July 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)  Birdbath Invite  3)  Upcoming Dates  4)  Assorted Notes

1. Birdbath Invite  – As of now I have not received anything from FCY about the meet nor have they posted anything on their website. The web address for their meet page is: http://www.foxcitiesswimming.org/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=wsfcyst&_stabid_=20911

I do know that Friday AM warm-ups are at 11:00am for 400m Free and 400 IM swimmers.  And that the second session Friday warm-ups will not begin before 3pm.  Saturday & Sunday AM warm-ups are scheduled to run from 7:00-8:00am but no warm-up assignments have been posted.  Afternoon warm-up times and assignments should be posted on the FCY meet page.  I will be at the meet all weekend with Coach Kari being there on Saturday & Sunday.   This is an extremely large meet.  (1100 swimmers). 

Check the FCY website for all information including your heat sheets.

1. Upcoming Meet Entries -  The OSHY Make A Difference meet entry closes Sunday night.  I just opened both the 12&under and 13&over USA State entries.  They both close Sunday night, July 20.  The Team Championship meet entry also closes next Sunday night, July 20.  Please make sure that everyone gets entered by these deadlines. Y Nationals and Y National Time Trials entries also close on Sunday night, July 20.
2. Upcoming Dates

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

Tuesday, September 30                      GBY All-parent Meeting                     6:15PM, St Mary’s Rink

1. Assorted Notes

• I will not be in the office tomorrow due to a personal matter at home.  I also will be out of the office next Monday working at our Y Golf Outing.  Next Thursday I will not be in the office all day either.  I will be at all morning practices but not at afternoon practices next Monday and Thursday.
• There will be a Friday AM practice but will end at 9:00am. 
• Parents needed for Parent Group Committee – There are a couple spots opening up on the Parent Group Committee.  If a parent is interested please contact myself or a current member of the Parent Group Committee.  We would like these new parents in place by our September meeting.
• The Next Parent Group Committee is Monday night, September 8, 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.  It is very important that all of our GBY swimmers take a soap shower before entering any Y pool and of course please ask the coaches to use the rest rooms if needed during practices.  The DT Y had little chlorine issue a couple of weeks ago but everything at the DT Y is now back to normal.  Again, please take showers and use the rest room before entering the swimming pools.
• 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.