Newsletter 7

www.quinceorchardotters.com

6/16/2008

We had a tough loss on Saturday in our first dual A meet against the Westleigh Barracudas. (The results are posted on the website.)  However, we did have a number of swimmers with All-Star times.

Congratulations to the following swimmers on their all-star times:

·Kevin Hauri – 100IM, 100 breast

·Michaela Hauri – 50 free, 25 breast, 25 fly

·Caroline Kettl – 50 free, 50 breast, 50 fly

·Jeremy Liu - 50 Breast

·Kelsey Liu - 100 IM, 100 free, 100 breast

·Katie Rogers - 100 free, 100 IM, 100 back, 100 fly

·Kevin Schwartzman – 100 IM, 50 back , 50 fly  

·Lindsey Szymczak: 50 fly

·Alvin Wang – 50 back, 50 breast

Congratulations to the following swimmers who broke pool and team records: 

·Katie Rogers (QO) Event #14 Girls 15-18 100 Free: 2008 QO Pool: 1:00.50S 2008 QO Team: 1:00.50S

·Brittany Dickerson (WL) Event #2 Girls 12&U 100 IM: 2008 QO Pool: 1:15.04S

·David Somers  (WL) Event #13 Boys 15-18 100 Free:2008 QO Pool: 54.56S

Important Reminders:

1. Please contact (by email or phone) Coaches about swimmer absence from meets.

2. Please ensure your volunteer duties per sign-ups posted on web are fulfilled.  If you signed-up for an A-meet and your son/daughter does not make the A-Meet, you still need ensure your task is fulfilled by you or a replacement.

 Our first "B" Meet is Wednesday, June 18^th at HOME versus Manchester Farms. Please be at our pool by 4:25pm and in water for 4:30pm warm-ups. Check in with Dyann or Tim when you arrive. The swimmers names will be posted on the Bulletin Board by Tuesday evening. Please identify and confirm your swimmers name and what events/strokes they are swimming (the most allowed is 3 events plus IM), and sign off with your initials.  If your child will be unable to swim, is listed for an event they do not want to swim, or to change to an event that they would like to swim, and are legal in, please contact Coach Dyann at practice or e-mail her at coachondeck@aol.com. If possible, we can change this line-up before the meet. We cannot change line-ups after 12:00 noon Wednesday for Wednesday night meets. If you have any questions, the "B" reps, Carol Chornock and Karen Schwartzman are extremely helpful and knowledgeable. See below for the theme for this meet.

Theme – The theme for the week beginning June 12^th (for the 6/14 & 6/18 meets) RACING - Otters have a "NEED for SPEED, so Let's Race! Dress in your fasting looking race gear.  Crash helmets and coolest RACERX shades needed. Go Speed Racer!  At Otter Speed, RACER X is no match as our Otters take the checker flag!! You get the idea, be  creative & have fun!

Ice Cream Social – This Friday (6/20) at 6:30pm in the pavilion. Everyone (Team, Pre-team, Little Otters, parents and siblings) is invited to enjoy some cool delicious ice cream. We'll supply the ice cream but we request you bring your favorite topping to share. Also, please see the bulletin board to sign up for helping set-up and clean-up. Thanks!  

AMERICAN "OTTER" Talent Search– Also, on Friday (6/20) at 7pm next to the pavilion, after being all sugared-up with ice cream, we'll search the pool for our "American Otter" talent with the Karaoke/Open microphone opportunity.  So practice your favorite songs and bring the music CD to sing along with.  Air Bands are also welcome to participate. Show us you can be the next AMERICAN "OTTER!"  

Meets – Next Saturday (6/21) our A meet is HOME against Manchester Farm. Please be sure to check in with Dyann when you get to the Q.O. pool. Also, see Mark Rogers and Erik Hauri to sign-up for any open positions.

Sunday (6/22) our A Relay meet is away at Stonegate. Please be sure to check the Otter Board for details. Also, see Mark Rogers and Erik Hauri to sign-up for any open positions.

THANKS! Our Family Spaghetti Dinner was a great success and a fantastic kick-off to another fun-filled swim season. A big thanks to everyone, especially Dick Calvert for use of his Race Car, who stepped up to help, and we had more than enough pasta, salad, and desserts for all. Everyone's team spirit and generosity resulted in a wonderful dinner and positive energy for Saturday's meet.

Volunteers we need you! – For Every activity, there are ALWAYS  a number of jobs to be filled, so make sure you sign up to help at one of the upcoming events or a meet (see Otter Board or ask). Sign-up sheets will be posted on the Team Bulletin Board prior to the events. Remember this is a totally volunteer, parent run swim club. We need everyone to help out at the swim meets to ensure a fun and successful season. As a TOTAL TEAM EFFORT, when you see a parent needing help, please offer to assist to make activities run smoothly and clean-up move swiftly. Contact Cindy Whiteis and Sandy Liu if you have questions on where you can get more involved.

Sign up today! - To receive this newsletter via e-mail, you will need to send an e-mail to: quinceorchardotters-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Please state your name and child's name when signing up. 

REMINDER for Upcoming Events:

June 18 – First HOME `B' meet versus Manchester Farm (on-deck: 4:25pm; warm-up: 4:30pm: Start: 5:30pm )

June 19 – First `All Team' practice from 9-10:30am

June 20 – Ice Cream Social at 6:30pm at the Pavilion

June 21 – HOME `A' meet versus Manchester Farm (on-deck: 7:40am; warm-up: 7:45am; Start: 9am)

June 22 – Away `A'  Relay meet of Division B at Stongate (see Otter Board for swimmers & details)

June 23 – "Otters' Half–time Season Break" at Noodles & Co. Kentland from 6-9pm

June 25 – Away `B' meet at Poolsville (on-deck: 5:25pm; warm-up: 5:30pm; Start: 6pm )

June 27  – Team Pictures and Pizza at pool for 4:00pm (see Otter Board for details) 

June 28 – Away `A' meet at Hallowell (caravan check-in: 7:15am; depart QO pool: 7:30am: Start: 9am)

June 28 – FAMILY FUN NIGHT at 6-9pm at pool. (Families bring "Fun Food" to share under pavilion)

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

SWIM FAST!!!!