Weekly Announcements for Week of 12/19-12/25

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-11:30 AM G1 Elite Wednesday 9:30-11:30 AM Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 9:30-11:30 AM New Prairie HS Group 1 Wednesday, and Thursday 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CST Group 2 Monday 6:15-7:45 PM CST, Wednesday, and Thursday 11:00 AM -1:00 PM CST Practice Notes: No practice at New Prairie on Tuesday due to a high school meet. No practice on Friday, Christmas Eve. NP 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. New Prairie swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley. DUNE Rumble in The Region We have not received the results file from yesterday's meet. I will include all the results in next week's email. CON IMX Meet/Concord High School/January 21-23 The deadline for committing to this meet is tonight, Sunday December 19. Here is the link to the meet letter for all info about the meet. This includes session start times and meet entry fees. 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 November 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. Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our fall/winter 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/ Our Results NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/ Our Results CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/ Our Results ELK Rudolph Romp/Dec. 3-5/Elkhart Aquatic Center/ Our Results DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Results coming soon IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry Sent CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/ Tonight Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/ Sunday Jan. 9 *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