that seeks and takes account of the views of all coaches of swimmers at or approaching high performance level and ensures transparency and accountability - including fiscal accountability - in all its activities

What needs to be addressed or changed for the sport of swimming (in New Zealand) to ensure these critical success factors are met?

The role, purpose and structure of Swimming NZ

• Reverse the current “top-down” approach of SNZ to a “bottom-up” approach that empowers and supports swim clubs, regions and swim schools in their role of promoting learn-to-swim and the sport of swimming, attracting new entrants, maintaining membership and ensuring conditions necessary for excellence;
• State clearly the purpose of Swimming NZ including as it relates to regions, clubs, swim schools and other key organizations including NZSCTA and Water Safety NZ reflecting on Swimming New Zealand’s original role of running national meets and selecting national teams;
• Re-write SNZ’s vision statement and adopt a new, carefully thought through, well-developed and comprehensive strategic plan that sets out goals for all areas covered by SNZ’s mandate and is reviewed regularly and transparently taking into account the views of the wider swimming community

Swimming NZ’s relationship with other key organizations

• Ensure that the strategic plan does not duplicate functions of other organizations particularly NZSCTA and Water Safety NZ;
• Require SNZ to consult fully with NZSCTA and Water Safety NZ and work alongside them to advance the respective goals of all the organizations.

Ethical practices and procedures

• Amend the SNZ constitution and relevant procedures and practices to ensure that:
  • poor performance in management positions is dealt with expeditiously;
  • situations do not arise where a single coach is the only voice listened to by a SNZ Board; and
  • the SNZ Board includes at least one representative with considerable knowledge and experience in the coaching/teaching of the sport of swimming;
• Review and restructure the organization in accordance with the proposals made in this submission, including a full review of whether current high staffing levels, compared with staff levels in the past, are necessary;
• Make effective implementation of the strategic plan a key performance indicator for management of SNZ.

High Performance Programme

• Develop a comprehensive business plan to implement that part of the SNZ strategic plan that relates to high performance, progress against which should be reported to the Board regularly (quarterly at least);
• Develop and maintain robust and transparent procedures for advertising, appointing and reviewing high performance programme staff. For key appointments, panels should comprise not less than three and preferably five people including:
  • at least one external panelist eg a person with high performance programme expertise from an unrelated sport;
  • at least one person with past high performance coaching experience in the sport of swimming.
• Require the appointment panel and review committee to adhere to a strict written code of ethics that includes for example a requirement that all conflicts of interest be declared to both the Committee and the Board and where there is a direct conflict the person with the conflict does not participate in making the relevant decision;
• Develop and maintain robust and transparent procedures for selecting and reviewing on an ongoing basis, high performance swimmers. As with the appointment of high performance staff, the appointment panel for swimmers must be required to adhere to a strict written code of ethics that includes a requirement that all conflicts of interest be declared to both the Committee and the Board and where there is a direct conflict the person with the conflict does not participate in making the relevant decision;
• The funding of swimmers at or approaching high performance level and the funding of high performance programmes requires full and transparent review in consultation with the wider swimming community taking into account evidence-based research about what has and has not worked in other countries and in other sports and not ruling out funding for some high performance swimmers simply on the basis of where they live;
• To support the development of current and future swimmers, a “talent-spotter”, with coaching experience and good people skills, should be employed to identify promising swimmers and coaches.

Reduce administrative burden on clubs and regions

• Reduce the bureaucratic burden on clubs and regions created by administrative requirements that currently require duplication of effort by:
  • acquiring/developing simple, modern, software/technology packages;
  • developing and maintaining processes and procedures eg standard form documents/templates/guidelines/legal forms that make it easier for volunteers to run clubs effectively.

Number of Regions

• NZSCTA is largely happy with the number of regional swimming associations. Should proposals be made to reduce the number of regions, the Board would urge the review committee to:
  • research carefully the experience of other sports where such reduction has taken place to see whether this has in fact increased efficiencies;
  • take into account the reality that swim clubs and regions are run almost exclusively by volunteers whose focus is on their local community and whose capacity to increase hours, resources and geographic coverage is limited.

Wednesday 16 May 2012

RUS: 21 for Europeans -Russian Juniors finish today

RUSSIA--The Russian Swimming Federation (RSF) over the weekend announced a 21-swimmer team for the 2012 European Championships, which are next week (May 21-27) in Debrecen, Hungary. Team members are:
-males (14): Vyacheslav Andrusenko, Vitaly Borisov, Dmitry Gorbunov, Nikita Konovalov, Oleg Kostin, Yevgeny Kulikov, Anton Lobanov, Paul Medvetsky, Alexander Selin, Cyril Strelnikov, Vitaly Syrnikov, Oleg Tihobaev, Ivan Trofimov and Michael Zvyagin.
-females (7): Valentina Artemiev, Christina Krasyukova, Kristina Kochetkova, Irina Novikova, Maria Novikova, Maria Ugolkova and Daria Tsvetkov.
Team announcement can be found on the RSF website [in Russian] here: More
In Russia-related news, the 2012 Russia Junior Championships concluded today (May 12-15) in Volgograd. Results from the meet can be found online here: More

GER: 3 German Records fall in Berlin

GERMANY--3 German Records were bettered over the weekend (May 10-14) at the 124th Germany Championships in Berlin. The national records were bettered in:
-men's 200 back: 1:55.87, Jan-Philip Glania (old= 1:56.34, Helge Meeuw, June 2006)
-men's 200 I.M.: 1:57.82, Markus Deibler (old= 1:58.67, Deibler, June 2011)
-women's 200 back: 2:08.30, Jenny Mensing (old= 2:08.80, Mensing, December 2009)
The meet serves in Germany's selection for the 2012 Olympics. Results from the meet are available online here: More

SLO: 18 for Europeans

SLOVENIA--The Slovene Swimming Association, Pkavalna Zveza Slovenije (PZS) has announced an 18-swimmer team for the 2012 European Championships next week (May 21-27) in Debrecen, Hungary. Team members are:
-males (8): Damir Dugonjic, Peter Mankoc, Matjaz Markic, Jan Karel Petric, Rok Resman, Emir Tahirovic, Robert Vovk and Robert Zbogar.
-females (10): Ursa Bezan, Spela Bohinc, Anja Carman, Nastja Govejsek, Sara Isakovic, Anja Klinar, Neza Marcun, Mojca Sagmeister, Tanja Smid and Tjasa Vozel.
-coaches (4): Borut Petric (head), Matija Medvesek, Roni Pikec and Miha Ptocnik.
Team announcement can be found on the PZS website [in Slovenian] here: More

EVENTS THIS WEEK

Venezuela Nationals 2012--Maracaibo Wednesday-Saturday (May 16-19)

Kazakhstan Championships 2012--Temirtau Thursday-Sunday (May 17-20)

Canada Masters Championships 2012--Kelowna, BC Friday-Monday (May 18-21) More

Portugal 10K Nationals 2012--Montemor-o-Velho Saturday, May 19

Virgin Islands Championships 2012--St. Croix Saturday & Sunday (May 19+20)

Czech Republic - Poland - Slovakia meet--Gliwice Saturday & Sunday (May 19+20)

BRIEFS

SETUBAL, PORTUGAL--FINA has posted a list of swimmers that are entered in next's month 10K Olympic Qualifying Race in Setubal, Portugal. The list can be found on the FINA website here: More

MALAYSIA--Results from the 2012 Malaysia Championships, held at the beginning of the month (May 3-6) in Bukit Jalil, can be found online here: More

Tuesday 15 May 2012

IRL: Madine & Turner named Coaches of the Year for 2011 -7 for Europeans

IRELAND--Swim Ireland handed out their 2011 Awards during ceremonies last month in Belfast. At those awards, Coach of the Year honors went to Bobby Madine (High Performance) and Alan Turner (Club). Swimmer of the Year honors went to Grainne Murphy (High Performance), Bethany Carson (Club), Patrick Flanagan (Disability), and Jerry Kiersey (Open Water). A report on the awards, as well as additional recipients, can be found on the Swim Ireland website here: More
In Ireland-related news, a report indicates that Swim Ireland has selected a 7-swimmer team for the 2012 European Championships, which are next week (May 21-28) in Debrecen, Hungary. Team members are: Karl Burdis, Bethany Carson, Fiona Doyle, Sycerika McMahon, Nuala Murphy, Melanie Nocher and Shani Stallard. More

FINA Anti-Doping report More

Doping Offence - Jan Novak (CZE)
On December 16, 2011, a water polo player Jan Novak (CZE) was tested positive to the substance Cannabis (Class S.8 Cannabinoids) following a doping control test conducted with the occasion of the Czechoslovak Water Polo Cup in Prague (CZE).
The Disciplinary Committee of the Czech Water Polo Federation imposed a sanction of 2 months’ ineligibility on the athlete starting on January 18, 2012.

BRIEFS

NEW ZEALAND--Swimming New Zealand (SNZ) has announced the 3 coaches for its team at this summer's Olympics. Team members are: Mark Regan (head), Gary Hurring and Scott Talbot. Announcement can be found on the SNZ website here: More

GREAT BRITAIN--The 2012 British Masters Championships were swum May 4-6 in Sheffield, England. Results from the meet can be found online here: More

SAIPAN, NORTHERN MARIANAS--The Northern Mariana Islands reportedly will have at least one swimmer at the 2012 Oceania Championships: Renze Wong. Wong reportedly petitioned his national federation to swim for the nation at the meet. There was some speculation that the Northern Marianas would not send swimmers to the Oceania, due to budget constraints; the nation did not send any swimmers to the 2010 Oceanias as well. The 2012 Oceania Championships are May 28-June 2 in Nouméa, New Caledonia. More

RWANDA--A report from Rwanda indicates that the country will have 2 wild card swimmers at the 2012 Olympics: Alphonsine Agahozo and Jackson Niyomugabo. More

Saturday 12 May 2012

EVENTS THIS WEEKEND

USA Grand Prix 2012-06: Charlotte UltraSwim--Charlotte, NC Thursday-Sunday (May 10-13) More

124th Germany Championships--Berlin Thursday-Monday (May 10-14) More

Greece Grand Prix 2012: Acropolis--Athens Friday-Sunday (May 11-13) More -25th edition

Argentina Disability International--Buenos Aires Friday-Sunday (May 11-14)

Denmark Masters Open 2012--Gentofte Saturday, May 12 More

Tanzania Nationals 2012--Dar es Salaam Saturday & Sunday (May 12+13)

Poland Championships 2012--Olsztyn Saturday-Tuesday (May 12-15) More

BRIEFS

ARGENTINA--The Argentina Aquatic Sports Confederation, Confederación Argentina de Deportes Acuáticos (CADDA), announced today (May 11) that Gaston Rodriguez has been suspended for 1 year and 3 months for an adverse doping test. The suspension is per Argentina's National Antidoping Lay (Law 24.819). The suspension period is August 29, 2011 - November 29, 2012 (Note: Rodriguez was on provision suspension prior to this announcement.) More

AUSTRALIA--Swimming Australia announced today that they will host the next edition of the Pan Pacific Championships in August 2014 at a location in the state of Queensland. The meet is currently held every 4 years, in the even years between Olympics. It was last swum in 2010 in Irvine, USA. More

Friday 11 May 2012

SCAA elects initial officers

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA--The Swimming Coaches Association of Africa (SCAA) held its first general meeting April 20 in Durban, South Africa. At the meeting, the following were elected to the SCAA's Board:
-President: Igor Omeltchenko
-Vice President: Karoly von Toros
-Secretary: Mandy van Laan
-Treasurer: Brett Fischer
-Members (2): Debbie McLeod and Marko Markgraaff
-Honorary Patron: Graham Hill
Minutes from the meeting can be found online here: More
In SCAA-related news, the University of Pretoria will host American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) certification courses in July in Pretoria. Course type and dates are:
-July 5+6: ASCA Level 1
-July 7+8: ASCA Level 2
-July 14+15: ASCA Level 3
Further information on the SCAA courses is available here: More
Registration form is available online here: More

AUS: 21 for Oceania Champs -teams also announced for Junior Pan Pacs and Trans Tasman

AUSTRALIA--Swimming Australia (SAL) yesterday announced a 21-swimmer team for the 2012 Oceania Championships which are May 28-June 2 in New Caledonia. Team members are:
-males (10): Ben Edmonds, Trent Grimsey, Robert Hurley, Daniel Lester, Rhys Mainstone, Jarrod Poort, Nikolas Pregelj, Kyle Richardson, Nicholas Schafer and Kenneth To.
-females (11): Leah Cutting, Melissa Gorman, Jessica Hansen, Amy Levings, Grace Loh, Ami Matsuo, Nicole Mee, Emily Seymour, Mikkayla Sheridan, Lorna Tonks and Jordan White.
Yesterday's announcement also included team rosters for this year's Trans-Tasman series (48 swimmers) in July, and the Junior Pan Pacs (35 swimmers) in August. Junior teams are headed to both these meets. Roster for those teams, as well as further information on the Oceania team, can be found on the SAL website here: More

BRIEFS

BERLIN, GERMANY--The 124th Germany Championships began today and continue through Monday (May 10-14) in Berlin. The meet serves as Germany's Olympic trials. Results from the meet are available online here: More

FIJI--The 2012 Fiji Age Group Nationals were swum last weekend (May 4-6). Results from the meet can be found on the Fiji Swimming website here: More

PAPUA NEW GUINEA--Following last month's Papua New Guinea (PNG) Nationals (April 20-22), PNG Swimming has announced a 6-swimmer team for the 2012 Oceania Championships, which are May 28-June 2 in Nouméa, New Caledonia. Team members are: Stanford Gore Kawale, Judith Meauri, Ian Nakmai, Ryan Pini, Peter Pokawin and Samuel Seghers. More

MT CLAREMONT, AUSTRALIA--The Western Australia Institute of Sport (WAIS) is currently accepting applications for coaches wishing to work at the center. Term of employment is September 2012 through December 2016. Application deadline for consideration is June 11, 2012. Further information is available on the WAIS website here: More

NORTH KOREA--A report indicates that North Korea will participate in its first-ever Paralympics this summer. The nation anticipates sending athletes in Swimming, Athletics, and Table Tennis, among other disciplines. North Korea began a member of the International Paralympic Committee in March. More

Thursday 10 May 2012

DSTV holds officer elections

FRANKFURT, GERMANY--The German Swimming Coaches Association, Deutsche Schwimmtrainer Vereinigung (DSTV), held officer elections as part of its 2012 Convention, April 27-29 in Frankfurt. Elected officers were:
-President: Hasso-Ruediger Tretow
-Vice Presidents (2): Claus Vandenhirtz, Werner Freitag
-Treasurer: Karl-Heinz Dinter
-Honorary Secretary: Ulrike Wolf

BRIEFS

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--FINA has announced that High Diving will be included in the World Championships, beginning with the next edition in 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. The announcement was made by FINA in its electronic newsletter delivered today. High Diving's inclusion under FINA was just approved back in March, with the creation of a commission to oversee the emerging discipline. The announcement also indicates that a FINA will have a High Diving World Series beginning next year.

NIGERIA--A report from Nigeria indicates that Yellow Yeiyah and Ifelizebe Gagbe will swim for the nation at the 2012 Olympics. The report indicates that the duo have been granted Universality places by FINA to swim at the Games. More

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL--The last qualify meet for Brazil's Olympic team begins today and continues through Saturday (May 9-12) in Rio de Janeiro. Just over 50 swimmers are entered in this week's "Olympic Trials", which feature select events which appear to be those events in which Brazil does not have two swimmers qualified. Currently, 16 swimmers are already qualified for Brazil's team to the 2012 Olympics. Further information is available [in Portuguese] here: More

MAPUTO, SOUTH AFRICA--Results from the 2012 CANA Zone 3 & 4 Championships, held last month (April 25-28) in Maputo, Mozambique, have been posted online by Swimming South Africa, here: More

SHENZHEN, CHINA--The 2012 China Open Water Nationals are today (May 9) in Shenzhen, Guangdong.

THIERS, FRANCE--The 2012 France University Championships began today and continue through Friday (May 9-11) in Thiers. The individual championships are being held today and tomorrow; the team championships on Friday. Results from today are available online here: More
Start list for today and tomorrow is here: More

Wednesday 9 May 2012

ASCTA awards for 2011

BEERWAH, AUSTRALIA--The Australian Swimming Coaches & Teachers Association (ascta) held their annual awards ceremony on April 28 in Broadbeach, Queensland. Recipients of awards were:
-Coach of the Year: Brant Best
-Age Group CotY: Craig Jackson
-Open Water CotY: Ken Wood
-Disability CotY: Steve Hadler
-Masters CotY: Danny Crowe
Bill Sweetenham was also award Life membership honours with the organization. A full listing of award recipients can be found on the WSCA website here: More

BRIEFS

LONDON, UK--The organizers of the 2012 Olympics have posted the competition schedules for each discipline at the Games. Included with the post are estimated timelines for each session and event, as well as event order. The Swimming schedule can be found on the Games' website at the link below. The 2012 Olympics start in 80 days. More

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--A portion of the collection from the Olympic Museum in Lausanne has been included in Google's new Art Project feature, which provides online views to artworks from various international museums. The Olympic Museum's access point for Art Project can be found here: More

Tuesday 8 May 2012

FINA expands posted information on Aquatics Convention -Olympic Water Polo draws held

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--Last week, FINA posted expanded information on its 2nd World Aquatics Conference, which will be held in Moscow, Russia, October 30-November 1, 2012 (a Tuesday afternoon through Thursday evening). As part of the expanded information, FINA has confirmed that it will hold a coaches clinic just before the Convention, on October 29+30. The current schedule lists the Monday, October 29 portion as for Swimming coaches, while the Tuesday, October 30 portion appears to include all 5 Aquatics disciplines.
Further information on 2nd FINA World Aquatics Conference can be found online here: More
Also in FINA-related news, the draws for the 2012 Olympics Water Polo tournaments were done this past Saturday in London, UK. Group placements for the 12-team men's tournament and the 8-team women's tournament are:
-Men's Group A: Australia, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Kazakhstan and Spain.
-Men's Group B: Great Britain, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and USA.
-Women's Group A: China, Hungary, Spain and USA.
-Women's Group B: Australia, Great Britain, Italy and Russia.
Announcement of the draws can be found on the FINA website here: More

OMA: new constitution approved for national federation

OMAN--The Oman Swimming Association (OSA) held its 3rd General Assembly last Thursday in Muscat, according to a report issued by Oman's Ministry of Information. At the meeting, the OSA approved a new constitution for the body; the existing structure has been in-place for 20 years. Prior to the 11 member-clubs of the OSA approving the constitution, it was verified with Oman's Ministry of Sport to ensure that it is in line with Omani law. The constitution changes will now be sent to FINA for review and approval later this month, following a review period for the swimming clubs within the country.
Also announced is that the OSA will hold elections next February, as well as that Oman has selected a 4-male team for the Open Water portion of the 2012 Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, China next month. Team members are: Khalid al Kulaibi, Mohammed al Habsi, Aiman Talib and Musallam al Khadhouri. More

FINA Anti-Doping reports [3] More

Doping Offence - Litvina Yuliya (KAZ)
On March 25, 20112, a swimmer Litvina Yuliya (KAZ) was tested positive to the substance Methylhexaneamine (Class S.6 Stimulants) following a doping control test conducted with the occasion of the Kazakhstan National Swimming Championships 2012.
The Anti-Doping Commission of the Kazakhstan Swimming Federation imposed a sanction of 6 months’ ineligibility on the athlete starting on March 25, 2012.

Doping Offence - Barbara Benke (BRA)
On March 11, 2012, a swimmer Barbara Benke (BRA) was tested positive to the substance Isometheptene (Class S.6 Stimulants) following an in competition doping control test.
The Doping Panel of the Brazilian Swimming Federation imposed a sanction of 4 months’ ineligibility on the athlete starting on March 11, 2012.

Doping Offence - Tosan Boyo (NGR)
On July 2, 2011, a swimmer Tosan Boyo (NGR) was tested positive to the substance Dexamethasone (Class S.9 Glucocorticosteroids) following a doping control test conducted with the occasion of the Bi-annual Sporting Inter-State event in Nigeria.
The Doping Panel of the Nigeria Swimming Federation imposed a sanction of 1 year ineligibility on the athlete starting on August 1, 2011.

BRIEFS

MONTERREY, MEXICO--Results from the Swimming portion of 2012 Mexico National Olympiad, swum last week (May 1-6) in Monterrey, Nuevo León, can be found online here: More

BERGEN, NORWAY--The hosts of the annual Bergen Swim Festival in Bergen, Norway, canceled this year's meet due to last week's death of Norwegian swimmer Alexander Dale Oen. The meet was to be this past weekend (May 4-6), and Dale Oen was scheduled to swim in it. In the meets place, the hosts organized a memorial service for the swimmer on Saturday. Further information [in Norwegian] and pictures from the memorial, are available online here: More

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