Dear SBSC families,
Practice Schedule
Group 1: Next scheduled practice Tuesday September 6th
G1 Elite: Next scheduled practice Wednesday September 7th
Group 2: Next scheduled practice Tuesday September 6th
Group 3: Next scheduled practice Tuesday September 6th
Fall and Winter Season
Our on-line registration platform is now active. You can click here to go directly to our registration page. All swimmers will need to register to be on our active roster for the fall. Also, please remember you will be registering for the fall/winter and the spring/summer seasons. You of course have the option to discontinue at any time. Our first official practice for the fall will be Tuesday September 6th.
New for this season is we will be asking all Group 3 members to volunteer 4 hours during the upcoming season. This can either be assisting our coaching staff with our Group 1 practices or life-guarding any of the Group 1 or Group 2 practices.
We will also be changing the meet surcharge a little as well. Last fall and winter season we charged $26 at registration. This year we will charge $15 at registration and add $1 to the meet entry fees for each meet a swimmer attends.
New Families
You should have received a system generated email that confirmed your registration to the team. If you did not receive one please email me. The email also included instructions how to log into your SBSC account. There will also be a parent meeting sometime in September with a break-out session for all new families. Details on the date will be finalized after we get approval for the use of one of the computer labs at RHS
Swim-A-Thon Saturday October 22nd
We will also be hosting our 4th annual Swim-A-Thon on Saturday October 22nd. One of the things I take pride in our club is that we are able to provide a quality program at very little cost to our members. In fact our training fees have remained the same as they were when we started in 2006. The downside to our reasonable fees is that our coaches have not received a raise in several years. I would like to use a significant portion of the proceeds raised this season to go directly to increasing our assistant coaches wages.
I would also like to continue our marketing and advertising. In the last year we have developed and produced a recruiting poster. We hired Franko Design to upgrade our logo and our brand (unveiling coming soon). We have also mailed out our newly designed brochures to all South Bend Schools students in grades 2-4. This amounted to over 4000+ brochures in families hands during the Olympic games. We also have thousands of more brochures ready to distribute to all the parochial and private schools this fall.
If we are able to raise funds like we have in past seasons I would also like to continue our relationship with our sports psychology professional. Ava Blennerhassett. We were fortunate this season to work with Ava at no cost. But as she moves forward with her practice compensation will be required to be able to maintain the amount of time she spent with us.
So are three goals for this year's Swim-A-Thon:
1. Reward our assistant coaches with higher wages
2. Continue moving forward marketing our club
3. Maintain our working relationship with a sports psychology professional
New Prairie Satellite
Coach Ashley contacted me this week and it looks like we will be able to start practice on October 3rd. Families who plan on being part of the NP satellite are welcome to attend practices at Riley in the September or they can wait until October to begin. Registrations that have selected any of the NP training groups will be contacted to determine when they would like to start practices.
Upcoming Meet & Dates/location/deadline to opt out
The dates to opt out are tentative for most of these meets and will most likely change when the meet information becomes available. As a reminder all swimmers are considered swimming in a meet unless the parent declines attending. I'm also asking if you know your swimmer will be attending please commit them to the meet. If the option to choose days is not yet available please leave a note as to which days you would like to attend
Intra-squad Meet Thursday 9-29/Riley High School/9-29
NCISC Sprint Meet Saturday 10-8/Riley High School/10-2
Dual Meet Vs. CON Saturday 10-15/Concord High School/10-9
NASA Sprint Meet Saturday and Sunday 11-5 & 6/Northridge High School/10-16
WWST Turkey Splash Saturday 11-19/Northwood High School/10-9
LCB Winter Invite Friday-Sunday 12-2,3,&4/Lake Central HS/10-23
DUNE RiR Invite Saturday 12-17/Chesterton High School/10-30
IA TW Invite Friday-Sunday 1-6,7,&8/Rolfs Aquatic Center, ND/10-30
CON IMX Challenge Friday-Sunday 1-20,21,&22/Concord High School/12-3
NCISC Championship Saturday 2-11/Riley High School/1-29
CON Last Chance Friday-Sunday 2-24,25,&26/Concord High School/1-29
Divisional Championship Friday-Sunday 3-3,4,&5/Northridge High School/TBD
Age Group State Friday-Sunday 3-10,11,&12/IUPUI/TBD
Senior State Friday-Sunday 3-17,18,&19/Pike High School/TBD
As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Practice Schedule
Group 1: Next scheduled practice Tuesday September 6th
G1 Elite: Next scheduled practice Wednesday September 7th
Group 2: Next scheduled practice Tuesday September 6th
Group 3: Next scheduled practice Tuesday September 6th
Fall and Winter Season
Our on-line registration platform is now active. You can click here to go directly to our registration page. All swimmers will need to register to be on our active roster for the fall. Also, please remember you will be registering for the fall/winter and the spring/summer seasons. You of course have the option to discontinue at any time. Our first official practice for the fall will be Tuesday September 6th.
New for this season is we will be asking all Group 3 members to volunteer 4 hours during the upcoming season. This can either be assisting our coaching staff with our Group 1 practices or life-guarding any of the Group 1 or Group 2 practices.
We will also be changing the meet surcharge a little as well. Last fall and winter season we charged $26 at registration. This year we will charge $15 at registration and add $1 to the meet entry fees for each meet a swimmer attends.
New Families
You should have received a system generated email that confirmed your registration to the team. If you did not receive one please email me. The email also included instructions how to log into your SBSC account. There will also be a parent meeting sometime in September with a break-out session for all new families. Details on the date will be finalized after we get approval for the use of one of the computer labs at RHS
Swim-A-Thon Saturday October 22nd
We will also be hosting our 4th annual Swim-A-Thon on Saturday October 22nd. One of the things I take pride in our club is that we are able to provide a quality program at very little cost to our members. In fact our training fees have remained the same as they were when we started in 2006. The downside to our reasonable fees is that our coaches have not received a raise in several years. I would like to use a significant portion of the proceeds raised this season to go directly to increasing our assistant coaches wages.
I would also like to continue our marketing and advertising. In the last year we have developed and produced a recruiting poster. We hired Franko Design to upgrade our logo and our brand (unveiling coming soon). We have also mailed out our newly designed brochures to all South Bend Schools students in grades 2-4. This amounted to over 4000+ brochures in families hands during the Olympic games. We also have thousands of more brochures ready to distribute to all the parochial and private schools this fall.
If we are able to raise funds like we have in past seasons I would also like to continue our relationship with our sports psychology professional. Ava Blennerhassett. We were fortunate this season to work with Ava at no cost. But as she moves forward with her practice compensation will be required to be able to maintain the amount of time she spent with us.
So are three goals for this year's Swim-A-Thon:
1. Reward our assistant coaches with higher wages
2. Continue moving forward marketing our club
3. Maintain our working relationship with a sports psychology professional
New Prairie Satellite
Coach Ashley contacted me this week and it looks like we will be able to start practice on October 3rd. Families who plan on being part of the NP satellite are welcome to attend practices at Riley in the September or they can wait until October to begin. Registrations that have selected any of the NP training groups will be contacted to determine when they would like to start practices.
Upcoming Meet & Dates/location/deadline to opt out
The dates to opt out are tentative for most of these meets and will most likely change when the meet information becomes available. As a reminder all swimmers are considered swimming in a meet unless the parent declines attending. I'm also asking if you know your swimmer will be attending please commit them to the meet. If the option to choose days is not yet available please leave a note as to which days you would like to attend
Intra-squad Meet Thursday 9-29/Riley High School/9-29
NCISC Sprint Meet Saturday 10-8/Riley High School/10-2
Dual Meet Vs. CON Saturday 10-15/Concord High School/10-9
NASA Sprint Meet Saturday and Sunday 11-5 & 6/Northridge High School/10-16
WWST Turkey Splash Saturday 11-19/Northwood High School/10-9
LCB Winter Invite Friday-Sunday 12-2,3,&4/Lake Central HS/10-23
DUNE RiR Invite Saturday 12-17/Chesterton High School/10-30
IA TW Invite Friday-Sunday 1-6,7,&8/Rolfs Aquatic Center, ND/10-30
CON IMX Challenge Friday-Sunday 1-20,21,&22/Concord High School/12-3
NCISC Championship Saturday 2-11/Riley High School/1-29
CON Last Chance Friday-Sunday 2-24,25,&26/Concord High School/1-29
Divisional Championship Friday-Sunday 3-3,4,&5/Northridge High School/TBD
Age Group State Friday-Sunday 3-10,11,&12/IUPUI/TBD
Senior State Friday-Sunday 3-17,18,&19/Pike High School/TBD
As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
