Weekly Announcements for Week of 10/17-10/23

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15 G1 Elite Wednesday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30 Group 3 AM Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-6:45 AM Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:45-6:15 PM, and Friday 3:45-5:15 PM New Prairie HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15 CST Group 2 Monday 4:30-6:30 CST, Tuesday 4:30-6:15 CST, Wednesday 4:30-6:30 CST, and Thursday 4:30-6:15 CST Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-7:00 CST Practice Notes: NP Group 1 swimmers and parents continue to use door N17. NP Group 2 and 3 swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks are optional. Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. Swim A Thon Saturday 10/23 RHS I made a mistake when I created the job sign-ups for this event. The parents who signed up to count laps from two seasons ago were still listed. The only way for me to clear those spots was to create a new jobs section and it required me to delete all the sign-ups. If you previously signed up to count laps please log back into your account and sign back up again. I do apologize for the error. There will be coffee/water and donuts for all of our counters. If you have any special requests please let me know. The expectation is all swimmers, regardless of the amount of money raised, will participate on Saturday. Swimmers should report on deck by 7:45 and we will begin promptly at 8:00. The event will end at 10:00 AM or 200 laps, whichever comes first. Group 1 swimmers will alternate between 10 minutes of swimming and 10 minutes of games and relays. Thank you to everyone who received donations this week. We are now close to 95% of our goal amount. I am incredibly grateful for those who have raised money for our club. I believe this is the closest we've been to our goal prior to the actual event. The last day to turn in donations is Saturday Oct. 30 While being so close to our goal is obviously very good news, a closer look reveals it could be so much better. We have 126 swimmers on the team. Only 42 have raised money, 1/3 of our total membership. Of those, only 29 have reached the $75 minimum, and 22 have reached the $150 amount to earn a team suit. As of today I will be billing more than well over half our families to meet their fundraising requirement. Many may not think this is a big deal because the club will ultimately still raise money. To me it is disappointing. I honestly feel like we ask very little of our parent group. This is our only fundraiser we do and have not done it since the fall of 2019. I always hope for more buy in with what we are trying to do with your children. We offer a quality product for a very reasonable price. We have been fortunate to have a very dedicated group of assistant coaches who do what they do for very little compensation. I am hoping after this fundraiser we can pay them closer to what they deserve. Please help show your appreciation by taking part. WAR Monster Splash 10/30 The meet information has been posted and can be found on our website. Our entry has been sent. According to the meet letter they will be announcing the meet start times on 10/26. My assumption is they are waiting to see how many swimmers are entered into the meet before deciding if it will a one session or two session meet. My best guess is that it will be a one session meet and most likely be in the morning. When the information is made available I will share immediately with our membership and post to our website NASA Sprint Meet & CON Skypoint Invite The deadlines for each of these meet is tonight, Sunday Oct. 17. The meet information for both meets can be found on our website. Lifeguarding/Assisting with Group 1 and Group 2 The last several years we have had a 4 hour volunteer requirement for our Group 3 swimmers. We also still have several of the swimmers who took our lifeguarding class last fall not finish their 10 hours of volunteering. It helps the club considerably more to have those swimmers fulfill their commitment as opposed to billing those families for the class. The October lifeguarding and volunteer positions are now available for sign-up. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPP/Safe Sport USA Swimming issued a directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes. Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies. One new requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with me. For several years I have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email me if they would be missing practice. Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me.
 If you are the parent of a Group 2 or Group 3 swimmer, and have never sent me a text before, please text me so I have your contact info in my phone. This way if I need to contact your swimmer about missing practice I can be sure to include you. My cell phone number is 574-276-6057.
 I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website, here is the link. The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff has been hosting Zoom training for parents, minor athletes and coaches to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirement of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program. All participants will need to register to attend training. SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR PARENT Wed., October 20 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Wed., November 3 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Wed., December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17) Thur., October 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Thur., November 4 at 8:00 p.m. ET| REGISTER Thur., December 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our spring/summer meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific days you would like to attend. Meets marked with an * are meets that require swimmers to meet certain time standards. All pool locations can be found on our website under the "Pools" tab. Intra-Squad/Oct. 5/Riley High School/Oct 4 WAR Monster Splash/Oct. 30/ Warsaw High School/Enty sent NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/tonight Sunday Oct. 17 CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/tonight Sunday Oct. 17 ELK Rudolph Romp/ Dec. 10-12/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Sunday Nov. 7 DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Sunday Nov. 21 IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Sunday Nov. 28 CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Sunday Jan. 8 *IN Swim Divisionals/Mar. 4-6/TBD/Sunday Feb. 19 *IN Swim Age Group State/Mar. 11-13/Sunday Feb. 26 *IN Swim Senior State/Mar. 18-20/Sunday Mar. 5 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 #SBSCForLife