Winter League Championships

CLICK FOR a listing of our Winter Championship Team Roster . These are all who committed to participate in the swim meet.

Additionally, CLICK HERE FOR THE RELAYS . If your child is assigned to a relay, please make sure you stay around for them. If something comes up and they can not stay, please let Coach Kim know as soon as possible. We have alternates, but need a heads up in order to alert those individuals that they are swimming. If you are an alternate, please check in with us prior to leaving the meet to make sure we do not need you.

Finally, we need to support the snack bar and volunteer duties for the swim meet this weekend. If you are not assigned an area to cover, please know that we might call on you to bring an additional something to the banquet. Also, we did not assign timers, but our team is responsible for three timers in the morning and three in the afternoon. Timing is truly the best seat in the house, so if you want to stay busy while your child is swimming, this is the place to help out! If for some reason you are not able to cover your assigned shift please email us and we will see if we can get coverage for you. Also, if you can’t bring what you are assigned, you must find someone to fill in for you. See the attached Team Roster for ideas of who you can hit up.

10 and Under Swimmers – Morning Session

Warm-ups 8 AM

Start Time 9 AM

11 -18 years Swimmers – Afternoon Session

Warm-ups 1PM

Start Time 2 PM

Please Note: All Spectators will be charged a $3.00 admission fee regardless of age

All swimmers will report to the gym where they will be stationed between events, this is where the bullpen will be. We will try to get all the Norwood kids to sit in the same general area. Parents are encouraged to come to the gym at any time to check-up on their children. This is a long day and the gym is COLD so please bring extra towels and cloths. Also bring sleeping bags, pillows, blankets, cards and games. Swimmers, PLEASE BUNDLE UP AND STAY WARM BETWEEN RACES. IF YOU ARE SHIVERING IT IS GOING TO BE HARD TO SWIM FAST WHEN IT IS TIME FOR YOUR RACE. You can even go into the pool area with a towel and a sweatshirt for your race, just to STAY WARM. Coaches will be on deck throughout the meet, swimmers, come up and see us after you swim! We will try to connect with as many of you as possible after your races and even before. Finally a little piece of advice, please use the buddy system when visiting the locker room, stay with your buddy or your parent.

Food will be allowed in the concession area only.

T-Shirts will be sold and proceeds will go to the league.

Programs will be $3.00 sold at the door

Parking is a bit of a challenge as you know from past meets. Please do not park on the grass areas; you do not want to be towed.

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.

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!

April Vacation Clinics

Tuesday, April 20 – Thursday, April 22

Registration Materials Coming

Mark your calendar for our April Vacation Swim Clinics, Tuesday, April 20 – Thursday, April 22 at Westwood High School Pool. This program is open to all recreational swim team members, but NOT the Pre-Team swimmers who swim on Sunday’s only. Ratio of coach to swimmer will be no more than 6:1 and no less than 4:1, and swimmers will be placed in groups based on age and ability level. The number of coaches scheduled for this clinic will be based on pre-registration numbers. Each clinic is 45 minutes in length and there are two time slots/sessions available, 9:30 – 10:15 and 10:15 – 11:00. This is a wonderful opportunity for your child to get some intensive stroke work in a small group setting. Multiple family discounts do not apply to this program. We will distribute sign-up forms in next week’s email. Do not delay in registering, this program will likely fill-up quickly, especially since we will only have three coaches available for it this time around. If you have questions or need further information please respond to this email.

Winter/Summer Bridge Swim Program

Mondays - April 26 – June 21

Registration MAterials Coming

We are offering a Winter/Summer Bridge Program for our swimmers. This program will be made available to our team first and the general public after April 7, if we still have space available. Materials will be made available next week, with an early registration deadline of Wednesday, April 7. This program will be available to all team and pre-team participants from the winter program. We will meet once a week, on Mondays. Two 45 minute sessions will be offered from 4 – 4:45 and 4:45 – 5:30. This program will provide a heavy emphasis on stroke technique throughout the eight week program, all focusing on giving swimmers a jump start into the summer program which begins on Monday, June 28.

Summer Swim Team

Registration for summer team will likely take place the beginning of May. We will offer one evening registration at the Civic with swim suits order, and apparel orders at that time. Online swim suit orders will also be offered for a limited time following the evening sign-up. Look for more details in the coming weeks on specifics. We will market this program to all children in Norwood via the public and private schools immediately following April Vacation. In the meantime, please let us know if you have any questions.

Important dates to have on your calendar!

Saturday, March 13                               Championship Meet at Lincoln Quincy

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

April Vacation Clinics                              Tuesday, April 20 – Thursday, April 22
                                                           9:30 – 10:15 Session and 10:15 – 11:00 Session

Winter/Summer Bridge Program             Mondays – 4/26 – 6/21
                                                           4 – 4:45 Session and 4:45 – 5:30 Session

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