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Hi Everyone,


Charke Swim is going to remain at Pacific Shores Resort in Nanoose Bay, at least until early 2025. Starting in September I'll be expanding back to Friday lessons and adding Saturday lessons and I've asked Tristan to come in and teach as well on Mondays and Tuesdays. I've launched lessons for October. So there are a lot of spaces and options.


Sincerely,

Mark Charke





 
 
 
Happy Belated Canada Day Everyone! I've got a bunch of news, some good, some not so good.

September Lessons
I've launched September lessons. As the summer rush will be over I'm able to rent Fridays again. I've even added a small number of Monday to Friday classes which have been requested a few times. 5xPrivate Lesson, 5PM, M-FSept 2,3,4,5,6
The rest of the classes are posted below and on the website.

Departure Bay Beach Classes Cancelled Signups for the beach lessons were very low and I've cancelled my rental with the city for the beach. This isn't my first failed rental experiment and I've learned that when you know it's not working, cut your losses and work on what is working and that's what I'm going to do.
Stephenson Point Road This is the not-so-good news. Pool contractors are hard to find on the island and the one contracted to repair Stephenson Point is busy meaning repairs have been pushed back to January 2025 if we are really lucky but more likely April 2025. With such a long delay, one option I'm considering is selling my current house and trying to get one with a pool but there are several big hurdles to overcome with that plan. Home Lessons
I am now able to offer lessons at private residence pools. Please contact me with requests for lessons and I'll then create the classes you would like. (I'm already teaching Monday to Thurday 1:45PM to 8PM but outside of that time I will try arrange your classes.) Please be aware that I can not teach at the public pool or Westwood lake. Sincerely,

Mark Charke

September Classes

 
 
 
Hi Everyone,

Getting people into the brisk open waters of Departure Bay Beach has been a slow start so for our first day, June 21st, I've reduce the price of the private lessons to half, and the Open Water Swim is 5$ for the one day! I've also decided that I will provide all of the Swim-Bouys at no cost (I haven't edited all the lesson notes yet.)

There is also a flash sale for a regular Private Lesson at Pacific Shores at 5:15PM on June 20th.

Sincerely,
Mark Charke

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