WEST Weekly

Dear West Swim Folk,
 
Happy Spring! Memorial Day Weekend is here and Summer is right around the corner. Make sure you familiarize yourself with our Summer Schedule and prepare in advance for the time changes. We understand that most parents work during the day and getting swimmers to-and-from practice is a challenge. We encourage parents to set up carpools and help each other out as much as possible. We strongly urge all swimmers to take advantage of all Colman Training time. We are fortunate to be one of the few teams that gets use of this beautiful pool and Long Course training is crucial to not only a successful summer season, but overall progress throughout the entire year. Much of our aerobic building and skill development is done over the summer when we have more available pool space and time to train.
 
Clean Up Day – THANK YOU Volunteers!
We worked hard through the rain on Saturday and built a retaining wall behind the back wall of the pool. We weren’t able to replace the wall siding due to the rain, but there is a small crew coming back to finish the job on one of these next weekends. We also cleaned up the front of the building and still have some more work to be done.
 
Front Entrance Construction – THIS THURSDAY 5/26
Tomorrow we will have a construction crew working to remove the old curbs in front of the building that have been chipping away and breaking down. We will need to block off some parking spaces and ask for everyone’s patience as we work to improve the WEST experience for all.
 
Mel Zajac International Meet – THIS WEEKEND
Qualified Elite Group swimmers will be traveling to UBC this weekend to compete at the Mel Zajac International Swim Meet. We plan to leave WEST at 2pm on Thursday, so please be ready to load up the cars at 1:30pm. Swimmers traveling without parents must have the signed consent form, travel behavior agreement, and either a passport or birth certificate. Anyone 18 and over must have a passport or enhanced driver’s license. Good luck to all swimmers competing!
 
All Elite swimmers NOT going to this meet will practice with Senior group Thursday 7-915pm. Friday and Saturday will be at normal practice times.
 
Memorial Weekend
All groups will have normal practice schedule on Saturday, May 28 th.  All programs (lessons, summer team prep, and team) will be OFF on Monday, May 30 th in observance of Memorial Day. The pool will be open during normal daytime hours and close early at 4pm.
 
Colman – Pre-Season Schedule Starts May 31st
Starting the day after Memorial Day, Elite will practice at Colman on Tuesdays (4-8pm) and Saturdays (8-10am). Challenge, Accelerate and Senior will practice at Colman on Fridays (6-8pm). There is NOT a Colman Bus for Pre-Season or any other practice options at WEST for those groups scheduled to be at Colman.
 
Colman Bus Sign Ups – contact the office!
We are setting up the Colman Bus which will drive swimmers to and from practices at Colman throughout the Summer (starting June 27 th). Elite practices at Colman Mondays 8-10am, Wednesdays 10am-12pm and Saturdays 8-10am (the bus is only on weekdays). Senior will practice at Colman on Wednesdays 10am-12pm and Thursdays 7-9pm. Challenge & Accelerate will practice at Colman on Thursdays 7-9pm. Please contact the office to reserve your spot and indicate which group your swimmers are in.
 
WEST June Jubilee Meet – Fri 7/17 & Sat 7/18
We are going to do an in-house meet at WEST on Friday and Saturday June 18-19. Summer Team Prep swimmers are encouraged to participate and it will be another opportunity for all our new swim families to learn how to run a swim meet.
Friday – All swimmers that have a 13&Over GOLD Standard (regardless of Age)
Saturday – All swimmers that do not have a 13&Over GOLD Standard (regardless of Age)
 
happy swimming.
-coach nick