In The Swim Sharks Swim Team e-newsletter March 2010 In This Issue Signups Success! Adult Training 5/01 Pool update/pre-season Help Needed Friday Treats Clothing update Coach s Corner Helper Age Guidelines 2010 Swim Team and Club Calendar Next Swim Team Committee meeting Wednesday 3/24 at 7:30pm at the CHSRC Clubhouse. Bring a snack and join the fun! Swim Team Signups- Huge Success! 79 swimmers (49 families) signed up Sunday 3/7 for the 2010 Sharks swim season (which was a little more than last year s signups). Thank you to the wonderful workers, Virginia Schwiebert, Kristi Kuehn, Veronica Lentfer, Holly Newman, Theresa Ito, Julie LoGrasso, Mary Lund, Coach Christine, Caroline Hayes, Lauren Ward and ice cream super scoopers Bob and Matt!. It was fun to see our swim team families again! LATE REGISTRATION If you were not able to register on the 7 th, there s still time! We need you! You can easily download all of the registration forms from our club website at www.cupertinohills.org. Click on the Swim Team link on the left side navigation. Or, you can stop by the Club office and pickup the forms as well. Complete the forms and enclose your check and drop them off at the Club office with a note Attention Swim Team. Please contact Caroline Hayes or Lauren Ward with questions (email addresses on left side bar). Adult Volunteer Training Sat. May 1 st! Please plan to attend the annual Parent Volunteer training clinic on Saturday, May 1 st at Saratoga Woods at 8:30am. It is important all starters, stroke and turn judges, and MDM folks attend. We need greater representation at this event to ensure we have enough qualified meet staff. Donuts are usually available to those who arrive on time! Did you mark your calendar? Pool Update/Pre-Season Schedule As you may have read in Rommy s March club newsletter, the pool is scheduled to open March 27th! Pre-Season practice schedule (M-F) April 12th. 6 & under 3:45 4:15pm 7 & 8 4:15 4:45pm (4:00 warm ups) 9 & 10 4:15 5:00pm (4:00 warm ups) 11 & up 5:00 6:00pm (4:45 warm ups) 1
Sharks Swim Team www.cupertinohills.org e-newsletter Team Writer: Lorinda Rodrigues LRodrigues@comcast.net Sharks Swim Team Committee Copresidents: Caroline Hayes carolinesemail@comcast.net Lauren Ward laurenpward@comcast.net SHARKS Head Coach Christine Whitehill cwhitehill@scu.edu Sharks Swim Team: Cuphill.sharks@gmail.com CHSRC Manager Rommy: cuphill@gmail.com CHSRC 22090 Rae Lane Cupertino, CA 408-253-3483 Help Needed We have many openings for social coordinators. Without these coordinators, our socials cannot take place. The coordinator does not do all the work; they coordinate those who have volunteered to help. In most cases this involves 1 or 2 meetings with the volunteers and email communications. Please consider stepping up to be the coordinator or, even better, get a friend and coordinate together. Pasta Feed (June 4): Coordinate the food and activities for the event. (Does not include any coordination of the practice meet.) Raging Waters (June 14): We have one person who is willing to cocoordinate this event with someone. This involves car pool coordination (put signup at club) and purchase tickets. Starlight Swim Party (June 26): Even though this is a full club event, proceeds go to the swim team. We need someone to coordinate the food and activities. Pizza and Move Night (July 8): Coordinate the food and movie for the event. Sleep Over Co-Coordinator (July 17): We have one person who is willing to co-coordinate the food and activities for the event. Awards Ceremony Slideshow Coordinator. This person will take photos during the meets of all the swimmers, gather photos from others who took pictures and then put a slideshow together to show at our awards night after CHAMPS. Please contact Virginia Schwiebert (virginia_villasenor@comcast.net) if you are interested in full filling any of these positions. Friday Treat Schedule Thank you for signing up to bring a treat for the swim team kids on Fridays from April through July. Here s a recap. Please put this on your calendar! You should plan to bring enough treats for about 40 kids. Please have treats ready by 3:45pm. Virginia Schwiebert will be sending out reminders. To volunteer to fill the open spaces, please contact Virginia, virginia_villasenor@comcast.net April 16 th Minae Lee 23 rd Frances Chan 30 th May Chen June 11 th Lorinda Rodrigues 18 th Cindy Springsteel 25 th open May 7 th Kathi Leckrone 14 th Audrey Lee 21 st Britta Sinks 28 th Lauren Ward July 2 nd open 9 th open 16 th Caroline Hayes 2
Clothing Wear Your Team Spirit! We have several new items this year including a silicon swim cap personalized with your child s first or last name (two cap order minimum per name), a personalized Sharks towel, and short sleeve knit sport shirts! If your order is received before Friday March 19 th, you will be able to save money on shipping charges. Our vendor is working on setting up a Cupertino Hills clothing website for us. An email and link to the site will be emailed when it is available. Go Sharks! If you weren t able to order a Sharks swim suit on registration day, there are sample sizes in Rommy s office at the club. Please try them on and then complete the attached.pdf order forms and mail with a check (payable to Palo Alto Sport Shop) or credit card number ASAP to: John Flesner Director of Team and Corporate Sales Palo Alto Sport Shop 526 Waverley St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Store Phone: 650-328-8555 ext. 203 Cell Phone: 408-667-5199 Questions? If so, please e-mail Veronica at vlentfer@sbcglobal.net. Coach s Corner It was great to see so many of you at the Ice Cream Social! I hope you are all as excited as I am for the season to start. Remember, our first practice is on April 12th! I know that is break for some of you but we will still be starting practice for those of you who are here. Also, if you are interested in becoming a Junior Coach or Young Helper, I need you to email me by March 22nd to be considered. See you in just a few weeks! Go Sharks! Helper Age Guidelines There have been some questions regarding the age requirements for Assistant and Jr. Coaches, Young Helpers and buy out teens. Below are the guidelines which are also in the swim team handbook. Please address any questions to Caroline Hayes and Lauren Ward. Buy Out Helpers Age 14 and up: This has been the guideline used to fill any spots we cannot fill with adults during swim meets. We try very hard not to use teens to fill adult spots for a variety of reasons. If, however, we cannot fill a spot then we use a teen, 14 and over, and give them the buyout fee. If the teen is competing in the meet, they may only work at the ribbon table or Clerk of the Course for spots not filled by Jr. Coaches. If the teen is older, not swimming, and a member of the club, they can possibly fill other spots. Other teams object when we do this; so, it is only an emergency situation when no adult can be found to work. 3
Assistant Coaches: First choice is College age students. If not enough people apply for the position, High School Juniors & Seniors will be considered. Jr. Coaches: High School Age 15 and over Young Helpers: Jr. High School Age 14 and over Club Website Did you know our swim club has a website? It s at http://www.cupertinohills.org. Thanks to Scott Johnson, we have been able to quickly post swim team information. Look for the Swim Team tab on the left hand navigation of the site! Please note that several areas of the swim team site will require a password to get into detailed Champs information, photos, as well as Committee Meeting minutes. The password is the same as last year the first name of Leeann s husband and 99. For example, if his name was Harold, it would be harold99. SHARKS and CLUB E-Mail Addresses. Another reminder-. The e-mail address for the SHARKS Swim Team is cuphill.sharks@gmail.com. The e-mail address for the CHSRC (or Rommy at the Club) is cuphill@gmail.com. Please put these in your address books! Send us a note at cuphill.sharks@gmail.com if your e-mail address has changed. 4
2010 SWIM TEAM CALENDAR (Revised Feb 24, 2010) Feb 24 Wednesday Swim Team Meeting Cupertino Hills 7:30-9:00pm March 7 Sunday Swim team sign-ups and Ice Cream Social 1 PM 4 PM March 24 Wednesday Swim Team Meeting Cupertino Hills 7:30-9:00pm April 12 Monday Pre-season swim practice begins April 28 Wednesday Swim Team Meeting Cupertino Hills 7:30-9:00pm * May 01 Saturday Adult Volunteers Stroke and Turn clinic at Saratoga Woods May 26 Wednesday Swim Team Meeting Cupertino Hills 7:30-9:00pm June 1 Tuesday Stroke and Turn Clinic during regular practice June 4 Friday Practice Meet and Pasta Feed June 12 Saturday CH @ Brookside June 14 Monday Raging Waters June 15 Tuesday Regular season, summer practice begins June 19 Saturday CH @ Eichler / Wine Tasting June 21-25 Swim Clinic #1 12:00-1:00pm June 23 Wednesday Swim Team Meeting Cupertino Hills 7:30-9:00pm June 24 Thursday Stroke and Turn Clinic during regular practice June 26 Saturday CH @ Greenmeadow / Starlight Swim Party (all club event) July 3 Saturday Bye Week (No Meet) July 4 Sunday All club 4th of July Party July 8 Thursday Pizza & Movie Night July 10 Saturday Saratoga Woods @ CH [HOME MEET] July 12-16 Swim Clinic #2 12:00-1:00pm July 15 Thursday Stroke and Turn Clinic during regular practice July 17 Saturday Laurelwood @ CH [HOME MEET] / Sleepover at the Club July 21 Wednesday Swim Team Meeting Cupertino Hills 7:30-9:00pm July 23 Friday Pre-Champs Spirit Breakfast July 24 Saturday Champs Meet at Stanford + Awards Ceremony July 26 or Aug 11 Wrap-Up Swim Team Meeting Place and Time TBD *Note: IMPORTANT Adult volunteer training 5