Quince Orchard Otters Swim Club, Inc.
PO Box 83641, Gaithersburg, MD 20883-3641
www.quinceorchardotters.com
6/12/2006
For easy access
information, please visit our website at:
http://www.quinceorchardotters.com/
(A meet calendar, listing all the meet times
and places is posted on the website.)
Morning
practices begin Thursday, June 15th
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8 and Under |
8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. (M/T/W/F) |
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9-10's |
8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. (M/T/W/F) |
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11-12's |
9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. (M/T/W/F) |
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13 and Over |
9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. (M/T/W/F) |
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Team Thursday practices (bring
your fins) - All Age Groups |
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (Th) |
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Pre-Team & Little Otters |
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (M/T/Th) |
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Morning Practice for Campers, teens
with jobs, etc. |
7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. (M/T/W/F) |
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Afternoon Practice for Campers, teens with jobs, etc. |
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (M/T/Th/F*) |
* Afternoon Friday practices may be cancelled due to team social events.
Thursday, June 15th
is our first team practice for all swimmers (except Little Otters & Pre-Team.)
This is a great opportunity to meet all the Otters on our team. Be there at
9:00am ready for some fun and don’t forget your flippers.
Little Otters and Pre-Team practices begin Monday, June 19 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 in, the coaches will
determine their placement on Monday.
If you are interested in
helping to coach the Little Otters and Pre-Team and earn student service
learning hours, see Coach Dyann to discuss the details. You must be age 11 and
up, committed to helping the whole season, required to find a sub when you will
not be able to make a practice, and notify the coordinator when you will not be
there. If you have any questions, please contact Karen Schwartzman at 301-330-4226.
Join us for our annual Family Spaghetti Dinner and Team
Pep Rally Friday, June 16 at
6:00 p.m. at the Pavilion. The team will be providing drinks & bread, but
we need everyone to sign up to bring pasta, salads & desserts (please
remember to bring serving utensils labeled with your name). This is a very
special evening of fun, and team spirit.
Everyone (Team, Pre-Team, Little Otters, parents, grandparents,
siblings, etc.) is invited. After dinner we will be holding an “American Idol Otter” contest, so warm up those
vocal chords! All are invited to sing for team recognition, but you’ll need to
impress our judges “Simon”, “Paula” & “Randy”. You may bring your own music
or we will have 2 CD’s to choose from. This is a great way to meet other
‘Otter’ families and get psyched for our first dual meet on Saturday. Helpers
for set-up are welcome as early as 5:30 p.m. and clean-up would be greatly
appreciated as well!!
Reminder, MCSL has free
instructional clinics scheduled in June. These clinics focus on certification
for officials. Clinics are open to
all interested persons, free of charge.
For a complete calendar listing of training dates and times, check out
our website. Contact Ron Weaver at rweaver55@comcast.net or Mark Rogers at
mr1856@hotmail.com for additional information.
Newly selected team swimsuits (G force/kelly
green) can be purchased directly from Capitol Sport & Swim, 10558
Metropolitan Ave., Kensington, (301) 949-7366. Hours are MWF 10-5, TTH 10-7 and
SAT 10-3. The Speedo swimsuit
style is called “G Force” 003 model.
If you know the suit size, you can place the order over the phone with a
credit card.
Otter Team apparel will be
sold at every HOME meet, and during some practice sessions for the first couple
of weeks of the season. Child sized sweatshirts & flannel PJ bottoms are
coming soon. Please contact Laura Meyers if you have any questions at (301)
216-1996 or e-mail her at TLETMEYERS@aol.com.
Thank-you to all who signed up to volunteer this season. However,
there are still a lot of jobs open, so if you didn’t get a chance to sign up at
Registration, please sign up for jobs at one of the upcoming events. We especially
need leaders for the Spirit and Special Events Committees. Sign-up sheets will be posted on the
Team Bulletin Board. The Green Team Notebook will also be available at each
practice for sign up. Remember this is a totally volunteer, parent run swim
club. We need everyone to contribute at the swim meets to ensure a fun and
successful season. Each Team family is expected to sign up for at least
4 jobs (but preferably more) during the season. Contact Doug Richardson or Ted
Meyers if you have questions.
Our first "A" Meet is
Saturday, June 17th at
home against Manchester Farms. The swimmers names
will be posted on the Bulletin Board by Thursday evening or no later than
Friday morning at 9:00am for the ‘A’ meet. 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 you know anyone
that is on the list that will not be here Saturday contact Coach Dyann
IMMEDIATELY! You can e-mail her at coachondeck@aol.com (preferable) or leave
her a note. We cannot change line-ups after 10:30am Friday for Saturday morning
meets. Remember, it is
important to show up for the meet if you are in the line-up, failure to do so
could cause us to swim with empty lanes and lose points in the meets when
someone else could have the opportunity to swim. Swimmers should be at the Q.O.
pool ready for warm-ups at 7:45am.
Also, please sign-up on the Otter bulletin board to bring items to sell
at our “Otter Eatery” during the meet. We appreciate anything you can bring.
Thanks!
Our first “B” Meet is
Wednesday, June 21st at Manchester Farms. We do not "caravan" to afternoon meets, so please be at the
Manchester Farms pool by 5:15pm for warm-ups. Use the MCSL Directions ( www.mcsl.org ) for directions to the
pool.
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 is listed for an event
they do not want to swim, or change to an event that they would like to swim,
and are legal in that stroke, please contact Coach Dyann at practice or e-mail her at coachondeck@aol.com, and 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, Karen Schwartzman and Patti Reeping are extremely
helpful and knowledgeable.
New Families to Swim Team!! - The Board and Coaches
encourage you to ask questions when procedures are new or strange or you just
don’t understand what something means. Contact board members at meets,
practices or by email or phone, listed at the end of this newsletter.
Sponsors - We are still looking for business sponsors. For
$300 you’ll get great business exposure on our home meet “heat sheets”, recognition during
the meets in the form of an announcement, and a spot on our web site. We’re
also looking for someone to provide printing services for our heat sheets on
both Saturday & Wednesday or any goods or services that would help support
our team. Please contact Doug Richardson or Sandy Liu with questions.
The 3 primary sources of information for the
Otters Swim Club during the season will be this newsletter, our website
(www.quinceorchardotters.com) and the bulletin board. Check all 3
frequently! If you have
information you would like
communicated in this newsletter, your e-mail address changes or you do not wish
to be on the mailing list, please email Jackie Liu at jkumiega@flash.net.
In order to receive this newsletter via e-mail, you will need to send an email to: quinceorchardotters-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
You will receive an e-mail confirmation message back, which you will need to
respond to by either creating a Yahoo ID (if you don’t already have one) or
‘join the mailing list only’ without creating a Yahoo ID. Finally, you will
receive a Welcome to the group message and all subsequent newsletters will be
delivered to your ‘In-box’. 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 jkumiega@flash.net.
Please contact one of the Executive Board Members and/or
Coaching Staff below if you have any questions.
Coaching
Staff
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Phone No. |
Email address |
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Dyann
Charette, Head-Coach |
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David
Peck, Assistant Coach |
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Tim
Brockway, Assistant Coach |
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Board Members |
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Doug
Richardson, President |
240-418-8380 |
drchrdsn@comcast.net
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Sandy
Liu, Vice President |
240-631-0695 |
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Dennis
White, Treasurer |
301-977-4267 |
dwhite305@comcast.net |
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Jackie
Liu, Secretary |
240-631-0695 |
jkumiega@hotmail.com
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Ted
Meyers, At-Large |
301-233-3527 |
tletmeyers@aol.net
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Phil
Dennis, At-Large |
301-519-2053 |
phil.dennis@comcast.net
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Ron
Weaver, At-Large |
301-947-8241 |
rweaver55@comcast.net |
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Mark
Rogers, "A" Representative |
301-869-6647 |
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Paul
Schwartzman, Asst. "A" Rep |
301-330-4226 |
pschwartzman@earthlink.net |
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Karen
Schwartzman, "B" Rep |
301-330-4226 |
schwartzmanmom@comcast.net
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Patti
Reeping, Asst. "B" Rep |
301-607-1436 |
reeps83@aol.com
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Quince Orchard Otters Swim Team
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