June 26, 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)  Birdbath Entry  2)  WGLO  3)  OSHY Meet  4) Escrow  5) Swimmer’s Camp Update  6)  Upcoming Events  7)  Assorted Notes

1)      Birdbath Entry – Please double check your Birdbath entry.  This closes today and I will post a first draft tomorrow.  And must send the completed entry in on Monday. 

2)      WGLO – We have 21 GBY swimmers participating in the WGLO meet at Schroeder this Friday & Saturday, June 28 & 29.  Follow the meet on the Lake Country website.  The Live Results/Psych sheet is posted that includes all the updates sent in on Monday.  We are the early warm-up session on Friday, and the later warm-up session on Saturday.  Positive check-in is required for all events.  This is due one ½ hour after warm-ups begin.  So please be on time.  Afternoon swimmers should be there around 12:45pm on Friday and 1:00pm on Saturday.  Time line posted does not reflect all the possible scratches thus warm-ups may begin earlier.  Remember to check all final results.  Top 16 in 13-14 & Open swim finals, and top 8 for 11-12 & 10&under.  We also have relays but all those should swim in the prelim sessions.  I will be at the meet all day Friday & Saturday.

3)      OSHY Meet, Sunday, July 21, 2013 – OSHY is going to run a meet on Sunday, July 21, 2013, and we will attend. I have contacted OSHY about the meet info and entry file.  As soon as I receive this I will open this entry.  Everyone will be e-mailed when the entry page is opened.

4)      Escrow – Please take care of your escrow balances.  We have many families with negative balances that only grow bigger when your kids swim in a meet.  All families should keep enough monies in their accounts to handle upcoming meets.  Thank you for handling these matters promptly.

5)      Swimmer’s Camp at Camp Uni – I did announce that we would try to have another swim team camp up at Camp Uni, Aug 19-21.  We cannot have this event unless we get some parents to help chaperone the campers.  We will need 4 female and 2 male parents to chaperone. I have had only one contact regarding chaperone.  Camp wants to set a deadline of Friday, July 19, to have our chaperones in place, if we do we will get the registration forms out right away or if we do not have enough volunteers by July 19 we will cancel the camp.  Please let me know ASAP if you can volunteer for the camp.  Of course there will be no charge for the chaperones. 

6)      Upcoming Dates

June 28-30                                     WGLO Meet, Schroeder Aquatic Center

July 12-14                                      Birdbath Invite, Erb Park, Appleton

July 21                                           OSHY Meet  (waiting on meet info & entry file)

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

Aug 19-21                                      Swimmer’s Camp at Camp Uni

7)      Assorted Notes

·        There will no Friday  or Saturday morning workouts this week due to the WGLO Meet.Next week for the 4^th of July week we’ll run all workouts as scheduled except on Thursday, July 4. All others including Friday and Saturday AM will happen next week.

·        Escrow – Please check your escrow account to see if you have a positive balance and enough monies to cover any upcoming charges.  Thank you!

·        Colburn Park Practices– Please make sure that all swimmers are on the pool deck at 6:30am to set-up the pool. 

·        Parent Group committee meetingshave been moved to the first Mondays of the Month. Next meeting is Sept 9, 2013.

·        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.