April 24, 2010

Whitesburg Swim Team News

Welcome! The 2010 Swim Team season is almost upon us! We would like to welcome our members and extend an invitation to all WRA youth to join the swim team!
Last year we had 55 swimmers on the team we would love to add 20 or more for this season.   Ask a friend or someone who has been on the team in the past.

Last year, we finished 2nd in Dual meets and City Meet and by virtue of our OUTSTANDING performance at that meet we will remain in the B League! We are very excited about the upcoming year. Please take time to look over this letter carefully as we don’t want you to miss out on this great opportunity for our children to be a part of a great team!

Coaches: Sarah Cruze.  This will be her first season as coach and manager.   Our three assistant coaches are returniing: Michael Ingerson, Carrie Daniel and Sara Henderson.

Swim Team Rep: Eileen Bogardus.. She will need a lot of help to run the swim season and wants to make it an easy and fun summer for everyone at WRA! She will need volunteers in the following areas:
Fundraising
Meet Workers
Concession (for Home Meets)
Family Fun Nights
Computer Work

We need a volunteer to help coordinate swim team ads from our team for the City Meet heat sheet ads.   This can really generate a lot of money for the team.  The last 2 years we have made over $700.   We get 50% of all ads monies.  They are returned to us after the city meet.  So please volunteer if this is something that you feel like you can help us with.

Please let them know by May 1 if you would be willing to help in one of these areas. They will be meeting with the coaches before the start of the year, so if you have any questions, comments or concerns, please call or e-mail  Eileen or Jenni.

Dues: This year’s dues are as follow: One Swimmer $81.00
Two Swimmers $122.00
Three or more Swimmers $142.00

Dues are payable at the Kick-Off meeting. Additional funds will be mentioned later in this letter. You will receive a swim team tee shirt.

Kick-Off Meeting and Registration: A Parent’s Meeting and Registration will be held at Whitesburg Pool on Monday, May 18 from 5-7:00pm. Please make every effort to attend and register at this meeting. We are going to have a pool party for the kids to bring a potential member to join swim or dive team

Practice Schedule: 8 and under from 8:00-9:00 with all 4 coaches present

 .                           9-12 from 9:00-10:00

                             13 and older 9:30-11:00

Stroke Practice will be on Saturdays starting June 5 from 10-11 am.   Starting in late June they will be moved from Saturday to Thursday night .  June 24, July 1 and July 8 from 6-7 pm.   There will be a total of 6 stroke clinics this summer. Please make plans to attend. Sarah will let you know what is going to be worked on at each stroke practice.

Stroke 1 Saturday June 5 10-11 TBD

Stroke 2 Saturday June 12 10-11 TBD

Stroke 3 Saturday June 19 10-11 TBD

Stroke 4 Thursday, June 24 6-7 TBD

Stroke 5 Thursday July 1 6-7 TBD

Stroke 6 Thursday July 8 6-7 Any and Everything.  Final tune up before city meet.

Swim Meet Schedule: The Rocket City Swim League has confirmed the meet schedule for this summer. . You can use it to plan your summer vacation around our meets!

Wednesday, June 2  Lily Flagg Away (meters)
Wednesday, June 9 vsByrd. Springs Home
Wednesday, June 16 @Hampton Cove Away
Wednesday June 23  vs Mt.. Springs Home

Saturday, June 26  @WHBG 1st Annual Invitational Meet  Warm up at 7:00am  Meet starts at 8:00am

Wednesday, June 30  vs.Sherwood Home

The Rocket City Swim League City Meet is scheduled for July 10-11, 2010.

Team Suits: New suits this year are available at First Place on L & N Drive behind Parkway Place Mall

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Additional Funds: Every family will have an opportunity to purchase a trophy. They can be purchased at the Kick-Off Meeting and will be available to be picked up at the Awards Banquet.  The trophy will be $7.00

Awards Banquet: Monday, July 13, 2009 at the pool from 6:30-8:30 pm.
Pt. Mallard Trip: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 meet at the pool at 9:00am and caravan over.  Park is open from 10-8. Under 5: free 5-11-$11.00 12-61-$16.00

Questions: We hope this letter has given you most of the information you need to start planning for the upcoming swim season. We want to make Swim Team fun for the swimmer and parents!