HHBF Weekly Communication - Friday, March 1st, 2024

Halton Hills Blue Fins Administrator

Swimmers of the Month!

Congrats to HHBF Swimmer’s of the month for February! Check them out HERE.

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Busy Blue Fin Weekend!

This weekend HHBF has athletes at the Toronto Pan Am for Ontario Swimming Championships, Juniors and Intro Gold have a Time Trial today and we are holding a Poker Night! Lots going on! Thank you to all the coaches, officials, and volunteers making this happen!

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Poker Night - There are still spots available! If you’d like to play, sign up or even walk in tomorrow!

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PHOTOS!

Take a look at HHBF member photos from B & C Champs!

Thank you to Cheryl N, Peter T, Andrea A for officiating at C Champs this past weekend!

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One Week to Florida Spring Training!

18 HHBF athletes will be travelling to Florida next week for a week of training!

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If you snap a great pic at any of our events please send them to [email protected]! We want to show off the TEAM!

Notification of new content will be posted here. Please visit the link below to view!

LINK TO COACHES CORNER

“NEW” Sub30 Club (UPDATE) - posted Feb 23

TRAINING

TEST SETS LINK (JR, SNR, ND)

MINI FINS

MAR Scheduled Dates: 2, 23, 30

Mar 8-16 - March Break. No Practices

INTRO WHITE

Mar 8-16 - March Break. No Practices

INTRO BLUE

Mar 8-16 - March Break. No Practices

INTRO GOLD

Mar 1 - Friday Night Races Home Meet

Mar 8-16 - March Break. No Practices

JR WHITE

Mar 1 - Friday Night Races Home Meet

Mar 8-16 - March Break. No Practices

Mar 29 - Good Friday - No Practice

JR BLUE

Mar 1 - Friday Night Races Home Meet

Mar 8-16 - March Break. No Practices

Mar 29 - Good Friday - No Practice

SENIOR WHITE

MAR CircaFit Dates (depending on group assigned day of the week) - 4, 5, 6, 7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28

Mar 1 - No Practice

Mar 8-16 - March Break. No Practices

Mar 29 - Good Friday - No Practice

Mar 31 - Easter Sunday - No Practice

SENIOR BLUE

MAR CircaFit Dates (depending on group assigned day of the week) - 4, 5, 6, 7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28

Mar 1 - No Practice

Mar 8-16 - March Break. No Practices

Mar 29 - Good Friday - No Practice

Mar 31 - Easter Sunday - No Practice

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Feb 29-Mar 3- OSCs (Qualifiers)

MAR CircaFit Dates (depending on group assigned day of the week) - 4, 5, 6, 7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28

Mar 1 - No Morning Practice or afternoon practice

Mar 8-16 - March Break. No Practices

Mar 20 - No Morning Practice

Mar 21-24 - Eastern Canadian Champs (Qualifiers)

Mar 22 - No Morning Practice

Mar 29 - Good Friday - No Practice

MASTERS WHITE

Mar 8-16 - March Break. No Practices

MASTERS BLUE

Mar 8-16 - March Break. No Practices

Mar 31 - Easter Sunday - No Practice

OFFICIALS

Officiating is an important part of our club. We can not run meets without officials. By taking steps to become an official you are further supporting the club and your athlete. BONUS! - You get to be part of the action, learn the sport with your athlete, have the closest seat in the house to the races AND we give volunteer service hours(VSH) for all courses and meets you attend as well as generous VSHs for officiating at away meets! Sign up!

FUNDRAISING

TONIGHT! POKER NIGHT!!

HHBF has partnered with Georgetown Optimist Club to hold a fun, social fundraising event!!! POKER NIGHT!

UPDATED TIME: Friday March 1, 2024 Registration at 7:00pm, Games start @ 7:30pm - Georgetown Optimist Hall

Visit HERE for full details, Volunteer sign ups!! VSH and Fundraising Obligation Opportunities!!

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NEW HHBF FLIPGIVE TEAM CODE: HDCXT4

JOIN ANY TIME!

For new users, FlipGive is our season-long fundraising initiative where you can earn money back towards your fundraising obligation through your everyday online store and gift card purchases. Use this link - https://flipgive.app.link/teams/join?joincode=HDCXT4 to get started!

For existing app users - Simply login to the app, drop down the box at the top and click switch team then click Join Existing Team and enter HDCXT4. Then you are ready to start earning! If you have earned over the summer, you can also transfer your funds to the new season from this screen.

Find the full list of stores on the FlipGive app or join online. Amounts raised will be put towards your 2023/2024 fundraising obligation at the end of the season. Friends and family can join too! To have family/friends linked to your FlipGive account, or for help with setting up your own FlipGive, contact Petra at [email protected].

EVENTS & VOLUNTEERING

Group Liaisons Needed for Remainder of Season

We are looking for Group Liaisons for Junior Blue, Intro Blue and Intro Gold. Group Liaisons are a line of communication between parents and the HHBF Board. Responsibilities require about 1 hour a month of your time chatting with parents in the lobby and arranging a team building activity with the group coach for the swimmers. 5.0 VSH will be awarded for fulfilling this role. If you are interested, please email Admin - [email protected].

DID YOU KNOW? AND GENERAL INFO

This section will feature all things Blue Fins that you may not know and how to do it! Have a ‘how-to’ question you can’t find an answer to in the Weekly Communication or on the Website? Reach out to [email protected] and we may feature it here for everyone!

UPCOMING DATES

Feb 29-Mar 3 - OSCs (Qualifiers)

Mar 1 - POKER NIGHT!!

Mar 1-3 - OSC

Mar 1 - Friday Night Races (JR White, JR Blue, Intro Gold)

Mar 8-16 - Florida Team Travel (NO PRACTICES ALL GROUPS)

Mar 21-24 - Easterns (Qualifiers)