Sudbury Laurentian Swim Club

Coach and Parent meetings

Hello every one.  One  of the goals this season is to keep the parents in the loop and informed on a group to group level as much as possible. To get the ball started we will be running individual group parent meetings next week.  Please see the meeting dates below so you can adjust your schedules to be at the appropriate meetings. We are scheduling the meetings after practices and they should not run longer than 20 minutes or so. The meetings will give you a chance to hear from the coaches what the short term plans are, a brief rundown of competition schedules and a question/answer period if you have any.   All meetings will be in the Banuk Lounge at

• Group 1 - Monday October 19 6:00 pm
• Group 2 - Monday October 19 6:30 pm
• Group 3 - Tuesday October 20 6:30 pm
• Group 4 - Thursday October 22 6:30 pm
• Novice - Wednesday Oct 21 7:30 pm

Thanks every one.  See you next week Dean Henze Head Coach Sudbury Laurentian Swim Club

Novice training changes effective May 20th onwards

For Novice level only.... Starting Wednesday May 20th practice is from 5:30pm to 6:30pm, on Mondays and Wednesdays until the end of the swim season. The change is due to a pool conflict with swimming lessons. Our apologies for the short notice. /doug

SLSC Swim-a-thon March 25th 2009

Mark your calendars! Dig out those Swim-a-thon packages! Get Pledges and collect them!

Again this year we are offering a prize to the swimmer that raises the most money through the Swim a Thon.The prize will be an underwater MP-3 player.

We will be having our annual Swim A Thon on March 25th, 2009 followed by a pot luck supper for swimmers and families. All swim levels will be swimming on this day. Location within the building is to be determined.

The potluck will be starting at 6 pm. SLSC will be providing a main dish (pasta) and we ask that each family bring their favorite dish. Food can be coordinated through the Social Committee of Leslie McCue and Leslie Jowsey.

Looking forward to seeing all the swimmers, coaches and families participating and enjoying the event. Thanks from Sean Thompson

[Doug adds the following....] Please collect as much as you can. You may recall from a previous announcement that our grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation was predicated on increased fundraising including the Swim-a-thon. The email announcement to member was sent on February 4, 2009. Thanks.

Level 1 and Level 2 - training over the holidays

Hello Members,

With the practices coming up next week and during the holiday season, we would like to make certain your child brings with them their dry-land gear such as running shoes, shorts, shirt and a water bottle to every session (AM & PM). Your help in having your children arrive fully prepared to the pool is much appreciated.

Happy Holidays to all!!

Kindest Regards
Alain

Saturday Dec 20 - Level 1 practice @ 8:30am-10:30am

Please note that the training schedule for Level 1 swimmers this Saturday will be from 8:30am to 10:30am.

All other levels remain as-usual (8:30 am start for all, except Novice start at 9:30am).

Also, please remember that the training schedule for over the holidays is posted at the following link http://sudburyswimming.typepad.com/slsc/2008/12/christmas-training-schedule.html

Christmas 2008 Training schedule

First of all, let me say that there are no practices scheduled for Novice, Level 4, nor Level 3 over Christmas holidays. Swimmers in those levels are encouraged by the coaches to build snow forts, snowmen, play hockey, shovel driveways, and other fun stuff. Significant dates below:

• Novice/L4/L3 Last Pratice: December 23
• Novice/L4/L3 Off from: December 24-January 4
• Novice/L4/L3 Resume Practice: January 5

For those in Varsity, Level 1, and Level 2, the training schedule provided by the coaches is attached. In the Excel file and the PDF, there is one sheet/page per level. Please make sure you are looking at the proper schedule.

Download Sudbury Christmas Training Camp 2008a-12-03.pdf (PDF)
Download Sudbury Christmas Training Camp 2008a-12-03.xls (Excel)
 /Doug

Dec 6 - Saturday Practice - Level 2 at 6:30am-8:30am

[Coach Phil says.....]

The Level 2 practice will be moved to 6:30-8:30 AM this Saturday. We are going to have varsity, level 1 and level 2 swim together Saturday morning. No changes to level 3/4 and novice.

Cheers - Phil

100 FR Challenge Tuesday December 9

From: Phil Parker

A week from today (Tuesday December 9), it is Swim Canada's 100th Anniversary and each club will be swimming the 100 FR to celebrate. What we are hoping is that Level 3's could attend this session as well. They could attend this session as well as their regular Mon-Wed.

Virginia is looking into getting this sanctioned and Alain is registering SLSC online as a participant in this great event. We would need lots of parental support for timing and we would also need Dan (referee) to come as well. We are planning a 20-30 minute warm up with the whole club and varsity together - and then we will start the heats of the 100 FR.

The cost to the club is $1 per swimmer. Here is the link explaining the event. Proceeds go to the Jeno Tihanyi Bursary Fund.

http://www.swimontario.com/news_detail.php?id=1940

https://www.swimming.ca/100thAnniversaryFreestyleChallenge

Cheers - Phil

[And now a further update from the Lesley's - updated Wed 2008-12-03 at 10:55pm]

Dear Swim Families- As you may have read (above) the club is hosting a 100 FR challenge on Tuesday December 9th....the $1 to swim the event will go to the Jeno Tihanyi Bursary Fund.

this will require many parents to come out and help time/start the challenge. The Level 3's have been asked to attend that evening as well. The Coaches think it would be great if the Novice swimmers could come out and cheer the swimmers on too!

To celebrate the event and with Christmas approaching- we thought perhaps we could have a pizza party afterwards in the Bahnuck Lounge- starting at 6:30 pm... this would be for ALL that attend ( parents/coaches/swimmers/cheerers! included)

To get a better idea on how many pizzas we should order- perhaps you could email if you and your swimmer(s) will be attending and volunteering for this challenge.

As mentioned above - a 20-30 minute warm up- starting at 4:30 pm-

Please email Leslie MCue at timnles@sympatico.ca or Lesley Jowsey at cottagebound@sympatico.ca to confirm. If you could reply prior to this Sunday- that would be fabulous! We look forward to your responses- cya'll Tuesday evening

Leslie MCue
Lesley Jowsey

Training schedule for Nov 29

Here is the training schedule for this Saturday

• 6:30-8:30 Level 1 (if you are not going to North Bay)

• 8:30-10:30 Pre-Competitive (or 9:30am start for Novice as usual)

For all other levels and swimmers – we will see you in North Bay!

Christmas Training Schedule

Just to give you a heads-up that the coaches are working on a training schedule for over the Christmas Break. We hope to update this post in the next few days.