January 16, 2013

  To:     All New Green Bay YMCA Swimmers & Parents

  From: Coach Dave - voice mail-436-9624

Email- [email protected]   team unify website - www.teamunify.com/wigbymca

 Re:      1)  GBY Titletown Freeze  2)  Action Pictures  3)  2013 Strong Kids Swim-A-Long  4) Upcoming Events  5)  Assorted Notes

1)      We are hosting the GBY Titletown Freeze this Friday-Sunday, January 18-20,2013.  All heat sheets, entry lists, warm-up assignments are posted under GBY Hosted Meets/Titletown Freeze.  Please ensure that your swimmers have all their heats and lanes prior to arriving to the pool.  THE JOB-SIGN UP CLOSES TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. WE ARE STILL SHORT OF WORKERS.  PLEASE CONSIDER WORKING OTHER SESSIONS THAT YOUR KIDS ARE NOT SWIMMING IN. GOLD LEVEL SWIMMERS ARE ALSO WELCOME TO SIGN-UP FOR FRIDAY NIGHT TIMING ALSO.

All Friday swimmers and parents should arrive by 3:45pm to set up the pool area to include chairs, tables, rugs, bleachers, etc.  Warm-ups will begin at 4:30pm.  Saturday and Sunday AM should be on the pool deck ready to warm-up at 6:50am.  Afternoon swimmers should be at the pool by 11:45am on Saturday and 10:15am on Sunday.  All Gold swimmers and all swim team parents will be needed to clean-up at the end of each day and tear-down after the meet concludes on Sunday. IF WE ALL WORK it will not take that long.

The GBY National Team is going to be selling bake goods all weekend.  Please consider donating some Baked goods to their fundraiser. Drop these off at their food table anytime during the meet.  Thank you!

2)      Tonight at midnight the sign-up for action pictures at the meet will close.  Paul Manke will be there Saturday & Sunday taking pictures. See the website for more information.  I have extended the deadline for order Team pictures until Sunday night. You must order the team picture on the website.

3)      The Strong Kids campaign is quickly coming up. Our DT Y Community Calling Night will be held Wednesday, February 6, at the DT Y.  Our Swim Team Swim-A-Long will be held on Wednesday, February 20. Gold will swim during their practice time from 4-6pm at SWHS. And both the Bronze and Silver will swim from 6:30-8:00pm at the DT Y.  Pledge envelopes will be passed out to all swimmers beginning tomorrow.  Information regarding the Swim-a-long will be available on the website. Simply, all swimmers should ask friends, family and neighbors to make a pledge to the YMCA Strong Kids.  They may pledge an amount for each lap you are assigned to swim or can just make a donation to the Green Bay Y Strong Kids campaign.  Swimmers are encouraged to tell of their YMCA/Swim Team experiences while asking for pledges.  Again the top 5 fundraisers will receive Speedo back-packs.  Look for your envelopes soon.  Thank you to everyone for their help and participation in the Green Bay YMCA Strong Kids campaign.

4)      Upcoming Dates (Team events and meets)

Friday-Sunday, January 18-20             GBY Titletown Freeze, Downtown Y Pool

Friday-Sunday, February 1-3               Schroeder A+, Schroeder Aquatic Center

February 2                                           Yooper Y Invite, Escanaba, MI

Wednesday, February 6                      Downtown Y Strong Kids Community Kick-off & Calling night, Downtown Y

Thursday-Sunday, February 7-10        Oshkosh Y/FCY Winter Meet, Oshkosh Y

Friday-Sunday, February 15-17           USA Regional, Fond Du Lac Aquatic Center

Wednesday, February 20                    GBY Swim Team Strong Kids Swim-A-Long, 4-6pm SWHS, and 6:30-8:00pm DT Y.  Pledge envelopes will be passed out around the first of the year

Friday-Sunday, February 22-24           12&under USA State, UW-Madison Natatorium

Thursday-Sunday, Feb 23-March 3     13&over USA State, Schroeder Aquatic Center

Saturday, March 2                              FCY Everybody Wins Meet, Saturday only, Appleton Y

Sunday, March 10                               OSHY Last Chance Meet, Oshkosh Y

Friday-Sunday, March 15-17              Y State Meet, Schroeder Aquatic Center

Wednesday-Saturday, April 3-6          Y Nationals, Greensboro Aquatic Center

5)      Assorted Notes

·         There is no Friday afternoon or Saturday AM practice this week due to our meet.

·         Wednesday & Friday AM practices have begun. These are held at the BV Y from 5:30-7:00am. Gold I and Invited Gold II swimmers may attend.

·         Just a reminder about weather cancellations.  Unless the Y closes we will still plan to run practices for the team.  If we do close the Y or have to cancel practices I will send a note out through the web site ASAP.  Do remember that you may add additional e-mail addresses and phone numbers on your account page to receive the notes I send out through the web site.

·         Parent Group committee meetings have been moved to the first Mondays of the Month. Next meeting is Monday February 4, 2013.

·         I will bring the remainder of personalize caps not delivered to the meet and hand-out. I have not receive the 5 names that were not printed on the first order. But Walter’s has told me that they have shipped. Hopefully they will be here by the meet.

·         GBY swim families have the opportunity to participate in a scrip program to help raise monies for your escrow accounts.  A power point presentation is posted on the website (under documents tab) to explain the whole program and to allow you to get involved with the Scrip program.  Thank you to the GBY Gymnastics Team for allowing us to join in with their program.

·         We have scheduled our annual awards banquet for Friday, May 10, at the Riverside Ballroom.  Please get this on your calendars right away.  We will do a sign-up for this on the website.

·         Our graduating High School Seniors are also in need of pictures for their presentations at the Award Banquet.  Please put all pictures on a disc or flash drive and drop off to Coach Dave. I am storing pictures for them on our computer.  Any pictures are welcome and we encourage parents to take pictures at meets for the graduating Seniors.  Thank you!

·         Please make sure that you are keeping up with entry deadlines, etc.  Many meets are already opened for January and February meets.  Please check the team events regularly for all team activities.  I will reopen the Schroeder A+ meet for updates and additions but along with the Yooper Invite these close Sunday night.

·         Please ensure that you have monies in your escrow account to cover all upcoming swim meets.  Thank you for taking care of this ahead of the charges. Remember that a negative number is really a positive balance for your account. While an amount without a negative is what you are behind in payment to the YMCA.  Escrow payments can be made at the DT Y front desk. By either stopping in and making a payment or by calling in and making a credit card payment over the phone.

·         A reminder that all GBY swimmers ages 8&over must scan their membership upon entry to all Green Bay YMCA’s.  If you need a new card stop at the front desk and have them make you a new one.  It is very time consuming especially during the rush around team practices to have to stop and type in your information manually to make sure you are a member. Thank you for taking care of this matter.

·         It is winter time.  Please make sure that all swimmers dress properly for the weather.  I expect all swimmers to have on and zipped up a winter coat as well as wearing hat on your wet heads when you leave practices.  A sick swimmer does no one any good. 

·         REMINDER - All swimmers should be showering before using any pool for practices.  This can be a big help with the air quality.  Thank you for doing this.