Weekly Announcements for Week of 10/24-10/30

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 Monday and Tuesday 6:00-7:15 CST Group 2 Monday & Tuesday 4:30-6:15 CST, Wednesday & Thursday 4:30-6:30 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 Thank you to everyone who contributed to this year's Swim-A-Thon. This is the 8th time we have done this fundraiser and this year was our most successful. The last day to turn in any donations is Saturday Oct. 30. WAR Monster Splash 10/30 The meet information has been posted and can be found on our website. I was in contact with their head coach last week and he was unable to provide any information on warm-up or meet start times. The meet info posted said teams would be informed of times on 10/26. As soon as I have info I will send it out. Spirit Wear-Orders due 11/12 The spirit wear order forms are in and they are attached. All forms need to be returned to me by November 12. We have been told there are limited supplies nation wide and any delay in placing our orders could result in some of these products not being available. Go Swim Education Plan I apologize for the lack of communication on this new program for us. I have sent multiple inquires to this company with no reply. Obviously, we will not be committing any type of financial resources from our club until we are able to speak to someone from GoSwim. Hopefully we will have some information soon. 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., 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., 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/Entry sent CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry sent 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