Newsletter - March 19, 2014

March 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)  Y State Meet  2)  Y Nats/Year Round Practice Schedule  3)  Stroke Clinics/Year Round Workouts  4)  Awards Banquet 5)   Escrow Accounts  6)  Upcoming Dates    6)  Assorted Notes

 

 

  1. Y State Meet – Forty Two GBY Swimmers will swim in the Y State Meet this Friday-Sunday, March 21-23, 2014, at the Schroeder Aquatic Center.  Heat sheets are posted on our webpage. Print your own.  Warm-up times are on our webpage. Coach Kari and I will be at the meet all weekend. Coach Bill will be down to watch on Friday night and Saturday AM. Y State t-shirts will be passed out at Thursday practices.  Good luck to everyone this weekend! 02 https://www.teamunify.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=wiwsac&_stabid_=90260 

 

  1. Y National Swimmers practice schedule – So far we have two GBY swimmers attending Y Nationals in Greensboro, NC. Practices next week will be 3:45-5:30pm, Monday – Friday, at the DT Y.  Saturday AM will be at BV Y from 6-8am.  The entry deadline for Y Nats is this Sunday night, March 23.  The entry is due on Monday afternoon, March 24.  Please refer to the Y National website for all the information regarding the meet.

 

  1. Stroke Clinics/Year Round workouts -  After this week our Fall/Winter season is concluded. Check the calendar for Y National and Year Round swimmer workouts.  Year Round Swimmers registered and paid to participate in Year Round Workout outside the seasons and on Tuesdays in May.   Additional Gold swimmers may attend these workouts but will be charged $5.00 for each workout they attend.  Stroke Clinics for all GBY Swimmers begin Wednesday, April 9.  Check the calendar for the days, times and the subject for the day.  Again some Silver and Gold swimmers may have registered and paid for Stroke Clinics with their Fall registration.   Otherwise the cost for Stroke Clinics are $5.00 each.  I will charge all families in early May for the Stroke Clinics or year round workouts they attend.  Note that on Monday and Tuesday I run two different clinics.  The afternoon clinics are for our Bronze and Silver Swimmers. The evening clinics are for Gold swimmers or approved Silver Swimmers.  The Wednesday night clinics are open to the entire team.  There are no sign-ups for these clinics. Attendance will be taken each day.  Stroke Clinics run until Wednesday, April 30.  The official start of Spring/Summer practices is Wednesday, May 7.  All GBY swimmers who registered in the Fall are registered for the Spring/Summer season too.  Both the Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer seasons are including in your registration. I have posted the practice and meet schedules through July on the website.

 

  1. GBY Awards Banquet – I have opened the sign-up for the banquet on the website.  Banquet is Friday evening, April 11, at the Riverside Ballroom.  All GBY swimmers are recognized at the banquet.  Please look at the website for more information. Registration closes on Sunday evening, April 6. Remember that all GBY swimmers are paid for by the parent committee.  All other family members will be charged through their escrow accounts the Monday after the Banquet.  Pictures of GBY swimmers at meets and team functions are needed for the presentation at the Banquet. Please put all pictures on a flash drive and get this Coach Dave or Annah Van Gheem.

 

  1. Escrow Accounts – With our Fall/Winter Season ending I would ask everyone to take care of any escrow balances.  Also ensure that you have enough monies in your account to cover the banquet and stroke clinic charges.  Banquet will be charge on Monday, April 14. Stroke Clinics in early May. There will also be charges for any swimmers participating in the Year round workouts who are not registered. Meet entries for our summer meets will start appearing in May.  Please ensure that you have monies in your accounts to cover the cost of the summer meets.

 

  1. Upcoming Dates

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

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

Wednesday, April 9                 Stroke Clinics Begin                            Check calendar

Friday, April 11                       GBY Awards Banquet                          Riverside Ballroom

Wednesday, May 7                 Spring/Summer Practice begin          Check calendar

 

  1. Assorted Notes
  • There will be not be a Friday afternoon or Saturday AM workout this week due to the Y State Meet.  
  • 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.
  • The Next Parent Group Committee is Monday night, May 5, 2014.  The will use Monday, April 7, as preparation night for the awards banquet.  All Parent Group Committees are held from 5:30-7:00pm, in the 2nd 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.