Who We Are (a brief history of the club)

About Our Club

Fraser Valley Masters originally started in 2002 as a Masters team within the PacificSport Aquasonics Synchronized Swim Club. After competing under the PSA name for one season, the team branched off to form an independent club. Compared to most synchro clubs, FVM is extremely small, with only 1 team (at the moment), 1 coach, and all the swimmers acting as executive members.

Swimming out of a handful of pools within the Greater Vancouver area, FVM is composed of ex-competitive swimmers who have returned to the sport for the fun, fitness and friendship offered by Masters. The club seeks out as many opportunities for competition as possible, especially those in exciting (but affordable) out-of-town locations such as California, Florida, and various places within Canada as well.

If you are interested in joining or sponsoring our club, please see the Contacts page.

About Synchro (from Wikipedia.org)

A hybrid of swimming, gymnastics, and ballet, synchronized swimming involves competitors (either individuals or teams) performing aesthetically pleasing and difficult movements while holding their breath and keeping afloat in water. Synchronized swimming is an Olympic sport open to women since 1984, but not open to men, which combines the qualities of gymnastics and ice dance, but is performed in an extremely difficult and challenging medium.

Competitors when performing routines will typically wear a noseclip. Hair is worn in a bun high on the head and held in place with Knox gelatin. Routines typically last two to four and a half minutes, in either solos, duets, trios, or teams. Swimmers are synchronized both to each other and to the music. Only duets and teams may compete at the Olympic Games. During a routine swimmers cannot use the bottom of the pool for support, but rather depend on sculling motions to keep afloat. Swimmers may compete in solo, duet, trio, and team events.

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