Sunday, January 28, 2018

Weekly Announcements for Week of 1/28-2/3

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 5:00-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30
NPHS Practice Groups
Group 1: Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 CST
Group 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:00-7:30 CST

Practice notes: No practice at Riley on Tuesday or Thursday due to a high school meets. Swimmers attending practice on Friday are reminded to bring dry-land clothes, including running shoes.  NP swimmers are welcome to attend any of their corresponding group's practices at RHS.

Last Day of the Winter Season/First Day of Spring-Summer Season
Our last practice for all groups will be March 22nd. (NP Group 2: see next heading below)  All swimmers will be moved to the long course season (spring/summer) billing groups at the end of March.  If you are not planning on being part of the club during April please let me know sometime prior to March 15th and I will put your swimmer on the inactive roster.  Our first practices for the spring/summer season will be the week of April 8th-14th. This is the week we return from spring break.

NP Group 2
I apparently was not as clear as I thought I was in last week's email.  I received multiple questions regarding how we will proceed for this group. While we won't be offering Group 2 practices at New Prairie during February or March these athletes are still on our active roster.  They are still eligible to swim in meets and can even use times done in middle school to qualify for Divisionals and Age Group State.  We will resume Group 2 practices at New Prairie in April when our spring and summer season begins.  I will be changing these swimmer's billing groups from short course (our current fall/winter season) to long course (spring/summer).  If you are not planning on having your swimmer participate with the club this spring please inform me by March 15th to avoid being billed on April 1st.

I did have a request that I am more then willing to accommodate.  From my understanding their will be limited practice time, at least initially, for middle school practices.  If you would like your swimmer to supplement their middle school practices they will be allowed to  practice at Riley with Group 2. The standard monthly training fees ($35) will apply.  If you are interested in doing this please inform me as soon as possible.

NCISC Championship Meet Saturday February 10th
This is the last meet we will host this season.  We will need everyone who is available to help that day to volunteer. The job section of the meet is now open.  Please pick any job.  I also wanted to remind people of the $10 concession stand/hospitality room fee you will see on your account.  This fee will be assessed to all of our members including our high school swimmers.

I have attached the meet letter to help answer any questions you might have.  There were several problems with the entry file that was uploaded to our site (operator error).  It caused a blurring/combining of the age groups into one session.  The correct order of events will have all of the 10 and under swimmers in the morning session.  The afternoon session will be for swimmers 11 and over.  Due to the way we are required by the conference to designate the 13 and over events as "Open" the afternoon session will be listed as an option for our younger swimmers.  Please do not pick session 2 if your swimmer is 10 years old or younger.  I will post all the pertinent times in next week's email.

The deadline for committing to this meet is tonight.

CON Last Chance Meet-Concord High School-February 23rd-25th
This is the last regular season meet on our schedule.  If you are available for even one session of this meet please commit your swimmer.  If they haven't qualified for any of the championship meets this will be their chance to compete until May.
 
The deadline for committing this meet is also tonight. 

Advertising Credit
We have had 3 new advertisers to our website this season.  These advertisers were sold ad space by two of our families.  It has generated a total $725.85 of credit on their swim club accounts!  We will give 50% of whatever money raised right back to to you!!  The best sales commission ever?!

A Group 2 or Group 3 annual membership plus all the other associated fees with our membership -- spirit wear, meet surcharges, technology fees, concession stand/hospitality fees, USA Swimming-- is just under $550 for an entire year. (A Group 1 annual membership is about $100 less.)  If you were able to sell two of the the Premiere+ adds it could easily pay for a whole year of swimming including meet entry fees!
Selling a one year ad to one company 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. 



Upcoming Meet & Dates/location/Deadline to commit
Below is the remainder of our winter meet schedule that swimmers are still able to commit to.  Swimmers wanting to compete in these meets will need to use the meet declaration system of our website and choose to attend. When committing to multiple day meets please leave a message in the available notes section of what days you would like to attend.

NCISC Championship February 10th/Riley High School/Tonight Sunday January 28th
CON Last Chance February 23rd/Concord High School/Tonight Sunday January 28th
Divisionals March 2nd-4th/Northridge High School/February 18th
Senior State March 9th-11th/Pike High School/February 25th
Age Group State March 16th-18th/IUPUI/March 4th

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


Sunday, January 21, 2018

Weeky Announcements for Week of 1/21-1/27

Dear SBSC families,

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

Practice notes: No practice at Riley on Tuesday due to a high school meet. Swimmers attending practice on Friday are reminded to bring dryland clothes including running shoes.  NP swimmers are welcome to attend any of their corresponding group's practices at RHS.

Last Day of the Winter Season/First Day of Spring-Summer Season
Our last practice for all groups will be March 22nd. (NP Group 2 see next heading below)  All swimmers will be moved to the long course season (spring/summer) billing groups at the end of March.  If you are not planning on being part of the club during April please let me know sometime prior to March 15th and I will put your swimmer on the inactive roster.  Our first practices for the spring/summer season will be the week of April 8th-14th, the week we return from spring break.

NP Group 2
Due to the middle school season starting at New Prairie our last Group 2 practice at that site will be Thursday February 1st. All swimmers in this group will not be billed for February and March.  They are still eligible to compete for us in meets and they can qualify for Divisionals and Age Group State with times done in middle school meets.

NCISC Championship Meet Saturday February 10th
This is the last meet we will host this season.  We will need everyone who is available to help that day to volunteer. The job section of the meet is now open.  Please pick any job.  I also wanted to remind people of the $10 concession stand/hospitality room fee you will see on your account.  This fee will be assessed to all of our members including our high school swimmers.  The deadline to commit your swimmer is next Sunday January 28th

CON IMX Meet
We are off to a good start.  Three sessions down with two left today.  I will update all the pertinent pages as soon as I receive the results file.

Advertising Credit
We have had 3 new advertisers to our website this season.  These advertisers were sold ad space by two of our families.  It has generated a total $725.85 of credit on their swim club accounts!  We will give 50% of whatever money raised right back to to you!!  The best sales commission ever?!

A Group 2 or Group 3 annual membership plus all the other associated fees with our membership -- spirit wear, meet surcharges, technology fees, concession stand/hospitality fees, USA Swimming-- is just under $550 for an entire year. (A Group 1 annual membership is about $100 less.)  If you were able to sell two of the the Premiere+ adds it could easily pay for a whole year of swimming including meet entry fees!
Selling a one year ad to one company 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. 



Upcoming Meet & Dates/location/Deadline to commit
Below is the remainder of our winter meet schedule that swimmers are still able to commit to.  Swimmers wanting to compete in these meets will need to use the meet declaration system of our website and choose to attend. When committing to multiple day meets please leave a message in the available notes section of what days you would like to attend.

NCISC Championship February 10th/Riley High School/next Sunday January 28th
CON Last Chance February 23rd/Concord High School/next Sunday January 28th
Divisionals March 2nd-4th/TBD/February 18th
Senior State March 9th-11th/TBD/February 25th
Age Group State March 16th-18th/IUPUI/March 4th

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


Sunday, January 14, 2018

Weekly Announcements for Week of 1/14-1/20

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule RHS Practice Groups
Group 1: Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30
G1 Elite: No scheduled practice this week
Group 2: Monday and Wednesday 5:00-7:30
NPHS Practice Groups
Group 1: Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30 CST
Group 2: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 5:00-7:30 CST

Practice notes: No practice at Riley on Tuesday or Thursday due to a high school meet.  No practice at New Prairie on Thursday due to a high school meet.  No practice on Friday due to the CON IMX meet. All NP swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding group's practices at Riley. 

CON IMX Meet Concord High School January 19th, 20th, and 21st.
Our entry is attached.  Parents please write your swimmers events on the hand/arm.  It alleviates so much work for our coaching staff if this is done prior to arriving.  You can always log into our website to see your swimmers events or I recommend getting the OnDeck app.  That app is tied directly to our site and it is free to download and use. You can click here for more information.  Here are the pertinent times for this weekends meet

Friday -- events #1-#6
Warm-ups 5:30-6:05 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 5:15)
Sign-ins close at 5:45
Meet Starts at 6:15

Saturday and Sunday AM Session -- All 10 and under swimmers
Warm-ups 8:30-9:00 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 8:15)
Sign-ins close at 8:45
Meet Starts at 9:00

Saturday and Sunday PM Session -- All 11 and over swimmers
Warm-ups 12:00-12:50 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 11:45)
Sign-ins close at 12:15
Meet Starts at 1:00

IA TW Invite 
Here are our meet results, the updated qualifiers page, and our current all-time TOP 10.

NCISC Championship Meet February 10th

If you have previously committed your swimmer to this meet please double check to see they are still committed.  Due to an error when I was creating this event on our website I imported all of the committed swimmers from last winter's meet.  To make sure it was accurate I had to delete the original meet and re-create the event.  The deadline to commit to this meet is January 28th.  High School girls not qualifying for the IHSAA State Championships are eligible to swim in this meet.

Also, sometime during the next two weeks the job sign-ups for this meet will be active and you can choose a job you'd like to do.  On your February invoice you will see a $10 concession stand/hospitality fee.  This will be charged to all families including those with Group 3 swimmers still competing with their high school teams.

Advertising Credit
We have had 3 new advertisers to our website this season.  These advertisers were sold ad space by two of our families.  It has generated a total $725.85 of credit on their swim club accounts!  We will give 50% of whatever money raised right back to to you!!  The best sales commission ever?!

A Group 2 or Group 3 annual membership plus all the other associated fees with our membership -- spirit wear, meet surcharges, technology fees, concession stand/hospitality fees, USA Swimming-- is just under $550 for an entire year. (A Group 1 annual membership is about $100 less.)  If you were able to sell two of the the Premiere+ adds it could easily pay for a whole year of swimming including meet entry fees!
Selling a one year ad to one company 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. 



Upcoming Meet & Dates/location/Deadline to commit
Below is the remainder of our winter meet schedule that swimmers are still able to commit to.  Swimmers wanting to compete in these meets will need to use the meet declaration system of our website and choose to attend. When committing to multiple day meets please leave a message in the available notes section of what days you would like to attend.

NCISC Championship February 10th/Riley High School/January 28th
CON Last Chance February 23rd/Concord High School/January 28th
Divisionals March 2nd-4th/TBD/February 18th
Senior State March 9th-11th/TBD/February 25th
Age Group State March 16th-18th/IUPUI/March 4th

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


Sunday, January 7, 2018

Weekly Announcements for The Week of 1/7-1/13



Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule
RHS Practice Groups

Group 1: Wednesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30
G1 Elite: Monday 5:00-7:30
Group 2: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:00-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30

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

Practice notes: No practice at Riley on Tuesday due to a high school meet. All NP swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding group's practices at Riley.  All swimmers attending Friday’s practice are reminded to bring dryland clothes including running shoes

Email Issues
Sometime over the last two weeks my ISP changed formats for the email account they provide for their subscribers.  This is the email I have used to send our weekly emails and have used since 2006.  In some great digital mystery this change has caused all of my email contacts to disappear.  I have spoke with two of their techs with no resolution to the problem.  I have been told this is being pushed up the chain to get is straightened out.  I do not hold out much hope. 
Fortunately, with our website I am still able to send out emails to our active accounts.  I believe the swim club accounts with multiple email addresses listed are receiving emails to each one listed.  If you have a family member who is no longer receiving the weekly emails please add them to your swim club account.

IA TW Invite 
Our club has had a very impressive first two days.  We had several best times in the distance events on Friday and we were even more impressive on Saturday.  Our 10 and unders seemingly went best times every time they hit the water and our 11 and overs were outstanding.  We had 48 swims qualify for finals yesterday.  When we came back for finals 75% of those swims were even faster!


NCISC Championship Meet February 10th

If you have previously committed your swimmer to this meet please double check to see they are still committed.  Due to an error when I was creating this event on our website I imported all of the committed swimmers from last winter's meet.  To make sure it was accurate I had to delete the original meet and re-create the event.  The deadline to commit to this meet is January 28th.  High School girls not qualifying for the IHSAA State Championships are eligible to swim in this meet.

Also, sometime during the next two weeks the job sign-ups for this meet will be active and you can choose a job you'd like to do.  On your February invoice you will see a $10 concession stand/hospitality fee.  This will be charged to all families including those with Group 3 swimmers still competing with their high school teams.

Advertising Credit
We have had 3 new advertisers to our website this season.  These advertisers were sold ad space by two of our families.  It has generated a total $725.85 of credit on their swim club accounts!  We will give 50% of whatever money raised right back to to you!!  The best sales commission ever?!

A Group 2 or Group 3 annual membership plus all the other associated fees with our membership -- spirit wear, meet surcharges, technology fees, concession stand/hospitality fees, USA Swimming-- is just under $550 for an entire year. (A Group 1 annual membership is about $100 less.)  If you were able to sell two of the the Premiere+ adds it could easily pay for a whole year of swimming including meet entry fees!
Selling a one year ad to one company 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. 



Upcoming Meet & Dates/location/Deadline to commit
Below is the remainder of  our winter meet schedule.  Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. When committing to multiple day meets please leave a message in the available notes section of what days you would like to attend.

NCISC Championship February 10th/Riley High School/January 28th
CON Last Chance February 23rd/Concord High School/January 28th
Divisionals March 2nd-4th/TBD/February 19th
Senior State March 9th-11th/TBD/February 25th
Age Group State March 16th-18th/IUPUI/March 4th

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