Hello Dolphins Swimmers,
You travelled far and fought hard this Thursday night at Hudson Yacht Club. We are so proud of your efforts! Results will be posted soon so watch for them. We did not win but we proved ourselves to be great competitors! Our next competition will be at our own pool on Wednesday, July 8 and we can hardly wait to host our first home meet of the season against our rivals from Beaconsfield, Windermere Aquatic Club (WAC). Please use the link provided to you in our email concerning this competition. If you have any difficulty, let us know and we can help to get you signed up. Please note that the DEADLINE FOR MEET SIGN-UP IS MONDAY JULY 6 AT NOON. This ensures that the coaches and CITs have time to prepare the cards for the meet. We want to show our true Westmount hospitality and to do that we must provide a barbecue so that our guests may have dinner on-site and a concession for snacks. This is a great fundraiser for the team and so your help as a volunteer and your generosity by providing treats for the concession table will be greatly appreciated! Some ideas for treat donations: cupcakes, cookies, brownies, fruit kebabs, gummy kebabs, ring pops, freezies or popsicles, sliced watermelon, or other treats you think would be appreciated. If you wish to volunteer in the concessions or barbecue, please use the link provided in the email concerning the competition. One other item we are planning to offer at the concessions table are "vintage" Dolphin tshirts from past seasons. These will be offered at $5.00 each and we have an array of limited sizes available. These are tshirts that have never been worn and were "overstock" from past seasons. We will try to offer a selection of colours and sizes at each home meet. We also will require some of our members to help out as officials. If this is how you would like to help out please refer to the email we sent and use the link provided for officials signup. A note about ribbons: at each meet ribbons are distributed at a particular table that the kids will be looking for at each meet. If your swimmer wants their ribbons they cans visit the ribbon table, or if they miss that opportunity, our resident ribbon lady, Leah Trineer (Head Coach Hannah's mom) will have collected them for you and will make sure that you get them. If you know that you don't want to collect your ribbons, let her know so that she can return them to the clubs who distributed them (including our own!). These ribbons are a significant expense for all of the clubs in our league and so those ribbons that can be "recycled" in this way are always appreciated! We want to remind you to wear your Dolphins gear at meets, wear your Dolphins cap during your race so we know you are a Dolphin, bring warm clothing to put on between races as it sometimes gets chilly at night, and please bring your best sportsman-like behaviour! Of course it wouldn't be an ALPS meet without cheers so bring your loud voices and be ready to call to your opponents: "Yes, Yes, Yes we do, we've got spirit how about you?" Go Dolphins Go!
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Wednesday July 1 is CANADA DAY! Our programs will run as usual in the morning but after adult swim between 12noon and 1pm the fun in the sun begins! Following a Dolphins tradition started in 2010, we will be hosting the BBQ and Concession from 10:30am to 3pm just outside the pool gates (and up on top) to feed the masses and raise money for the team. We need all Dolphins families who are in town that day to help make this important fundraiser a success. Please click on this link to sign up to help out: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/132RLe7kd0b0eSzKsBuEbogCi8Rx7VNRrxlkNimpX-hk/edit?usp=sharing We also need donations of items to sell at the concession. Your generosity will be greatly appreciated and you can commit to what you are bringing by clicking on this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D8AhJgx6_MsdyPBCWg46nl__ykBsFGKqPhX2RLTRiH4/edit?usp=sharing All volunteers that day will receive a volunteer tshirt and will have priority access to the pool party after their shift! For Dolphins who are not volunteering and who wish to join in the Splash Bash fun, you will have to line up early as the pool reaches capacity fairly quickly. Go Dolphins Go! The regular season begins this week!
There will be no more evening practices and we are now beginning our morning sessions: SWIM TEAM Monday to Friday 12 and unders: 8am-9am 13 and overs: 9am-10am DIVE TEAM Tuesday and Thursday 10 and unders: 11am-12noon Wednesday and Friday 11 and overs: 11am-12noon SYNCHRO TEAM Wednesday and Friday All age groups: 10am-11am WATER POLO TEAM Tuesday and Thursday All age groups: 10am-11am As the season progresses you will begin to receive messages inviting you to sign up to competitions, to assist as volunteers at events etc. For all of these purposes we use Google Drive and Google Documents to share these important items with you. It facilitates easy updating of roster lists so that we can coordinate in advance of competitions and events. If you are having difficulty using these documents here are a few tips:
GO DOLPHINS GO! BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Hoodies are $30. Royal Blue with logo on the front left chest and large logo on the back. Sweatpants are $30. Navy Blue with Dolphins logo on the hip and WESTMOUNT block letters running down the side of one leg. Taxes are included. Checks can be made out to Westmount Dolphins and returned to Sada Reddy, one of our Clothing Committe volunteers. PLEASE SEND YOUR ORDER VIA E-MAIL TO: sada_l_reddy@hotmail.com NEW DEADLINE FOR ORDERS IS WEDNESDAY JULY 8 YOUR ORDER MUST CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: · Child’s Name · Parent Name · Hoodie and/or Sweatpant · Size (Youth or Adult) Please click on the following links to verify sizing. Please note that the measurement for arm length is from the CENTER OF THE BACK OF THE NECK TO THE WRIST. Youth Size Charts: Adult Size Charts: Don't delay so you won't be disappointed! Minimums are required and this will be the last order this season! Go Dolphins Go! Hello Dolphins Families,
We would like to thank so many of you for coming out on Wednesday, June 10 for our first AGM! It was a resounding success and we would like to introduce you to the new Board of Directors for the 2015 Season: President: Helen Campbell Vice-President: Leta Polson Secretary: Mcshane Jones Treasurer: Nathalie Tellier ALPS Representative: Ross Tzankov Registrar: John Kreuzer Officials Coordinator: Lynn Bourdeau Concessions and Volunteers Coordinator: Susan Byck Sponsorship: Sada Reddy Many of you signed up that evening to our numerous volunteer committees which are essential to making our programs so successful. If you missed the chance to sign up that evening, or missed the meeting and would like to get involved please contact the individuals below: Officials Committee (timing, judging, refereeing etc): Lynn Bourdeau lbourd@hotmail.com Concessions Committee (BBQ and Bake Sales): Susan Byck bycksu@gmail.com Clothing Committee (tshirts, swimwear etc): Anne-Marie Merkly am_merkly@bell.net Sponsorship Committee (pays for complementary tshirts): Sada Reddy sada_l_reddy@hotmail.com Awards Committee (ribbons, trophies, and maintenance of team records): Leah Trineer wanda.leah.trineer@sympatico.ca We hope that many of you will get involved and contact these individuals. The Dolphins cannot exist without the time and talents of so many dedicated volunteers! Please consider becoming an aquatics official. It gives you an opportunity to learn more about the rules and technical aspects of your child's sport. Our league offers training in this regard. If you would like to attend one of these contact Lynn Bourdeau: lbourd@hotmail.com to arrange carpooling. The sessions for these are: SWIMMING OFFICIALS: Thursday, June 25 at 6:30pm Pointe Claire Aquatics Centre, 60 Mayrand Avenue, Pointe Claire DIVING OFFICIALS: Friday, June 26 at 6:30pm Cedar Park Heights Pool, 20 Robinsdale Avenue, Pointe Claire As well we are offering two opportunities to earn certification for swimming officials who would like to be qualified to work at winter competitions. These will be offered at the Westmount Recreation Centre: Level One certification: Timer Clinic Monday June 15 at 6:30pm Level Two certification (part one): Stroke and Turn Judge Monday July 13 at 6:30pm Contact Lynn Bourdeau lbourd@hotmail.com to participate. We look forward to a great summer! Go Dolphins Go! |
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