Meet Volunteers: (Click on date to view)
June 20 Tabb B--home
June 27 Poquoson A--home
June 30 Hidenwood A--away
July 7 Glendale A--away
July 12 Kiln Creek B--away
July 14 Marlbank A--home
July 18 Tabb A--away
July 20 Intrasquad--home
July 25 James River CC A--home
July 28 Hidenwood B--home
Meet Our Coaches!!!
Head Coach: Lauren Fiskus
Head Assistant Coach: Meredith Melo
Assistants: Sara Angwin, Andrew Osborne
2011 REGISTRATION INFORMATION
This year, registration will be $65 per swimmer or $160 for 3 or more swimmers in one family. It will be due by May 13th (April 13th to participate in Ft. Eustis practices). Make checks payable to Windy Point Swim Team and mail appropriate fees with SIGNED form to: Rebecca Chang, 112 Berrys Landing, Yorktown, VA 23692. Registration forms will be included in the member newsletters. If you did not receive one, or if you would like an additional form, please contact Rebecca Chang @ rbiggins415@yahoo.com.
APPAREL INFORMATION
The suit for 2011 season is the same suit as the 2010 season.
You many also contact the Swim & Sport Stop at 874-7946 to outfit your swimmer! Sizes vary, so more than likely he/she will need a "try-on." The Swim & Sport Stop is located at 13541 Warwick Boulevard, Suite B, Newport News, 23602.
Piranha swim caps will also be available again this year at the front desk once the season begins for $5 and will be required for all meets to present team unity.
As always, we welcome suits from prior years, but would encourage all those participating to consider purchasing the new suit to present a unifed The Swim and Sport Stop is aware of our selection, so you can also call them to order and/or visit for a try-on.
The suit for females is the Speedo Flyback Training Endurance, which is style 819016 (Navy with Red Straps) for $56. Each suit will be embroidered with a piranha and the embroidery is included in the price.
The suit for the males is the Speedo Solid Jammer Endurance, which is style 805014 (Navy) for $41. Each suit will be embroidered with a piranha and the embroidery is included in the price.
Maureen would like all orders to be in by June 1st to insure that the embroidery is done for our first meet.
2011 PRACTICE SCHEDULE
The summer practice schedule will begin on June 17th and will last through the City Meet, which is set for August 6th. Practice will begin with the 8 & unders from 8:15-9 AM. Those between the ages of 9-12 will practice next from 9-10 AM and those who are 13 & older will practice from 10-11 AM.
Swim lessons for those that are interested will begin at 11AM and last until noon. Swim team participants must remember that the pool is not "officially" open for open swimming until noon. Swim team families cannot stay after practice and "wait" for the pool to open.
THIS YEAR ALL SWIMMERS MUST SHOW UP TO PRACTICE ON MEET DAYS IF THEY WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEET THAT EVENING. Unless properly notified, the coach will not enter a swimmer into the meet roster if they are not physically seen that day. Please communicate accordingly.
2011 MEET SCHEDULE
Parents are encouraged to visit the GPSA website regularly for updated information at www.gpsaswimming.org.
Swim meets start at 6:00 PM and last for approximately 2 hours. However, swimmers need to arrive at 4:45pm for HOME meets and 5:15pm for AWAY meets. Please plan accordingly as warm-ups are procedure for the GPSA.
Monday, June 13th- Time Trials
Monday, June 20th: HOME - Tabb (B Meet)
Monday, June 27th: HOME - Poquoson
Thursday, June 30th: AWAY - Hidenwood
Thursday, July 7th: AWAY - Glendale
Monday, July 11th- PICTURE DAY
Tuesday, July 12th: AWAY - Kiln Creek (B Meet)
Thursday, July 14th: HOME- Marlbank
Monday, July 18th: AWAY - Tabb
Wednesday, July 20th: HOME Intra-Squad Meet
Saturday, July 23th: MINI MEET @Ft Eustis
Monday, July 25th: HOME - James River CC
Thursday, July 28th: HOME - Hidenwood (B Meet)
Saturday, August 6th: CITY MEET @Ft Eustis
GPSA has factored in 2 rain dates for meet make-ups:
Monday, July 11th and/or Thursday, July 21st.
Windy Point Swim Team Celebration: Sunday, August 8th. Time and Place TBD.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The Windy Point Swim Team depends on parent volunteers to run all meets both home and away. No parent is expected to be an expert, but all parents are expected to help during each meet as needed. When you help the swim team, you are helping kids learn, grow and have fun! Every effort will be made to place volunteers in their preferred role. Detailed job descriptions are available below.
When jobs are assigned, each family will receive a reminder notice via email detailing their job assignment, date of the meet and time frame needed. This will be your ONLY notification, so it is extremely important to make sure you provide the coordinators with a valid email and update them should it change during the season. A master job list will also be posted on the swim team bulletin board at the pool.
If a volunteer cannot help at their assigned meet, they are required to find a replacement. If a volunteer needs to switch a job assignment, the volunteer is expected to check the master list and work it out with another parent or find a replacement prior to the meet. The coaches and swim team coordinators will not be responsible for making adjustments for parents. The volunteer MUST notify the agreed change to Celinda Cernigliaro @ ccernigliaro@cox.net so the master list can be udpated, or leave a note of the agreed change in the Team Coordinator's communication folder located at the front desk at the pool.
Volunteers who fail to find a replacement or are a "no-show" will incur a $50 fine before the volunteer's children will be allowed to swim again. We would much rather see parents help their child's team than collect a fine.
Job descriptions are as follows:
Meet Director/Referee*: Responsible for the set up, management and overall operation of home meets.Works with the referee, coaches and swim team coordinators to insure that meets run smoothly.
Starter*: The official who starts/annouces each heat of home meets.
Hospitality: Provides drinks for our volunteers during meets.
Ribbon Writers: Sits at score table and records official place times on ribbons during meets.
Scoring: Reviews and determines official swim times from score cards after each race, certify those times, records results and keeps score during the meet.
Clerk of Course: Gathers all of our 8 & under swimmers to their lanes for their correct heats. Helps in assigning the exhibition swimmers to lanes and organizing timer cards prior to the meet.
Stroke & Turn Judges*: Swim officials trained in stroke, turn & finish guidelines. Judge swimmers during each race to insure strokes, turns and finishes conform to VPSU rules.
Runners: Collects cards from each lane after each event/heat and delivers them to those at the scoring table. Deliver DQ (disqualification) cards from the Referee to the scoring table.
Timers (3 per lane): Uses stopwatch to get accurate times for each swimmer. Timers will record all times for each heat and give the cards to the Runners.
Sweep Judges: Sits at the finish and records visual finishes by lane on a card to be picked up by Runners.
Meet Set/Up: Sets up scoring table, coaches chairs, starting blocks, 8 & under chairs and basically makes sure the meet is ready to go and provide an extra set of "hands" to the swim team coordinators.
Meet Break/Down: Insures that the pool will be operational the next day after a meet. Chairs put away, trash, etc.
Those jobs with an * are considered officials and will need to attend a GPSA Officials Clinic. We encourage ALL parents to make time to attend one as the more we have certified, the less those have to work! Please view the below schedule and contact Connie to secure a spot.
SWIM TEAM CONTACT INFORMATION
Questions??? We can help!
Rebecca Chang: rbiggins415@yahoo.com
Celinda Cernigliaro: ccernigliaro@cox.net
Laura Narney: lnarney@cox.net
Christine Taleghani: 4christinet@cox.net
WP/GPSA League Representative: Dave Haskiell: dhaskiell@cox.net
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