Weekly Announcements for Week of 11/29-12/5

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule

RHS Practice Groups

Group 1 Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30RHS

Group 2 Monday and Wednesday 5:00-7:30RHS

NPHS Practice Groups

Group 1 Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30NPHS

Group 2 Monday and Wednesday 5:30-7:30NPHS

Practice notes:

I will be attending NP on Monday this week. We will not be having practice on Tuesday or Thursday at either site due to high school meets.  We will not have practice on Friday due to the Concord IMX meet.  The RHS Group 2 practice will be starting at 5:00 this week

CON IMX Meet 12/4-6

Here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet

Friday (events #1-#6):

Warm-ups 5:30-6:05 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 5:15)

Sign in closes at 5:45

Meet starts 6:15

Saturday and Sunday AM session (10 and under swimmers)

Warm-ups 8:30-9:00 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 8:15)

Sing in closes at 8:45

Meet starts at 9:10

Saturday and Sunday PM session (11 and over swimmers)

Warm-up 1:00-1:50 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 12:45)

Sign in closes 1:15

Meet starts 2:00

If you are running late for any session or will not be able to make it to the meet you will need to contact the coaches on deck

Friday Coach Ted 574-360-9187

Saturday AM Coach Carol 574-292-0553

Saturday PM Coach Ted 574-360-9187

Sunday Coach VanDriessche 574-276-6057

SWAC Pre-lims Finals Meet

Congratulations to Sammy Sierra who set new team records in the 11-12 boys 100 fly (1:06.39) and the 400 IM (5:15.38).  We only had 20 swimmers compete and we were able to post 52 new best times.  We also placed 6th as a team

Club Advertising for Account Credit

Our website allows for local merchants to advertise and offer coupons/specials directly on our  site.  Here is a link to the information page. We will credit your account 50% of any money the club receives from companies that you have sold advertising space to on our website.

Thank you to those families who have been able to find places to hang our team recruiting posters.  I have credited the accounts of those who have sent me photos.  If you have placed a poster in the community and have not received credit on your account please let me know and I will take care of that immediately.  

Every poster displayed in a business, school, or church will earn a $5 credit for your club account.  You could earn up to $50 of credit this way.  For every poster displayed over 10, families will have their name entered for a $50 Visa gift card drawing.  We will hold that drawing on December 1st.  

Meet Declaration

If you are planning on your swimmer attending any meets left on on our schedule please take a few minutes of your time and commit them to the meet.  It really does save quite a bit a time prior to sending our entry to the meet host.  Thank you to those families who are opting out of the meet and leaving a short note as to why they will not be able to attend.

Group 2 Day at RHS This Thursday December 3rd  

As of this morning we have 11 swimmers who have signed up to help time at Riley Vs. Clay girls/boys dual meet.  The meet starts at 5:00 and we would like all of our swimmers to who are able to help be on deck by 4:45.  We would also like everyone to wear this season's team shirt to the meet.  These meets typically last about 2-2.5 hours.  The club will provide pizza for dinner during the diving break for all the group 2 swimmers in attendance.  If you have not done so already, and you know your swimmer is planning on attending, please commit them so we will know how many pizza's to order. 

Dual Meet Vs Irish Aquatics January 16thRolfs Aquatic Center

Irish Aquatics has invited us to compete in a dual meet against their club.  This will be unique for all of our swimmers as the pool will be set-up a little differently then we are accustomed to seeing it.  Prior to our dual meet, Notre Dame will be competing in a their own dual meet vs. Northwestern starting, I believe, at noon.  The pool set-up for the varsity meets has the 25 yard competition set up in the middle of their 50 meter pool.  Our warm-ups will start as soon as possible after the conclusion of the college meet.  Hopefully we can get our entire team watching the college meet so our young swimmers can see where their swimming careers can take them.  The plan is to have the meet last a maximum of 2 hours.  After the meet we our planning something social for both teams and their families to do together.  I will share more details as they become available. 

The meet declaration function for this meet has been turned on.  The deadline for opting out of this meet will be Sunday January 13th

LaPorte Swim Club's Maple City ClassicDec 12th & 13th

Our entry has been sent.  You can log onto your account on our website or you can use the OnDeck Parent app.  Some swimmers who did not commit and I entered in the meet were only entered for on day of the meet.  I chose the day with the events I felt were the most appropriate for each of those swimmer's current level

IA Meet January 8th-10th

Our new deadline is one week from today,Sunday December 6th.  I would like our high school athletes to attend this meet.  I would like them to do so for a couple of reasons.  The first I would like them to have the opportunity to swim their best non high school events.  Secondly, I want them to experience the meet format that will be similar to the championship meets after the high school season  High school swimmers will need a waiver to be completed on line by their athletic director. High school swimmers that are not committed by the deadline will not be entered in the meet 

MSC/GSI January Meets

I am sure most of you have noticed there are two meets on the same weekend. The MSC meet was placed on our schedule for our 11 and over swimmers with a minimum of at least one Divisional time standard.  The GSI meet is for all of our 10 and under swimmers and those 11 and over swimmers that have not yet met a Divisional time standard.  The deadline for opting out of these meets isSunday December 20th.  On the 21st if you have not opted out or declared for either meet I place your swimmer in the meet that is most appropriate.

Upcoming meet & dates/location/deadline to decline attending

IA TW Invite Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 1/8-10/Rolfs Aquatic Center, Notre Dame/next Sunday 12-6

IA Vs. SBSC dual meet Saturday 1-16/Rolfs Aquatic Center, Notre Dame/Sunday 1-13

GSI Invite Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 1/22-24/Goshen High School/Sunday 12-20

MSC Winter Invite Friday & Saturday 1-22&23/Munster High School/Sunday 12-20

NCISC Winter Championship Saturday 2-13/Riley High School/TBD

CON Heart Smart Friday, Saturday, Sunday 2/26-28/Concord High School/TBD

Divisionals Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/4-6/Northridge High School/TBD

Senior State Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/11-13/Pike High School, Indianapolis/TBD

Age Group State Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/18-20/IUPUI/TBD

Speedo Sectionals Thursday-Sunday 3/31-4/3/Geneva, OH/TBD

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

Weekly Announcements for week of 11/22-11/28

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule

RHS Practice Groups

Group 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30RHS

G1 Elite  Monday 5:30-7:30  RHS

Group 2 Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday 5:30-7:30, Friday 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM RHS

NPHS Practice Groups

Group 1 Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30NPHS

Group 2 Monday and Wednesday 5:30-7:30NPHS

Practice notes:

I hope to attend NP on Monday this week. The RHS Group 1 will practice on Wednesday this week.  The NPHS Group 1 will practiced Monday and Wednesday. No practice on Tuesday at NPHS due to a high school meet. No practice on Thursday due to Thanksgiving.

All of our NP swimmers are always welcome to attend practices at Riley when scheduling conflicts arise with the pool or when it is more convenient for their families schedule.

Group 2 swimmers need to bring dry-land clothes (running shoes, shorts, T-shirt) to practice on Friday. 

Thank You!!

I would like to thank the Kaiser family (Natalee and her parents Jeff and Kim).  They were our first family to procure an advertiser for our website.  The company isCreative Colors International.  They specialize in leather, vinyl, plastic, and fabric repair.  They can recondition or upholster. If you click here you can go to our website to print off their coupon.  This business chose the premier ad plan.  Business make a direct payment to Team Unify (our website host) and then Team Unify sends our club a check minus their fee.  The Kaiser family received a $241.99 credit on their account, 50% of the money we received!!  That works out to almost 7 months of training fees for Group 2 or almost the same as five-3 day weekend meet entry fees.  

The company is owned by Natalee's uncle.  He was looking for ways to help expand his company's footprint and find a way to give back to the community. When asked if he would be interested in advertising with us he jumped at the chance.  Nothing could be easier.  Thanks again to the Kaisers! 

Club Advertising for Account Credit

Our website allows for local merchants to advertise and offer coupons/specials directly on our  site.  Here is a link to the information page. We will credit your account 50% of any money the club receives from companies that you have sold advertising space to on our website.

Thank you to those families who have been able to find places to hang our team recruiting posters.  I have credited the accounts of those who have sent me photos.  If you have placed a poster in the community and have not received credit on your account please let me know and I will take care of that immediately.  

Every poster displayed in a business, school, or church will earn a $5 credit for your club account.  You could earn up to $50 of credit this way.  For every poster displayed over 10, families will have their name entered for a $50 Visa gift card drawing.  We will hold that drawing on December 1st.  

Meet Declaration

Our policy is all swimmers will be considered swimming in meets unless families choose to opt out.  This is having the outcome I was hoping for.  We have had more swimmers attending every one of our meets. Our participation at each of these meets has increased by an average of nearly 50% of athletes attending. While this has created a little more work on my end it has been more then worth it to me to have such a huge presence at the meets we are attending.  There has been an unforeseen hurdle for me with this new policy. It has proved a little difficult to find time to do all of our entries of the swimmers who had not committed prior to our deadline and still get our entry out to the meet host in a timely manner.  In a few instances this season I have moved over 40 swimmers from the "undeclared" list to the "committed" list.  I am asking that if you know you are attending a meet please commit your swimmer as early as you can.  This will alleviate some last minute work for me and also give me an opportunity to discuss with our coaches and your swimmers their event selection.

Group 2 Day at RHS Thursday December 3rd  

Every year we invite our Group 2 swimmers to experience one of our high school meets.  This year it will be on Thursday December 3rd when Riley's boys and girls teams hosts Clay.  Our Group 2 swimmers will serve as timers for the meet and the club will provide them with pizza for dinner during the diving break.  The meet will start at 5:00 and we ask all the swimmers who are able to attend to arrive by 4:45.  Our double dual meets typically take between 2-2.5 hours.  We would like our club swimmers to wear their SBSC superman logo t-shirt to the meet.  I have added this meet to our calendar and the meet commitment function has been turned on.  We will be using this as an RSVP so we know how many pizzas to order.

SWAC Pre-lims Finals Meet

The SBSC athletes are swimming incredibly well on the first two days of the meet.  Several new best times and quite a few swims moving up the rankings in our All-Time Top Ten. I will update all of our meet result pages on our website as soon as I receive the file from SWAC.  You can follow the meet action today on the Meet Mobile app.

Dual Meet Vs Irish Aquatics January 16thRolfs Aquatic Center

Irish Aquatics has invited us to compete in a dual meet against their club.  This will be unique for all of our swimmers as the pool will be set-up a little differently then we are accustomed to seeing it.  Prior to our dual meet, Notre Dame will be competing in a their own dual meet vs. Northwestern starting, I believe, at noon.  The pool set-up for the varsity meets has the 25 yard competition set up in the middle of their 50 meter pool.  Our warm-ups will start as soon as possible after the conclusion of the college meet.  Hopefully we can get our entire team watching the college meet so our young swimmers can see where their swimming careers can take them.  The plan is to have the meet last a maximum of 2 hours.  After the meet we our planning something social for both teams and their families to do together.  I will share more details as they become available. 

The meet declaration function for this meet has been turned on.  The deadline for opting out of this meet will be Sunday January 10th

CON IMX Meet 12/4-6

Our entry has been sent. You can view your swimmers events by logging into our site or by using the OnDeck Parent app.  I will include all the time information in an upcoming weekly email

LaPorte Swim Club's Maple City ClassicDec 12th & 13th

The deadline for opting out of this meet istonight, Sunday November 22nd.  This meet has provided us with some very good competition from the northwest Indiana clubs.  It also is a very good meet for less experienced swimmers.  This meet is not typically full so our new swimmers can get some racing in an environment that does not feel so overwhelming.

IA Meet January 8th-10th

I spoke with the IA head coach and he is going to allow us to send our entry a little later.  Our new deadline is Sunday December 6th.  I would like our high school athletes to attend this meet so they may swim their best non high school events.  It is a pre-lim final meet which will give them a little more experience with the meet format that is used at the state championship.

MSC/GSI January Meets

I am sure most of you have noticed there are two meets on the same weekend. The MSC meet was placed on our schedule for our 11 and over swimmers with a minimum of at least one Divisional time standard.  The GSI meet is for all of our 10 and under swimmers and those 11 and over swimmers that have not yet met a Divisional time standard.  The deadline for opting out of these meets isSunday December 20th.  On the 21st if you have not opted out or declared for either meet I place your swimmer in the meet that is most appropriate.

Upcoming meet & dates/location/deadline to decline attending

HOT MC Classic Saturday & Sunday 12-12&13/Laporte High School/tonight Sunday11-22

IA TW Invite Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 1/8-10/Rolfs Aquatic Center, Notre Dame/Sunday 12-6

IA Vs. SBSC dual meet Saturday 1-16/Rolfs Aquatic Center, Notre Dame/Sunday 1-10

GSI Invite Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 1/22-24/Goshen High School/Sunday 12-20

MSC Winter Invite Friday & Saturday 1-22&23/Munster High School/Sunday 12-20

NCISC Winter Championship Saturday 2-13/Riley High School/TBD

Divisionals Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/4-6/Northridge High School/TBD

Senior State Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/11-13/Pike High School, Indianapolis/TBD

Age Group State Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/18-20/IUPUI/TBD

Speedo Sectionals Thursday-Sunday 3/31-4/3/Geneva, OH/TBD

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

Weekly Announcements for Week of 11/15-11/22

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule

RHS Practice Groups

Group 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30RHS

G1 Elite  Monday 5:30-7:30  RHS

Group 2 Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30 RHS

NPHS Practice Groups

Group 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30NPHS

Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 5:30-7:30 NPHS

Practice notes:

I will be attending NP on Tuesday this week.  The RHS Group 1 will practice on Wednesday this week. No practice on Thursday at Riley due to a high school girls meet.

There is an away meet for NP on Thursday and since there are no other activities going on the building that night our club does not have access to the pool.  Coach Ashley and I are working on finding a solution for this and we will keep you updated as soon as we do.  All of our NP swimmers are always welcome to attend practices at Riley when scheduling conflicts arise with the pool or when it is more convenient for their families schedule.

Group 2 swimmers need to bring dry-land clothes (running shoes, shorts, T-shirt) to practice on Friday. 

SWAC Pre-lims Finals Meet

Here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet

Friday (Events #1-#6)

Warm-ups 4:00-4:50-our swimmers need to be on deck by 3:45

Meet starts 5:00

Saturday and Sunday Prelims (for swimmers 11 and over)

Warm-ups 7:30-8:15/8:20-our swimmers should be on deck by 7:15

Meet Starts 8:30

Saturday and Sunday afternoon session (for all swimmers 10 and under)

Warm-ups 12:00-12:45-our swimmers should be on deck by 11:45

Meet Starts 1:00

Saturday and Sunday Finals Session (for the 11 and under swimmers who qualified from the preliminary sessions in the morning)

Warm-ups 3:00-3:45-our swimmers should be on deck by 3:00

Meet Starts 4:00

Meet notes: I have attached the meet letter to this email to help answer any questions you might have.  All swimmers who qualify for finals are expected to compete in finals.  We do not scratch events unless there is a legitimate medical reason. Coach Ted will be the coach on deck for this meet. His phone number is (574) 360-9187. If for any reason you are running late and are unable to have your swimmer on deck at the times listed above please call or text Coach Ted to make sure your swimmer does not get scratched from the meet.

The Joy of Being on Time

As a someone who truly enjoys the solitude and the quiet of the morning being early to practice or meets has never been much of a challenge. In fact, I take quite a bit of pride on being the first coach of any team to nearly every meet we attend.  (In swimming everything is a race, right?) The first 15+ years of my coaching career I only had to worry about getting myself up and ready to leave as early or even earlier then needed.  Once my own children started competing it presented a completely new set of challenges.  Trying to get two ten and under swimmers (who are most certainly not morning people) ready to leave for an earlySaturday morning meet warm-up brought me more frustration then I could have ever imagined.  So please believe me I understand what most of you go through as you try to get your own kids out of the house on time.

Some of the many great things about our sport is teaches include time management, how to prioritize, and how to prepare and plan ahead.  Sometimes even with the best laid plans things can go wrong.  Power failures, inaccurate  directions to the pool, multiple start times listed in the meet letter, forgetting to set alarm, etc. etc.  While these things may happen meet hosts will not delay the start of the meet.  If these do happen to you it is imperative you call or text the coach on deck for that meet.  If the sign-in sheet is pulled prior to your swimmer signing in they may not get put back in the meet.  If they are put back in they may only get put back in events with open lanes in the first heat.  Or they may even get put in the opposite gender's event if space allows.  Both of these situations are less then ideal.  It call can be solved with a text or a phone call. Please, lets give our swimmers every opportunity for success and if your running late please call or text

Dual Meet Vs Irish Aquatics January 16thRolfs Aquatic Center

Irish Aquatics has invited us to compete in a dual meet against their club.  This will be unique for all of our swimmers as the pool will be set-up a little differently then we are accustomed to seeing it.  Prior to our dual meet, Notre Dame will be competing in a their own dual meet vs. Northwestern starting, I believe, at noon.  The pool set-up for the varsity meets has the 25 yard competition set up in the middle of their 50 meter pool.  Our warm-ups will start as soon as possible after the conclusion of the college meet.  Hopefully we can get our entire team watching the college meet so our young swimmers can see where their swimming careers can take them.  The plan is to have the meet last a maximum of 2 hours.  After the meet we our planning something social for both teams and their families to do together.  I will share more details as they become available. 

The meet declaration function for this meet has been turned on.  The deadline for opting out of this meet will be Sunday January 10th

Parent Shirt Order

A few parents have asked about another shirt order or the possibility of ordering a sweatshirt.  We would need a minimum order of 15 items to be purchased.  If you are interested in this please let me know by the end of the week

SBSC Requirements

Our registration platform includes documents that you were required to digitally sign for your swimmers membership to be approved.  In those documents the two items that carry significant financial implications are the birth certificate requirement and the auto-pay requirement.  We still have a few outstanding birth certificates and we also have a few new families who have not yet set up some sort of automatic payment.  Swimmers who have not turned in a birth certificate and those with out auto-pay will not be entered in any future meets until those requirements are met.

We also had a few families whose credit card's have expired and the transactions were unable to process.  Before I will be able to enter the swimmers of those families in any future meets those cards will need to be updated as well.

CON IMX Meet 12/4-6

Our entry has been sent. You can view your swimmers events by logging into our site or by using the OnDeck Parent app.  I will include all the time information in an upcoming weekly email

LaPorte Swim Club's Maple City ClassicDec 12th & 13th

The deadline for opting out of this meet is one week from today, Sunday November 22nd.  This meet has provided us with some very good competition from the northwest Indiana clubs.  It also is a very good meet for less experienced swimmers.  This meet is not typically full so our new swimmers can get some racing in an environment that does not feel so overwhelming.

IA Meet January 8th-10th

I spoke with the IA head coach and he is going to allow us to send our entry a little later.  Our new deadline is Sunday December 6th.  I would like our high school athletes to attend this meet so they may swim their best non high school events.  It is a pre-lim final meet which will give them a little more experience with the meet format that is used at the state championship.

MSC/GSI January Meets

I am sure most of you have noticed there are two meets on the same weekend. The MSC meet is for our 11 and over swimmers with a minimum of at least one Divisional time standard.  The GSI meet is for our 10 and under swimmers and those 11 and over swimmers that have not yet met a Divisional time standard.  The deadline for opting out of these meets is Sunday December 20th.  On the 21st if you have not opted out or declared for either meet I place your swimmer in the meet that is most appropriate.

Upcoming meet & dates/location/deadline to decline attending

HOT MC Classic Saturday & Sunday 12-12&13/Laporte High School/Sunday 11-22

IA TW Invite Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 1/8-10/Rolfs Aquatic Center, Notre Dame/Sunday 12-6

GSI Invite Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 1/22-24/Goshen High School/Sunday 12-20

MSC Winter Invite Friday & Saturday 1-22&23/Munster High School/Sunday 12-20

NCISC Winter Championship Saturday 2-13/Riley High School/TBD

Divisionals Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/4-6/Northridge High School/TBD

Senior State Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/11-13/Pike High School, Indianapolis/TBD

Age Group State Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/18-20/IUPUI/TBD

Speedo Sectionals Thursday-Sunday 3/31-4/3/Geneva, OH/TBD

Club Advertising for Account Credit 

Our website allows for local merchants to advertise and offer coupons/specials directly on our  site.  Here is a link to the information page. We will credit your account 50% of any money the club receives from companies that you have sold advertising space to on our website.

Thank you to those families who have been able to find places to hang our team recruiting posters.  I have credited the accounts of those who have sent me photos.  If you have placed a poster in the community and have not received credit on your account please let me know and I will take care of that immediately.  

Every poster displayed in a business, school, or church will earn a $5 credit for your club account.  You could earn up to $50 of credit this way.  For every poster displayed over 10, families will have their name entered for a $50 Visa gift card drawing.  We will hold that drawing on December 1st

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

Weekly Anouncements for Week of 11/8-11/14

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule

RHS Practice Groups

Group 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30RHS

G1 Elite  Monday 5:30-7:30  RHS

Group 2 Monday,Tuesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30 RHS

Group 3 Next scheduled practice is in February

NPHS Practice Groups

Group 1 Tuesday and  Thursday 6:00-7:30NPHS

Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, andThursday 5:30-7:30 NPHS

Group 3 Next scheduled practice is in February

Practice notes:

I will be attending NP on Tuesday this week.  The RHS Group 1 will practice on Wednesday this week. No practice on Thursday at Riley due to a high school girls meet. Group 2 swimmers need to bring dry-land clothes (running shoes, shorts, T-shirt) to practice on Friday. 

SBSC Requirements

Our registration platform includes documents that you were required to digitally sign for your swimmers membership to be approved.  In those documents the two items that carry significant financial implications are the birth certificate requirement and the auto-pay requirement.  We still have a few outstanding birth certificates and we also have a few new families who have not yet set up some sort of automatic payment.  Swimmers who have not turned in a birth certificate and those with out auto-pay will not be entered in any future meets until those requirements are met.

We also had a few families whose credit card's have expired and the transactions were unable to process.  Before I will be able to enter the swimmers of those families in any future meets those cards will need to be updated as well.

NASA Sprint Meet

I will update all the pertinent pages to our website the first chance I get after I receive the results file

Parks and Rec Survey

We have been asked to help the South Bend Parks and Recreation Department with a survey to help them determine the level of service they are providing our community.  We are very fortunate to have been able to partner with the Parks and Rec and taking a few minutes to help is a great way to show our appreciation.  You can click here to get to that link

Upcoming Practice Schedule

You can click here to see the tentativecalendar.  As we start the month of November and for the next few months our schedule will not always be as consistent as it has been.  The calendar's on the website are tentative and are published for your planning purposes.  The weekly emails will have our actual schedule for that week.  Any last minute updates will be communicated through email and our social media sites.

As the winter season approaches we will be faced with school closings.  I want to remind our families of the South Bend Schools policy on outside groups using school facilities on days when school is canceled or when after school activities have been canceled.  We have been told that unless we have been give specific instructions otherwise, our practices are to be canceled as well.  This is, from my understanding, also the policy of the New Prairie schools.

SWAC Pre-lim Finals Meet Southside High School, Ft Wayne November 20th - 22nd 

Our entry has been sent.  You may view your swimmer's entries by logging onto your swim club account or by using the OnDeck Parent app on your Apple or Android device.  Your log in email for the app is the same as it is for our website and our team alias is insbsc.

CON IMX Meet 12/4-6

The deadline for opting out of this meet istonight, Sunday November 8th.  Information for this meet can be found here.  If you have already committed your swimmer to this meet their events have been selected.  You can view your swimmers events by logging into our site or by using the OnDeck Parent app.

IA Meet January 8th-10th

I spoke with the IA head coach and he is going to allow us to send our entry a little later.  Our new deadline is Sunday December 6th.  I would like our high school athletes to attend this meet so they may swim their best non high school events.  It is a pre-lim final meet which will give them a little more experience with the meet format that is used at the state championship.

Upcoming meet & dates/location/deadline to decline attending

CON IMX Meet Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 12/4-6/Concord High School/Sunday 11-8

HOT MC Classic Saturday & Sunday 12-12&13/Laporte High School/Sunday 11-23

IA TW Invite Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 1/8-10/Rolfs Aquatic Center, Notre Dame/Sunday 12-6

GSI Invite Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 1/22-24/Goshen High School/TBD

MSC Winter Invite Friday & Saturday 1-22&23/Munster High School/SundayJanuary 3

NCISC Winter Championship Saturday 2-13/Riley High School/TBD

Divisionals Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/4-6/Northridge High School/TBD

Senior State Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/11-13/Pike High School, Indianapolis/TBD

Age Group State Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/18-20/IUPUI/TBD

Speedo Sectionals Thursday-Sunday 3/31-4/3/Geneva, OH/TBD

Club Advertising for Account Credit 

Our website allows for local merchants to advertise and offer coupons/specials directly on our  site.  Here is a link to the information page. We will credit your account 50% of any money the club receives from companies that you have sold advertising space to on our website.

Thank you to those families who have been able to find places to hang our team recruiting posters.  I have credited the accounts of those who have sent me photos.  If you have placed a poster in the community and have not received credit on your account please let me know and I will take care of that immediately.  

Every poster displayed in a business, school, or church will earn a $5 credit for your club account.  You could earn up to $50 of credit this way.  For every poster displayed over 10, families will have their name entered for a $50 Visa gift card drawing.  We will hold that drawing on December 1st

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

Weekly Announcements For Week Of 11/1-11/8

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule

RHS Practice Groups

Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30RHS

G1 Elite  Monday 5:30-7:30  RHS

Group 2 Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30RHS

Group 3 Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday 3:30-6:00 PM, and Friday 3:30-5:00 RHS

NPHS Practice Groups

Group 1 Tuesday and  Thursday 6:00-7:30NPHS

Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, andThursday 5:30-7:30 NPHS

Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, andThursday 5:00-7:30 NPHS

Practice notes:

I will be attending NP on Tuesday this week. Group 1's practice for both locations will last until 7:30.  With a few possible exceptions this will be the ending time for Group 1 for the remainder of the season

Group 2 swimmers need to bring dry-land clothes (running shoes, shorts, T-shirt) to practice on Friday. 

NASA Sprint Meet, Northridge High School, November 7th & 8th

The entries are done and you can view your swimmer's events by logging onto your account or by using your OnDeck Parent app.  Here are the pertinent times for this weekends meet:

Saturday and Sunday AM session (all 10 and under swimmers)

Warm-ups for 9-10 year olds 8:00-8:30-our swimmers need to be on deck by 7:45

Warm-ups for 7-8 year olds 8:30-8:50-our swimmers need to be on deck by 8:15

Meet starts 9:05

Saturday and Sunday PM sessions (all 11 and over swimmers)

Warm-ups 13 and over 12:00-12:30--our swimmers need to be on deck by 11:45

Warm-ups for 11-12 year olds 12:30-1:00-our swimmers need to be on deck by 12:15

Meet starts 1:15

Parks and Rec Survey

We have been asked to help the South Bend Parks and Recreation Department with a survey to help them determine the level of service they are providing our community.  We are very fortunate to have been able to partner with the Parks and Rec and taking a few minutes to help is a great way to show our appreciation.  You can click here to get to that link

Team Shirts

We still have a few team shirts that need to be picked up.  Coach Ashley has the NP swimmers shirts and I will bring the NP parent shirts to practice on Tuesday

Upcoming Practice Schedule

The November and December schedule is about 90% complete.  You can click here to see the calendar.  As we start the month of November and for the next few months our schedule will not always be as consistent as it has been.  The calendar's on the website our tentative and our published for your planning purposes.  The weekly emails will have our actual schedule for that week.  Any last minute updates will be communicated through email and our social media sites.

As the winter season approaches we will be faced with school closings.  I want to remind our families of the South Bend Schools policy on outside groups using school facilities on days when school is canceled or when after school activities have been canceled.  We have been told that unless we have been give specific instructions otherwise, our practices are to be canceled as well.  This is, from my understanding, also the policy of the New Prairie schools.

SWAC Pre-lim Finals Meet Southside High School, Ft Wayne November 20th - 22nd 

Our entry has been sent.  You may view your swimmer's entries by logging onto your swim club account or by using the OnDeck Parent app on your Apple or Android device.  Your log in email for the app is the same as it is for our website and our team alias is insbsc.

Todd Mowers (Cody and Emme's dad) has arranged a block of hotel rooms in Ft. Wayne for us.  Here are the details:

Courtyard Marriott

1150 Harrison St, Fort Wayne, IN 46802 

Phone - 866-704-6163 - must call to make reservations (not on-line), use reference code SAQ. 

$89/night for a 2 queen bed room, breakfast tickets, and free parking for 1 car. 

Must book by Nov. 5.

CON IMX Meet 12/4-6

An email was sent on Thursday notifying you the meet declaration function for this meet was now available.  The deadline for opting out of this meet is one week from today, Sunday November 8th.  Information for this meet can be found here.  If you have already committed your swimmer to this meet their events have been selected.  You can view your swimmers events by logging into our site or by using the OnDeck Parent app.

Upcoming meet & dates/location/deadline to decline attending

CON IMX Meet Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 12/4-6/Concord High School/Sunday 11-8

HOT MC Classic Saturday & Sunday 12-12&13/Laporte High School/Sunday 11-23

IA TW Invite Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 1/8-10/Rolfs Aquatic Center, Notre Dame/Sunday 11-8

GSI Invite Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 1/22-24/Goshen High School/TBD

MSC Winter Invite Friday & Saturday 1-22&23/Munster High School/SundayJanuary 3

NCISC Winter Championship Saturday 2-13/Riley High School/TBD

Divisionals Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/4-6/Northridge High School/TBD

Senior State Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/11-13/Pike High School, Indianapolis/TBD

Age Group State Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 3/18-20/IUPUI/TBD

Speedo Sectionals Thursday-Sunday 3/31-4/3/Geneva, OH/TBD

Club Advertising for Account Credit 

Our website allows for local merchants to advertise and offer coupons/specials directly on our  site.  Here is a link to the information page. We will credit your account 50% of any money the club receives from companies that you have sold advertising space to on our website.

Thank you to those families who have been able to find places to hang our team recruiting posters.  I have credited the accounts of those who have sent me photos.  If you have placed a poster in the community and have not received credit on your account please let me know and I will take care of that immediately.  

Every poster displayed in a business, school, or church will earn a $5 credit for your club account.  You could earn up to $50 of credit this way.  For every poster displayed over 10, families will have their name entered for a $50 Visa gift card drawing.  We will hold that drawing on December 1st

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