Weekly Announcements for week of 4/26-5/2

Dear SBSC Families,

Here is our practice schedule for the week

Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:00 RHS
G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:15 RHS
Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:15, and Friday 5:00-6:30 RHS
Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:30-5:30, and Friday 3:00-5:00 RHS

New Families
In last week's email I mentioned there were two things I needed from each family; a copy of your swimmer's birth certificate and for you to set up the auto-pay in your account on our website.  To date I have only received one birth certificate. Please get those to me ASAP.  Swimmers need those on file before they compete in a meet. If you have not set up the auto-pay you should have received a second email explaining how to do that.  One item I need that I failed to mention  is a USA Swimming form to be filled out and turned in as well.  We are required to keep a hard copy of this form.  I have attached a copy here.  If you are new or you did not swim with us over the winter please download, fill out, and return to me at your swimmer's next practice

May Team Social Outing
We have reserved two outdoor suites at Four Winds Field on Saturday May 23rd.  The game starts at 7:00 with the gates opening at 6:00.  The first 750 fans in the stadium will receive a free T-shirt.  They are also giving away 1 flat scree to a fan every inning.   We have space left for 18 people at $25 per person.  These spots will be on a first come first serve basis.  Once you let me know how many people in your family will be attending I will add those charges to your club account.  For those you that have not been to the stadium for some time it really is a great place for family entertainment

High School Physicals
After school on Wednesday May 13th Riley High School is offering physicals to all current or incoming high school students for $15.  If your child is planning on being part of a high school athletic team next school year they need a physical dated after May 1st, 2015.  I have attached the IHSAA physical form here.  Parents signatures must be completed before any physical will be conducted

Car Decals
If anyone is interested is in a window decal for your car or you need to replace the one you currently have stop by the pool office after any practice to pick one up. 

Upcoming Meet, Dates and (Their Deadlines)NASA Invite- May 9th, our entry has been sent.  You can log into your swim club account to view your swimmer's events
--I will post all the pertinent times for this meet in next week's email

LCB Invite May 15th-17th, our entry has been sent.  You can log into your swim club account to view your swimmer's events
IA Invite May May 29th-31st, our entry has been sent.  You can log into your swim club account to view your swimmer's events
CON BW3 Invite June 5th-7th (the meet information has not been posted so I am unable to give an exact date as to when I will need you to know if your swimmer is planning on attending.   Historically CON makes their information available very close to their entry deadlines.  I have turned on our commit/decline function for this meet.  Since I do not have the meet entry file you will only be able to respond with a yes or no.  If you do not plan on attending every day of the meet please list the days you will and won't be attending in the notes section.  If you plan on attending every day you do not need to indicate that in the notes section)


MSC Summer Splash Junes 26th-29th (June 4th)
NASA Summer Invite June 27th (May 10th)
IA Summer Spectacular July 10th-12th (has not been announced)
Senior State July 16th-19th (has not been announced)
Age Group State July 24th-26th (has not been announced)
Junior Nationals July 30th-Aug 3rd (July 21st)
Summer Divisionals Aug. 1st & 2nd (has not been announced)

Fitter and Faster Tour Sunday May 3rd
Please spread the word about this great clinic and the incredible clinicians we have coming. We are very excited about having Megan Romano, 3 time Olympic trial finalist in 2012 and anchor of two gold medal winning relays at 2013 World Championships along with Connor Jaeger, Olympian, National Champion, and American record holder coming to our pool to be our clinicians.  Here is the link to the registration page if you have not already signed up.  We are also looking for 2 more parent volunteers.  You would need to Riley by 6:30 to help set-up.  You will receive a Fitter and Faster T-shirt for volunteering.  If you are able to do this please let me know as soon as you can

Social Media Sites
I am sure most of you are aware we have several social media sites (some a little more active then others).  We are doing our absolute best to make sure we use every possible avenue of communication.  If you have not done so already please follow, like, or subscribe to all of our sites you may be active on.  Over the next few months we are going to be reaching out to advertisers to help with some of our overhead.  The larger the presence we have on these sites could help sway some advertisers to spend their money with us.  We do have direct links from the SBSC website for Facebook, Twitter and Insta-gram.  We also have sites on Google+, Tumblr, Blogger, and YouTube.

Parent meeting Next Tuesday May 5thWe will have a parent meeting on Tuesday May 5th from 6-7 in the RHS cafeteria.  The first 30 minutes will be for all families and the last 30 minutes will be for any new families to our club.  We would like to have one adult member of each family in attendance.

Lifeguards
Last fall the South Bend School Corporation decided it was time all swim teams using their facilities follow the St. Joseph County ordinance of having lifeguards on deck whenever we have swimmers in the water.  This responsibility falls directly on the club, both in staffing and paying the guards.  With our limited budget we have to be creative.  During Group 3 practices we will be able rotate our swimmers out of practice so no one should miss more then a short time of any practice and once only every few days to once a week.  Group 2 practices are little more problematic.  Lifeguards need to be 15 and our oldest swimmer in Group 2 is only 14.  Last season we asked our Group 3 swimmers to volunteer guard for one practice each month.  We are asking they do this again.  Please encourage your high school swimmer to volunteer at least one night a month.  If we are able to have an all volunteer lifeguard staff we will be able to continue keeping our prices as reasonable as we do

Twyckenham Pool
For the last two summers Twyckenham pool has offered a provisional membership for families who are looking for another opportunity for the children to be part of a swim team.  The pool membership itself is $50.  Swim team membership is an additional $60 for the first child and $50 for every subsequent child.  The provisional membership allows you to have your swimmers join the Twyckenham team and gives you the opportunity to enjoy the pool on selected days.  If you would like more information please contact Stephanie Frame at sframe@sbcsc.k12.in.us 

As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.