Practice Cancelled for Tier III, Tier IV & Regional Groups

Just a reminder, due to the swim meet in Oromocto this weekend, there will be NO practice the following days for these groups:

Tier III & IV- Saturday, March 29, 2008
Regional: Friday, March 28, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008

Thanks! Have a great weekend everyone!

Coach Tracy

Pentathlon Meet, Saturday, April 5, 2008

Hello Parents!

I just received the meet package today for the Pentathlon Meet that is taking place next weekend in Charlottetown. For those of you that are unfamiliar with how a pentathlon meet works, here is brief description:

In a pentathlon meet, swimmers will compete by age (e.g. 8 year olds, 9 year olds, etc.) and must swim every stroke and an IM event. For example, 10 year old swimmer entered in this type of meet will swim the 50m butterfly, 50m breastroke, 50m backstroke and 50m freestyle and 100m IM. Their times achieved in each event is then added together for a total time for the 5 events. The fastest cumulative time wins the "pentathlon title".

Here are the meet details for the PEI Pentathlon Meet....

Date: Saturday, April 5, 2008
Location: CARI Pool, Charlottetown
Warm-Ups: 9:00 AM for a 9:45 AM Start Time
Meet Fees: $20.00/swimmers (for the 5 events)
Meet Entry Deadline: Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Parents, please notify your SWIMMER'S COACH by the April 1st deadline if your swimmer(s) would like to participate in this swim meet.

Thanks everyone!

Coach Tracy

Hi Everyone,

I would like to let everyone know that the grocery Bagging was a hug success! We raised a little over $1500. 00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would like to thank Sobeys and their staff for their support, they were very helpful and made the swimmers feel welcomed and relaxed. I would suggest that we as a club show our appreciation to Sobeys by supporting them whenever possible.

I would also like to thank Linda Campbell for securing the date and helping me organize the day . Thanks to Kim Brawn for rolling the money, Sandi and Ruth Rundle, Jules Aucoin, Kirk Steele, Brian Proctor for supervising, and of course the swimmers themselves for doing the work.
Great job all the way around.

Now on to the Swim-a-thon. The sheets are available at the front desk of the wellness centre if your child hasn't received them from the coach yet. Click on the link below for complete details of the event . Everything you need to know is there and if you have any question please contact me.

http://www.summersidedolphins.ca/swimathon.htm

J Hammer

Grocery Bagging March 22

Good Morning everyone,

I am touching base to let everyone know that we have a date for a grocery bagging this weekend at Sobeys. This is a fantastic opportunity for a fundraiser and one that we can not pass up. Sobeys is allowing us to man as many lanes as possible on March 22nd from 9am to 6pm. This fundraiser is only available to swimmers 11 and over as it will involve working for a three hour shift without fooling around. The swimmers will be required to pick up the filed grocery baggers (once the cashier fills) them and place them in the customers cart. It is easy work but it does make for a long session. The bigger the smiles the more that goes into the bucket.

Click on the chart above to see the breakdown the shift placements. Please contact me ASAP with confirmation of your child’s availability. I would also ask parents to volunteer for a shift to help supervise the children. I will be on hand throughout the day along with Linda Campbell to oversee things.

For those parents of swimmers that are not old enough to bag (a reminder to all parents in general) the Swim-a-thon sheets are available at the front desk of the wellness centre or by emailing my at jhammer@kennet.pe.ca. Details are available at www.summersidedolphins.ca/swimathon.html



J Hammer

Tier 5 Swimming Cancelled

There will be no swimming today for Tier 5 swimmers. Sorry for the short notice.

J Hammer

Upcoming in Oromocto NB. March 29th

Hello Summerside Dolphins

There is a meet coming up in Oromocto NB. March 29th and it is open to the entire team..

For those of you that wish to go you can call or e-mail Cindy Bracegirdle or Nancy Beth no later then the 20th of March. This way they can let the coaches know who is all going and they can determine the meet fee cost for each swimmer.

We have a limit number of rooms at a beautiful full-service hotel in Oromocto reserved for anyone that wishes to spend Friday night. (They also have a indoor pool and hot tub) If you wish to spend Friday night in the Hotel please let Cindy or Nancy Beth know and they will send you further information for you to book a room at a team rate..

Here is the information for the meet..

Date: March 29, 2008
Location: CFB Gagetown Fitness Center, Oromocto, NB
Warm-Up: 10:00 AM (finish time is hard to say but probably between 6:00-7:00 PM)
Meet Fees: TBD (depends on what each swimmers swims...will range between $21 and $25)
Entry Deadline: March 23, 2008
Hotel website http://www.daysinnoromocto.com/
Directions to the Hotel for Water street Summerside
We are encouraging everyone to go over Friday night.

Cindy Bracegirdle
# 887-3146
cbracegirdle@pei.sympatico.ca

Nancy Beth
# 436-4488

nguptill@vantagebizservices.com

Entry fees can be dropped off at the front desk at the pool..

Thank You

NO Swimming during the March Break

Hello Everyone,

I just wanted to confirm with everyone that there will be no swimming over the March Break. Please see below for the schedule:

Tier 1 & 2: Last day of swimming before the March Break is Thursday, March 13, 2008
Tier 3: Last day of swimming before the March Break is Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Tier IV: Last day of swimming before the March Break is Thursday, March 13, 2008
Regional: Last day of swimming before the March Break is Friday, March 14, 2008

Regular schedule will resume on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, however Regional group please note that there is NO early morning practice on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, afternoon practice only.

I hope all of you have a wonderful March break. I know allot of you are going away....enjoy! Take some time to rest and recover. We still have 3/4 months of swimming left!

See you after the break!

Coach Tracy

Congratulations to our Dolphin Swimmers that Participated at East Coast Short Course Champs!

I just wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate our Dolphin swimmers that participated at the East Coast Short Course Championships this past weekend. Our Dolphin swimmers earned many points for Team PEI, that placed 4th overall out of 29 teams! That is outstanding!

Here are some of the major accomplishments from the weekend:

- Emily Finkle Hammer qualified for the 2008 Age Group Nationals in the 100m backstroke;

- Molly Wedge and Emily Finkle Hammer qualified for Eastern Canadians, Molly in the 50m Freestyle and Emily in the 100m backstroke;

- Molly Wedge and Andrew Brawn were selected for the 2008 Atlantic All-Star Team that will compete and participate in a training camp in Ottawa, May 7-11, 2008;

- The Dolphin swimmers captured 9 individuals medals and were part of the relays that captured 5 medals. Individual medal winners were:

Molly Wedge
100 Free- Gold
50 Free & 200 Free- Silver
50 Fly- Silver
100 Fly- Bronze

Andrew Brawn
200 Breastroke- Gold
50 Breastroke and 400 IM- Silver

Maggie Finkle Aucoin
800 Free- Bronze

- Out of 41 swims our swimmers achieve 35 personal best times. Some swimmers swam personal best times in both prelims and final sessions!

- We broke several Provincial records...so many that I haven't had the chance to count them yet! Record breakers included:
Andrew Brawn
Jenn Dillon
Emily Finagle Hammer
Maggie Finkle Aucoin
Molly Wedge

As you can all tell, I am extremely proud of our Dolphin swimmers. Our swimmers swam their hearts out. If you see any one of these swimmers, give them a big high five because they sure deserve it!

Now we can start preparing for long course season.

See you all on the deck!

Coach Tracy