Please help us in sending good wishes to Kim Randall and her husband as they welcome their baby boy Cyril into the world on Saturday, February 27. Cyril was a healthy 8 pound little bundle of joy!

OUr final dual meet is this weekend!

Our final DUAL MEET is SUNDAY, MARCH 7 against Cambridge from 9AM – 12:30PM in CAMBRIDGE. Please plan on being at the pool no later than 8:45AM so we can be in the water warming up by 9AM or earlier. NOTE – DIFFERENT POOL LOCATION: The pool location is Cambridge War Memorial Pool, 1640 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.

Relays

Coach Kim highlights those in attendance at each meet during warm-up. She also asks the swimmers if they are planning on being around for relays if they are needed. Please send your swimmer down prepared during warm-up to answer that question. We will have information on whether swimmers will swim on relays or not, following the breaststroke event. Please help us not have any last minute changes, and try to keep your swimmers around for relays if they are needed.

EVENT ENTRIES - LET’S TRY TO SWIM ALL EVENTS!

This is our final “official” dual meet and it is against a smaller team so it is a perfect opportunity for all of our swimmers (Blue and up) to swim all events. We do have some Little Ray swimmers who are ready to tackle breaststroke and butterfly too. We will never know if they are legal or not if they don’t try, so let’s give it a try for our final dual meet.

Index Cards

I have attached the pages from the parent packet that speaks to the topic of index cards and how to prepare these PRIOR to coming to the meet. These cards are needed for EACH event your child swims at the meet. Swimmers will bring the event card to the bullpen area prior to their event and give it to the adult who is working in that area. For those of you who are new, the Bullpen is a staging area where we get the swimmers ready to go behind the blocks prior to their swim. Please DO NOT give the cards to the coaches when you arrive at the meet.

COMPETITION Tips for our Swimmers – Yes these don’t change!

Below are a couple of very basic tips to remind your swimmers prior to the meet. Coaches will give gentle reminders on deck prior to their swims, but we want parents to be aware of these as well. These do not cover all legalities related to the strokes, but are very basic things that ALL swimmers are capable of doing and need to do so they do not get DQ’d during their races. For detailed description of all rules and terms please refer to your parent packet.

• You MUST touch the wall with two hands during the turn and finish when swimming breaststroke and butterfly.
• You MUST touch the wall on your back during backstroke both at the finish and turn.
• You MUST come off the wall on your back when swimming backstroke.
• You MUST touch the wall at the end of the pool at the completion of the race PRIOR to standing on the bottom of the pool.

Sportsmanship reminder: We’d like all swimmers to get in the habit of remaining in the water until ALL competitors have finished the race. This shows good sportsmanship and after you get out telling an opposing team’s swimmer and even your own teammates that they had a “Good Race” is a nice touch too.

CHAMPIONSHIP MEET- Saturday, March 13

We have about 105 swimmers committed in the Championship Meet on March 13! Attached is a complete list of swimmers who have signed up to participate. If your swimmer’s name is not on this list and should be, please let Coach Kim know ASAP, I am completing the registration process Saturday. If you are participating in the meet, it is likely that you will be contacted by Theresa Lake at some point to bring something and/or volunteer some time. We have obligations to the league as a team to provide food for the snack bar, and manpower to help make this meet run smoothly.

Winter Season Swim Banquet

We expect to see everyone at our final hurrah for the season on Sunday, March 21 from 4-7PM at the Norwood Elks Club! No matter what your swimmer’s level of participation was this year, all will be recognized at this banquet! Please see the attached flyer and RSVP form for all the fun details. All forms must be returned no later than Wednesday, March 17. Don’t miss out on helping us celebrate a great season!

lost and found – yes we still have stuff

I know for you parents it is hard to believe that your children leave things behind but…we still have a large number of swim goggles and two team swim suits (sizes listed below). We will have these at the check-in desk on Saturday for pick-up.

Girls – Size 30 Dolfin

Boys – Size 30 Dolfin

 SwIM Times tracking Sheet

An updated swim times sheet is attached less our intersquad meet times. I will try to get that update complete, and emailed to everyone in next week’s Splash Notes.

WORKOUTS for the balance of the season

Saturday, March 6 – Final Workout

Important dates to have on your calendar!

Sunday, March 7                                              Final Dual Meet V Cambridge in Cambridge

Saturday, March 13                                            Championship Meet at Lincoln Quincy

Sunday, March 21                                            Winter Swim Team Banquet at the Elks (4 – 7PM)

As always, if anyone has questions, please feel free to respond to this email.

See you all Saturday!

Kimberly Miller

Head Coach

Norwood Aquatics Club