Norfolk Hammerheads Aquatic Club

NHAC Families & Friends - Our Swimmers Need YOUR HELP! Last week Norfolk County staff recommended that the Annaleise Carr Aquatic Centre stay closed until sometime AFTER October 1. Other community pools are open NOW! It is time for the ACAC pool to reopen & to get the Hammerheads BACK IN THE WATER! The NHAC Board advocated for weeks to have the pool reopened but no one from Norfolk County returned the emails or calls. Bill Cridland, General Manager of Community Services is... on record telling Council that user groups were consulted about reopening. Neither NHAC nor the Simcoe Seals (aka 2 of the biggest user groups) were contacted! This week, Mayor Chopp told one of our parents that if we want the pool open then we should be advocating. LET'S ADVOCATE! On Behalf of our Swimmers - PLEASE - send a letter to Norfolk Council and County Staff demanding that action be taken to reopen the ACAC pool immediately. Please email your letter to: Mayor Chopp & Norfolk County Council - [email protected] Bill Cridland, General Manager, Community Services - [email protected]) Todd Shoemaker, Director, Parks and Recreation - [email protected]

The ACAC Pool is closed until April 4th. All NHAC practices are cancelled. Please watch your email for more information.The ACAC Pool is closed until April 4th. All NHAC practices are cancelled. Please watch your email for more information.

The Norfolk Hammerheads are all ready for our 3rd Annual Short & Sweet Meet at the Western University pool. 7 teams. 186 swimmers. 608 splashes! The fun starts tomorrow at 8 AM. Go NHAC Go!!

Hammerheads make waves in Montreal The Norfolk Hammerheads circled around the podium over the weekend in Montreal, and made sure they came home with plenty of ...hardware around their necks. At the Neptune International de Noël 2019, the Hammerheads got first-place finishes from Hannah Ward, Elly Vandermeer, and Aleaha Becker, as well as a third-place finish by the mixed 12x50m freestyle relay team to lead the way in a very impressive showing, not to mention a world record from Zach Zona. Top-eight individual finishes include: Aleaha Becker, 10U girls 50m freestyle, fifth, 38.68s 100m freestyle, first, 1:21.82 (PB) 200m freestyle, second, 3:02.67 (PB) 200m Individual Medley, third, 3:38.50 (PB) 100m backstroke, third, 1:42.51 Amanda Rogers, 11-12 girls 50m backstroke, eighth, 39.75s (PB) Hannah Ward, 15-16 women 50m Freestyle, first, 26.73s (PB) 100m Freestyle, first, 56.98s (PB) 200m Freestyle, first, 2:06.01(PB) 400m Freestyle, fifth, 4:40.45 (PB) 50m Butterfly, third, 29.87s (PB) 100m Individual Medley, seventh, 1:09.53 (PB) 200m Individual Medley, eighth, 2:31.91 (PB) Elly Vandermeer, 15-16 women 50m backstroke, first, 30.38s (PB) 100m backstroke, third, 1:06.28 (PB) 200m backstroke, sixth, 2:29.31 Oliver Godelie, 15-16 men 50m freestyle, fifth, 25.42s 100m freestyle, seventh, 55.14s (PB) 400m freestyle, eighth, 4:23.42 (PB) 50m butterfly, seventh, 27.59s 100m butterfly, eighth, 1:02.84 Sean Anderson, 15-16 men 200m butterfly, sixth, 2:18.26 (PB) Zach Zona, Para Men 50m freestyle, seceond, 29.60s 800m freestyle, first, 9:39.48 (World Record) 100m Individual Medley, first, 1:14.00 The Hammerheads next meet is an in-house Christmas sprint on December 21. Photo by Lori Holstein

Zona smashing more swim records and unofficially breaks a world mark in the process It's safe to say it has been a pretty good month for local swimmer Zach Zona.... Zona, who swims for the Norfolk Hammerheads and Centre Sportif de Haute-Performance Quebec had a record smashing performance at the Neptune Invitational in Montreal, setting several Canadian para standards over the weekend. At the event in Montreal, Zona set new records in the S8 400-metre freestyle (4:40.23), 800m freestyle (9:54.00) and SM8 record in the 100m individual medley (1:13.15). His 800m freestyle time was six seconds faster than the world record, however, it is unofficial as the meet did not hold a WPS sanction. At the Swim International meet in Brantford, Zona also broke the SB7 record in the 100m breaststroke (1:31.33). For his efforts, Zona, from Waterford, was named Swim Ontario Athlete of the Month . Swim Ontario Swimming Canada World Para Swimming

Way to go, Zach!