Weekly Update: July 12, 2010 by Brian Gill 2010-07-13 12:02:00
Week of July 12, 2010
Important Upcoming Dates
July 14
Baylor Swim Club Movie Outing- Despicable Me (PG) 2:10 PM at the Majestic Theater Downtown
July 14
NO evening PRACTICE for Juniors- get some rest for the City meet
July 16-17
NO PRACTICE for Juniors Due to CASL Swimming Championships
July 16-17
CASL Swimming Championships- Fort Oglethorpe, GA
July 20-21
NO evening PRACTICE for Juniors- get some rest for Southeasterns
July 22
Final Practice for the Summer for all Juniors, AG, and Developmental practice groups
July 22-25
Southeastern Swimming Long Course Championships- Knoxville, TN
CASL Swimming Championships- THIS WEEKEND July 16-17 at Fort Oglethorpe Recreation Center
Good luck to all those Baylor Swim Club athletes representing their respective summer league teams, and competing in the CASL Swimming Championships this Friday and Saturday (July 16-17, 2010) at Fort Oglethorpe Recreation Center. This meet is one of the most important weekend's for the Baylor Swim Club in attracting athletes to our club for the upcoming 2010-2011 season. Please feel free to bring your friends to the Baylor Swim Club tent, and encourage those to come to the tent who are interested in joining our team. Coach Brian, Coach Pitman, and Coach Roop will be at the meet all weekend long, and we are looking forward to watching all the Baylor Swim Club athletes compete this weekend.
The Baylor coaching staff would like to remind our membership of the importance of Summer League swimming to the growth and enhancement of our program. Every Baylor Swim Club member who participates, officiates, coaches or attends the CASL City meet has a great opportunity to spread the word about the benefits of Baylor Swim Club and year round swimming. Our coaches will make the rounds at many meets, but we can't be everywhere. These Monday and Thursday night meets are a great way for all members get involved in building our program.
So have a blast this weekend! Be a good sport, make to new friends, and spread the word about the Baylor program, the greater Chattanooga area program on the move!
Good Luck And Have Fun!
The Baylor Swimming Coaching Staff
Baylor Swim Club Summer Movie Outing- Wednesday, July 14th
The Junior practice group will be going to see Despicable Me (PG) at the Carmike Majestic 12 Theater downtown at 2:10 PM on Wednesday, July 12th. Parents are welcome to drop their kids off at the theater, and will be under Coach Brian's supervision. Those in Coach Mark's group are welcome to attend, but must be accompanied by a parent at the movie.
The movie is approximately 95 min. long so please be sure to pick up your children up promptly from the theater following the movie. Please be sure to bring money for a movie ticket and snacks if you wish to purchase them. This is a great way to keep your kids out of the sun, and get some rest before the upcoming meets this weekend and next. Please email Coach Brian if you have any questions.
Practice Schedule Changes for July
Please see the following practice schedule changes for the month of July
July 14- NO evening PRACTICE for Juniors- get some rest for the City meet
July 16-17- NO PRACTICE for Juniors due to the CASL Swimming Championships at Fort Oglethorpe
July 20-21- NO evening PRACTICE for Juniors- get some rest before Southeasterns
July 22- FInal Practice for all Juniors, AG, and Developmental groups for the Summer. Practices will resume again on September 7th.
Southeastern Swimming LC Championship Meet Info Now Available
Meet information for the 2010 Southeastern Swimming Long Course Championships is now posted on the web site. All swimmers that have qualified for the meet are expected to attend. There is no scratch deadline for this meet, so your child will automatically be entered in the meet if they meet the qualifying time standards for an event. If you have any questions please contact Coach Brian. Hotel information for the meet can also be found below.
Meet entries for Southeastern Championships will be posted by the end of the week.
Hotel Information Hilton – Downtown- Knoxville
865-251-2578
$89 per night- Code is BSC
Cut-off date: 5 PM June 25, 2010
Baylor Swim Club Registration for the 2010-2011 Season
The coaching staff just wanted to take some time to update you on registration for the fall. Registration information, dates, and the first practice for the 2010-2011 Baylor Swim Club season is just around the corner. Those swimmers that will be moving up into a new practice group will be notified by the coaching staff in August. Please see the following important information/dates below regarding the 2010-2011 season.
New Swimmer Evaluation placement- August 25 or 26 from 5:00-6:00 PM
Registration- Tuesday, August 31st from 4:00-6:30 PM in the pool lobby
New member practices- September 1 and 2 from 6:15-7:15 PM
Practices for new & returning members Begins for the 2010-2011 season- September 7th
Please feel free to email Coach Brian if you have any questions regarding the program for the new season
Baylor Swim Club Heats Up at Bullfrog Invitational
CHATTANOOGA, TN- This past weekend (July 9-11, 2010) the Baylor Swim Club hosted and competed in the 2010 Bullfrog Invitational held at the Baylor School Natatorium. Over 300 swimmers from the states of Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi competed in the July long course meters swim meet. This was the last chance for many swimmers to qualify for the Southeastern Swimming LC Championships (July 22-25) in Knoxville, TN.
Thanks to all the Baylor Swim Club parents for volunteering your valuable time this past weekend. A more complete meet write-up will be available on the website shortly.
Baylor Partners with Make A Splash Program
Head Coach/ Aquatics Director Dan Flack and Swim School Director Brian Gill are pleased to announce that the Baylor Swim Club has partnered with the USA Swimming Foundations' Make A Splash Program. Beginning in the fall of 2010, the Baylor Swim Club will be providing scholarships to those that cannot afford to pay for swimming lessons as part of the Make A Splash Local Partner program. The Baylor Swim Club is currently just one of three organizations associated with the program in the state of Tennesee.
Extra latex caps and silicone swim caps are now available to be purchased. Latex caps are $6.00 each while silicone caps are $14.00 each. Please email Laura Pitman if you would like to purchase a swim cap..
Baylor Ranks In Top 25 for USA Swimming Club Excellence Program for the 2009 Season
What exciting news! The Baylor Swim Club has been awarded by United States Swimming the distinction as being the 25th nationally ranked swim club in the USA Swimming Club Excellence program for the 2009 swimming season! This is the fifth year that the Baylor Swim Club has received the Silver Medal distinction. What exactly does this mean? This means that Baylor Swim Club is recognized as one of the top clubs in the country based on organizational professionalism and athletic performance.
To qualify for this award, Baylor had to submit an extensive report to United States Swimming, documenting club professionalism as well as both national and world-class performance.
Baylor Swim Club had a great performance scoring 17,778 points, ranking second in Southeastern Swimming, and ranking Baylor in the top 25 nationally for the second year in a row. Baylor is the smallest club based on membership to rank in the top 40 among the over 1000 clubs that participated.
Parents, I just want to review some billing items with you. If you have children in the AG, Junior, Senior or MS/HS Prep group you will receive your monthly statement via mail about the fifteenth of each month. This statement is for the following month. For example the bill you receive in September is for the October fees. All statements should be paid by the last day of each month. Any accounts that are not paid by the last day of the month will accrue a $5 late fee. You can return your payment in the mail or you may bring a check to the office. If I am not in the office feel free to leave it on my computer monitor stand.
All families participating in the developmental program will need to register their child for each session of developmental by the first day of the session. As long as you are registered before the first day of the session you will be ready to participate in that session. Once you have registered the first time you will no longer be charged the USA and Club registration fees. Those fees are only charged at the beginning of each new swim year. I will send out an email during the last week of the current session reminding you of the upcoming session registration. If you are currently enrolled in the session and want to continue in the next session simply bring your payment into the office by the first day of the next session.
We will not allow children to practice until they are registered.
If you are planning on taking a break and your child is in AG, Junior, Senior or MS/HS prep remember in order not to be billed for the next month I need to have written notification at least 30 days in advance. So for example, if you know you are not going to swim in December I must receive an email from you stating that no later than Nov.1.If the written statement is not received by that date you will be charged. Please understand that telling the coach does not count as proper notification.
If you have any further questions please email Laura Pitman
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Director of Competitive Swimming / Head Coach / Aquatics Director: Dan Flack
Assistant Aquatics Director / Assistant Coach: Laura Pitman
Head Age Group Coach / Swim School Director: Brian Gill
