Sunday, November 27, 2016

Weekly announcements for week of 11/27-12/3

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule

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

NPHS Practice Groups
Group 1 Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30 CDT
Group 2 Monday and Wednesday 5:15-7:30 CDT

Practice notes: NO practice on Thursday RHS due to a high school meet.  NO practice on Tuesday and Thursday at NPHS due to high school meets.  ALL NP swimmers are welcome to attend any practice at Riley that works into their schedule including Friday for Group 2 swimmers.  All swimmers attending Group 2's Friday practice are reminded to bring appropriate dry-land clothes including running shoes.

CON IMX Meet Jan. 20th-22nd
The deadline for opting out of this meet is next Sunday, December 4th.  If you have not made a decision about this meet you will receive a follow up email sometime this week. 

Group 2 Day at RHS this Thursday December 1st

Every year we invite our Group 2 swimmers to time at a Riley home meet. We would like all of the swimmers that are able to come be at the pool by 5:15 and for them to wear their team T-shirt from this season.  The club will provide pizzas and drinks for all of those that are able to attend.  The meet will begin at 6:00 and should be done by 7:30

Team T-shirts
The second order of shirts has arrived and they will be passed out this week at practice

LCB Winter Blast Invite
Here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet:

Friday (events #1-#16)
Doors open at 5:00 CST-our swimmers should be waiting at the doors
Meet starts 6:00 CST

Saturday and Sunday AM Sessions (all  10 and under swimmers)
Warm-ups 7:00-7:45 CST -our swimmers should be on deck by 6:45 CST
Meet starts 8:00 CST

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

Warm-ups 11:00-11:45 CST-our swimmers should be on deck by 10:45 CST
Meet starts 12:00 CST

I will be the coach on deck for most of the meet with the exception of the last half of Saturday afternoon.  Please send me a text if you will be running late or if anything else comes up.  Our entry is attached for your reference.

SWAC Fall Invite
Another great performance by our team.  With only 17 swimmers at the meet we finished in the top 8 and we had 44 new best times! Here are all the updated page to our website:
All time top ten
Qualifiers page
Meet results

Advertising Credit
Selling a one year ad on our website could earn you anywhere from $50 to almost $500. Here is the link for more information.

Another easy way to earn credit for your swim club account is to hang 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 .

Upcoming Meet & Dates/location/deadline to opt out

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.

CON IMX Challenge Friday-Sunday 1-20,21,&22/ Concord High School /tonight Sunday 12-4
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.

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Weekly Announcements for Week of 11/20-11/26

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule

RHS Practice Groups
Group 1: Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30
G1 Elite: Friday 9:00-11:15 AM
Group 2: Monday, Wednesday, 5:15-7:30, and Friday 9:00-11:15 AM

NPHS Practice Groups
Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 6:00-7:30 CDT
Group 2 Monday and Tuesday 5:15-7:30 CDT

Practice notes: NO practice on Tuesday RHS due to a high school meet.  NO practice at NPHS on Wednesday due to their Thanksgiving Break.  No practice at either site on Thursday due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.  ALL NP swimmers are welcome to attend any practice at Riley that works into their schedule including Friday for Group 2 swimmers.  All swimmers attending Group 2's Friday practice are reminded to bring appropriate dry-land clothes including running shoes.

Communication
If you are ever in need to speak to a coach please let the coach know in advance and please plan to meet after practice.  Time before and during practice needs to be devoted to our swimmers.  They deserve our full attention and anything outside of an emergency should wait until the swimmers are off the pool deck. 

If you need to contact me there are several ways to do so.  If you need to let me know your swimmer is ill or anything else that does not require more then a few word response a text message works well.  Any other type of communication should be done through email.  I am in front of a computer multiple times a day and it is the easiest way for me to respond quickly to your concerns.  Voice-mail and Facebook (or other social media) messages are the least effective way to get in touch with me.  My time is limited during the day when I can return calls.  All social media sites are blocked on the school computers and I would not be able to respond in a timely manner.

SWAC Fall Invite
I will post the results and update all the pertinent pages as soon as the results file is sent out.  You can follow our swimmers competing today on the the Meet Mobile App.  Type SWAC in the search box that should locate the meet.  If it doesn't the official meet name is listed as 2016 IN SWAC Fall in the Pool Prelims/Finals.

IA Meet
If anyone has noticed a mistake in their swimmers entry.  Specifically, your swimmer is not entered in enough events please let me know as soon as you can.

Advertising Credit
Selling a one year ad on our website could earn you anywhere from $50 to almost $500. Here is the link for more information.

Another easy way to earn credit for your swim club account is to hang 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 .

Upcoming Meet & Dates/location/deadline to opt out

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.

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.

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Weekly Announcements for Week of 11/13-11/19

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule

RHS Practice Groups
Group 1: Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30
G1 Elite: Friday 5:00-6:30
Group 2: Monday, Wednesday, 5:15-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30
Group 3: Next scheduled practice in February

NPHS Practice Groups
Group 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30 CDT
Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 5:15-7:30 CDT

Practice notes: NO practice on Tuesday or Thursday at RHS due to a high school meets.  NO practice at NPHS on Thursday due to a high school meet.  ALL NP swimmers are welcome to attend any practice at Riley that works into their schedule including Friday for Group 2 swimmers.  All swimmers attending Group 2's Friday practice are reminded to bring appropriate dry-land clothes including running shoes.

Communication
If you are ever in need to speak to a coach please let the coach know in advance and please plan to meet after practice.  Time before and during practice needs to be devoted to our swimmers.  They deserve our full attention and anything outside of an emergency should wait until the swimmers are off the pool deck. 

If you need to contact me there are several ways to do so.  If you need to let me know your swimmer is ill or anything else that does not require more then a few word response a text message works well.  Any other type of communication should be done through email.  I am in front of a computer multiple times a day and it is the easiest way for me to respond quickly to your concerns.  Voicemail and Facebook (or other social media) messages are the least effective way to get in touch with me.  My time is limited during the day when I can return calls.  All social media sites are blocked on the school computers and I would not be able to respond in a timely manner.

SWAC Fall Invite
Our entry report for this meet is attached. Here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet:
Friday (events #1-#6)
Warm-ups 4:00-4:50 (our swimmers should be on deck by 3:45)
Meet starts 8:30

Saturday and Sunday Prelims for 11 and over swimmers
Warm-ups 7:30-8:15 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 7:15)
Meet starts 8:30

Saturday and Sunday afternoon session for 10 and under swimmers
Warm-ups 12:00-12:45 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 11:45)
Meet starts at 1:00

Saturday and Sunday Finals for 11 and over swimmers
Warm-ups 3:00-3:45 (our swimmers should be on deck by 3:15)
Meet starts at 4:00

Coach Ted will be the coach at the meet this weekend.  Please call or text him if you are running late or any other last minute changes.  His cell phone number is 574-360-9187

NASA Sprint Meet Plus
Congratulations to our entire team for such outstanding performances last weekend.  We had an amazing 162 new best times including several that have moved up or into our all time top 10.  You can click here to see the results and here to see the Top 10.  Here is our updated qualifiers page. A huge congratulations to Sammy Sierra who obliterated the team record book.  He set new records in the following 11-12 boys events: 25 free (13.20), 200 free (2:09.35), 25 fly (13.30), 100 fly (1:02.27), 25 back (14.83), 50 back (29.95), 100 back (1:05.66), and the 100 breast (1:13.15)

Advertising Credit

Selling a one year ad on our website could earn you anywhere from $50 to almost $500. Here is the link for more information.

Another easy way to earn credit for your swim club account is to hang 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 .

Upcoming Meet & Dates/location/deadline to opt out

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.

DUNE RiR Invite Saturday 12-17/ Chesterton High School /tonight Sunday 11-13
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.

Sunday, November 6, 2016

Weekly Announcements for Week of 11/6-11/12

Dear SBSC families,

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

NPHS Practice Groups
Group 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30 CDT
Group 2/Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 5:15-7:30 CDT

Practice notes: Group 2 will start practices beginning at 5:15. NO practice on Thursday at New Prairie due to a high school meet.  ALL NP swimmers are welcome to attend any practice at Riley that works into their schedule including Friday for Group 2 swimmers.  All swimmers attending Group 2's Friday practice are reminded to bring appropriate dry-land clothes including running shoes.

SBSC Website
Part of our marketing plan was to establish a new brand and update the image for our club. This included new brochures and a new look for our logo.   We hired Franko Design out of Elkhart to do this work for us. The design concept included a couple of variations on a general theme.  Mr. Franko wanted to tie our look with the history of South Bend.  If you look closer at the logo on the front of this season's T-shirt you will notice the swimmer's head resembles the "S" Studebaker logo.  (Yes, we did receive permission from the Studebaker Museum to use this).  We will using the circular "S" design on our new caps  Coincidentally, with our color scheme it also looks quite a bit like our new city flag.  With all the new artwork we were able to give the South Bend Swim Club website a very sleek new look.  If you have not seen it yet please take a look.  All the same valuable information is still on the site just some will located in slightly different locations. 

Parent Meeting
Thank you for the parents who took time out of their schedule to hear Ava discuss the athlete-parent-coach triangle and the important role you play.  Our plan is to bring back Ava once a month to lead these type of conversation/parent ed meetings.  Please let me know your thoughts on the meeting and if there are any topics or subject matter you would like discussed.

NASA Sprint Meet Plus
A great day yesterday for our club with several lifetime best swims.  I will post all the meet information as soon as it becomes available.  If you are unable to be at the meet today you can track how the club is doing by going to our website and locating the black button on the left side of the page titled "TouchPad live".  It is located just above the "Find us on Facebook" button.

Advertising Credit
Thank you to Creative Colors International and to Hoffman Insurance Group for advertising our website.  The families that were brought these advertisers to us received a commission of over $240 in credit to their swim club accounts! 

Selling a one year ad on our website could earn you anywhere from $50 to almost $500. Here is the link for more information.

Another easy way to earn credit for your swim club account is to hang 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 .

Upcoming Meet & Dates/location/deadline to opt out
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.
DUNE RiR Invite Saturday 12-17/ Chesterton High School /11-13
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.