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Montreal, Quebec – Montreal’s Y played a role in the history of synchronized swimming. In “Fifty Years to Gold ” author Elva Nixon explains that historically the YM and YWCA’s of Canada were the centers for most water sport activities because the Y's often had the only indoor pools in a community. “The ‘Royal Life Society’ program at the YWCA helped to create the sport of synchronized swimming because 'tricks’ were included in the advance test requirements....The popularity of these tricks and stunts let to the organization of a Strokes and Tricks Competition at the Montreal YMCA in 1923… this competition is considered to be the origin of the sport of synchronized swimming in Canada and the basis for the technical or 'figures' component of the sport worldwide". |
