About 30-40 people in the club compete and about half of those compete quite seriously. However, the majority of people do not compete. The primary objective of most of the swimmers is fitness. There are no qualifying times required to enter a Masters competition. You will be elegible to enter sanctioned meets virtually anywhere in the world through your registration with Masters Swim Ontario, which is included with your registration fee.
Participants enter one or more events and estimate their finish times for each.
The races are organized so that swimmers of approximately equal speed in each event are grouped together. During the regular season, there are meets almost every weekend in Ontario or Quebec. The competitive members of NMSC attend five to seven meets during the year. Typical attendance is about 200 swimmers, from clubs across Ontario and Quebec. We also hold one or two fun meets during the year, restricting attendance to our own club.