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REGISTRATION DEADLINE
APPROACHING
The deadline to register your
swimmer for the TYR Marlin meet (Feb. 5-7th) is January
1st!! Please check with your individual age group
coach if you have questions regarding this meet.
RELEASE DATE FOR YMCA LEAGUE
CHAMPS APPROACHING
The release date for our hotel
block for 2010 YMCA LEAGUE CHAMPS (March 12-14th at Miami
University) is January 12th.
If you have not already made your reservations, please do so. As
always, our hotel information can be found on our website under
HOTELS, but you must be logged in to view it.
LASER TAG OUTING
All swimmers in Red II, Red I,
White II and White I have been invited to participate in our annual
laser tag outing on Tuesday, Dec. 29th from 9-11:00pm at
Scallywag Tag on Beechmont Avenue. The cost per swimmer is $12.
Sally Easley will be at Scallywag early (8:45pm) if you need to pay
then.
WHITE II PIZZA PARTY
All White II swimmers are invited
to join their group at Coach Keith’s home on Wednesday Dec.
30th for a pizza party. Cost is $3. This party is
celebrating the Boys win over the Girls at the Larry Lyons
Invitational.
OFFICIALS INFORMATION
Tony Montague will lead a YMCA
recertification class on
Saturday January 9, 2010. This is the required “every 3
years” recertification class for existing Y officials. It is
a Level I (stroke and turn) class. 8 am start
time. Location is ME Lyons. Cost is $35. Tony has done the
leg work of first becoming certified as a trainer and then seeking
the sanction to hold this class. It will be open to all
Y officials, but of course you are getting the advance invite. If
your level I credentials expire within the next year, it makes
sense to attend this class and keep yourself current. Direct all
questions about the class and certification/recertification
procedures to Tony Montague (tmontague@cinci.rr.com). Please sign up beforehand so that we
have a head count.
There are a number of Y and USA
officiating opportunities coming up. January 8-10, 2010
PCY is hosting a meet at Miami University. You must be a Y official
to work this meet. (Shadows welcome)
January 15-17, 2010
Carmel Swim Club is hosting a meet at IUPUI in Indy (fantastic
facility). You must be a USA official to work this
meet. Contact meet referee April Stauder at
astauder@indy.rr.com. (Apprentices welcome)
February 5-7, 2010
Cincinnati Marlins is hosting a meet at Keating. You must be
a USA official to work this meet. Contact officials
chair
agrender@cinci.rr.com. (Apprentices welcome).
PLEASE NOTE ON YOUR CALENDARS
THE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT ME LYONS ON MARCH 5 THRU 7.
SEVERAL CLUBS WILL ATTEND AND SHOULD BRING OFFICIALS,
BUT HAVING A STRONG SHOWING FROM ABLY OFFICIALS AND ALUMNI WOULD BE
GREATLY APPRECIATED.
JANET NEMANN MEMORIAL
EVENT
Turpin High School swim team is
sponsoring the Janet Nemann Memorial Relay Swim on Saturday Jan.
23, 2010 from 2-4 pm at the Turpin pool to benefit the
Neurosurgical Fund at UC's Neuroscience Institute. The entire
Turpin team will swim but wanted to open it up to other swimmers
who might be interested in supporting this great event.
Swimmers will swim in 30 minute shifts and will include lap
swimming, relay swims, and 'fun' races (like corkscrew
swims).
If any ABLY swimmers would like to
participate we would love to have them! They can contact Sally
Easley at
equussal1@aol.com or 474-5100 to express their
interest.
Donations will be accepted before
and during the event and are tax deductible.
SWIM TEAM FEES DUE
All swim team fees were due on Dec.
15th. If you have any questions or concerns regarding
this, please contact Jeremy at jbannon@ablyswim.org or jbannon@cincinnatiymca.org.
PRE-COMP SESSION
Our next session of Pre-Comp starts
on Jan. 4th and runs to March 13th. The cost is $200. Only
"screened" swimmers can register for this practice group.
Registration is done through the front desk.
RETURNING BARRACUDAS AND GUEST
SWIMMERS
We had several of our college
swimmers return to train with us over the holidays: Casey Ridge
(UVA), Ashley Miller (UNC), Sarah Smith (Clemson), Nathan Butler
(Northwestern), Aaron Snook (Carnegie Mellon), JB Easley
(Wittenberg), Hank Browning (UNC), Parker Browning (Wittenberg),
Kasey Carpenter (Miami University), Jen Hicks (Fresno State), Sara
Belle Johnson (California University of Pennsylvania), and Emily
Brunemann (Michigan), In addition, we had Michael Klueh, the third
place finisher in both the 400 and 800 meter freestyle events at
the “Duel in the Pool” train with us for a couple of
days too. White II swimmers also had the pleasure of meeting
Mylanya Zarsaka from Canada.
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