Quince Orchard Otters Swim Club, Inc.
PO Box 83641, Gaithersburg, MD 20883-3641
www.quinceorchardotters.com

 
Late Registrations

If you missed the scheduled registrations, applicants must locate Carol Chornock (cchor4@...) on deck during practice times. She'll have the sign-up book w/ forms, job cards, and handouts.  COME PREPARED TO SIGN_UP FOR 4 JOBS.  

DO NOT give registrations to Coaches as they are busy conducting practices.  

Our swim team can only be successful with parent volunteer help.  Therefore, to complete the registration, we require families to pay, sign up, and commit (in-person) to 4 duties during the season. Therefore, please review the swim season calendar on the web site to coordinate your availability for meets and events – 4 jobs minimal.

Note:  A swimmer MUST complete all registration processes with the QOST Club and the Qtters Swim Team before being able to participate in any swim practices. 

 Little Otters and Pre-team Swimmers  

Little Otter and Pre-Team practices begin Monday, June 16 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Practices for these groups will be Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you are not sure which group your child belongs, the coaches will determine their placement on Monday.

Volunteer LO&PT Student Coaches - If you are 11 years old or older and would like to help coach the Little Otters and Pre-Team and earn student service learning (SSL) hours, a sign-up has been posted on the Otter bulletin board (outside the men's locker room). Requirements are: one must be age 11 and up, committed to helping the whole season, required to find a sub when  not able to make a practice, and notify the coordinator when you will not be there. If you have any questions, please contact Gail Faucett (gfaucet@...) and/or Margaret Weaver (rweaver55@...).

Otter Parents Welcome
Otters are hosting the 1^st BYOB (Bring Your Own Bottle) Wine Tasting on Sunday, June 8 from 5-8pm at the Clubhouse.  This is an adult only function to welcome new and old swim parents for the 2008 swim season.  Cheese and snack trays are courteously provided by the QOSTC.  Thanks Tim Harvey!   We ask attendees to please bring a bottle selection given the following:

We look forward to seeing all that can make it!  Cheers!

Meet Officials Training 

Past team officials, please check your certification status at: www.mcsl.org. MCSL has free instructional clinics scheduled in May and June. These clinics focus on certification for officials and are open to all interested persons, free of charge. For a complete list of training dates and times, check our calendar on our website. Contact Mark Rogers at mr1856@... or Amy Cooley at amybcooley@... for additional information.

New Swim Suits Available

Our new team suit is the Dolfin Equalizer in Green (of course). Suits can be purchase directly from Underwater Wear, Inc. located at 615 S. Fredrick Ave. (lower level B &C -on backside of building) Gaithersburg, MD 20877 – call for info (301) 527-8326.  They will accept cash, check or charge cards.  The suit costs are as follows:

- Girls suit                     $35      (#7502L-GRN)

- Boys Jammer             $26      (#8500L-GRN) 

- Boys Racer                $24      (GRN)

MCSL 50th Anniversary

In preparation for a series of press releases related to MCSL's 50^th Anniversary, the Otters would like to identify multi-generational MCSL families who might like to be profiled by news media. Families should have at least one current active MCSL swimmer.

All Otter families that ft this criteria and are interested in submitting a brief description of the family's MCSL involvement, should please send their contact information and submission to Dave Coyne, Glenwood Team Rep, at swimteamrep@... and cc:  sandyrliu@... so that we can share with the rest of the Otters Team.

Practice Times: (revise for 2008)

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Sign up today! - To receive this newsletter via e-mail, you will need to send an e-mail to: quinceorchardotters-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. The purpose of this group is for newsletter distribution only and not for group members to post messages. This will be the only way to receive newsletters by e-mail but you will still be able to access the newsletters on our website. If you have any questions about subscribing to the newsgroup, please feel free to e-mail me at dsperbeck1@... or dsperbec@....

Lets Go QO!!!      SWIM FAST OTTERS!!!

Coaching Staff / Board Contact information

Please contact one of the Board Members and/or Coaching Staff below if you have any questions during the summer swim season.