Dear SBSC families,
Practice Schedule
Group 1: Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:00RHS
G1 Elite: Wednesday 5:30-7:00 RHS
Group 2: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:00, and Friday 5:00-6:30 RHS
Group 3: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:30-5:00, and Friday 5:00-6:30 RHS
Practice notes: Group 3's Friday's practice will be from 5:00-6:30. We are moving it to a later time because I will not be able to attend practice on Friday due to the RHS Swim Team's Port-A-Pit Fundraiser. If your G3 swimmer is also and RHS swimmer they will be excused from practice on Friday and will be expected to be at the Port-A-Pit
RHS Port-A-Pit Fundraiser
If you have not done so already please consider helping with our fundraiser by purchasing a ticket from a RHS swimmer. The high school fundraisers go to help with purchasing equipment for the high school team that is also used by our club team. The cost of the chicken is $6.50. We are also selling the pit-tatoes as well. We are not pre-selling those but they can be purchased on site for $3.50. We will be selling at the Advance Auto store on Ireland Road. We are planning on starting to sell at lunch time though 5:30
RHS Homecoming September 23rd
We have been asked to add a float to RHS Homecoming Parade. The game is vs. New Prairie High School and will be held at Jackson Field on Friday September 23rd. Brett and Aiden Mauer have made some preliminary plans but we want to gauge the interest of our members before planning too much in advance. The parade route typically starts in the RHS Parking lot around 4:30-5:00. An exact time or route has not been made available. The club will cover the cost to the game of any of our swimmers or parents who participate in the parade and would like to stay for the game. If you are interested please email me by the end of the week.
Riverfront Parks & Trails Community Forum
I have been asked by Amy Roush, our Parks and Rec liaison, to share this with our membership. I have also attached the flyer.
Please remember all families must register their swimmers prior to starting practice. If you haven't registered yet, you can click here to go directly to our registration page. Also, please remember you will be registering for the fall/winter and the spring/summer seasons.
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
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 3rd to begin. If I have not contacted you about your preference to when you would like to start please email me with your intentions
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: Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:00RHS
G1 Elite: Wednesday 5:30-7:00 RHS
Group 2: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:00, and Friday 5:00-6:30 RHS
Group 3: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:30-5:00, and Friday 5:00-6:30 RHS
Practice notes: Group 3's Friday's practice will be from 5:00-6:30. We are moving it to a later time because I will not be able to attend practice on Friday due to the RHS Swim Team's Port-A-Pit Fundraiser. If your G3 swimmer is also and RHS swimmer they will be excused from practice on Friday and will be expected to be at the Port-A-Pit
RHS Port-A-Pit Fundraiser
If you have not done so already please consider helping with our fundraiser by purchasing a ticket from a RHS swimmer. The high school fundraisers go to help with purchasing equipment for the high school team that is also used by our club team. The cost of the chicken is $6.50. We are also selling the pit-tatoes as well. We are not pre-selling those but they can be purchased on site for $3.50. We will be selling at the Advance Auto store on Ireland Road. We are planning on starting to sell at lunch time though 5:30
RHS Homecoming September 23rd
We have been asked to add a float to RHS Homecoming Parade. The game is vs. New Prairie High School and will be held at Jackson Field on Friday September 23rd. Brett and Aiden Mauer have made some preliminary plans but we want to gauge the interest of our members before planning too much in advance. The parade route typically starts in the RHS Parking lot around 4:30-5:00. An exact time or route has not been made available. The club will cover the cost to the game of any of our swimmers or parents who participate in the parade and would like to stay for the game. If you are interested please email me by the end of the week.
Riverfront Parks & Trails Community Forum
I have been asked by Amy Roush, our Parks and Rec liaison, to share this with our membership. I have also attached the flyer.
The City of South Bend has begun the process of re-imagining our Riverfront Parks & Trails, which run from Darden Rd. to Logan St. Working with consultant Smith Group JJR, an integrated architecture, engineering, and planning firm, the City’s goal is to develop a vision that enhances our riverfront, taking full advantage of its environmental, recreational, and economic potential. The resulting plan will serve as a guide for making investment, use, and design decisions within the park system.
You’re invited to the first in a series of community meetings to gather input on the future of our Riverfront Parks & Trails. Please join us:
Riverfront Parks & Trails Community Forum
Century Center, Recital Hall
(120 S. St. Joseph Street, Downtown South Bend)
Parking will be available, free of charge, in the Century Center parking lot. Please share meeting information with others that have an interest in the future of our Riverfront Parks & Trails. Please contact Eva Ennis with any questions.
Please remember all families must register their swimmers prior to starting practice. If you haven't registered yet, you can click here to go directly to our registration page. Also, please remember you will be registering for the fall/winter and the spring/summer seasons.
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
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 3rd to begin. If I have not contacted you about your preference to when you would like to start please email me with your intentions
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.
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