Change in Practice Schedule for T4/Regional Group (Dec. 3-8, 07)

ATTN: Tier 4 and Regional Group Swimmers

As most of you are aware, we have 7 Dolphin swimmers that will be attending Youth Cup in Toronto next week. Since a large portion of the Regional Training Group is going to be away, I have made some slight changes to next week's practice schedule. Please see below...

Tier 4/Regional Schedule
Monday, December 3, 2007: 4:30-6:00 PM
Tuesday, December 4, 2007: AM: NO MORNING PRACTICE
PM: 4:00-6:00
Wednesday, December 5, 2007: 4:30-6:00 PM
Thursday, December 6, 2007: NO PRACTICE
Friday, December 7, 2007: NO PRACTICE
Saturday, December 8, 2007: 7:00-8:30 AM
Monday, December 10, 2007: 4:30-6:00 (both groups)

Practice will return back to regular schedule starting Tuesday, December 11, 2007 morning.

Coach Tracy

Parent Assistance Is Needed For A Fun Night

Hello Everyone,

I wanted to let everyone know about a great Fundraising Opportunity that has been offered to the swim club. The Journal Pioneer (roughly 70 people total) is having their Christmas party Saturday December 8th at Shipyard Market in Summerside. As apart of their night’s festivities they will be offering a mock casino (gambling with play money). They have approached the club looking for 8 people that would be willing to run the tables for the evening. I have personal been involved a number of times in running this type of affair and they are a great time.
I have 3 volunteers already and will be looking for 5 more. Games of chance include Black Jack, Wheels of fortune, and roulette. The Journal Pioneer will be making a $300.00 donation to the club for our efforts. If you are interest please email me so I can get the table assignments organized. It will be a fun night that will run from roughly 8pm to 10:30pm.
Thank you for your support !

J Hammer

Clothing Order Tonight at the WC

Hello everyone,

Just a reminder that I will be at the Wellness Centre Thursday evening from 6:30-8:00 with the clothing samples and order forms. The order will be placed on Friday. Please let me know before then if you would like to order something but are unable to drop in on Thursday.

Thanks,
Kim

Thanks for everyone for a great weekend meet!

On behalf of the Summerside Dolphin Swim Club, I would like to thank all the parents, family, friends and masters swimmers who volunteered for this weekend’s meet. A swim meet takes a huge team effort to pull off. We didn’t only pull off a swim meet, but from all accounts, we did a phenomenal job!

It was encouraging to see so many new faces participating and I hope that the experience was positive for everyone. If you want to provide any feedback on how we can do things better in the future, please do not hesitate to let myself or any of the executive know.

I would like to offer a special thank you to the City of Summerside and their staff for their efforts and helpfulness this weekend. The Wellness Centre is a wonderful asset to our community and the swim club is proud to showcase it at our meets.

On a final note, congratulations to all our swimmers! The Dolphins were amazing this weekend with lots of personal best times and exciting races.

Congratulations,

J. Hammer

clothing order update

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to let you know that I will be set up one last time with the Dolphin Clothing for this year's order. You can find me at the Wellness Centre on Thursday November 29th from 6:30-8:00 pm. I will have the clothing items there for viewing/sizing and you can place your order then. Please click here for the order form if you would like to check out sizing, pricing etc. I will be accepting cash or cheque. There are several new items being offered this year so I think you'll find there's something for everyone!

If you have any questions at all or if you are unable to come in Thurs evening but would like to place an order, you can call me at 436-1640 or e-mail me at kbrawn@pei.sympatico.ca.

SDSC thanks you for your support!
Kim

Fall Splash Meet Warm-Up Times

Hello Everyone,

I have received a few e-mails over the past couple of days with regards to warm-ups times so I just wanted to clarify with everyone. The warm-up time for both days is 8:00 AM. Please have your swimmer at the pool by 7:50 AM so they are on the deck and ready for the team stretch at 8:00 AM.

Thanks a bunch! See you all at the meet tomorrow! Bring your pom poms!

Coach Tracy

Clothing Order!! Check it Out!

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Kim Brawn and Tanya Tynski will be set up in the Wellness Centre's lobby during the swim meet this Saturday with samples for this year's Summerside Dolphins clothing order. They will have clothing samples and the order forms set up for 10:30am, and will take orders until 1pm. Everyone is very pleased with the new styles and quality of the items that the club is offering and encourage you to stop by and check them out. This will be one of two viewing times that you will be able to order as we would like to get the order in ASAP so we can have it back in time for Christmas.

J Hammer

Duty roster for the weekend

Hi Everyone,

Well here it is. Please review the schedule (click here) it is the duty roster for the Summerside’s portion of meet. We would ask everyone to be there at 8am, we will have Coffee and Muffins for all officials in one of the Main Floor Conference rooms (which the city graciously provided). I will ask Barney to go over the timing procedures for the First Time Timers.

We will be providing a break from 11:45am – 12.15 pm with a snack for all officials.

Thanks to everyone for stepping up! Please email me your questions or concerns

J Hammer

Swim Meet Duties Update

Hello Everyone,

Well we are getting there.

I would like to first thank those who took the time to response to my request for officials for the upcoming meet. The following people have been gracious enough to put their names forward.

Elizabeth Mallet---------Jennifer Power-Hawrylak
Ruth Rundel--------------Brent Schurman
Jules Aucoin-------------Brian Proctor
John Bowser--------------Kim Brawn
Faye Cousins-------------Philip MacCormack
Brian Hawrylak-----------Gerard Dillon
Lisa Finkle--------------Tricia Hashie
Eva Strongman------------Karen Steele
Mike Tynski--------------Kirk Steele


I am still look in for another 12 people to Time (easiest job to do) as well as a couple of parents to help take care of watering and feeding the officials. I would ask that those who haven’t yet volunteered to please email so I can mark you down on the schedule. The timers can work in shifts if that makes it any easier for you.

I have spoken to Gardiner MacNeil and we are working out a Stroke and Turn and Starter training session on Thursday November 22 (7:30pm after Masters Swimming) for those of you that expressed an interest. I will ask those of you that are interested in this (and have the time) to email me so that I can make the necessary arrangements.

J Hammer

POOL WILL BE OPEN SATURDAY

I just spoke to Lori and the Pool will be open for early morning practice Saturday morning. So enjoy the break swimmers ....but not too much!

J Hammer

POOL CLOSED !!!!!

The city has just closed the lap pool. Swimming is canceled today. Please check the site for an update regarding Saturday's swim practice.

J Hammer

Grocery Bagging Cancelled

Due to no fault of our Fundraising Chair (in other words I messed up) the grocery bagging has been postponed. Details regarding dates and times are to follow.
So again the grocery bagging scheduled for Saturday November 17th has been postponed.

J Hammer

PS. I am still looking for timers if anyone is free on the 24th please email me at jhammer@kennet.pe.ca. If you can push a button you can time.

Fundraising Just Updated!

Just a reminder about the following upcoming fundraisers:

1. Penny Drive - collect as many pennies as you can from now until Dec 20, 07. There will be a drop off at the pool each week. The swimmer who gets the most in that week will receive some passes for the pool or bowling lanes. Please keep track on how much you drop off that week. Let's start collecting!

2. Jan 2, 08 - Family & Friends Movie - We will be selling movie tickets to our friends and family at a discounted price. The movie hasn't been selected yet but it will be determined shortly. Tickets will be available early December.

There will be a few more fundraisers in the new year.

Any ideas and help would be greatly appreciated.

Coach Sarah
836-5575

Up coming swim meet hosted by Summerside and Charlottetown

Hello everyone,

We have a swim meet coming up on November 24th and 25th.

Summerside will be hosting the Saturday portion of the meet and Charlottetown will be hosting the Sunday portion. The meet is open to al the swimmers and we are expecting many teams from outside PEI. Swim meets require a lot of participation from the parents and other individuals interested in the sport.

I have attached a list of duties that will have to be filled for the Saturday portions of this meet. The non timing positions require some previous experience (we are trying to set up a training session ton the Friday before the meet), other then that we need lots of timers and that position does not require experience. Please complete the form indicating the area(s) that you would be interested in. Once you completed it click the “Submit by email” button and your email program will pop up ready to send the data, all you have to do is click send. For those of you that use webmail just send me an email with the areas you have interest in.

Remember officiating gives you the best seat in the house!


J Hammer

Fall Splash Invitational

Well hello again!

Our last swim meet before Christmas is almost here and this is an exciting one for the Dolphins Swim Club because we are co-hosting the meet with the Charlottetown Bluephins Swim Club. We are encouraging all swimmers and parents to get involved in this meet. We are going to need the whole Dolphins Family to participate in this event to make it a big success...consider it a "Team Building" event for everyone!

Here are the details...

Dates: November 24 & 25, 2007
Location: SWC on Saturday and CARI on Sunday
Warm-Up: 8:00-9:00 AM (both days)
Eligibility: Open to all swimmers...all ages, all abilities.
Meet Fees: $6/individual event (a max of 6 individual events). Coaches will determine how many events the swimmers will participate in. You will receive an e-mail letting you know how much your swimmer(s) owes for meet fees.
Entry Deadline: Friday, November 16, 2007

Please let me know or your swimmer's coach know if your child will be participating in the meet by the entry deadline. If parents are wishing to help out with this event, J Hammer will be posting information in the very near future. Have a check back soon for the details.

If you have any questions regarding the meet, please do not hesitate to contact me!

I look forward to participating in this event with you!

Coach Tracy

No Practice on Monday, November 12, 2007

Just a reminder that there will be NO SWIMMING on Monday, November 12, 2007 due to the holiday. Regular scheduled practice will begin again on Tuesday, November 13, 2007.

I have had a few calls with regards to swimming on Friday, November 09, 2007 because the kids have the day off school. There is still swim practice for the Tier 2's and the Regional Group at their regular scheduled time.

Coach Tracy

Thanks to Chaperones and Parents

On behalf of the executive I would like to thank the chaperones, coaches, and the all the other parents who help organize a wonderful day for our swimmers. This was a first for our club and I think it went extremely well. The kids were treated to a special day full of team building activities and fun. Parents even managed to arranged Pizza for the drive home. All this done under the stress of a threating Hurricane. Great Job and Thanks again!
As we prepare to host the Fall Splash swim meet we will look forward to everyones support again.

J Hammer

Swimsuit Order

Swimwear
The first order of swimwear has been received. If I haven’t reached some parents who have placed orders, please call me at 436-5794. Some items are on backorder but I would like to hear from you to confirm your order.

I will be available on Saturday November 10th and 17th at the Wellness Centre between 8:00 – 9:00 am with in-stock swimwear.

Please note that payment is required up-front and I will be happy to exchange if you need another size.

Thanks!

Tanya Tynski

They made it on the brigde

Hi all,
Posted at 7:30pm:

They are on the bridge now – we are expecting them to arrive at the Wellness Centre around 8:10pm.

According to Coach Tracy – a great day was had by all.
J.Hammer

Bus Trip Update

Hello Everyone,

I just received a call and the bus has left Moncton and they are heading home. They have happy tired swimmers and lots of pizza so all is good. Barring anything major they should get across the bridge without a problem. I will be posting again once I hear they are on the bridge.

Blog Soon

J Hammer

Update on Swim Meet

We are a go for the bus tomorrow morning . The Meet will be ending around 6pm and we will deal with the bridge conditions at that point.The Chaperones and members of the executive will be organizing things as the meet goes along. Please touch base with them once you arrive at the pool. They will be in touch with J Hammer in Summerside who will be posting information on what the status is for the trip home.For Those traveling tomorrow please click here for a map e of the university to find out how to get to the pool .It is located in the CEPS building on the north side of the diagram.If you have any questions please contact me at 888-2432.

J Hammer

Update: Moncton Meet Travel

Hello Again!

According to Environment Canada, we could experience some nasty weather tomorrow. Looks like we are going to get hit with the remnants of Hurricane Noel.

I have touched base with Trius Tours and this is the latest info from them. As of right now they are set to go in the AM. They usually follow the weather pretty close when buses are due back the same day of a storm. If the bridge closes and will be closed for a few hours most teams in the past have waited it out until it opens. Trius did say that delays do happen from time to time, but usually they find a window (break in the gusts) to get the buses over. If for some reason the bridge is closed for a long period of time (i.e. over night) there are options that we can look at for getting everyone back home.

As of right now, all plans will remain the same however be prepared for Plan B. I will pack some movies for the kids on the bus in case we do have a delay at the bridge. If we have to wait at the bridge...we'll wait! What kind of a swim meet would it be without a story anyway!

Oh and just a reminder...don't forget to check the blog tomorrow to see what time you need to pick up your swimmer(s).

See ya's in the AM!

Coach Tracy

Back-up Plan

Driving back to Charlottetown this AM after practice I just happen to catch the weather. There seems to be an approaching storm with lots of rain and high winds. As most of you are aware, the bridge often closes to high sighted vehicles during high winds. What this means is that there is a potential that the bus may not be able to cross the bridge. The joys of living on an Island!! So what we are asking is for parents to have a back-up plan (i.e. a plan to take your own cars over to Moncton or have your swimmer car pool with someone else). We are committed to participating in the meet so the plan is to go with or without the bus! I am crossing my fingers (and toes) that this doesn't happen as allot of work has been put into organizing this event and it is going to be a super duper fun time for our swimmers.

Pray to the weather gods for no wind :o) !

Hopefully I'll see you all on Saturday AM on the bus!

Coach Tracy