A Resolution for Aggressive Youth Swimming

Burlington, Ont.—August 1, 2025 – The City of Burlington is happy to announce an answer for aggressive youth swimming has been reached between the City, the Golden Horseshoe Aquatic Club (GHAC) and the Burlington Aquatic Devilrays (BAD).  

With the perfect pursuits of all youth swimmers and their households in thoughts, the City labored carefully with each GHAC and BAD to find out every membership’s pool wants. Both golf equipment acknowledged and agreed to streamline their contemplated choices and search programming in non-public pool services to make sure that each organizations can provide aggressive youth swimming choices for residents of Burlington throughout the variety of hours in City swimming pools which were put aside for that objective. 

The City acknowledges the collaborative efforts of GHAC, the profitable bidder within the RFP course of, and BAD in reaching agreements with the City that steadiness their operational wants with the popularity that each golf equipment will present beneficial programming in City swimming pools now and within the years to come back. 

Youth swimming performs a significant function in fostering wholesome, energetic existence and constructing sturdy group connections. Through swimming companions like GHAC and BAD, younger individuals develop bodily health, confidence, and self-discipline – expertise that profit them each out and in of the water. These applications additionally create inclusive areas the place youth can socialize, be taught teamwork, and develop in a supportive setting. These are qualities which are essential to the way forward for the City, and we’re happy to assist them with companions like GHAC and BAD.