Upcoming schedule changes, new Mon/Wed practice times, Holiday schedule changes

We have a lot going on here, so here it goes!

1.  Sat. Nov. 7, normal practices for all groups, even though there is the Monarch Meet.  Swimmers in the Sat. afternoon Monarch Meet session may attend their normal Sat. Am practice.

2.  Fri. Nov. 13:  There is no Am Sr-1/2 dryland at BT.  There is no afternoon Sr-1 practice.  There is normal practice for all other groups.  Any Sr-1 swimmer not in the Fri. Pm MAC Meet session may attend the Sr-2 practice.

3.  Sat. Nov. 14:  Penguins/Dolphins are the only practices held this day.

4.  Important Announcement!  Beginning on Mon. Nov. 16 (start of the high school swim season), we will be adding new Mon/Wed practice times for Penguins and Dolphins.  Practice times for Mon/Wed will be as follows:  Penguin 5:55-6:55 Pm; Dolphin 5:55-7:10 Pm.  Please let your friends know who have been thinking about joining GOAL but weren't sure about if we had space.  Adding these times will allow for a bit more growth.

Also, I am allowing any current Penguins/Dolphins to change their current normal practice schedule if Mon. AND/OR or Wed. practice time would work better as a part of your normal schedule.  I will do this as long as space allows.  Let me know ASAP (by replying to this e-mail) if you would like to do this, and please note that any change made would need to be to your permanent normal schedule, and you would not be able to mix and match days of the week as things come up.  We need to do this so we can keep control of the practice group sizes.

5.  There is NO PRACTICE on Thur. Nov. 26, Thanksgiving Day.  For that week, any Penguin/Dolphin with Thursday as part of their normal schedule may come to another day to make up for that day if they'd like.  If you plan on taking advantage of that, please let me know which day you will attend instead of Thursday.

6.  The GOAL Holiday Break will be Thur.-Sat. Dec. 24-26.  There will be NO PRACTICES on those days.  Penguins/Dolphins will be able to attend on Mon-Wed. Dec. 21-23 of that week, and we will announce a schedule for Dec. 21-23 in the nea future, as it may change from the normal schedule.

7.  There will be NO PRACTICE on Fri. Jan. 1 for all groups.  A revised schedule for Thur. Dec. 31 will be announced shortly.

8.  Finally, when winter weather hits when school is in session, GOAL follows along with the OPS cancellations.  When OPS cancels school due to bad winter weather, GOAL practices are also cancelled.  When bad weather hits when school is not in session (Holiday breaks or Saturdays, etc.) please look at the GOAL website for announcements, or you can call the GOAL practice hotline at 614-7377.

Thank you for swimming with GOAL!

Coach Tom