Citrus Info Now on website

 

FAST Parents,

 

Details on our Citrus Fundraiser are now on our website – www.swimmingfast.com (always love that website name!)

 

Wanted to put in perspective for everyone how much selling some citrus to family and friends can help your swimmer account – while I can't be exact because we don't know all our costs just yet, you can expect a return of around 20+% on your sales. So, if you sold $500 worth of citrus – which is about 12 full boxes - you could expect at least a return of $100 to your swimmer account.  Sell $1000 and it's at least $200.  That isn't chump change!

 

If you're still wondering if this effort is for you – drop me a note and I'll happily take you through it. We'd love to have you involved!

 

Brent

bstaeben@nbpower.com

 

Thank you note

Hello all,

I would like to send a tremendous thank you to all the volunteers that
came out to support our FAST Invitational Meet this past weekend and
congratulate all of the swimmers on a job well done.  The FAST
Invitational meet was a huge success and could not have gone as smoothly
without all of your efforts!
I would like to personally take this time to acknowledge Marta Belsh and
her coaching staff for all of their hard work this weekend;  Linda Hebb
on a fabulous job well done as the Computer Operator, Linda ensured
attention to detail for all swimmers from start to finish of the meet
which enabled a great swim meet;  Patti Ramsey for all her patience and
attention to detail with ensuring the officials schedule was compiled,
confirmed and all officials spots were allocated to ensure the swim meet
would run efficiently;  Brent Staeban "WOW" for the amazing job you did
on commentating the swim meet and ensuring it was entertaining for the
parents and informative for all in the attendance;  Jayne Jones and her
team of Angela Colford and Yali Meng for the amazing hospitality and
great work for organizing and ensuring all the food donations were
received, prepared and distributed to officials and visiting teams;
Beverly Thibodeau and Sonya Hull for the manning the information table
and selling of programs during the meet.

A huge thank you also to Officials Don, Ruth Hawks and Per for
volunteering their time and overseeing the rules and regulations of the
meet.  You're dedication to the sport of swimming is paramount and it is
our privilege to have your experience and knowledge at our meet!! It was
an honour to work with all of you.

There are so many individuals I would like to personally thank but to
all of the officials/ volunteers who donated your time and food to help
the swim meet run as smoothly as possible THANK YOU!!!  With out all of
your efforts the swim meet would not have run as efficiently/ smoothly
as it did!! All of the support from the FAST families was incredible and
everyone pulled together to show our team spirit!!

Thank you again to everyone, your efforts are truly appreciated.

Nancy Corbett
FAST Team Manager

Social Event Nov 12, 2012

Good morning families and swimmers.

Due to the cancellation of the apple picking day, we have scheduled another social event for swimmers on the 12 Novemember 2012.

EVENT

12 November 2012

Swimmers from all Novice, Age Group and Senior are invited to have a morning breakfast at Coras at 830am - 1000am
476 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB E3B 1B6
The team will then walk to Clay Café from 1000am until approx 1200.
356 Queen Street, Fredericton,NB 

Clay Café has a variety of pottery pieces the swimmers can purchase, and paint.
Prices vary, but most pieces range from :$9 - $45 depending on the piece you choose.

Please note, all costs associated is at the expense of each individual swimmer. 

Social events are a time to get to know each other outside of the pool and to promote team cohesiveness.

We look forward to seeing you all and spending the morning together.

Please advise Nancy Corbett by 9 Nov 2012 if you will be able to attend:

managerfast@gmail.com

Nancy Corbett

November events

Date	Event	Groups invited	Info
November
Nov 3rd and 4th	FAST invitational swim meet	All B qualifiers	On pool deck 8:00am and 3:15pm more info in email and in Latest News
Nov 10th	Provincial Development Camp	Qualifiers	Info in email
Nov 11th	Remembrance Day	Regular schedule	Regular schedule
Nov 12th	Team breakfast at Cora's and Clay Cafe social	All comp groups	8:30am breakfast at Cora's and we will walk to Clay Cafe for more fun, more details to come
Nov 17th	Sport NB Pitney Bowes Awards	anyone	To purchase tickets to the event please contact Sport NB at marketing@sportnb.com or 451-1341
Nov 18th	Team Practice	All comp groups	2:00-5:00pm, more info to come out
Nov 24th	High school Regionals	All high school swimmers	Moncton, TBD
December
Dec 1st	Pr Div meet Tracadie	No standards,	More info to come
Dec 8th	High school Provincials	St John	Check with high school team
Dc 14-16	A Invit meet -Moncton B Invit meet- Campbelton		More info to come

Week update Nov 05-11

	Mon Nov 05	Tue Nov 06	Wed Nov 07	Thu Nov 08	Fri Nov 09	Sat Nov 10	Nov 11
Novice 1	Swim practice 3:30-5:00pm UNB		Swim practice 3:30-4:30pm UNB		Swim practice 3:30-4:30pm UNB	Swim practice 7:30-9:00am FIP
Novice 2	Swim practice 3:30-4:30pm UNB		Swim practice 3:30-4:30pm UNB		Swim practice 3:30-4:30pm UNB	Swim practice 3:00-4:00pm UNB
Novice 3	Swim practice 3:30-4:30pm UNB		Swim practice 3:30-4:30pm UNB		Swim practice 3:30-4:30pm UNB	Swim practice 3:00-4:00pm UNB
AG1		Swim practice 6:00-7:00 am UNB Swim practice 4:00-5:30pm UNB	Swim practice 7:00-8:00pm UNB	Swim practice 6:00-7:30 am UNB Swim practice 4:00-5:30pm UNB		Swim practice 6:30-8:30 am UNB	Classroom 2:00pm Swim practice 3:00-5:00pm
AG2	Dry land 6:30-7:15pm Swim practice 7:15-8:30pm UNB	Swim practice 6:00-7:30 am UNB Swim practice 6:30-8:00pm UNB	Swim practice 7:00-8:00pm UNB		Dry land 6:30-7:15pm Swim practice 7:30-8:30pm UNB	Swim practice 7:30-9:00am FIP
AG3	AM practice cancelled Dry land 6:30-7:15pm Swim practice 7:15-8:30pm UNB		Swim practice 7:00-8:00pm UNB	Swim practice 6:30-8:00pm UNB	Dry land 6:30-7:15pm Swim practice 7:30-8:30pm UNB	Swim practice 7:30-9:00am FIP
Sen1	AM practice cancelled Swim practice 5:30-7:15pm UNB	Swim practice 4:00-5:30pm UNB Dry land 5:45-6:45pm	Swim practice 6:00-7:30am FIP Swim practice 5:30-7:15pm UNB	Swim practice 4:00-5:30pm UNB Dry land 5:45-6:45pm		Swim practice 6:30-8:30 am UNB	Classroom 2:00pm Swim practice 3:00-5:00pm
Sen2		Swim practice 4:00-5:30pm UNB	Swim practice 6:00-7:30am FIP	Swim practice 4:00-5:30pm UNB	Swim practice 6:00-7:30am FIP	Swim practice 6:30-8:30 am UNB	Classroom 2:00pm Swim practice 3:00-5:00pm

Citrus Communication Request TODAY

The FAST Citrus Sale ~ Just in time for the Christmas season!

Why this matters to you as a parent (And it does!)

·         This fundraiser is intended to help you and your swimmer. What does that mean? It means that after we pay for the fruit, 90% of the profit from your sales goes to YOUR SWIMMER ACCOUNT (to help pay for swim fees, meet fees, etc.).  The remaining 10% goes to the club to support special projects directly benefiting the swimmers (e.g. new team equipment, etc.)

·         As fundraising goes, this one is pretty easy – you're selling a great product!  

      SAMPLE 'SALES' EMAIL ATTACHED: Please find attached a document with text that you can cut and paste directly into an email to send out to your contact/client list so the selling part doesn't take much of your time!  All the pertinent information is contained in this sample email.

Key Dates to Remember:

1.     Nov 1 to 15: You take citrus orders from your customers

2.     By Nov 15: Total the orders up & submit your full order with payment to Brent Staeben

3.     Dec 6-8 (TBD): fruit pick-up and disbursement to your customers

The Product 

Check out our supplier - http://www.riverbrite.com/

·         We're selling boxes of juicy oranges, grapefruit, and - new this year – tangelos, trucked straight to us from Florida. Historically, quality has been very high. Customer happiness is typically near 100%.

·         The fruit is available in either a full box or half box. A frequent question is "how many in a full box?" This really depends on the growing season but oranges; it can be 48 to 70 pieces and grapefruit; it can be 26 to 44 pieces.

·         The Sale Dates

·        Parents and Swimmers sell to friends and family starting NOW!!  We have included (attachment) a Customer Tracking Sheet to help you keep track of your orders, contact your customers, and make your distribution of product easier.

·        Complete order and full payment must be into Brent Staeben (bstaeben@nbpower.com) by Thursday, November 15^th by 7pm. 

·        Full payment for your entire order must be paid at that time via cheque to 'FAST'. Your customers can either pay beforehand or when they pick up (your choice but we encourage you to collect the money with the customer order).  Note: What you order on November 15^th is yours – there are no refunds or changes beyond this date because we as a club have no ability to return the fruit.

The Pick-up

Date and place are still being determined but will most likely be after practice on Thursday night, December 6; evening of Friday, December 7; or morning Saturday, December 8.

Note: You as a parent – or your designate – have to pick up your full order. In the past, we had allowed individual customers to pick up their own order but this was very challenging to administer and track.

The Pricing

Please find order form attached to this email -  this is the summary order form for all your client orders.  You will likely want to keep your client orders in your own spreadsheet or table for money collection and fruit distribution purposes.  Of note, the pricing is the same as last year and there is no HST, so 'the price is the price'. 

We wish you a very successful FAST Citrus Sale!!  

 

 

 

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FAST WARM UP TIMES for the swim meet

 

All swim teams/ families:

Due to the number of swimmers entered in the FAST Invitational Swim 3 & 4 Nov 2012 we will be having 2 warm up sessions.

3 Nov 12 - Sat morning session 0745-0815 will be for all 12 and under swimmers + Para swimmers. 0815-0845 will be for all 13 and over swimmers.

3 Nov 12- Sat afternoon session 3:00-3:30 will be for all 12 and under swimmers + Para swimmers. 3:30-4:00 will be for all 13 and over swimmers.

4 Nov 12 - Sun morning session 0745-0815 will be for all 12 and under swimmers + Para swimmers . 0815-0845 will be for all 13 and over swimmers.

4 Nov 12- Sun afternoon session 3:00-3:30 will be for all 12 and under swimmers + Para swimmers . 3:30-4:00 will be for all 13 and over swimmers.

 

Officials meeting will be held in room A116 in the Sir Max Aitken pool:

Saturday: 0800 (Session 1)

Saturday: 3:00pm (Session 2)

Sunday: 0800 (Session 3)

Sunday: (ONLY for Session 4) Officials meeting will be held in Squash Court #1 @ 3:00pm

 

PLEASE REMEMBER CLOCKS WILL GO BACK 1 HOUR ON SATURDAY EVENING!!

 

This is imperative for families and swimmers to be aware of the time change so they are not waiting at the pool an extra hour on Sunday morning.

 

If you have any questions concerns please feel free to email me at

managerfast@gmail.com

Thank you again

Nancy

 

Pat Ketterling

Executive Director

Swimming New Brunswick

900 Hanwell Rd, Unit 13

Fredericton NB, E3B 6A2

Ph 506 451 1323, Fax 506 451 1325

 

Hospitality help needed

Hello Families,

We are still in need of food donations for the upcoming FAST
Invitational on the 3&4 Nov 2012

Items that are in need are:

Sweets
Cheese & crackers
Veggies
Fruit

Also, we have not received any replies for volunteers to help Jayne in
the Hospitality room, so please advise Jayne if you are available.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Please let Jayne know if you can assist.

jaynejones67@hotmail.com

Nancy Corbett
managerfast@gmail.com

Officials Assignments FAST Invtn

"OK everyone, here are the Official assignments for this WE, see everyone there. Please watch for directions to the Official's rm, and note the room will be different for session #4.

Cheers,
Patti Ramsey pramsey@nbnet.nb.ca


Meet – FAST Invitnl
Place – UNB
Date – Nov 3,2012

Session #1

Referee – Per Paasche
Meet Manager – Nancy Corbett
Starters – Heather Horwood/ Shannon Sanford(e)

Computer Operator – Linda Hebb
CFJ – Diane Foreman

Turns (far end)                         Chief Inspector Turns – Jenny Adam
Ln 1-3 – Andrew Thibodeau
Ln 4-6 – Chris Goodyear

Turns (start end)
Ln 1-3 – Lynn Montgomery (e)
Ln 4-6 – Juanita Prebble

Stroke (far side)
Ln 4-6 - Anna Rowley

Stroke (start side)
Ln 1-3 – off starter

Chief Timekeeper – Patti Ramsey                 CT Assistant – Caroline Collyer

Timekeepers
Lane 1 – Edit Horvath/Maryhelen Stevenson/Mike Joyce
Lane 2 –Michele Livinston/Dennis Thibodeau/Nancy Legace
Lane 3 – Amy Astles/Antonella Marcantoni/Steve Cossette
Lane 4 – Marie Lynn Thibodeau/Lisa Wood/Jennifer Cossette
Lane 5 – Jill Goodyear/Martin Wielemaker/Marcie(or Fred) Connors
Lane 6 – Nicole Fleck/Andrew Smith/Dawn Wield


Date – Nov 3,2012

Session #2

Referee – Lucinda Hughey (practice #1)
Meet Manager – Nancy Corbett
Starters –Ron Richard/Diane Foreman

Computer Operator – Linda Hebb
CFJ – Jenny Adam

Turns (far end)                         Chief Inspector Turns – Pat ketterling
Ln 1-3 – Heather Horwood
Ln 4-6 – Shannon Sanford

Turns (start end)
Ln 1-3 – Lynn Montgomery (e)
Ln 4-6 – Patti Ramsey

Stroke (far side)
Ln 4-6 – Carol Landry(e)

Stroke (start side)
Ln 1-3 – off starter

Safety – Edit Horvath(e)

Chief Timekeeper – Daniel Grant(e)      Assistant Timer – Anna Rowley

Timekeepers
Lane 1 – Edit Horvath/Terry Harris/Louise Saulnier
Lane 2 – Christine Kelly/Andrew Smith /Mike Joyce
Lane 3 –Caroline Collyer/Lisa Wood/Steve Cossette
Lane 4 –Kyle LeBlanc/Dennis Thibodeau/Jennifer Cossette
Lane 5 –Michele Livinston/Cheryl Penny/Steve Collyer
Lane 6 – Andrew Thibodeau/Mark Gray/Karen Gray


Date – Nov 4,2012

Session #3

Referee – Diane Foreman
Meet Manager – Nancy Corbett
Starters – Patti Ramsey/Gary Losier

Computer Operator – Linda Hebb
CFJ – Jenny Adam

Turns (far end)
Ln 1-3 – Pat Ketterling
Ln 4-6 – Dave Frise

Turns (start end)
Ln 1-3 – Per Paasche
Ln 4-6 – Lucinda Hughey

Stroke (far side)
Ln 4-6 – Chris Goodyear

Stroke (start side)
Ln 1-3 – off starter

CC – Daniel Grant (e)

Chief Timekeeper – Shannon Sanford(e)

Timekeepers
Lane 1 – Jennifer Cossette/Karen Piercy/Lisa McEachern
Lane 2 – Caroline Collyer/Bonnie Hennigan/Steve Cossette
Lane 3 – Amy Astles/Andrew Smith /Terry Harris
Lane 4 – Marie Lynn Thibodeau/Trevor Letourneau/Anne Duguay
Lane 5 – Jill Goodyear/Karen Gray /Marcie(or Fred) Connors
Lane 6 – Martin Wielemaker/Mark Gray/???


Date – Nov 4,2012

Session #4

Referee – Jenny Adam(practice #3)
Meet Manager – Nancy Corbett
Starters –Diane Foreman/Gary Losier

Computer Operator – Linda Hebb
CFJ – Ruth Hawkes

Turns (far end)
Ln 1-3 – Patti Ramsey
Ln 4-6 – Ron Richard

Turns (start end)
Ln 1-3 – Andrew Thibodeau
Ln 4-6 – Dave Frise

Stroke (far side)
Ln 4-6 – Shannon Sanford

Stroke (start side)
Ln 1-3 – off starter

Chief Timekeeper – Pat Ketterling

Timekeepers
Lane 1 – Antonella Marcantoni/Steve Cossette/???
Lane 2 – Maryhelen Stevenson/Christine Kelly/Jennifer Cossette
Lane 3 –Caroline Collyer/Darren Piercy/Steve Collyer
Lane 4 –Dennis Thibodeau/Andrew Kelly/Sandy Kitchen
Lane 5 – Andrew Smith/Terry Harris/Dawn Wield
Lane 6 – Cheryl Penny/Layla Lougheed/???

Message from Team Manager

Good morning FAST Families,

This weekend is going to be extremely busy and exciting for all swimmers
attending the FAST Invitational.

A few points that need to be passed on to ensure our meet runs smoothly:

SET UP// TEAR DOWN
I am looking for volunteers to help with the set up on Friday evening at
6:30pm on the pool deck.
Please email managerfast@gmail.com if you are available.
We require tables set up, some moving of heavy items and the touch pads
to be placed in the pool.
I will also require help with the tear down on Sunday evening after the
meet is completed.  

I understand it can be a long meet but the more hands to help ensures
everyone can be home at a decent hour.

HOSPITALITY
Please ensure to bring your donated items to the pool Friday evening to
A116 between 6:30-7:30pm. If you are unable to Fri evening please ensure
to drop items off Sat morning when you arrive to Jayne Jones A116
(located behind gym on the main floor of LB Gym Building)
.

OFFICIALS
There are still spots that are required for officials at meet, if you
have not signed up please email Patti Ramsey - pramsey@nbnet.nb.ca

PROGRAMS
FAST will be selling programs in the front lobby for all sessions.  It
will be busiest during warm up sessions on the 1st day of the meet.  I
am looking for a few parents who can help sell programs, direct swimmers
to the change rooms, and direct parents to the viewing area during the
following time slots:
Sat 2:40 - 4:00pm - 1 person
Sun 0745 - 0900 - 1 person
Sun 2:40 - 4:00pm - 1 person 

If you have a FAST t-shirt or Red/Black please wear it to support our
swimmers :)) and promote our club.

Please email responses availability to:

managerfast@gmail.com

Thank you

Nancy Corbett

Fishes and Sharks news

Hello everyone!

Just a quick note to let you all know a few things. We'd like to remind you that taking video and/or pictures from the stands is not permitted. There are many factors at work as to why this isn't allowed, but the safety and security of every child on deck is our major concern. I understand that everything can be a camera or a recording device and that most people also use those for other reasons (ie email, games). To avoid anyone feeling uncomfortable, we're going to ask you to keep those devices pointed down in your own lap while the classes are going on.  

Also, this coming weekend FAST is hosting one of the first swim meets of the year. There will be teams from all over the province coming to compete and it will run Saturday morning and evening, and Sunday morning and evening. Because of the swim meet however, the Sharks group that swims Saturday will NOT have practice. If you want to come watch, it might be a great opportunity for your little fish to see what they could eventually participate in one day! We'd love to see you there! More information can be found on the website.

Cheers,

Mel

Tracadie accn

Good day families,

Please note that if you are travelling to Tracadie for the 1 Dec 12 Premier Division meet we have made a block booking for FAST families at the following:

Villegiature Deux Rivieres Resort
10 COTTAGES UNDER Fred Aquanauts Swim Team
100 Rue Deux Rivières, Tracadie-Sheila, NB E1X 4S9
PHONE: 1-866-394-4050 or by
EMAIL: bverna@deuxrivieres.ca
$129.00/ night
All cottages are fully equipted fridge/ stove/ 2 bedrooms.
   


Reservation must be made by the 31 Oct 2012 or all rooms will be released back to the hotel.

These are fully equipted cottages so you may want to look at sharing the room with another family as they are quite spacious.

http://www.deuxrivieres.ca/

Thank you

Nancy Corbett
managerfast@gmail.com

Fwd: Online Official's Clinics

"Everyone, there is an opportunity to do Officials clinics online, at the Ontario Swimming Officials website.

This is a great way to take clinics if you are unable to get to the in class clinics given throughout the year.

To do the online clinics,  you must first create an account if you have not already done so.  This can be done at:  http://www.swimmingofficials.com/registration/Account/Login.aspx

To complete a clinic online go to:  http://education.osoa.ca/

An enrolment key is necessary to complete the clinics. Please contact me to receive the key if you are interested.

Please note that all enrolment keys ARE CASE SENSITIVE.

eg. Timer & Safety Marshall - bathurst and, Stroke & Turns - sackville

The Timer and Safety Marshal should be done first and then the rest can be done in any order.  The evaluations for this position should also be complete before any other evaluations can be accepted.

To complete the certification for Timer and Safety Marshall, the official must work twice as a timer and once as a safety Marshall.  Normally only one evaluation can be done per session, but timer and Safety Marshall can be done at the same session (this is the only exception)

Three evaluations are required for Stroke and Turn, one for stroke, one for turns, and a third for either stroke or turn.

Chief Finish Judge, Recorder/Scorer and Chief Judge Electronics are three clinics but one position for evaluations.  Three evaluations are required for these clinics, one in each.

All the rest require two evaluations.

Referee and Starter are not available online.  The Starter clinic should only be taken after the Stroke and Turn position is fully evaluated.  A Starter must know the stroke rules!

Finally, all club official chairs(that's me) should have administrator status on this site. Meaning that I may need to help activate your account, just let me know if there are any problems. Please be patient as I have found it a bit cumbersome to navigate their system in the past.

Let me know if you have any questions regarding the clinics, or need further enrolment keys.

If you successfully complete a clinic please remember to forward a copy of the certificate to me so I can send it to the NB Officials registrar.

Patti Ramsey, Meets and Officials FAST
pramsey@nbnet.nb.ca

Equipment and gear order from Radical Edge

Hi Folks,

Please see the below note from Mary at Radical Edge....Great timing with our meet this weekend...Swimmers will look great in their new gear!!!!

Heather

Finally we have everything in store except boys jammers size 24 and snorkels.  I've talked with Speedo and the jammers will be shipped this week and they are expecting the snorkels by the second week in Nov.

Could you let the parents/kids know that they can pick up anytime. If they have already picked up part of their order, could they bring their order sheet with them.  It just makes is easier for us to allocate.

Thanks,
Mary

Equipment and gear order from Radical Edge

Finally we have everything in store except boys jammers size 24 and snorkles.  I've talked with Speedo and the jammers will be shipped this week and they are expecting the snorkles by the second week in Nov.

Could you let the parents/kids know that they can pick up anytime. If they have already picked up part of their order, could they bring their order sheet with them.  It just makes is easier for us to allowcate.

Thanks,
Mary