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CALENDAR Sept 8 – Practice starts Sept 13 – Sr/Prep bike ride 8am. No Blue/Gold practice. Sept 15-18 – Parent Meetings Sept 16 – Team Fitting 5-7pm Sept 21 – GA Swimming All-Star Awards Dinner Sept 22 – High School,
Home School clinics start Sept 24 – Lessons Start Sept 27 – Parent workday. Sept 28 – Sr/Prep bike
ride to Little Five, 10am. Oct 10 – Intersquad meet
@ Mountain Park Oct 11-12 – Sr campout, Sr/Prep
whitewater Oct 18 – Sr/Prep Silver
Comet bike ride. Nov 1 – Blue/Gold Bike
Rodeo/Ride Team
Fees, Escrow The first fee payment was
due September 1. If you want to
pay the annual fee (and get a 5% discount) you must do so by October 1.
Invoices will go out Thursday the 21st. If you donÕt get one please email me. Mail payments
to: Gwinnett
Aquatics 4691 Bryson
Cove Lilburn GA
30047 (Or put in coach HughÕs mailbox at
the pool) Promote Our Programs If you know someone interested in swimming
that isnÕt yet ready fro swim team, be sure to tell him or her about our
other programs. Starting the
week of Sept 22 we will roll out the following options: - Lessons More
info is available about each of these on our web site. Swimmer
Awards 2008 LC USAS Time Standard Achievers |
Welcome to Our
New Coaches Andy Griffin and Erin Koerner
Erin Koerner (right) will be working with our Blue
team. Erin was our Green team
coach (same as blue) for Dynamo the last two years before we became Gwinnett
Aquatics and oversaw this group during one of its most successful years. Erin is a first-year teacher at Parkview High and, as
such, is only available for the Tuesday Thursday practices. Coach Scott, whose main focus
will be with Prep 2 this year will work with Blue on Monday Wednesday and Saturday. Sr/Prep Bike
Ride Saturday Sept 13 The next bike
ride for Sr and Prep is this Saturday Sept 13. We will start at 8am at the southeast corner of the
Stonecrest Mall parking lot. We
will ride 11 miles along the PATH to Panola Mountain where weÕll have a
picnic. Less experienced riders can get picked up there at the intersection
of Flat Bridge and Alexander Lake Rd.
The remaining riders will return to Stonecrest by noon. Bring a picnic lunch that I will pack
in a cooler and transport to the picnic area. Swimmers not going on the ride
have practice 8-10:30am. Parent
Meetings September 15-18 All
parents should attend the parent meeting for their group to hear about this
year's schedule, go over team policies and get any questions answered. All families must attend a meeting. If you can't make yours, you can come
to the one for the next group above or below your practice group. If you still can't make one, you need
to schedule a meeting with the coach in the first two weeks of practice. The schedule for the meetings is as
follows: Senior: Monday,
September 15 7:30 p.m., Blue/Gold: Tuesday,
September 16 new parents 5:30 p.m.; returning 6:15 p.m. Prep: Thursday,
September 18 new parents 6:15 p.m.; returning 7 p.m Suit Orders,
Equipment Sale September 16 On
Tuesday September 16 Kastaway, our new team supplier, will be at the pool 5-7
p.m. to take orders for team suits and training equipment. They will have suits there to try on.
They will also have many of our training equipment items on hand for immediate
sale. Kastaway has a new store
at the corner of Lawrenceville Hiway and Bethesda Church Rd where you will be
able to buy Gwinnett Aquatics items. First MonthÕs
Fees Due EveryoneÕs
first fee payment is due. If you
registered before August 25 you should have received an invoice via email
last week. Families who pay the
entire annual amount by October 1 receive a 5% discount. If you wish to do this you can email
me for the total. Also by October 1 all families should make a deposit to
their meet fee escrow account to bring their total to at least $30 per
swimmer. Please Follow Up
With Any Interested Recruits
Registration
is up over 90 so far, but we still need more 11 and unders. We need every member to follow up with
any elementary school prospects you may have talked to this summer. We especially need grade school aged
girls. Encourage potential
members to read our brochure (you can print them out using the link below),
drop me a line or call, or stop by one of our evaluation nights (Mon and Wed
6pm). If they know what group
they would be in and are ready to register then can use the on-line registration
on the web site. We also need to now recruit for our Home school team
that starts in two weeks and our High School Tune-up and Swim lessons that
start at the same time. Please
get our brochures (see side bar) to anyone you think might be interested in
these programs. Adupt-A-Soldier
A womenÕs group at a local church is sponsoring
Adopt-A-Soldier, a mission ministry to our soldiers serving in the military.
Below is a list of items that soldiers need and would like to have to share
with a friend. Notes of encouragement, sunscreen, lip balm, bug repellent, medicated powder, bath soap,
toothpaste, toothbrush, mouthwash, shampoo, cream rinse, lotion, baby wipes,
72Ó black or brown boot laces, manicure set, heavy duty white socks,
flashlights, batteries sizes D, AA, etc, stationery, pens, tissues, toilet
paper, etc. Food items such as
beef jerky, tea, cider, coca, 57 steak sauce, barbecue sauce, hot sauce,
fruit juices, energy drinks, Gatorade, Country Time lemonade, Pringles potato
chips, flavored popcorn in tin, nuts, cookies sealed in box or tin, tootsie
rolls midges, M&MÕs, candy that will not melt, Twizzlers strawberry,
ramen noodles, Mac & Cheese in cup for microwave, Hormel meals such as
Chili n mac 10 oz size, etc.
Other items: outdoor games, water balloons, basketballs, footballs,
volleyballs, pumps with needles for the balls, and some DVDÕs (music or movies). If you would like to make a contribution
to this worthy cause, please place your items in the Adopt-A-Soldier bin on
or before Saturday, Sept. 27th. If you have any questions, please call Nancy Bradley at
770-630-1885. Team
Intersquad and Pictures October 10 The first meet of the season, the
intersquad meet, is scheduled for Friday, October 10 at 6 pm at the Mountain
Park pool. This is just five
weeks after the first practice so be sure to have great attendance from day
one. Sign-up sheets for
the meet will go out the first week of practice. Just like last year will take the team picture (and individuals)
afterwards. Parent Workday
Sept 27 Being a small nonprofit club, we rely a lot on
parent volunteers. Each year, parents
are asked to come out in the fall to help put up the tent and get ready for
indoor swimming, and then to take it down in the spring. The workday this
fall will be September 27. We will
be putting up the changing rooms, tent, and doing grounds maintenance. Those
who cannot make that date will have other opportunities to help so let me
know if you need to work on another date. We are investigating have the tent
frame refurbished and may need workers on an earlier date to help dismantle
it. We also have quite a few construction
and grounds projects that could be done earlier.  2008-09 Meet/Event Schedule
 Practice Schedule Blue Team - T, Th 5:45-7pm; *Make-up available M, W 5:30-6:45 and
Sat 9-10:30am Gold Team - Mon, Fri 5:30-7pm; Wed 5-6:30pm; Sat 9-10:30 *Make-up available T, Th 5:30-7 Prep Team - M, T, Th 6:15-8:15/45pm; W 5:45-8pm F 6:15-8:45pm; Sat 10am-12:30pm *W
6:30-8am will be offered starting in October. Senior Team - Mon,Wed 3-6pm; Tues, Thurs 3-6:15 pm; Fri 3-6pm; Sat 7-10:30am *Mon,
Wed 5-6:30am for select swimmers  Gwinnett Aquatics
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