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Charke Swim Halloween

Hi Everyone,
Pacific Shores Classes - Cancelled due to low attendance.
I've been avoiding this post but it has to go out. Signups at Nanoose Bay have been extremely low. The first month had 19 signups out of 120 required to break even. I am cancelling all lessons at Pacific Shores Resort as all the class have 2 or fewer students. Combined with other business costs, replacing supplies I had at Stephenson Point, re-advertising fall, my finances have tanked and I still owe refunds. However, I don't make posts like this without a plan, so here it is. I have enough to continue at Beban Park Pool through the spring. By Summer there is a chance to try expand my rentals at Beban, Stephenson Point might be repaired and I'll be looking at summer rental opportunities such as Westwood Lake and Kin Park Pool.
Refunds I anticipate I'll be able to pay off about half the owed refunds this November and December as I take in proceeds from Jan/Feb classes at Beban. Unfortunately the next half will have to wait until January to be paid off by the March/April proceeds. Everyone who signed up for Nanoose Bay will be added to my list of refunds. I would like to appologize to everyone this has inconvenienced and I greatly appreciate the support and how busy Beban Park Pool has been. New Classes Now that my Halloween Horror is over, I have a new instructor and new classes to announce. Samuel is joining Charke Swim and I've created new mid level and higher classes to take advantage of empty space at Beban with the following classes and private lessons;
Rememberance Day Please be aware that we are closed on Nov 11th for Rememberance Day. Candice's Students Reminder Please be aware that Candice is away Nov 4th and Nov 18th, in addition to Nov 11th. The cost for these classes was lower, reflecting the fewer sessions and this break was listed when the classes were programmed in the schedule and class description. She is teaching the following classes;
Preschool 1-2, 5-5:30PM,Sat,Oct14-Dec16 Preschool 3-4, 5:30-6PM,Sat,Oct14-Dec16 Swimmer 1A, 6-6:30PM, Sat, Oct 14-Dec 16 Swimmer 1B, 6:30-7PM, Sat, Oct 14-Dec 16 Swimmer 2, 7-7:30PM,Sat, Oct 14-Dec 16 January Classes - Coming Soon I plan on approaching the City of Nanaimo about January rentals on Monday and hope to start programing classes immediately.
Happy Halloween Everyone! Sincerely,
Mark Charke
www.Charkeswim.com


 
 
 

Last Chance at Beban

Hi Everyone,

I oddly have two classes that remain empty, the Parent & Tot 1-2 and Parent & Tot 3 classes running at 6:00PM and 6:30PM starting on October 28th. I've come to the conclusion that this time is simply be too late in the evening. So I'd like to change the class. I'm thinking about running another Swimmer 1A and Swimmer 1B, but I could run anything. If you have a request please send it to me. Whatever gets the most requests I'll create. Nanoose Bay
A reminder that Nanoose Bay classes start on November 1st. Even More Instructors I have a new instructor, probably, comming in, and we are short on Private Lessons and Swimmer 4 at Beban so I'm hoping to add those!

Sincerely,
Mark Charke
www.Charkeswim.com
 
 
 

New Classes in Nanoose for Charke Swim

Hi Everyone,

I'm happy to announce we've launched new classes at the Pacific Shores Resort in Nanoose Bay!
I'm still learning this new location so there may be some changes in the future. For this fall I'm starting with some fairly basic classes, Swimmer 1A to 6 and Adult classes. I plan to add private lessons to Fridays shortly as well.
Nanoose Bay Lessons Starting Nov 1st 2023! Fall Nanoose Bay Lessons | Charke Swim

Pacific Shores Resort
This is where the Nanoose Bay lessons will be. Address: 1600 Stroulger Rd #1, Nanoose Bay, BC V9P 9B7

Depth
This pool starts at 3 Ft 4 inches deep so I am recomending students who attend be 4 feet tall to be able to properly participate. There is a more shallow outdoor pool that might work for younger students but we won't be able to consider that until it's a little warmer outside.

Parent Viewing Area
The resort has asked all parents to watch from outside the pool area in a viewing area adjacent to the pool. Only students and instructors are allowed on the pool deck. This is in part due to the fire code regarding the number of people allowed at a time in the pool space. Switch/Refund/Credt I'm still working on the refunds for Stephenson Point classes. After I issue a refund, credit or switch, then I cancel your spot. Once I empty a class, I delete it and the automatic start time reminders are turned off. Sorry, if you are still getting them! Beban Park Classes
Until next summer, the only spot we have at Beban is Saturdays from 5 to 8:30PM. I continue to hunt for additional instructors so I can fill that space more completely and launch more classes, especially Parent and Tot and Preschool and will post a newsletter if/when I get more staff! Sincerely,
Mark Charke
www.Charkeswim.com
 
 
 
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