BLUE ASH YMCA SWIM TEAM
NEWSLETTER
November 5, 2007
SWIM MEET THIS WEEK ME Lyons YMCA –Larry Lyons’
Invitational
We have about 104 BASH
swimmers in this meet this weekend November 9-10-11. Please check your entries in
the entry online they are still posted on DirecticAtletics.com,
We had a lot of swimmers sign up for more than 3 events per
day, meet limit is 3, therefore, Coach
Bill pull swimmers out of
their 4th or 5th events.
We have quite few Friday
night swimmers. Friday Night warm-up
4:30 PM, meet at 5:30 PM
Saturday and Sunday AM
(for 13 & over swimmers) warm-ups at 7:00 AM, meet at 8:00 AM.
Saturday afternoon has a
1:00 PM warm-up and meet start of 1:30 PM, SUNDAY afternoon has an 11:30 AM
warm up and a meet start of 12:30 PM. The afternoon sessions are for 12 and
under swimmers. *PLEASE BE ON TIME
FOR WARM UPS*
ESTIMATED FINISH TIMES
FOR ME LYONS YMCA MEET
November 9, Friday night
will finish about 9 PM
November 10-11, Saturday
AM will finish about 11:30 AM, and Sunday AM about 11:00 AM
November 10-11, Saturday
PM will finish about 6 PM and again Sunday PM about 4 PM
Note that Sunday Afternoon starts an hour earlier --- see
above
You can Google their
address- 8108 Clough Pike, Cinti, 25244 and get the best directions from your
house. It is farther than you think! Leave in plenty of time!
IF we get more specific information, we’ll let you know!
MEET SCHEDULE AND SWIM
MEET ENTRIES Please go to our team’s website and look
over the swim meet entries that are due, then go to the DirectAthletics website
and sign up on line for swim meets.
November 16-18, BASH
meet – entries due Today, Monday, November 05, 2007
November 30 -December
1-2 at Countryside YMCA, sign up immediately
December 7-9, Bus Trip to Indiana,
sign up immediately (trip information on teams’ website)
OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL Is now drained. We had a great fall outside! We hope the Long
Course training will help everyone! We hope to get the pool open earlier this
spring!
November 16-18 are the dates for our biggest swim meet at
Blue Ash Y each year. It brings in over 15% of our team’s income for a year, a
big Deal.
Over the next few newsletters I will be updating everyone on
the meet ---
Sign up on line for the meet as soon as possible (swimmers).
Parents – sign up to
volunteer at the meet, either building at the Y, we expect every family to sign
up to work each session your swimmer is swimming up to 3 per family. IF you
need other arrangements, please contact Coach Bill, he needs other work done before
and after the meet. You can work sessions that your swimmer is not in, thus
freeing you up for their session. We are always looking for extra help on
Friday evening.
Ads for the meet
program are due Monday, Nov 5th, form on the team’s website.
We need a parent to step up and volunteer to be an Assistant
concessions manager
We need a parent to step up and volunteer to be in charge of
the Coaches Hospitality
We usually pay to have the ads for the meet program to be
copied at Kinkos, we then collate the programs at the YMCA. But, IF you can
volunteer to have copies made, please let Coach Bill know as soon as possible.
Usually will be 1 page, double sided, about 400 copies. We’ll take whatever you
can offer.
ON Tuesday, November 13 from 7 – 9 PM we are offering
training for those interested in learning how to run the 2 computers we use in
swim meets. One is the Colorado Timing computer that records the times from the
touch pads at the swim meet, the second one is the computer that calculates the
results, print the ribbons labels etc.
IF you think you might be interested, please contact Coach Bill. We have
limited spots for this, and parents who have been on the team for a while will
get first preference.
YMCA LIFEGUARDS The Y is in search for lifeguards for the Y’s pool.
We are trying to guard all of the swim team practices in addition to the
regular pool schedule. Anyone interested can contact Coach Bill with questions.
The Y can certify you, and you can guard a pool while your swimmer is
practicing!
2 Fun Activities over the Thanksgiving Holiday Some BASH parents have started organizing 2 activities on Friday
after Thanksgiving. Basic Detail now, more specific later-
Adv Age & Senior Groups – Cyclone Hockey Game, Friday
evening Nov 23
Dolphin & Blue Groups – Bowling & Pizza Party, 10 –
12 Noon Friday, Nov 23
Please save these dates for these swimmers!
Saturday, November 10
– NO Practice –all groups, due to ME Lyons YMCA swim meet!
TEAM UNIFORMS AT MEETS At swim meets we want our swimmers to wear our team swim caps and
those swimmers that have team suits should wear them. Also, everyone has a new
team tee-shirt, that should be worn one day, and those who have been on the
team for a few years, should have other BASH tee-shirts, since we usually give
everyone 2 tee-shirts a year. HOPEFULLY our new caps will be here soon, we’ll let you know!
Some of the team suits
are in, they are at the Y’s Main Desk, more to follow soon!
At the first invitational meet of the year, we do not expect
best times out of all of our swimmers; we expect that they put into
competition, the new techniques and strategies they have been learning in
practice for the past couple of months. Also, hopefully, new start and turn
techniques will be tried in the swim meet this weekend. As swimmers get more
years of experience in swimming, their ability to shave large amounts of time
off of their best times become impossible, they shave only small amounts and
only at some meets. Don’t focus only on times; look at stroke and technique
improvements and faster times will come.
SWIM MEET ADVERTISEMENTS One good fund raising activity is selling
advertisements for our swim meet programs. We handed out information at the
Parents’ meeting and have it available on our team’s website. Advertisements are due to
Coach Bill immediately!
COACHING FEES The 2nd
payment for Coaching Fees is to be due November 15th.
Statements have been mailed. Please pay as soon as possible. If you do not
receive a bill, please contact Coach Bill.