Newsletter - June 13, 2012
June 13, 2012
To: All Green Bay YMCA Swimmers & Parents
From: Coach Dave - voice mail-436-9624
Email- [email protected] team unify website - www.teamunify.com/wigbymca
Re: 1) Friday Night 50’s 2) Swim Team Camp 3) Swim Meet entries update 5) Assorted notes
- (62) GBY swimmers are participating in the Friday Night 50’s meet. E-mails have been sent out about the set-up and preparations for the meet. Please read that note below:
All Meet Committee members (and any others) who are able to help with prep for Friday's meet should choose one of the following times to help at the Downtown YMCA:
Wednesday 3:45-5pm (during Silver practice--check # of working stopwatches, count # of deli containers for raffle, 8&U cards, etc.)
Friday7:30-9:30am (during Gold practice--post signs and organize for set-up)
Friday 3 pm (pre-meet set-up--the rest of the team arrives at 3:30 for set-up)
Please call, text or e-mail Jill Zablocki with your availability: [email protected], 819-0163
All GBY swimmers should arrive to set-up the pool area. The Y SACC program has the pool until 3:30pm. We may begin setting up chairs for timers and chairs and tables for coaches. The meet flags will be needed to be put up. Lane ropes and blocks put in. And we will move some things around on the pool deck to make more room for the meet. Rugs will also be laid from doorway to doorway and from the shallow end balcony door to the door near the lifeguard stand. We also will need to post entry list, etc on the walls. Please see Coach Dave for some direction.
All the heat sheets, entry list and time line are on the website under the tab GBY Hosted Meets/Friday Night 50’s. Please print your own heat sheets for the meet. And I will also attache a heat sheet above.
I see that we have a few parents who still need to sign-up for a job. Please sign-up by tonight. Thank you!
Our warm-up time is from 4:00-4:30pm in lanes 1-4. All GBY swimmers will be at the pool by 3:30pm so I will not have anyone arrive late.
Gift Baskets -"Best Time Raffle"--Items still needed! Please consider putting together a gift basket or donating a gift card for our best time raffle. Each swimmer gets one raffle ticket at the start of the meet and can earn additional raffle tickets by swimming a best time or entering an event for the first time (NT). Raffle tickets are not sold and can only be earned. Help us add to the excitement of the meet by contributing to the raffle. Items can be turned in through Friday. If you are bringing items to the meet on Friday please take it directly to the raffle table (large gym) upon arrival. Many swimmers and families have enjoyed putting these baskets together in the past and the kids really enjoy the raffle each year. Thank you for your support!
2. The swim team camp flyer is on the web page. I have two men who have commit to chaperoning this event. Please contact me ASAP if you are able to help out an chaperone for swimmer’s camp. Camp runs August 20-22, 2012. We still need (4) female parents to make this camp happen. Again please contact me ASAP if you can chaperone at the camp.
- Summer swim meet entry information-
June 23-24 FCY Summer Classic – This entry is closed. Entry list and relays are posted on the website. Coach Kari & Bill will attend this meet.
July 6-8 WGLO – Entry has been sent into host team. Have not gotten response back yet but I am sure they will wait on all other entries. At this point they have not asked me to cut any entries. Entry list is posted on the website.
July 6-8 FCY Birdbath Open – Entry is posted on the website. Coach Carissa, Ben & Bill will attend this meet.
July 15 – Oshkosh Make A Difference Meet – Entry page opened until Sunday, July 8. School supplies will be your entry fee into this meet.
July 19-22 Speedo Meet (Iowa City) – A few older swimmers have asked me to enter them in this meet. If any swimmer with qualifying times wants to enter this meet I must have your entries by July 2. Please e-mail these to me. Meet information is under Odds & Ends tab under Documents.
July 27-29 12&under State - Meet information not available yet.
August 1 GBY Summer Team Championship – entry information will posted in early July.
August 2-5 13&over State – Meet information not available yet.
- Assorted notes –
· There will be a Friday AM practice for Gold I, II & III. And a Saturday AM practice for Gold I & II swimmers.
· Please remember your membership cards when you are entering our YMCA’s. If you need a new card you may stop at any Y front desk and they will make you a new one.
· Thank you for everyone for keeping ample monies in your escrow accounts to cover all upcoming meets in June. Remember that you may put money in your accounts with credit card by calling the DT Y front desk and speak to a business staff. You can always stop at the DT Y front desk to add monies also.
· So far so good on the first week of our summer schedule. Morning swimmers are doing a good job on arriving on time (early) for pool set-up and practices. I think a couple swimmers are confused on where they should practices. The coaches will help when we can. Many swimmers are just returning to practices after a couple months off and may not be ready for the practice group you may think you belong in. We will keep reminding kids when and where they should be swimming.
