Timers Needed

Timers Needed for the FAST Invitational

Sat/Sun - Nov 14 and 15, 2009

FAST Families we invite you to step up. No experience necessary.

I am now taking names for the Timer's schedule.

Please pick a time and send me an email.

Session 1, Sat   Nov 14/09      warm-up 0800 (start 0900)

Session 2,                    "          warm-up 1500 (start 1600)

Session 3, Sun   Nov 15/09     warm-up 0800 (start 0900)

Session 4,                    "          warm-up 1500 (start 1600)

Sessions are usually 2-3 hrs. Please show up to time at the pool for the warm up time.

We will be needing 18 people per session.

Thanks,

Patti Ramsey (pramsey@nbnet.nb.ca)

Age Groups

To all Age Swimmers (AG1, AG2, AG3)

This Friday Oct 30th, you are invited to attend team practice. Please arrive at the pool at 7pm so we can start the practice promptly at 7:15pm. We would like all competitive groups to attend and your presence is important as we are planning some activities that involve all groups and swimmers.
 

 We hope to see all of you there.

Dominique, Nick, Marta

Novice Swimmers

To all Novice Swimmers (Nov1, Nov2, Nov3)

This Friday Oct 30th, you are invited to attend team practice. Please arrive at the pool at 7pm so we can start the practice promptly at 7:15pm. Our older Senior swimmers will be helping you with starts and turns.
 Due to this event your afternoon practice 3:30-4:30pm is cancelled.

 We hope to see all of you there.

Dominique, Monica, Richard,
Marta

Valuestar coupons

To all FAST families,

For those of you who have not yet received your Valuestar coupon cards from me, I will be at the pool on Sunday, October 25, 2009 from 3:00-3:30 to hand out cards.  Remember, the competitive families have already paid $60 for the cards and you can recoup this money by selling to friends, family and neighbours.  For those in Fast Fishes and Fast Fishes Advanced, you are also able to purchase these cards for $10 each and the club is giving away a few great prizes to the top sellers of the cards.  This is a great fundraiser for your club and we really appreciate all of your efforts.  Thank you and I will see you on Sunday.

Cheryll Penney

Citrus and Cookie Dough Campaign

Greetings to All FAST Members,

We are now half-way through our 2009 Citrus and Cookie Dough Campaign, with less than 2 weeks remaining in this great fundraising opportunity. Once again, all information and necessary forms are downloadable from our web site:

Go to www.swimmingfast.com
On the home page, go to "Parent Info"
On the Parent Info page, you will find the links to all the necessary information concerning the Citrus Sale.
General Information
For those new to the Citrus Campaign and finding it difficult to answer the customer's question of "How Many in a Box", a half box of oranges will have 28-44 and a full box will have 56-88, and a half box of grapefruit will have 20-24 whereas a full box will have 40-48. Each box has one size; the larger the number of oranges/grapefruit in the box, the smaller the fruit.
Reminder

1. The order deadline is November 8, 2008
2. All product orders must be paid in full by one(1) check from FAST member before the order is recognized and placed

If you have questions or want to submit your product order, please contact Cheryll Penney at penney@nbnet.nb.ca or Diane Foreman at foremanj@nbnet.nb.ca,.
Thanks in advance for your efforts with making this a successful fundraising event.
Best Regards,
Cheryll and Diane

Hello Swimmers and Parents,

Swimmers eligible to attend PrDiv meet in Campbelton-all Novice groups (Nov 1, Nov 2, Nov3) and AG3 Swimmers.

All PrDiv(Premier Division) meets have no qualifying standards so any swimmer in competitive groups who do not have more then 6 B standards can attend those meets.

Invitational Level meets-a swimmers needs at least 1 B standard to be eligible to attend the meet

Championship level meets- A or B standard depending on the level of championship

If you have any questions about meets or eligibility or to clarify the situation please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Marta
 

RE: Final list for Campbellton Swim Meet Nov 7

Please find below the final list for the Campbellton Swim meet.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Rooms have been added at the Comfort Inn ( 506 753-4121) for a total of 15 rooms being held until Oct 25. 
Maia Reynolds
Owen Piercey
William Morrison
Claire Shewchuk
Abby Stewart
Scott MacDonald
Hannah Moore
Rachel Hausman
Alex Goodyear
Connor Kinney
Maggie Gray
Michael Colford
Will Penney
Jessica Pelletier
Catherine Kennedy

I will be in touch shortly with the cost for each individual swimmer.

Thanks PC

Pamela Clark
fast.vreds@hotmail.com

RE: Bathurst Invitational Oct 23-25 Swimmer Fees

Hello to all families,  please find below the breakdown of swimmer fees for the upcoming Bathurst Swim Meet.  I realize that this is short notice, however, I would ask that each family do their best to respect the payment deadline and have their payment in by end of week.  Payments may be dropped off in the FAST box located in the pool office.

Once again thanks for your patience.  Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Coaching Fee

Hotel $226.00

car $160.00

per diem $200.00 ($50.00/day/coach)

cost per swimmer $37.00 + meet fees

Swimmer Name	Entry Fees	Coaching Fee	TOTAL COST
Adam, Lauren	$40.00	$37.00	$77.00
Archer, Tristan	$40.00	$37.00	$77.00
Belsh, Gabriella	$40.00	$37.00	$77.00
Foreman, Teague	$40.00	$37.00	$77.00
Geisterfer Nyvlt, Hannah	$40.00	$37.00	$77.00
Heffernan, Laura	$40.00	$37.00	$77.00
Horwood, Alex	$40.00	$37.00	$77.00
Horwood, Noah	$40.00	$37.00	$77.00
Ketterling, Mary	$40.00	$37.00	$77.00
Martin, Rachael	$40.00	$37.00	$77.00
McCarthy, Chelsey	$40.00	$37.00	$77.00
McMurtrie, Bryna	$30.00	$37.00	$67.00
Reid, Jon	$40.00	$37.00	$77.00
Schatz, Katarina	$40.00	$37.00	$77.00
Vanderlaan, Eden	$40.00	$37.00	$77.00
Young, Kaitlyn	$30.00	$37.00	$67.00

Best of Luck to each of you!!

Thanks PC

Pamela Clark
fast.vreds@hotmail.com

RE: November 14-15, FAST Invitational Swim Meet

RE:  November 14-15, FAST Invitational Swim Meet

Hello to all,

The following is information on the upcoming FAST Invitational Swim Meet. 
Date:             November 14-15, 2009

Location:        Sir Max Aitken Pool UNB

Cost:               $5.00 per event (max 8 events) + Coaching fees. 

All swimmers to be informed of cost one day following the meet entry deadline date.

Start time:     Varies throughout meet.  Please refer to attached Meet Package

Hotel Accomodations – Not required

In an effort to respect swim meet entry deadlines, FAST will follow the following timelines for all events this season:

- Date of swim meet.  Nov 14-15

- Swim meet entries submitted by Head Coach.  Nov 1

- Swimmer's confirmation deadline to Team Manager.  Oct 27

- Swimmer's payment  due : Nov 2-13

- Swimmers who have not paid prior to the swim meet will not be permitted to attend.

Please confirm swimmer attendance with me prior to October 27  In following the above timelines, should I not hear from swimmers by the October 27 deadline, I will assume and inform FAST that they will not be attending the swim meet.

Thanks PC

Campbellton Swim Meet

REMINDER DEADLINE October 21:  Campbellton Swim Meet Nov 7
The following is a list of swimmers presently confirmed for the Nov 7 Campbellton Swim Meet.  If you are interested please let me know by October 21. 

Maia Reynolds

Owen Piercey

William Morrison

Claire Shewchuk

Abby Stewart

Scott MacDonald

Hannah Moore

Rachel Hausman

Alex Goodyear

Connor Kinney

Maggie Gray

Michael Colford

Will Penney

Jessica Pelletier

Catherine Kennedy

There have been 6 rooms booked thus far at the Comfort Inn.  I am presently trying to add to the block of 10 rooms should we require more. I will follow-up with an e-mail on October 20.

Thanks PC

Pamela Clark
fast.vreds@hotmail.com

Pick up Valuestar Coupon Cards

To all FAST Families,

I will be at the pool on Monday, October 19 from 3:30 – 4:15 for the Novice practice to hand out the coupon cards to any families that did not receive them on Thursday.  I will be the one with the small box beside meJ so please look for me.  

Cheryll Penney

Fundraising Chair

Desperately need timers this weekend

If anyone is able to time at all for the Amby Leger please contact Ruth at donruth@nbnet.nb.ca.  This promises to be short and sweet and it is so much fun to watch these older swimmers.

Hello Fast Families,

Despite numerous pleas for assistance we have only 4 Timekeepers for tonight's session of the Amby Leger Invitational, none on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. I am both disappointed and desperate! If any of you can help with locating some parents/swimmers who can offer to spend a few hours helping the Varsity Reds, please let us know.

Four sessions, all short and fast!

  Friday  5:30 for 6:30

  Saturday 9:00 for 10:00 and     5:30 for 6:30

  Sunday  9:00 for 10:00

 Thanks,

 Ruth

Weekend

Dear Swimming Families,

Due to Varsity Swim meet taking place this weekend at UNB pool some of our practices will on modified schedule.  

Friday Oct 16th all evening practices 7:15PM-8:30PM are cancelled
Saturday 3-4 PM practices for Nov 2, NOV 3 and Fishes ADV are on but the coaching staff will be modified (Richard, Monica, Vero, Shauna, Melissa will be competing at the meet and they need to get ready)

Sunday 3-4 PM AG2 and 3-5PM  Sen and AG1 practices are on as per regular schedule (Dom is covering Marta's group and Marta is attending US Coaches Clinic in Philadelphia)

Also the meet manager is looking for officials that can help out with timing at the meet. These sessions are short and fast â€" great swimming to watch â€" not at all painful â€" please help!!!
Friday 5:30 for 6:30
Saturday 9:00 for 10:00 and 5:30 for 6:30
Sunday 9:00 for 10:00


Thank you,

Marta

Invitational Swim Meet on November 14 and 15

Hello FAST Families,

As you've seen in one of previous messages FAST is organizing an Invitational Swim Meet on November 14 and 15. To run the meet properly we have to organize hospitality, which means that we have to provide the food and beverages to the timers, officials and coaches while the meet is going on in the pool. In order to do that we need to have at least three people working in hospitality for each session. The entire meet is going to have four sessions: in the morning and in the afternoon each day Saturday and Sunday. People helping with hospitality are preparing food and beverages for the meet room (where all the timers and officials are meeting before and after the heats) and serving them while they are on the deck.

The other component involving food around the swim meet is canteen. Canteen is a great fund raising opportunity for the club and is set up in the entrance hall. We would need two people present for each of above mentioned four sessions. People involved with canteen are preparing the food and beverage items and selling to the public along with the programs for the meet.

If you are into food, have some spare time and are willing to help, please contact Ivana Vukic-Lepir (son Djordje Lepir is swimming with AG1) at lepir@yahoo.com or 454-0749.

Hospitality and canteen would not be successful without the help of all FAST families in food donations. In a week or so we are going to send another e-mail asking for specific donations, so please look out to see some more e-mails on this topic.

Thank you very much, your help is very much appreciated. Together we are stronger.

Ivana

Campbellton Development Meet

November 7, 2009 Devo Campbellton Swim Meet.

Hello to all,

The following is information on the upcoming Divo Campbellton Swim Meet. 
Date:               November 7, 2009

Location:        Campbellton Civic Centre

                         Salmon Boulevard,Campbellton, NB

Cost:               16.00 for 4 events and 1 relay + Coaching fees.  All swimmers to be

informed of cost one day following the meet entry deadline date.

Start time:       10:00 am.  Please refer to attached Meet Package information

           

Hotel Accomodations

A block of rooms have been set aside for FAST swimmers under the group name FAST Swim Team.  These rooms will be held until October 25th  Please call the Comfort Inn and book your room prior to the release date

The Comfort Inn

111 Val D'Amour Road

506-753-4121

Room cost:  $85.00 per night

In an effort to respect swim meet entry deadlines, FAST will follow the following timelines for all events this season:

- Date of swim meet.  Nov 7

- Swim meet entries submitted by Head Coach.  Oct 26

- Swimmer's confirmation deadline to Team Manager.  Oct 21

- Swimmer's payment  due : Oct 27-Nov 6

- Swimmers who have not paid prior to the swim meet will not be permitted to attend.

Please confirm swimmer attendance with me prior to October 21  In following the above timelines, should I not hear from swimmers by the October 21 deadline, I will assume and inform FAST that they will not be attending the swim meet.

Should you have any questions, please contact me at 506 455-3955 or via e-mail at fast.vreds@hotmail.com

Thanks PC

Pamela Clark
fast.vreds@hotmail.com