VIAREGGIO, ITALY–The 3-day, 3-city, short-course Italian Grand Prix gets underway tomorrow in Viareggio. Following tomorrow’s portion in Viareggio, the meet travels to Genoa on Friday (November 10) and Travagliato on Sunday (November 12). Along with a large Italian component, entrants also are from France, the Netherlands, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, and USA. The meets also serve for qualifying
for Italy’s team to the 2006 Short Course Europeans, in Helsinki, Finland, in December. More information and results from the meets is available here:
http://www.federnuoto.it/nuoto.asp?p=risultati_granpremioitalia_2006

VANCOUVER, CANADA–Former Paralympics swimming medalist Carla Qualtrough last weekend was elected President of the Canadian Paralympic Committee. She is a three-time bronze medalist from the
Seoul and Barcelona Games, and currently sits on the International Paralympic Committee’s Legal Committee.
http://www.paralympic.ca/english/index-details.asp?HomeID=341

IRELAND–Swim Ireland is looking for a Head Coach for its High Performance Center to be created at Limerick University. Further information is available here:
http://www.swimireland.ie/index.cfm/loc/2-2/articleId/BDFBC777-0BD9-7E37-107773C30178617D.htm

SHEFFIELD, UK–At last weekend’s DSE Swimming Championships in Sheffield, 15 World, 17 European and 32 British records were set. A listing of the records set can be found in the article here:
http://www.britishswimming.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,1086
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ANTWERP, BELGIUM–The website for the 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships, scheduled for July 18-22 in Antwerp, can be found online here:
http://www.europeanjuniorsantwerp2007.be/