Blue Ash YMCA Swim Team

Newsletter for June 29 , 2009

 

Days Left We have 2 weeks (after today – 9 days of practice) until Y Championships and 4 weeks till Summer Y Nationals!  Don’t waste any of them in getting prepared to be at your best for each meet! We are near the end of our Spring Summer program (for those who will finish at Championships)

 

HOTEL FOR SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS    ALL gone!

 

Practice Schedule Changes 

Saturday , July 4 – we’ll have regular practice schedule that morning

Friday , July 10 – only 10 and under swimmers – long course 8 – 9 AM only

 

SWIM MEET ENTRIES Sign up on DirectAthletics.com

Summer YMCA Championships – July 10 – 12 at Miami University – please sign up today

 

CHAMPIONSHIPS SIGN UP     Championship entries are on DirectAthletics.com now. We hope to have over 90 swimmers attend the meet at Miami University , July 10 - 12! Please sign up as soon as possible!

Please read the meet information about this meet on our website –

Special notes of information -

1)      11 and over swimmers have 3 full days of swimming with preliminaries in the mornings and finals for 16 in the evenings (top relays swim in Finals)

2)      11 and overs can swim in 6 individual events over the 3 days

3)      10 and under swim only Saturday and Sunday Afternoons with NO Finals!

4)      9-10 can swim 6 events , 8 & Under can swim in 4 events over the 2 days

5)      You can swim any of the 50’s as long as you have a time (no times will not be accepted)

6)      Events that are over 100 meters have a qualifying time , check meet information.

7)      You must have your YMCA swim meets done and a current YMCA membership

8)      Swimmers can swim in only 1 suit (no drag suits or 2nd suit to cover holes)

9)      12 and under swimmers – Boys - no leg skins or body suits , girls – no body suits that go past the knees or down the arms. Questions – contact Coach Bill

 

VOLUNTEERS AT CHAMPIONSHIPS     We have posted the volunteer sign ups on Super meets –

VOLUNTEER on Supermeets.com at

http://www.supermeets.com/Index.cfm?action=logout&StaffTrackerClient=125

 We have almost 60 spots to fill over the weekend and hope every family will work at least one per swimmer they have in the meet. We expect to have over 90 swimmers so we should be have plenty of parents available to help.

WE must fill all of our volunteer spots with a person 16 and over , otherwise , our team will be charged $100.

 

 

 

 

Bill Whatley
Blue Ash YMCA Swim Team
www.swimbash.com