Dear SBSC families,
Practice Schedule
RHS Practice Groups
Group 1: Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15
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, and Friday 3:30-5:00RHS
NPHS Practice Groups
Group 1 Tuesday 4:45-6:00 and Thursday 6:00-7:15
Group 2/Group 3 Monday 5:30-7:30, Tuesday 4:00-6:00, Wednesday and Thursday 5:30-7:30
Practice notes: NP swimmers will be practicing early on Tuesday due to another commitment in the pool starting at 6:00. ALL NP swimmers are welcome to attend any practice at Riley that works into their schedule. All swimmers attending Group 2's Friday practice are reminded to bring appropriate dry-land clothes.
New Prairie Satellite
Once we are up and running this month I will have another parent meeting at NP. It will most likely be on a Tuesday. As soon as Ashley and I can work out the details I will let you know.
Intra-Squad Meet
I can not express how grateful I am to all the parents who volunteered their time and helped run one of our most efficient intra-squad meets yet. I was able to walk out of the building by 8:30. That means we conducted meet warm-ups, ran 64 heats of racing, fed 200+ people, and cleaned up the cafeteria all in under 3 hours! Great job team!! One thing I also wanted to thank our parents for was their communication. Out or our 115+ swimmers on the team there was only one swimmer on the team that we did not know where they were. This is with out doubt the best we have ever had at an intra-squad meet.
NCISC Fall Sprint Meet
Our efficiency was not as apparent yesterday. Full disclosure, the delay at the start can be placed at my feet. I made a mistake in the meet set-up that caused more then a little confusion. Punctuality is important to me. For one I believe it conveys respect for others and their time. Please accept my apologies. But a huge shout out and thanks to Amy Szakaly and Darci Maurer for their work coordinating our concession stand and hospitality room. Amy kept the masses from rioting with a steady supply of coffee upstairs. And if the other club's coaches were upset they would not have been able say too much because it gave them more time to enjoy Darci's expertise in the hospitality room! Once we got going things seemed to run smoothly and after about half way through the meet the scoreboard even started to work.
One thing we will be making an adjustment on is how we will be setting up hospitality/concession for any meets moving forward. It seems we had several items donated that were not on the list, or multiples of items that were, or items brought in on Saturday after we had purchased them. For all future meets we will be assessing another $10 to each swimmer attending. Before anyone gets too alarmed by this I want to make a few points. Most meets cost anywhere from $4 and up per event swam, plus another $2 for relays, plus the Indiana Swimming surcharge of $2. So if this were a typical meet your swimmer could have been charged up to $18 yesterday. Your accounts will all be charged $7 for yesterday's meets ($4 for the meet, $2 for IN Swimming, and $1 for our meet surcharge). We host 2 meets a year so this will add another $20 for each swimmer to your swimming budget. I understand that any extra money can be a strain but if you ask parents of other local clubs what they have to do pay to cover hospitality I think you find we are still a bargain.
Dual Meet Vs. CON Swim Club
I received the information for the meet last week after I sent our weekly email. The times this year are a little different from what I published. Here are the pertinent times:
Group 3 combined warm-up with CON: 8:00-9:15 (our swimmers should be on deck no later then 7:50)
Group 3 breakfast 9:15-10:00
Group 1 and Group 2 warm-up 9:20-9:50(our swimmers should be on deck by 9:05)
Meet Starts at 10:00
We are still anticipating about a 3 hour meet and after we will have a team lunch at BW3 near the high school. Families will be responsible for their own meals. The deadline to opt out of this meet is tonight. I will be doing the entries later in the week and will have them done prior to practice starting on Thursday.
We will also need 16 timers to help with the meet. To date we only have two families signed up. You can click here to get to our job sign up portion of the meet.
Swim-A-Thon Saturday October 22nd
We have had a great week of fund-raising bringing in an additional $1800. We are more then half way to our goal with less then two weeks to go. We now have 35 members of our team contribute, that is less then a third. This is a super easy fundraiser to be involved in but it does take swimmers making some effort. Everyone will benefit from the funds raised so it is imperative everyone contributes. You can click here to see the page on our website . There is also a banner that will run across the top of our page for the remainder of our fundraiser. If you are logged in to our site clicking on the banner will take you to your swimmers fund-raising page. Hopefully everyone has received the emails explaining how to set up your swimmers Swim-A-Thon account.
Here are the three goals for this year's Swim-A-Thon funds:
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
Advertising Credit
Another item of discussion during the parent meeting was opportunity to earn some credit on your swim club accounts. The easiest way we can do that is to get our recruiting posters out in the public. For every poster you hang you will receive a $5 credit up to $25. Once you hang the poster post a pic of it on your Facebook page (or other social site) and tag the club. For every poster after the 5th one you will have your name entered in a drawing for a Visa gift card to be held on December 1st .
The other way is by advertising through our website. Whatever money you are able to bring in you will receive a 50% commission. Selling a one year ad could earn you anywhere from $50 to almost $500. Here is the link for more information .
Team Directory
I have attached our team directory updated as of this morning.
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
Dual Meet Vs. CON Saturday 10-15/ Concord High School /tonight Sunday 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 /tonight Sunday 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.
John VanDriessche
Head Coach
South Bend Swim Club
South Bend Riley High School
(574)276-6057
www.southbendswimclub.com
Practice Schedule
RHS Practice Groups
Group 1: Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15
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, and Friday 3:30-5:00RHS
NPHS Practice Groups
Group 1 Tuesday 4:45-6:00 and Thursday 6:00-7:15
Group 2/Group 3 Monday 5:30-7:30, Tuesday 4:00-6:00, Wednesday and Thursday 5:30-7:30
Practice notes: NP swimmers will be practicing early on Tuesday due to another commitment in the pool starting at 6:00. ALL NP swimmers are welcome to attend any practice at Riley that works into their schedule. All swimmers attending Group 2's Friday practice are reminded to bring appropriate dry-land clothes.
New Prairie Satellite
Once we are up and running this month I will have another parent meeting at NP. It will most likely be on a Tuesday. As soon as Ashley and I can work out the details I will let you know.
Intra-Squad Meet
I can not express how grateful I am to all the parents who volunteered their time and helped run one of our most efficient intra-squad meets yet. I was able to walk out of the building by 8:30. That means we conducted meet warm-ups, ran 64 heats of racing, fed 200+ people, and cleaned up the cafeteria all in under 3 hours! Great job team!! One thing I also wanted to thank our parents for was their communication. Out or our 115+ swimmers on the team there was only one swimmer on the team that we did not know where they were. This is with out doubt the best we have ever had at an intra-squad meet.
NCISC Fall Sprint Meet
Our efficiency was not as apparent yesterday. Full disclosure, the delay at the start can be placed at my feet. I made a mistake in the meet set-up that caused more then a little confusion. Punctuality is important to me. For one I believe it conveys respect for others and their time. Please accept my apologies. But a huge shout out and thanks to Amy Szakaly and Darci Maurer for their work coordinating our concession stand and hospitality room. Amy kept the masses from rioting with a steady supply of coffee upstairs. And if the other club's coaches were upset they would not have been able say too much because it gave them more time to enjoy Darci's expertise in the hospitality room! Once we got going things seemed to run smoothly and after about half way through the meet the scoreboard even started to work.
One thing we will be making an adjustment on is how we will be setting up hospitality/concession for any meets moving forward. It seems we had several items donated that were not on the list, or multiples of items that were, or items brought in on Saturday after we had purchased them. For all future meets we will be assessing another $10 to each swimmer attending. Before anyone gets too alarmed by this I want to make a few points. Most meets cost anywhere from $4 and up per event swam, plus another $2 for relays, plus the Indiana Swimming surcharge of $2. So if this were a typical meet your swimmer could have been charged up to $18 yesterday. Your accounts will all be charged $7 for yesterday's meets ($4 for the meet, $2 for IN Swimming, and $1 for our meet surcharge). We host 2 meets a year so this will add another $20 for each swimmer to your swimming budget. I understand that any extra money can be a strain but if you ask parents of other local clubs what they have to do pay to cover hospitality I think you find we are still a bargain.
Dual Meet Vs. CON Swim Club
I received the information for the meet last week after I sent our weekly email. The times this year are a little different from what I published. Here are the pertinent times:
Group 3 combined warm-up with CON: 8:00-9:15 (our swimmers should be on deck no later then 7:50)
Group 3 breakfast 9:15-10:00
Group 1 and Group 2 warm-up 9:20-9:50(our swimmers should be on deck by 9:05)
Meet Starts at 10:00
We are still anticipating about a 3 hour meet and after we will have a team lunch at BW3 near the high school. Families will be responsible for their own meals. The deadline to opt out of this meet is tonight. I will be doing the entries later in the week and will have them done prior to practice starting on Thursday.
We will also need 16 timers to help with the meet. To date we only have two families signed up. You can click here to get to our job sign up portion of the meet.
Swim-A-Thon Saturday October 22nd
We have had a great week of fund-raising bringing in an additional $1800. We are more then half way to our goal with less then two weeks to go. We now have 35 members of our team contribute, that is less then a third. This is a super easy fundraiser to be involved in but it does take swimmers making some effort. Everyone will benefit from the funds raised so it is imperative everyone contributes. You can click here to see the page on our website . There is also a banner that will run across the top of our page for the remainder of our fundraiser. If you are logged in to our site clicking on the banner will take you to your swimmers fund-raising page. Hopefully everyone has received the emails explaining how to set up your swimmers Swim-A-Thon account.
Here are the three goals for this year's Swim-A-Thon funds:
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
Advertising Credit
Another item of discussion during the parent meeting was opportunity to earn some credit on your swim club accounts. The easiest way we can do that is to get our recruiting posters out in the public. For every poster you hang you will receive a $5 credit up to $25. Once you hang the poster post a pic of it on your Facebook page (or other social site) and tag the club. For every poster after the 5th one you will have your name entered in a drawing for a Visa gift card to be held on December 1st .
The other way is by advertising through our website. Whatever money you are able to bring in you will receive a 50% commission. Selling a one year ad could earn you anywhere from $50 to almost $500. Here is the link for more information .
Team Directory
I have attached our team directory updated as of this morning.
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
Dual Meet Vs. CON Saturday 10-15/ Concord High School /tonight Sunday 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 /tonight Sunday 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.
John VanDriessche
Head Coach
South Bend Swim Club
South Bend Riley High School
(574)276-6057
www.southbendswimclub.com
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