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The RSA Wahoo The Newsletter of Raleigh's only USA Swimming Club Excellence Gold Medal Winner |
vol. 2008 / issue 10 April 11, 2008 |
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Upcoming Events: NOVA Spirit Activity TODAY, April 11! RSA SWIM-A-THON, April 19th!! RSA GOOD STUFF MEET - May 16 End of Year Celebration May 20th at 6:00 p.m. Reminders: Good Stuff Meet Scratch Deadline The Good Stuff Meet Scratch DEADLINE is Monday, April 28. Please let your coaches know if you intend to scratch your swimmer from the meet before this date! The 2008 Good Stuff meet is a slight
departure from the Good Stuff meet from many years back. Time
standards for this meet are:
12 & unders - all 50's no time
standard; 100's and 200's B by event; 400 BB by event
13&overs - no time
standards
We are also NOT attending the Meet on the
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Congratulations Tucker! Tucker Dupree officially made the United States Paralympic Swim
Team. He will compete in Beijing in early September. At the
present time, Tucker is scheduled to compete in the 400 Meter Free,
however his list of events may increase to as many as five.
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Practice Schedule Changes! None reported for Next Week |
Practice Schedule
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Newsletter Requests: If you have something you would like added to the next newsletter please contact Andrew or Tammy. Also, any suggestions for new content to go with our new look is appreciated!
NOVA Spirit Activity Nova spirit activity, TODAY Friday, April 11th. Meet at the food court in Cary Towne Center after practice to eat and get to know each other better! For questions, contact Laura Johnson at 460-7902 or ivjohnsons@bellsouth.net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Get Your NEW RSA Shirts!!! You've seen the coaches wearing them...... Now you can have your own! 4 Different Styles - 4 Different Colors. Youth
AND Adult sizes available!
Check them out HERE!
The order form is available under the forms &
document "miscellaneous" section of the website or HERE.
Order instructions for The NEW RSA T-shirts are
included on the form and are facilitated through Melissa Henry at
melissadave@earthlink.net. |
JO's Hotel Information JO’s hotel for July 17-20: Hilton Garden
Inn
508
E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Charlotte, NC
28202
(704)
347-5972
There
are still rooms available and we are indicating this is the “Team Hotel”,
but please be aware that the Hilton does not have a "block" to offer
us - so make your reservations
ASAP.
Candler Clean-up
Volunteers Needed!
Four (4) Volunteers are still needed to help with the
FINAL clean-up of the Candler Facility.
Please email the volunteer coordinator at volunteers@swimrsa.org. Tomorrow, Saturday April 12 9am-12pm Work gloves and lawn equipment also needed. Thank you all so much for your help!
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Tip of the Week: "10 Commandments for Swimming Parents" We are starting a new series that will span the next few weeks - 10 Commandments for Swimming Parents! This week we are posting the first 3 Commandments: I. Remember that swimming is your child's activity. Improvements and progress occur at different rates for each individual. Don't judge your child's progress based on the performance of other athletes and don't push him based on what you think he should be doing. The nice thing about swimming is every person can strive to do his personal best and benefit from the process of competitive swimming. II. Thou shalt be supportive no matter what. There is only one question to ask your child after a practice or a competition - "Did you have fun?" If meets and practices are not fun, your child should not be forced to participate. III. Thou shalt not coach thy child. You are involved in one of the few youth sports programs that offers professional coaching. Do not undermine the professional coach by trying to coach your child on the side. Your job is to provide love and support. The coach is responsible for the technical part of the job. You should not offer advice on technique or race strategy. Never pay your child for a performance. This will only serve to confuse your child concerning the reasons to strive for excellence and weaken the swimmer/coach bond. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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RSA Swim-A-Thon NEXT Weekend, April 19 Swim-a-thon time is here!
You may have noticed the Swim-a-thon packets that your swimmers have been
bringing home this week. If your swimmer has not yet received a
packet, please have your swimmer contact their coach.
The RSA Swim-a-thon will be held on April 19th @ TAC. 07:00 - 09:00 am Wahoos, Barracudas, & Sharks 09:00 - 11:00 am Novas, Dolphins, & Sea Stars 11:00 - 1:00 pm Senior Sprints, Nationals, & MS/HS Prep For those of you new to RSA, Swim-a-thon is an annual fundraising event open to all RSA swimmers. Through our Swim-a-thon, we raise money to support both RSA and USA Swimming. This year, we will be donating 5% of our proceeds earned from Swim-a-thon to the Autism Society of North Carolina! Each athlete will be allowed two hours to complete as many lengths of the pool as s/he can (200 length maximum). Athletes are asked to solicit sponsors and donations for their efforts. Athletes will be awarded different prizes for different levels of accomplishment. Please see your packet for more details. Our goal this year is 100% swimmer participation to either participate as a swimmer or sponsor, 100% Fun and good times by all swimmers and family participants, and $35,000 in total dollars raised by RSA. We hope that all families chose to participate. However, whether your athlete is able to swim or not, RSA needs ALL packets returned. Please email Debra Ryan, ryan54@aol.com, or Coach Tammy, tammy.minyard@swimrsa.org, for any questions related to the RSA Swim-a-thon. We are offering prize baskets to the boy and girl
that are the highest earners in their practice group. This worked out
great last year, and the kids really loved the baskets full of goodies
they won for working hard and raising money for the team.
We are asking each swimmer to donate a small gift to put in these baskets, $5-$10. If you have a boy, donate a boy gift, and if you have a girl, donate a girl gift. To make this as easy as possible, there will be a labeled box in the hospitality room at TAC. This is located behind the glass doors by the elevator upon entering the building. Please leave the item in the box, and we will be picking them up regularly. In order to have baskets to put these prizes in, we are asking the parent liaison and spirit coordinator of each practice group to supply the basket/bucket or whatever nifty inexpensive bin they would like. This way we will end up with 2 baskets per group. We would like to get all the donations by May 7th! This way we will have time to organize and assemble the baskets before they are awarded at the end of the year banquet. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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RSA In May Stroke Clinic Information! RSA in May is a pre-summer stroke clinic and camp for
summer league and potential summer league swimmers. All four competitive
strokes, starts, and turns will be taught by our certified RSA
Coaching Staff. The swim clinic will be held at the NEW Triangle Aquatic
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TAC Website TAC's website is now regularly updated with a calendar which shows all activities (meets, lessons, etc.) going on at TAC. There are also meet results posted in real time during meets!activities. Check out the site at: http://www.triangleaquatics.org/ |
RSA Coach Contact Information: Kit Raulerson: kit.raulerson@swimrsa.org Dan Ohm: dan.ohm@swimrsa.org Tammy Minyard: tammy.minyard@swimrsa.org Rob Norman: renorman@ncsu.edu Brian Bigelow: Brian.Bigelow@swimrsa.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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