February 19, 2014

  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)  USA Regional Meet  2)  USA State Meet entries close Sunday night  3) Annual Campaign Swim-A-Long   4)  Downtown Y Swim Lessons 5)  Upcoming Dates    6)  Assorted Notes

1. USA Regional Meet – Twenty five GBY swimmers will participate in the USA Regional Meet at the Fond Du Lac Aquatic Center this Friday-Sunday, February 21-23.  This is the last opportunity to qualify for the USA State Meets.  Coach Kari will be at the meet all weekend and I will be there on Friday night. Check the webpage for the warm-up assignments and the session report. Please arrive early to all warm-up sessions.
2. USA State Meet entry deadline is Sunday night, February 23 – The deadline for entering both the USA State Meets is this Sunday night.  Please make sure that you get entered on time.  Please read over the meet information carefully.  Do not forget that bonus events are available for 10&under, 11-12 & 13-14.  For relays – If you are not qualified individually you must commit to the meet to let me know that you would swim relays if needed.  I also need all swimmers to let me know if there are days that they are not available for relays.  12&under entry is due Monday.  As I receive more info I will pass it along.
3. Swim-A-long and Calling Night reminders – Swimmers may continue to turn in Swim-A-Long monies to Coach Dave or the DT Y front desk.  Thank you all for your hard work.  The Top 6 fundraisers are Annah Van Gheem, Abigail Micksch, Sophia Azzolina, Dominick Azzolina, John Gahnz & Violet Anderson. Congrats to these 6 swimmers.  I will get the color choices to you for your Speedo Backpacks.

Calling Night Team – Please continue to work your pledge cards.  When you are completed turn all your pledge cards back into Coach Dave in the pledge envelope.  Please try to wrap this up as soon as possible. Thank you to our calling team for their help with these phone calls

1. Downtown Y Swim Lessons -  A note from the Downtown Y Aquatic director. The DT Y does offer regular swimming lessons after Monday practice and before Wednesday practices. Lessons are offered for ages 3-4 and 5-13.  Registration is now open! Please call Renee at 436-9672 with questions or stop by the front desk to register. New session begins next week.
2. Upcoming Dates

Friday-Sunday, Feb 21-23       USA Regional Meet                             Fond Du Lac Aquatic Center

Friday-Sunday, Feb 28-March 2          12&under USA State Meet     UW-Madison Natitorium

Thursday-Sunday, March 6-9  13&over USA State Meet                    Kenosha Rec-Plex

Saturday-Sunday, March 8-9  FCY Everyone Counts Meet                Appleton Y

Sunday, March 16                   OSHY Last Chance Meet                     Oshkosh Y

Friday-Sunday, March 21-23  Y State Meet                                       Schroeder Aquatic Center

Tuesday-Friday, April 1-4        Y National Meet                                  Greensboro, NC

Friday, April 11                       GBY Awards Banquet                          Riverside Ballroom

1. Assorted Notes

• There will be a Friday AM, Friday afternoon and Saturday AM workout this week.  Coach Bill will run Friday afternoon and Saturday AM.
• Y State/USA State T-shirts – The State shirts for USA swimmers have been ordered.  In the notes page of the Y State Entry I will ask everyone for their t-shirt size.   I have just opened the entry page for the Y State Meet.  You have until the Oshkosh Last Chance Meet on March 16 to make Y State Qualifying times.  I have posted the qualified Y State Relays and an eligibility list of those qualified.  Relays will most likely have some changes but if you are on a relay and will attend please make sure you commit to attend the meet.
• Titletown Freeze T-shirts  -  We have some leftover Youth Med & Larges, and Adult Med & Large meet shirts.  They can be purchased for $8.00.  Contact Lynn Anderson directly at [email protected] if you would like to get one or more.
• Team Pictures – I have posted the team picture on the website.  I will send out the files for these pictures.  You may do whatever you like.  Remember that all swim team members will receive an 8x10 at the Awards Banquet.
• Y Nationals (April 1-4, Greensboro, NC) –   I have opened up the entry page for the Y National Meet and the Time Trials there.  We have two swimmers qualified so far.  Both swimmers have committed to attend the meet so I will purchase my plane ticket and make lodging arrangements.  I will plan to arrive on Sunday, March 30, with a workout that evening.  We will use Monday for workouts and team registration.  The meet runs Tuesday-Friday.  Families attending should make their own arrangements for getting to and from the meet and hotel arrangements.
• Upcoming Meets – USA State entry deadline is Sunday night, February, 23.  Both the FCY Everyone Counts Meet and the Y State Meet entries are opened on the website.  I am waiting on the info from Oshkosh regarding the Last Chance meet. 
• The Next Parent Group Committee is Monday night, March 3, 2014.  All Parent Group Committees are held from 5:30-7:00pm, in the 2^nd floor lobby area of the DT Y.  Parent Group committee members are Lynn Anderson – Facilitator, Jill Zablocki – Meet Director, Annjie and Mark Nowak – Food Service, Bob Howe & Amy Wolf – Equipment, Tim Van Gheem – Financial, Heidi Neverman – Awards Banquet & Recognition, Scott & Heidi Socha – Social & New Family,  Jeff & Beth Gahnz -  Marketing, Pat Stoa – Senior/National Team.
• Weather Updates/E-mail Alerts,etc – Thank you for everyone’s patience with the weather situation.  Just a reminder on a few items related to weather and cancellations.  First of all the Y’s rarely ever close for weather.  Thus all Y programs including swim team will always run if the Y’s remain open.  If the Y’s do close I will alert the team by e-mail.  The other situation we deal with is the SWHS & the Green Bay Public Schools.  Like Tuesday when school was closed all after school programs get cancelled including pool rentals.  I will notify the team ASAP with any cancellations.
• Please remember to scan your membership cards when entering any YMCA
• Please remember to take a soap shower before entering any YMCA pool.
• Please remember that the GBY swim team is a part of the GBY Gymnastics Scrip program.  If any family is interested in earning some extra money for their escrow accounts should check out the Scrip program.  Scrip information is under the documents tab on the web site.
• Please ensure that you keep ample monies in your escrow accounts.  A swimmer will not be allowed to enter in a meet unless they have the monies in their escrow account to cover the meet fees. The website is set up to make sure that you have monies in your account when you enter a meet.  All escrow fees may be paid at the DT Y front desk, or by calling the DT Y front desk to pay by phone. Thank you to everyone for keeping up with your escrow accounts. Please do not wait until it is too late to get money into your account.  All information for your escrow account may be found under your account page on the website. And please keep ample monies in your escrow account to cover all upcoming charges.  All meet entry fee charges are done on the Monday following the meet.   If by chance you cannot enter a meet because of your escrow account. E-mail Coach Dave with your swimmer’s entry numbers by the entry deadline date and I will get them into the meet.