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COLLEGE PARK AQUATIC CLUB TEAM INFORMATION FOR 2009 SEASON Practices – We will use the Honey Bee Golf Club swimming pool again for this season. The initial meeting will be held at Honey Bee on Thursday, May 28th from 7-8 PM for all swimmers. We will not get in the pool the first night, but will have the coaches introduce themselves and put some information out about this year’s team. Also, there will be a parent’s orientation held while the coaches are talking to the swimmers. Here is the regular practice schedule: June 1st-11th (Mon - Thurs, should attend minimum of 2 out of 4 practices) 6 & unders and 8 & unders – 7-7:40 PM 10 & unders and 12 & unders – 7:40-8:20 PM 14 & unders and 18 & unders - 8:20-9 PM June 15th-July 16th (Mon - Thurs, should attend minimum of 2 out of 4 practices) 6 & unders and 8 & unders – 7:30-8:10 PM 10 & unders and 12 & unders – 8:10-8:50 PM 14 & unders and 18 & unders - 8:50-9:30 PM Regular Swim Meets – All regular meets will start at 8 AM. For home meets, please be at the pool ready for warm-ups at 7:15 AM. For away meets, our warm-ups will start at 7:30. Please show up even if the weather looks questionable. Every meet has to be completed, and to try and complete a meet during the week becomes a challenge. We won’t endanger anyone, but may ask you to wait inside a building or your car for a storm to blow over so we can complete a meet on Saturday. We need to complete at least 38 of 69 events to possibly call the meet final. Most meets end by 12:30 PM. The events for your swimmers will be posted on the website the night before and also on a bulletin board when you arrive. Every effort will be made to have each swimmer swim the maximum number of events they are capable of, and that the league allows (3 individual events and 2 relay events). Some swimmers may also be asked to swim in a higher age group on occasion to help the team get points. We will have three away meets and two home meets. Here is the schedule: Sat, Jun 13 - Home swim meet vs Riverwalk Sat, Jun 20 – Home swim meet @ Virginia Beach Tennis and Country Club Sat, June 27 – Home swim meet vs Norfolk Yacht and Country Club Sat, Jul 4 – No swim meet, Happy 4th of July weekend! Sat, Jul 11 – Away swim meet @ Larkspur Swim and Racquet Club Sat, Jul 18 – Away swim meet @ Cavalier Golf and Yacht Club Sat, Jul 25 – Division Championship Swim Meet @ Honey Bee Golf Club pool Sat, Aug 1 – All-Star Championship Swim Meet @ Little Neck Swim & Racquet Club Registration – Registration is $85 per child (max $220 per family) and will include t-shirt, swim cap, picture and trophy. Swimsuits – We plan to offer the same swim suits as we did last year. Those suits are a solid color (royal blue) suit from the Dolfin Company. They offer two styles of girls suits (small and wide shoulder straps) and both briefs & jammers for boys. Suit information will be included with the registration forms. It is highly recommended that you attend one of the pre-registration sessions as the suits will be available to try on and purchase. Speedo suits (also solid royal blue) are also available, but I will not stock them and I must order them from Aqua Wear. Female suits will cost approximately $44-$48 depending on style and size, and the male suits will run approximately $25-$30. Contact the Team rep if you are interested in purchasing a Speedo suit. Team Representative – Kevin Nicholas, home 523-2125, cell 647-2616, e-mail – cpac@cpacswim.com , work – nicholak.contractor@cotf.navy.mil Co-Team Representative - Rip Montague, home 482-6796, cell 335-0729, e-mail - rmontague@cox.net Head Coach – Juliet Adams, cell 580-4428 , e-mail - strokefocus@gmail.com Parent Volunteers – We can’t run the team without parent volunteers. This is where we can use the help: - The date for the Swim League to hold their Parent’s Swim Clinic is Saturday, June 6th from 8:00-11:00 AM at the Green Run Clubhouse Pool (http://www.vbsl.net/GR_Clubhouse_Directions.htm). The Referee and Starter Clinic is held from 8:00-9:00 AM, followed by the Stroke & Turn Judge Clinic from 9:00-11:00 AM. If you could go to both sessions that would be great. It doesn’t matter whether you have any previous experience judging swimming. This is a great way to learn how the meet is run and how strokes & turns are judged for your children. Note – there will be a make-up clinic on Wednesday, June 10th at Mallory Country Club at 6 PM. IF THERE IS ANY WAY YOU CAN POSSIBLY ATTEND, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. - Scorers and ribbon writers. During a swim meet, four parents from each team volunteer to help keep track of the event scoring, and prepare the ribbons for the kids. If you are interested in learning how to run the computer system, please see Kevin sometime the first week of practice. Other help we will be asking you for during the week before a meet: - Timers – we will need 9 people each meet to help time the events, plus a head timer for home events. - Concessions – we will ask everyone to bring in items to sell, and some of our parents to assist at the concession stand for our two home meets and the divisional swim meet. - Parking – to help control parking at our home meets, we will ask for two parents to monitor the parking lot for the hour prior to the start of the meets. - Runners – we will ask for four people to run event and disqualification cards during the home swim meets. - Clerk of Course – we will ask for three people to help coordinate the swimmers so they know where and when to be for their event. - Announcer – for home meets we need one announcer to let everyone know which events we are getting ready for and other administrative announcements. Swimmer File Box – There will be boxes at every practice with a file for each swimmer. We will use these files to distribute newsletters, ribbons and other information. Please check this file at every opportunity. Tell the Coach/Team Rep Book – If for some reason your swimmer(s) will miss a practice, or more importantly a meet, we need to know as far in advance as possible. There will be a book next to the swimmer file boxes at every practice for you to note the dates the swimmer(s) will not be available. Please….make this the one official way to let us know about the status of your swimmer(s). Each swimmer has an individual page in the book. Time Trials – To get a better idea of where to enter our swimmers in the meet, we will do time trials on Tue, June 9th right after we finish the team picture. Swimmers will swim a 25 meter trial in freestyle and backstroke. I will need 12 parents to assist in keeping track of swim times. For this particular practice, ALL SWIMMERS need to be at the pool at 7 PM. Meet Entries – We do the best we can to enter swimmers in as many events as possible. The maximum is 3 individual and 2 relay events per swimmer, but that depends on the number of swimmers we have, the size of the pool we are swimming at and the ability of a particular swimmer. I will post the swim meet entries on the website on Fri evening before the meet. There will also be a team bulletin board at each meet. Please check that bulletin board when you arrive at the pool as sometimes last minute changes are needed. Swim-a-thon – We will not run a swim-a-thon this year. Since we are hosting divisionals this year, we will have a great opportunity to raise funds through that event. Even though not all swimmers qualify for the divisional swim meet, we will be asking all parents to help us with that event through volunteering and/or donations for concessions. CASHOLA - After every regular meet we have an arrangement with the Wendy’s Restaurant at Providence Square Shopping Center. For those interested, we meet there for lunch right after the meet to distribute ribbons and announce the final score. In return for patronizing them, Wendy’s gives us 20% of what we spend back at the end of the year. Team Pictures – We will hand out team t-shirts and will take the team picture at 7 PM on Tue, June 9th at Honey Bee. We will be doing our own pictures and the cost for this was included in your registration. Each swimmer will get a team picture and an individual picture in a memory mate holder. We will take the swimmer’s individual pictures during the first 2 weeks of practice. Divisional Swim Meet – Based on performance times, about 50-60% our team will be selected to swim against the other 5 teams in our Division at the Divisional Swim Meet to be held Saturday, July 25th. Swimmers will be notified by Sunday, July 19th if they were selected. Generally, the swimmers with the two fastest times in an event will be selected, along with members of the relay teams that had the best times. There may be some adjustments to the selections based on the maximum number of events a child can swim and availability of the swimmers. End of Season Party – will be held on Mon, July 27th at 7:30 PM at the Honey Bee Pool. Trophies will be given out to all swimmers, pictures will be distributed and special recognition awards will be handed out. Details about this event will be provided at a later date. Ocean Breeze Fun Day – For those interested, we will go to Ocean Breeze Water Park on Thursday, Jul 30th. Information on how to obtain water park tickets will be provided later. All-Star Swim Meet – Those individual swimmers that hold one of the top 14 times in any of the swim events held during the four Divisional Swim Meets, and the top twelve relay teams will be eligible for the All-Star Meet. We hope your swimmer(s) will have a great season. The goal is to ensure we have fun and to stress that personal improvement is the real key to success. If your swimmer(s) enjoy the sport, there are several year-round swim teams, as well as a winter swim league sponsored by the Virginia Beach Recreation Centers that we can give you additional information about. |