June 9, 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)  Practices this week  2)  Friday Night 50’s  3)  WGLO Meet  4)  FCY Summer Classic  5)  Upcoming Dates  6)  Assorted Notes

1. Practices this week -  Please look closely at the calendar for this week’s practice schedule.  With school running into this extra week I had to make some adjustments to make sure everyone could practice.  All Bronze times for this week are the same as the rest of the Summer Season.  Silver Sharks will also practice with the Bronze team during the summer season beginning tomorrow. Afternoon Silver will begin today at the DT Y from 3:45-5:00pm. They will also practice at the same time on Wednesday at the DT Y.  Afternoon Silver for this week on Tuesday and Thursday will swim at Colburn Park from 6:00-7:15pm.  Next week Afternoon Silver will swim on Tuesday and Thursday at the BV Y from 3:30-4:45pm.  All current Bronze swimmer are welcome to swim with Afternoon Silver this summer season.  There are a number of our younger current Bronze that I sure will want to remain with the Bronze team and that is OK too. The coaches will let a swimmer know if they should be swimming in a different group for the summer.  Some of our older Silver Swimmers will participate in the AM practices at Colburn beginning next Monday AM.  Those Silver Swimmers should participate during the Afternoon Silver practice times for this week listed above.  Gold I,II & III swim together during the Summer Season.  Gold practice times this week are Monday – BV Y 6:45-9:00pm, Tuesday & Thursday – Colburn Park 6:00-8:00pm, Wednesday – Colburn Park – 6:45-8:30pm, and Friday – DT Y 7:30-9:30am. Next week begins the regular full – time summer schedule that is posted on the calendar.
2. Friday Night 50’s – I have posted an initial entry list on the website today. I will also post under the GBY Hosted Meets/Friday Night 50’s the initial psyche sheet, entry list and session report.  I will take any changes or correction by Noon on Wednesday.  I will then post the heat sheet, entry list with heats and lanes and final session report Wednesday afternoon.  All GBY swimmers should be at the DT Y pool by 3:30pm to set-up for the meet.  Warm-ups begin at 4:00pm and meet starts at 5:05pm. 

Friday Night 50’s Baked Goods – The GBY National Team will run our food service at the meet.  The are asking that all GBY families consider making baked goods for the Food Stand.  Your baked goods can be dropped off at the Food Service area in the Front Lobby area when your swimmers arrive.  Thank you very much for helping out the GBY National Team.

Friday Night 50’s Raffle Baskets & Gift Cards – Please remember to bring you items to the meet this Friday by 5:00pm.  These may be dropped off at the raffle table in the large gym. 

1. WGLO Meet – I have posted an initial entry list for this meet on the website.  I had a few swimmers that committed to swim but did not enter any events.  A few had no qualifying times but a few also did.  I have left this open until tomorrow night.  You will need to go in and either add events or remove yourself from the meet.  I will not enter anyone for this meet without you manually entering the events that you want to swim.  Thanks!
2. FCY Summer Classic – I will send in the Final entry on Wednesday afternoon.  If anyone would still like to enter this meet you must e-mail me the events you would like to swim by Wednesday noon.
3. Upcoming Dates

Friday-Sunday, May 30-June 2            Pabst Farms Y Summer Meet             WSAC

Friday, June 13                                    GBY Friday Night 50’s                         DT Y

Saturday-Sunday, June 21&22            FCY Summer Invite                             Erb Park

Friday-Sunday, June 27-29                  WGLO Meet                                        WSAC

Friday-Sunday, July 11-13                   Birdbath Invite                                    Erb Park

Sunday, July 20                                    OSHY Make A Difference Meet          Oshkosh Y

Wednesday, July 23                            GBY Team Championships                  DT Y

Friday-Sunday, July 25-27                   12&under USA State                           WSAC

Monday-Friday, July 28-August 1       Y Nationals                                          IUPUI, Indianapolis

Thursday-Sunday, July 31-August 3    13&over USA State                             RecPlex, Kenosha

1. Assorted Notes

• There will be a Friday morning practice due this week. There will be no Saturday AM practice.
• Escrow Accounts – Please ensure that you have taken care of all balances.  I will put all the stroke clinic charges in this week.  Remember that families will not be allowed to enter into swim meets with a balance owed on your escrow account.
• The Next Parent Group Committee is Monday night, July 7, 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.
• Please remember to scan your membership cards when entering any YMCA
• Please remember to take a soap shower before entering any YMCA pool.  There are many reasons that a swimming pool creates chloramines.  Two of the biggest reasons are unclean people using the pools without taking a soap shower and people urinating in the pools.  At the Y National meet there was a presentation on Chloramines and their cause.  And the above two are the biggest issues that make Chloramines.
• 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.