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Parent Email - Nov 3rd

Nov 3, 2009

Dear Parents,

We are now in the 9^th week of the season and the swimmers are really looking good in the water. We’ve got a busy week with the girl’s high school Division Championships and 3 different meets that we are attending this weekend.

Schedule

Felix Festa practice schedule has been adjusted for this week due to the high school and Sharks meets. This week’s practice schedule is available by viewing the calendar on the home page of the website or by viewing last week’s parent’s email by clicking here.

Upcoming Meets

This weekend our swimmers will be in one of three places, either the AGUA Open, Sharks meet at Festa or our 8 & Under Mini Meet at WCC. We still need parent volunteers for the 8 & Under meet, please contact Sandra Hanson by emailing hansoncarpentry@yahoo.com.

MIT Invite

Please continue to book your rooms for MIT. We have a special rate of $129 per night. The rooms are a 1 bedroom suite with full kitchen, includes breakfast (more details on that to come) and is in walking distance of the pool. Parking is not included however. Click here to make reservations, or you can call 800-331-3131 and ask for the Condors Swim Club room block. Reservations must be made by Nov. 19^th to get the discounted rate and be guaranteed a room.

Also, any parents interested in carpooling or chaperoning, please contact our travel committee chairperson, Karen Bernstein by emailing her at rexandolive@rcn.com.

Reminder: Swim Meet Policies

1) No cell phones or video games on deck. These are distracting and often get lost, stolen or broken. Please do not bring these items on the pool deck and refrain from using them during meets.

2) Swimmers are required to stay until the end of each session. We attend these meets as a team and it is crucial to our success as a program that we support one another. If you must leave a swim meet before the end of the session, please get prior approval from Coach Wagner or Coach Allen.

3) Socks & Sneakers. It is a good idea, especially as we get into the colder months, that swimmers wear socks and sneakers at swim meets. Much of your body heat is transferred through your feet and it is important we stay warm on the pool deck.

4) No parents on deck. If you are not working the meet, you must stay in the stands. Coming onto the deck not only jeopardizes our team’s entry into future meets, it creates liability issues as parents are not covered under USA Swimming’s insurance policy.

Parent Meetings

There will be a parent meeting at Felix Festa next Tuesday (11/10) at 6:30pm in the cafeteria. We will be showing a parent video and discussing information on the MIT meet.

There will be a parent meeting held at WCC tomorrow night (Wed 11/4) at 6:30 in the stands. We will be discussing this weekend’s upcoming meets, team philosophy and the direction of the Westchester program.

NYSA Fall Classic Entries

We were recently informed that Friday night’s session of the NYSA meet was over subscribed and 40% of the entries had to be cut. A revised Condors entry report is now posted on the website and can be viewed by clicking here. The session was estimated to finish after midnight before cuts were made. We will make sure that any swimmer who was cut from an event will have an opportunity to swim that event at our next Condors meet. All cut entries will be refunded. We appreciate your patience as we manually credit each account.

New Calendars

Please note that we have started using Google calendars for our practice schedules. These are available by clicking the “Schedules” tab at the top of the website. Also, these calendars can be set up to automatically sync to Microsoft Outlook, Blackberry, iPhone and other mobile devices and should limit the number of phone calls we regularly get in the office asking what the day’s practice times will be.

Flyers

Any parents interested in helping grow our program can print and distribute the attached flyer.