May 29, 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)  Summer Group Placements  2)  Pabst Farms Summer Classic  3)  Friday Night 50’s  4)  WGLO  5) Upcoming Dates  6)  Assorted notes 

1)      For the Summer Season beginning Monday, June 10.  All Bronze swimmers age 9&over should move to the afternoon Silver practice group. If you do not think your swimmer is ready for the change they may stay in the Bronze group for the summer.  The afternoon Silver is the transitional group to prepare these swimmers for the Silver Practice group this fall.  Existing Silver swimmers are welcome to swim in the mornings at Colburn Park on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.  Tuesday and Friday morning practices in the Summer are only for Gold swimmers.   All Gold swimmers swim morning workouts in the summer.  I will also allow Gold I & II swimmers to attend a double workout in the afternoons in the summer.  They will start practicing at the same time as the afternoon Silver practice.  The Double workout is only for those swimmers that are attending all the morning workouts.  Please contact me if you have any questions.

2)      Pabst Farms Summer Classic – Please refer to this link for all information on the meet this weekend.  As of now they have not posted the assigned warm-ups.   All events for this meet are positive check in.  A swimmer will have to arrive early to take care of checking in for their events.  I am not sure how they are handling this process but I will need you there ahead of our warm-up time to make sure that you get checked in.  There are not warm-up assignments on Friday afternoon. Friday warm-up is at 3:45pm and swimmers need to be checked in by 4:00pm.  Friday meet starts at 4;45pm.  13&over swimmers swim in the morning session.  8am warm-up start on Saturday, and 7:00am warm-up start on Sunday. Again warm-up assignments are not posted yet so I cannot give you exact warm-up time yet.  12&unders swim in the afternoon sessions. I would plan to be there prior to 12:30pm on Saturday and 11:30am on Sunday.  Again we must check-in our swimmers for all events and I need your there to do that.  I will be at the meet all weekend.  No Friday or Saturday practices this week due to the meet.

3)      Friday Night 50’s –The deadline for entry and signing up for a work assignment is next Sunday night, June 9.  Please make sure that you get entered and signed up for a job by then.  Gift Baskets and Gift Cards – We also are in need of donations for Gift Baskets and Gift Cards for the Best Time raffle after the meet.  You may drop these Gift Baskets off beginning the week of June 10^th at the DT Y front desk.  Gift cards may be handed directly to Coach Dave.  More information later

4)      WGLO Meet –The entry is now opened for the WGLO Meet.  This closes Friday night, June 14.  Please remember that you must have qualifying times to enter into most events.  You also must be  USA registered swimmer to participate in this meet.  We are only swimming on Friday & Saturday.

5)      Upcoming Dates

May 31-June 2                              Pabst Farms Meet, Schroeder Aquatic Center (USA)

June 10                                          Summer Practice schedule begins

June 14                                          GBY Friday Night 50’s, Downtown Y

June 22-23                                     Fox Cites Y Summer Meet, Erb Park, Appleton

June 28-30                                     WGLO Meet, Schroeder Aquatic Center

July 12-14                                      Birdbath Invite, Erb Park, Appleton

July 26-28                                      12&under USA State Meet, Schroeder Aquatic Center

July 31                                           GBY Summer Team Championships, Downtown Y

Aug 1-4                                          13&over USA State Meet, Schroeder Aquatic Center

6)      Assorted Notes

·         Parent Group committee meetingshave been moved to the first Mondays of the Month. Next meeting is Monday June 3, 2013 at 5:30pm in the 2^nd floor lobby area of the DT Y.  We will not have Parent meetings in July of August so the next would be Sept 9, 2013.

·         Please take a look at the event calendar.  Entries are open for the WGLO Meet, both FCY meets and our Friday Night 50’s meet.  The FCY Summer Invite closes this Sunday night.  Please make sure that you get entered by the deadline.

·         I have also been told that because of the lateness of the Birdbath Meet that Oshkosh will probably not be hosting their July 21 meet.  I will keep you posted on this.

·         Gift baskets and Gift Cards are needed for our Friday Night 50’s meet.  We have drawings at the conclusion of our Friday Night 50’s meet and we need donations of “Themed” Gift Baskets and various gift cards that the swimmers in the meet would enjoy.  Please drop all items off for Coach Dave at the DT Y front desk beginning June 10.  Thanks for helping out and making this meet a great success.

·         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.

·         A reminder that all swim team members must scan their membership cards upon entry into our YMCA’s.  If you have lost your card ask the front desk and they can make a new one for you.

·         A reminder that all swim team members should be taking a soap shower before entering any YMCA pool.