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Ribbit Review
Week in review, week ending 5/25
Frogs: . We are so proud of everyones swimming this past Saturday! We loved seeing your
enthusiasm and team spirit as well!
Tadpoles: Reminder: No tadpole practice Monday May 31st! ALSO, starting JUNE 1st the
tadpoles will now practice at Forest Creek NOT Forest Creek III.
Volunteers: A BIG Thank YOU to all the parents who volunteered for our first home meet
against Westover! As you may have noticed, it takes MANY volunteers to make our swim
meets possible for our children! Part of the requirement to be on the team is volunteering to
help. Tadpoles, you are not required to sign up for meets until your swimmer is competing in
the meets.
Your volunteer time is much appreciated! Thank you!!!!
Frogs of the Week:
6 & under girls: Corinna Langenohl
6 & under boys: Justin Simmons
7 & 8 girls: Abigail Rowe
7 & 8 boys: Aidan Carrigan
9 & 10 girls: Caileen Perez
9 & 10 boys: Nicholas Nerhood
11 & 12 girls: Kathryn Hamilton
11 & 12 girls: Jace Tyler
13 & up girls: Blair Bartholomew
13 & up boys: Harrison Smith
Great job Frogs of the week!
Practice Reminder: Morning practice on Memorial Day for all Frogs. The morning practice
schedule will be posted soon, on our website. www.fastfrogs.net No practice for Tadpoles on
Memorial Day. We do our best to accomidate everyones practice request times (D1 and D2's)
Team Dinner/Picture Night: June 4th, 6 PM Lake Forest park area! Calling all age group
parents that would like to round up some cute kids for pics!!! Please contact Cynthia Rauzi at
crauzi@earthlink.net or Brandy D'Armond at bdarmond@austin.rr.com
Team Spirit: Swim team night at the Dell Diamond is June 21 @ 7:05. Gates open at 6:05 pm.
$1$ hot dogs and drinks! Swim team parade begins at 6:15pm. Entries due June 7. Be sure
to sign-up. sheets: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.
com/documents/2010/04/13/9269284/1/SwimTeamNight2010.pdf
Please cut and paste this into your browser.
Family Folders: Please remember to check your family folders, the spirit committee has placed
a necklace in your folder for the beads that they will be passing out. If you did not receive
your necklace please place a note in the spirit committee folder.
FAST Binder
The FAST Binder is located near the family folders at each pool. Please consult it often for
general information or a specific need. It contains Coaches and Board contact information,
picture schedule and sign ups, meet schedule and sign ups, meet heat sheets and results (to
come), meet volunteer information and assignments (to come).
T-shirts:
It was so great to see everyone wearing their team shirt on Saturday! If you would still like
one, please send us a e-mail at www.fastfrogs.net or place a note in the board folder box at
the pool.
Other: The Lake Forest HOA wants to host a summer kick-off party for their Lake Forest
neighborhood elementary kids and their parents this Friday, the last day of school. The idea
is for parents to pick up their children from school and head straight to the pool for fun!
Ribbit Review
Week May 12-18
Highlights from the first weeks of practice
We hope that everyone has enjoyed the first three weeks of practice. It's great to have some
more consistent warm weather and the pool water is getting warmer every day. We are not
seeing as many shivering bodies and blue lips.
From the Coaches
Great effort and focus from everyone during these first few weeks! Swimming is a very
technical driven sport and it's great to see our swimmers working on their techniques
everyday! Keep up the great work!
Westover Swim Meet Information:
Our first meet is almost here!
Warm up's begin promptly at 6:45 am. Please arrive on time.
Meet starts: 8:00 am
Directions to the pool is on our web site: www.fastfrogs.net
Heat sheets will come out on Friday evening.
Depending on the flow of the meet, the first shift usually ends around 10:30ish. Our home
meets will end not later than 1pm.
**Team Picture/Dinner Change: We have moved our team picture and dinner to June 4.
Please see the attached form to sign up for the dinner. Forms are due back May 24 in the
Spirit Committee folder.
Tadpoles: We would like to congratulate Kaylie Nguyen, she is the first Tadpole to graduate to
the Frogs this season. Good Luck to Kaylie on the Frogs team and good luck to all you
Tadpoles out there who will soon become Frogs.
Practice Schedule Update
Starting Monday May 31st we move to our morning practice schedule. Please see below:
Tadpoles - No practice on Memorial Day
- No Friday Practice for Tadpoles
- 3 groups times: 8:15-8:45, 8:45-9:15, 9:15-9:45
Groups are still being set and are not locked in. More information coming soon.
Developmental (D1, D2, D3)
- May 31st, Memorial Day morning practice begins.
****Please note - D1 and D2 swimmers will have an opportunity to sign up for either the 7:45-8:
45am practice or the 8:45-9:45am practice. This gives families the opportunity to have
siblings swim at the same time. Please look for the sign up sheet at the Lake Forest pool. D3
swimmers will swim during the first morning practice at Lake Forest. When we switch to
morning practice, please let us know if your family has conflicts with practice times.
Family Folders
We will do our best to make sure every family has a folder and placed at the correct pool, but
if we goof or you would prefer it at the other pool, please let us know by placing a note in the
BOARD folder or sending us an email. Each pool will have Coaches, BOARD and committee
folders for your convenience.
FAST Binder
The FAST Binder is located near the family folders at each pool. Please consult it often for
general information or a specific need. It contains Coaches and Board contact information,
picture schedule and sign ups, meet schedule and sign ups, meet heat sheets and results (to
come), meet volunteer information and assignments (to come).
Equipment
Team Swim Caps
Please check your family folder.
T-shirts and Decals
Our shirt order will be in at the end of the week so everyone can show their team spirit at our
first meet against Westover.
Team Spirit:
Get your tattoos….
We have tattoos available to show your team spirit!
Tattoos are 50 cents each or 5 for $2.00
They will be for sale at the meet and at some practices
Please contact Stephanie Dougherty thedohertys4@austin.rr.com if you have questions
Thank you!
Swim team night at the Dell Diamond is June 21 @ 7:05. Gates open at 6:05 pm. $1$ hot
dogs and drinks! Swim team parade begins at 6:15pm. Entries due June 7. Be sure to sign-
up. sheets: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.
com/documents/2010/04/13/9269284/1/SwimTeamNight2010.pdf
Please cut and paste this into your browser.
Other:
Do you have a computer and/or printer you would like to donate to our swim team? It would
be a charible donation and would really be much appreciated! Please contact www.fastfrogs.
net
Thank you if you read this far down:-)
Go Frogs!!!
Ribbit Review
Week in review
Frogs: Everyone is swimming great! Keep up the great work!
Tadpoles: Yeah! Our tadpoles started swimming this week in FCIII. We love seeing your
excitment and effort everyday!
Volunteers: Please check your e-mail for volunteer meet sign up. Tadpoles you are not
required to sign up for meets until your swimmer is competing in the meets.
Remember parents, we cannot run a successful meet without your help, please sign up on the
volunteer spot, you can use the link sent to you or you can use the link on the volunteer page
on the website www.fastfrogs.net Part of the requirement to be on the
team is volunteering to help.
Stroke and Turn Clinic: A stroke and turn clinic will be held at Twin Creeks on May 15 at 10 A.
M. or May 20 at 7 P.M. The Meeting will be held in the building by the pool on the main floor.
Questions call- Richard Hallum 695-2372
Practice Reminder: All girls swimming in the Lake Forest Pool, please remember to wear your
swim caps. This is a requirement from the Lake Forest HOA. This will also help you get used
to it for wearing it in the meets. Morning practice on Memorial Day for all Frogs, Just follow the
morning practice schedule posted on the website.
Family Folders: Please remember to check your family folders, the spirit committee has placed
a necklace in your folder for the beads that they will be passing out. If you did not receive
your necklace and you have checked in your folder please let us know so that we may get you
one.
Caps: team caps will be in next Monday, May 17. Please check your family folder. Thanks for
your patience!
T-shirts and Decals
Check your family folder if you have not already picked up your shirts. We are getting ready to
order another round of shirts so those still needing a shirt please know they will be in shortly.
Those wanting to show their team spirit and support place your order today by sending us an
email or placing a note in the BOARD folder. Standard tee's are $10, women's fitted tee's
$12, women's fitted tank $12, muscle tank's $12. Those who missed the opportunity to order a
decal during registration can still do so for $10. Please send us an email or place a note in
the BOARD folder.
Team Spirit: Swim team night at the Dell Diamond is June 21 @ 7:05. Gates open at 6:05
pm. 1$ hot dogs and drinks! Swim team parade begins at 6:15pm. Entries due June 7. Be
sure to sign-up. sheets: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.
com/documents/2010/04/13/9269284/1/SwimTeamNight2010.pdf
Go Frogs!!!!
Ribbit Review May 4, 2010
Highlights from the first week of practice
Welcome Frogs, most of the information that you will need for the upcoming weeks will be
sent in the weekly Ribbit Review. We are here to answer any questions that you may have,
just send us an email.
Great first week of practice
Our hats are off to all those brave Fast Frogs that stuck it out the first week of practice. We
had a minor pump malfunction the first day of practice, but our pool company, Commercial
Swim, worked like gangbusters and the green water cleared up by the second day. We
appreciate everyone being so patient during this time.
Even though the water was still a little chilly you Frogs did a great job.
From the Coaches
Great job the first week of practice! We saw much dedication, determination and excitement
from all or our FAST FROGS. Keep up the good work, and remember to bring your kick
board, goggles and fins to practice every day.
Equipment
Team Swim Caps and Decals are on their way, if you ordered one check your family folder on
Monday, May 10, to see if yours is in there.
Family Folders
Please be sure to check your family folder daily starting Monday, May 10. Folders will be in
alphabetical order. Next week when we split pools your folder will be at the pool of your
youngest Frog swimmer unless you would like it at the other pool, just drop a note in the
board folder letting us know which pool you would prefer. If you only have a Tadpole swimmer
then the folder will be at FCIII pool starting on May 10.
Spirit Committee:
News from the Spirit Committee
Get your spirit beads….
Everyone will be receiving a spirit chain in their family folder next week.
F.A.S.T. ACHIEVEMENT BEADS
As a way to reward swimmers for their hard work and attendance efforts, we are presenting
each with the attached “dog tag” chain for which they will earn beads. Swimmers may attach
the chains to their swim bags or wear them. Swimmers will earn color-coded beads
throughout the season to recognize a variety of efforts … they can be earned more than once
when appropriate. All beads are awarded on an “honor code” basis!
Blue - On-time to practice (awarded on random days about once a week ... Spirit Committee
member will stand at gate and pass out to all who arrive prior to practice time).
§Green - Attend a swim meet.
§Black – Swim a stroke legally during a meet. Max of 4 black beads – one for each stroke
mastered.
§Iridescent – Successfully swim an Individual Medley (IM) in a meet without being DQ’d (May
earn only once).
§Red - Attend "Swim Team Night" at Dell Diamond.
§YELLOW – Attend end of season Party.
§Orange – Attend Lampost Pizza after meet(s).
§Purple – Participate in the team picture.
§White – Spirit Bead – awarded by Ready Bench Parents to recognize whatever they deem
appropriate (support of peers, good sportsmanship, cooperation on the bench, etc.).
§Glitter Gold – Coaches’ Bead - to be awarded by coaches for whatever they deem
appropriate (hard work in practice, mastered a new stroke, good sportsmanship, etc.).
§Gold – Perfect attendance at practices.
§Shiny Silver- For Tadpoles that graduate to a FROG.
§Clear – Frosty bead for swimming when the water is at its coldest
Thanks –
From your Spirit Committee
If you have questions about this program, Please contact Jera Collinge jeracollinge@hotmail.
com or Lisa Quintero lisasarahQ@austin.rr.com
If you do not wish to participate in the bead program, kindly return your chain to the spirit
committee folder.
Swim Team Night
Round Rock Express
Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 7:05 p.m.
Omaha Royals vs. Round Rock Express
$1 Hot Dogs & Sodas
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, June 7, 2010
Come enjoy a fun-packed game @ The Dell Diamond! All Swim Team members, coaches,
volunteers & their families can receive discounted tickets for this game. Each team name will
be displayed on the video board during the 3rd inning of the game. Pre-game Swim Team
Parade on the field—just meet under the jumbotron @ 6:15 p.m. The team with the most
participants will have a representative throw out a first pitch!
Box Seats (seating bowl) - $6.00
Home Run Porch Seats (outfield upper deck) - $3.50
Berm Seating (general admission lawn) - $3.00
Please look for the registration form on the FAST website under Team Spirit.
If you have questions, please contact Stephanie Doherty thedohertys4@austin.rr.com
Team Picture and Dinner
Mark your calendar for 6/4!
Lake Forest Pool area
We will pose for our team picture and have our
3rd annual team dinner.
More details to come.
Tadpoles
Tadpoles be ready to swim in one more week. You should have already received
an email letting you know what time you will be practicing. You will be receiving a e-mail soon
with directions to FC III. Please bring your goggles and kick board to practice everyday.
Go Frogs
Ribbit Review
Champs
CHAMPS @ UT, Sunday, June 28
Lee & Joe Jamail Swim Center at UT
The entrance is on the third floor, which is also where you enter. The team will meet in
section 1 seating area for pre-staging. Down one flight is the concession stand. Down
another flight is the entrance to the pool deck. There is NO access to the pool deck from the
seating area. ONLY swimmers, coaches and volunteers (with badges!) will be allowed to enter
the pool deck. No photographers on the bulkhead, and NO flash photography anywhere. No
heat sheets will be sold - bring your own!
Meet Details
Arrival time 8:30am. If a swimmer cannot participate due to unexpected circumstances, please
email fastfrogs@yahoo.com as soon as you can; no-shows can significantly impact relays!
Volunteer check-in will be set up where you drop the kids off. Please come with swimmer's arm
marked, find your age group parent and sit with them. FAST Frogs will be sitting on the south
side of the pool under the Texas Flag. No chairs are allowed . The girls will swim in the south
pool ( Texas Flag side) and boys will swim in the north pool (US flag end. All races will finish at
the ends of the pool, so 25's will start from the bulkheads in the middle of the pool. Parents
cannot come down on deck to get their child when their races are finished; the age group
parent has to bring swimmers to parents.
Parking at Champs: UT will be charging the league for parking this year, $10.00 a car, there
is limited free parking on San Jacinto. We have attached the meet parking document for
further information. Please plan accordingly.
What to Bring
Bring everything you would for dual meets, but swimmers should bring an extra towel, blanket
or sleeping bag to sit on, again NO CHAIRS. NO COOLERS are allowed, but PLEASE pack
snacks, drinks, and a light lunch in your swimmer's bag! The concession stand is on the
second floor and swimmers cannot easily leave their age group parent to go and parents are
NOT allowed to enter the pool deck. No chairs or coolers for parents either!
Volunteers
There is NO access to the pool deck from the seating area. ONLY swimmers, coaches and
volunteers (with badges!) will be allowed to enter the pool deck.
You Must sign in and pick up your badge and coordinating dot to get you down on deck.
Don't forget to go to Manga after the meet!
Frogs of the Week: Girls Boys
6 & U-Ava Collinge Mathew Tweden
7-8 Kiana Nunez Andrew Jenkins
9-10 Reagan Rolston Grant Deloach
Elizabeth Hughes Claudio Ordonez
11-12 Kathryn Hamilton Jared Langenohl
Top three percentage drops of the week:
Miles Banister Mens 9-10 Back 28.41%
Kylie Brewer Womens 6 & U Back 27.29%
Addison Gutierrez Womens 6 & U Free 23.7%
Congratulations to you all!!!!!!
Awards Banquet Tuesday June 30 at 7:00pm
Join the Team for the Awards Banquet at the Forest Creek Park for our end of the year
awards.
Cake and refreshments will be provided, if you would like something else please bring it with
you. You might also want to bring a chair or blanket to sit on.
Family Folders
Please make sure to clean out you family folder this week, we still have t-shirts in there for a
few folks. The folders are getting full and we do not want to keep everything until next year.
We will not mail your items to you, if you want it you better get it out.
Parent Evaluation Forms
In order to keep the team going in the direction you would like, please take a few minutes to fill
out the attached parent evaluation form (also available on the website). It can be printed out,
completed and placed in the BOARD folder; or it can be filled out electronically and emailed to
fastfrogs@yahoo.com. It's your team - let us know what you think about it! Thank you in
advance for your comments and constructive feedback.
Parking at Champs: UT will be charging the league for parking this year, $10.00 a car, there
is limited free parking on San Jacinto. We have attached the meet parking document for
further information. Please plan accordingly.
Swim F.A.S.T. FROGS
Ribbit Review
Meet at Twin Creeks
Great Meet at Twin Creeks this past Saturday Frogs, you Frogs did and awesome job.
Make sure that you have signed up for the meet with Balcones Woods.
Meet at Balcones Woods
Check the meet entries on line at the website and if there are any changes to be
made please let the coaches know asap. You can send us an email or slip a note in
Coach Mark or Coach Tiffany's folder.
BW will be hosting their meet at Twin Creeks Pool, so we will be at the same pool
that we swam at last weekend. Please arrive on time our show up time is 6:45 am.
There should only be 2 things written on swimmers: name on shoulder and events
on right arm. DO NOT WRITE OR DRAW ANYTHING ELSE ON SWIMMERS (team tattoos
are fine)! Let's show the other teams our sportsmanship... Make sure to volunteer
to help at the last two meets, we have had a great turn out so far and your help is
greatly appreciated. We could not do this for the kiddos without your help.
If you can't beat em .... bribe em .....
Congratulations to the Dad's team for taking the relay cheese this weekend at the
Twin Creek's invitational. The Dad's had the good sense to grab a ringer from the
Mom squad, our very own Susan Carrigan. Those close to the negotiations believe
that in exchange for her services, Susan demanded a lofty price. So if you see her
tooling around the neighborhood in a silver Porsche over the next few weeks, you'll
know why. And it's a good thing they grabbed her too as she had to swim down the
Twin Creek's anchor from a fifteen meter head start by the time she hit the water.
Good job Dad's Plus One. Susan C and the Pips?
Champs June 28, 2009
Please start signing up for champs on Thursday June 18, 2009 in the binders at the
pool.
You must swim in two meets and have a legal time in the event in which you wish to
swim in. You may pick your event that you would like to swim. Please start this
process early we will not be allowed to enter any late entries.
We need your help at Champs volunteers, please use the volunteer link to sign up
to help. If you do not volunteer at Champs you will be sitting in the stands and are
not going to be allowed on deck during the meet. So if you would like to stay close
to your little ones and be where the action is you will need to volunteer.
Fast Frog Fun
Attention FAST FROGS and families you are invited to celebrate the 2009 Swim
Season on Sunday June 21st from 8:30 pm-10:30 p.m. at the Round Rock Rock n
River inside Old Settler’s Park.
There are OVER 130 families and 240 swimmers so, we are asking families to
bring snacks to share this year!
Last names starting with:
A-L bring a "salty snack" (chips...)
M-Z bring a "sweet snack" (cookies...)
Swim Team Night at the Round Rock Express.
Monday, June 29 @ 7:05 PM
Iowa Cubs vs. Round Rock Express
$1 Hot Dog and $1 Sodas
Ordering Deadline: Monday, June 22, 2009 The order deadline for discounted
tickets, has been extended to Monday, June 22, 2009. The team who brings the
most people will have a representative from their team throw out the first pitch.
-Order form is attached to the RR.
An extra special honor this year since another first pitch is being thrown by U.S.
Olympic Gold Medalist, swimmer Brendan Hansen. How cool is that!! We will have a
pre-game Swim Team Parade. All those wishing to participate will need to meet
under the Dell Diamond jumbotron clock at 6 p.m. The 29th is also a “Monday
Funday” with a Beach Night theme – so have fun and dress accordingly!
Awards Banquet Tuesday June 30, 2009 at 7:00pm
Join the Team for the Awards Banquet at the Forest Creek park for our end of
the year awards. Cake and water will be provided, if you would like something else
please bring it with you. Please bring a chair or blanket to sit on.
Photos
All you shutter bugs out there we have seen you at the meets and practice, we
would like to have a slide show at Rock N River, and we can use your pictures of
your little swimmers. If you would like to send us some pictures that would be great,
you can email them to us at fastfrogs@yahoo.com or put them on a flashdrive and
drop them off in the Board Folder or you can hand them to Mike Severe on Saturday
at the meet.
There is still time to order a team photo, just send us an email or you can drop off
your order in the FAST Board Folder at either pool. 8x10 is $ 12.00 and a 5x7 is $
8.00. The photo turned out great, you are going to want one of these.
Fire Sale on 2009 t-shirts and tanks.
T-shirts will be $ 5.00 and Tanks will be $7.00, if you would like one just send us an
email and we will place one in your family folder. We do have a limited number on
sizes so get them while you can. You can place your payment in the board folder.
Top Three percentage drops of the week
Ashley Rivoira women 7-8 Breast 50.22 %
Aidan Carrigan men 6 & under Free 32.92%
Sydney Johnson women 6 & under Back 24.4%
Frogs of the Week, Congratulations to all of you.
Girls Boys
6 & U 6 & U
Emma Bartholomew Andrew Simmons
7-8 7-8
Rachel Ledington Mateo Cordeiro
9-10 9-10
Emma Martinez Grant McCartney
11-12 11-12
Emily Schultz Danial Parks
13 & U 13 & U
Riddhi Patodia Trevor Sawire
Siddhi Patodia
Happy Fathers Day!!!!!!!!!!
F.A.S.T. Board 2009-2010
At the last Board meeting the Nominating Committee presented the following slate
for next year's Board of Directors for the FAST Frogs, and it was unanimously
approved. The new board for 2009-2010 will be announced at the Awards Banquet.
2009-2010 F.A.S...T. Frog Board
President - Mike Tweden
Vice President - Allison Johnson
Secretary - Debbie Pilcher
Treasurer - Tara Harris
Meet Director - Richard Hallum
Assistant Meet Director - Drew Hall
Please Check yes or no for approval of the nominations and cut off the bottem and
put it in the F.A.S.T Board Folder by June 26th 2009
Yes _______ No________
Ribbit Review
No Practice tomorrow June 3, 2009
Meet vs Great Hills:
Congratulations to all swimmers for a GREAT first meet! And a huge thank you to all coaches,
volunteers and parents for all that you did. What a tremendous job by the entire Frog family
for a terrific first meet! Frogs-363.50 and Great Hills- 229.50
Meet vs Westover: Make sure that you have signed up for the meet this weekend.
You will need to check your name off in the FAST binder next to the family folders at the pool.
Check meet entries at the pool or they will be posted on the website as soon as they are
available. Meet will be at the Gilliland Creek Pool again this weekend. Join us at Manga Pizza
after the meet for a great buffet and drinks. The team had a lot of fun at Manga last weekend
after the Great Hills meet.
Sign up in the FAST binder by the end of practice on Monday
Review preliminary meet entries on line or in FAST binder
Submit any errors in meet entries (i.e., missing swimmer, wrong age, more than 3 individual
events, etc.) to coaches in writing by noon Wed.
Review final meet entries on line or in FAST binder Thursday & Friday
Print out your heat sheet for the meet on Friday
Team Picture: Don't forget that Friday June 5, is team picture night. Please arrive in your
team t-shirt at 6:00pm, and find your age group. We will line up and the picture will be taken
at promptly 6:30pm. After the photo we will head to the park for a hot dog dinner sponsored
by Taylor Meats, if you see the Ivy's please tell them thank you. Remember to bring the side
that you signed up for. Please walk or carpool if you can so we will not have a parking
difficulties. By the time you find a parking space it would have been faster to walk.
Individual Photos: The individual photos will be taken the week of June 8-11 in the mornings
during practice. Sign up for a time slot at the pool that you will be practicing at.
The sign up sheet is in the Frog binder next to the family folders. We have a great new
photographer this season, Mrs. Jennifer Hitt has agreed to take photos for the team and she
does great work...
Tadpole Graduates: Congratulations to our newest Tadpole Graduate Kayley Stoner.
Good Work. A big thank you to our Tadpole instructors they are doing a terrific job!
Here are your Frogs of the Week: Great Job guys.
6 & under girl's-Kennedy Hall 6& under boy's-Evan Escobar
7-8 girl's-Ashley Rivoira 7-8 boy's-Mackey Thompson
9-10 girl's-Mia DelMonte 9-10 boy's-Matt Cartwright
11-12 girl's-Laura Woodfin 11-12 boy's-Scott Schoeder
13 & up girl's-Caitlyn McGill 13 & up boy's-Manuel Torres
Practice at Forest Creek Pool: Forest Creek Pool is now open and we will begin practicing
there on June 4, 2009 when the morning practice starts. Everyone in Forest Creek III Pool will
need to move to Forest Creek. Morning Groups have been posted on the website and the
Tadpole schedule will be posted as soon as it is available.
We will be raffling off a Coolhut backpack system at the Westover swim meet. You can
purchase you ticket at the meet on Saturday. Make sure to by your $1 raffle for a chance to
win this cool backpack system. What is a "CoolHut?" (visit www.coolhut.com) It is a fully
integrated gear quality backpack system that is designed to get you and your cooler, shade,
groundcloth, chairs, and music all to your event, hands free, while keeping you cool when you
get there.
*Backpack – CoolHut is a fully functional backpack *Cooler – A hard shell removable cooler,
intense insulation, 24 can capacity *Ground Lounge – 50 sq/ft ground cloth with 2 fully
integrated lounge chairs *Shade Awning – With 62 sq/ft of UV protected open air shaded
space *Portable Audio Unit – That plays your digital music or satellite device *Versatile Piece
of Luggage – Pack it, take it, use it… ever try to fly with an umbrella, cooler, chairs, audio
system and a blanket… oh, and your clothes?
Ribbit Review
Meet with Great Hills:Get ready Frogs, we are hosting our first swim meet this Saturday. Check
the link under Meet Schedule for a map to Gilliland Pool. Show up time is 6:45, warm ups are
at 7:00 and the meet starts at 8:00am.
Sign up for meet:Sign up for next weeks with Westover, use the binder at
the pool next to the family folders. Remember if you do not sign up, the coaches will not know
if you are swimming or not, and you will not be entered in the meet.
Marking Swimmers
To help the early morning go smoother, PLEASE make sure you have your name on your
right, rear shoulder and your right arm marked with all your event, heat, and lane numbers
diagram is on meet info page on website . When swimmers show up with
this done, it leaves enough time for the age group parents to fill in the relay details. There
should only be 2 things written on swimmers: name on shoulder and events on right arm. DO
NOT WRITE OR DRAW ANYTHING ELSE ON SWIMMERS (team tattoos
are fine)! Let's show the other teams our sportsmanship
Heat Sheet: Please don't forget your heat sheet, you will be able to print it out Friday night
on the Meet Schedule web page.
What to Bring to a meet ** Please label everything**
Team Uniforms:
Team suit or black suit
Team shirt & cap
Swim cap (if you choose to wear one);
Plenty of towels, goggles, sunglasses, and SUNSCREEN.
Warm clothing (early mornings OUTSIDE can be cool).
Chairs, blankets, or sleeping bags to sit on.
Shade/tarp if you have one.
Out of courtesy , we ask everyone to please pick up after
themselves...
Goals: Have fun and relax! Take care of yourself! Encourage Teammates
Parking at the meet: Please park in the back lot when you come in, we would like to leave
the front lot open as a courtesy to Great Hills. There will be signs and balloons, directing you
to the back parking lot. We could use some one to help direct traffic to this lot, if any one is
interested. We can't let another pregnant lady to help direct parking again. Although she did
a great job last year, thanks Tanya.
Volunteers: Even though you have signed up on the registration sheets, please check our
website for volunteer sign up, we have put a link on the volunteer page at the top, just click on
it to sign up for the meets. Mike really wants everyone to sign up this way, it is easier for all
involved. It would make him really happy if you used his new toy, he is so proud of this find.
Tadpoles you are not required to sign up for meets until your swimmer is competing in the
meets..
Age group parents: If you have signed up to be an age group parent, we are holding a small
clinic to help prepare you for meet day. The clinic will be held on Thursday May 28, 2009 at
the Lake Forest Clubhouse at 7:00 pm. If you are new to age group parenting I think you will
find this clinic very helpful. Remember parents, we cannot run a successful meet without your
help, please sign up on the volunteer spot, you can use the link sent to you or you can use
the link on the volunteer page on the website www.fastfrogs...net Part of the requirement to
be on the team is volunteering to help.
Manga Pizza After Meet:
Don’t forget to join the team at Mangia after the meet! Mangia will be offering a buffet for the
FAST families (kids and adults) to include a selection of 5 pizzas, salad and drinks. The cost
will be $5.00 for kids (13 and under) and $8.00 for adults. The pricing includes the tip. The
Mangia staff will run individual tabs for each family in order to make the option of ordering
additional/alternative items from the menu available. Each table/group within the restaurant
will have a server to bring them drinks and
additional menu items ordered, and who will also serve as cashier. If you plan to order off the
menu, remember to buy a $20 Mangia food coupon. This can be used to pay for menu items
only (not including alcoholic beverages) and half the value of the coupon goes back to the
swim team. The buffet will be available after the meet is over. Thanks, Mangia!
Team Picture and Dinner: Be on the look out for information on the team photo and
dinner. The photo and dinner will be on June 5, the picture will be taken at 6:30 pm and the
dinner will follow.. Make sure to sign up for the dinner at the pool, We would like to thank
Taylor Meats for catering this event for us, when you see them let them know how much we
appreciate their support.
The dinner consists of 1 drink, 1 sandwich, chips and cookies.
Non-swimmers will be charged $1, swimmers free.
Folks have choice of hot dog or chopped meat sandwich.
Every family should sign-up to bring either a bag of chips or a bag of cookies—
Sign-up sheets will be at each pool.
Deadline to sign-up is 6/2.
Also, big thank-you to pepsi—they are donating drinks
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