Stroke & Turn Clinic Change

The Stroke & Turn Clinic at  Jewish Community Center will be moved to Thursday night May 31.  The time is 7:00 PM.  Please let anyone considering this clinic know about the change! 

Updated Fund Raising Opportunity!

We can offer a 12oz smoothie for $2.00 delivered. I would highly suggest our two most popular Smoothies, Angel Food (Strawberry, Banana and Protein) and Caribbean Way (Papaya, Bananas, Strawberries and protein).

Please let us know if you are interested.

Thanks,
Frank and Carol Horrocks
Smoothie King # 501
6274-110 Glenwood Ave
Raleigh, NC 27612
Store:        919-800-0118
Frank cell: 919-345-5161
Carol cell: 919-345-5489
fchorrocks@earthlink.net

RSA's Track Out Camp!

Sign up for RSA's Wahoo Water Camp. The camp is offered on the selected dates for Monday-Thursday 8-12Noon at the Triangle Aquatic Center.The program is for rising 1st through 5th graders who are able to swim 25 yards unassisted.

The selected dates are:
Monday May 14-17th for Track 2!
Monday June 4-7th for Track!

Daily activities for the camp:
8-8:45- drop off, water safety, team bonding
8:45-9 dryland
9-10AM Swimming Instruction #1
10-10:15 Change
10:15-10:45 snack, bingo, activities
10:45-11 dryland
11-12Noon Swimming instruction #2

Please email keri.arsenault@swimrsa.org with any questions!

Register for Wahoo Water Camp!

Stroke and Turn clinics scheduled

Scotts Mill will host a Stroke and Turn Clinic on Monday May 14 in their clubhouse.
We have also scheduled a Stroke and Turn Clinic for Wednesday May 30 at Triangle Aquatics Center.

The time of each clinic is 7:00 PM and they usually last around 90 minutes.

And if you can't make a clinic check out the new alternative method of certifying TSA Stroke & Turn Judges: www.StrokeAndTurn.com

S&T Judge certifications from USA Swimming, NCAA, NCHSAA or YMCA are still accepted by TSA; send name, team, certification body, certification number and certification expiration date to strokeandturn.tsanc.org@gmail.com

Olive Chapel Assistant Coach

Olive Chapel Otters looking for Assistant Coach:

4-7pm MTWTH starting 5/14

- Available Tuesday nights for meets

- Available some weekends for invitational meets

- Proficient in each of the 4 competitive strokes

- Works well with kids (all age groups)

- Responsible and Reliable

The assistant coach will be given sole responsibility of upwards of 25 kids for any given practice and will be expected to run practice on their own without the head coach being able to give assistance. They will be responsible for such tasks as leading stretches, helping write meet line-ups, planning social events and daily duties on the pool deck. They should work well with kids and be willing to follow direction when needed. Competitive swimming experience is helpful, and coaching experience is preferred.

Please contact debconroy@bellsouth.net

Wooden Starting Blocks wanted

Greetings from the Park at West Lake Swim Team.  We are interested in creating/building our own wooden starting blocks.  Has anyone had any success with building them or finding someone to build them on their behalf?

If you can give recommendations or suggestions, please email me.

Thanks
Dean Nunnally,
TSA Rep for the Park at West Lake Swim Team

Clinics announced

Jewish Community Center will host a Stroke and Turn Clinic on Tuesday May 29 at 7:00 PM in their clubhouse. This clinic usually lasts around 90 minutes. Additional Stroke and Turn Clinics are planned at North and South League clubs.

Silverton will host a Starter Clinic on June 2 (Saturday). The clinic begins at 9:00 AM and usually lasts around an hour.

Watch the TSA Blog and your email for links with directions and additional information.

Stroke and turn judge certification

StrokeAndTurn.com is available online now. TSA stroke and turn judges can become certified by completing the online course and test.

This course is offered completely online and may be taken at user’s convenience, including stopping at any point and resuming later, repeating sections, etc. Certification takes about two hours to complete, including post-training exam. Training and exam both use video clips extensively.

An exam grade of 80 percent or better is required to pass. The user must pay $12.95 fee to take course; each team can decide on its own whether to reimburse judges who use this. Please be sure to select the TSA and your club in the profile section under League/Team Affiliation.

The course is based on USA Swimming rules, so there are only a few minor differences from TSA:
• Covers Individual Medley, which TSA doesn’t use
• Some sections about officials refer to the Head Judge and Meet Referee, posts which don’t exist separately in TSA (the two TSA Reps, acting jointly, are the only officials in charge of Stroke & Turn Judges at a TSA meet)

Note that this is an alternative option for certification and is not required! TSA will still offer traditional (free) S&T clinics which will be announced soon. Also, S&T Judge certifications from USA Swimming, NCAA, NCHSAA or. YMCA are still accepted by TSA; send name, team, certification body, certification number and certification expiration date to strokeandturn.tsanc.org@gmail.com.

A Special Offer to Tarheel Swimming Association Teams:

As a long-time member of Prestonwood CC, I’ve seen first-hand how ‘challenging’ swim meets can be for both coaches and parents during the hot summer months when those late afternoon thunderstorms occur. I’d like to offer some help. My company “Online Sports Comm” provides an easy-to-use “mass-alert” service that allows coaches and team administrators the ability to send an instant, simultaneous email and sms text message to all meet participants and family members -- directly from the meet site.  The service is flexible enough to be used ‘team-wide’ as well as within specific age-brackets.

There is nothing to learn, and best of all – team administrators don’t have to collect and enter any information themselves – as families can enroll directly from your team’s website.  You can learn more about our service at: 

www.onlinesportscomm.com

Please use the ‘More Information” form on the website and we’ll contact you about special TSA pricing.

Mike Stevens, Founder/President

919-371-0344

mstevens@onlinesportscomm.com

Swim Across America is Coming to TAC! We will have a swim clinic by 3 former Olympians!!!

On May 20, 2012, the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary has donated the entire 50m swimming pool to raise money towards cancer research. Swim Across America is publicizing the event, provided individual swimmer with fundraising web-pages, incentive prizes, and organizational ideas.

Click here to register: (registration is for free)

Some of the events include the following:

• silent auction (includes signed basketballs, birthday packages, and yes Disney Tickets)
• fun relays (including kids relays, parent-child, and grandparent-child)
• Swim clinic by 3 former Olympians
• Sponsorship tables

We also have added:

• virtual swim-triathlon, offsite, swim meet can count towards this event
• volunteer option-lifeguarding, counting laps, setting up, clean-up

The ultimate goal for this event? To bring a Swim Across America Laboratory to the Triangle Area!

Please click here to see why we swim:

why we swim

Please feel free to contact me for more information. Thanks!

Mary DeMilia
919-522-1568
mary@demiliaresearch.com

Coaches Needed for the New Preston Village Team

We are a subdivision off Davis Drive adjacent to Prestonwood.  We have a great facility and are starting up a fun summer team this year.  We are in need of a Coach & Assistant Coach to run morning & late afternoon practices as well as several exhibition meets.  We need people with at least 1 year experience coaching and that work well with children & adults.  We already have 70+ swimmers interested...many with previous team experience.  Please contact Dee-Dee Cale at ddcale@nc.rr.com with your resume for consideration. 

Fund Raising Opportunity!!

My wife and I are the new owners of the Smoothie King at Pleasant Valley. We would like to offer to deliver Smoothies to your meets as a fund-raising opportunity. We normally sell our 20 oz size for $4.49 but can sell them to you for $3.49 allowing you to keep $1.00 for every Smoothie you sell. (Of course, you could sell your smoothies for whatever price you feel is appropriate)  I would highly suggest our two most popular Smoothies, Angel Food (Strawberry, Banana and Protein) and Caribbean Way (Papaya, Bananas, Strawberries and protein).

Please let us know if you are interested and we can get the process started.
Thanks for your time!

Frank and Carol Horrocks
Smoothie King # 501
6274-110 Glenwood Ave
Raleigh, NC 27612
Store:        919-800-0118
Frank cell: 919-345-5161
Carol cell: 919-345-5489
fchorrocks@earthlink.net

Clinic for TSA Coaches

Lochmere will host a clinic for Coaches on Tuesday, May 22 at 7:00 PM. Note that the location is the Lochmere Highlands Clubhouse. Each club is asked to send one of their coaches to a clinic for coaches. Please make your coaches aware.

The Lochmere Highlands Clubhouse is on Loch Highlands Drive. Note that this is not the main pool address! Please ask your coaches to check the address and be on time.

The previously announced clinic for coaches is Wednesday, May 23, 7:00 PM at Northbrook.

Lochmere seeking Assistant Coach

Lochmere is seeking one assistant coach for the 2012 season to complete the coaching staff and help coach our team of over 250 swimmers. Please contact Gail Lewis  for more details.

TSA Championship - 2012 Team Assignments

Hello TSA Reps-

Here it is! The team assignments for the newly reconstituted TSA Championship. How did we do this? When we divided the teams into their even/odd rankings we ended up with several hundred more swimmers eligible to swim on one day, not the other. So, we used an A-B-B-A ranking system to assign teams and that magically derived a schedule with roughly the same number of swimmers eligible to swim each day.

Teams swimming on Saturday, July 21

Team	Rank	League
Shepherds Vineyard	2	South
Lochmere	3	South
Silverton	6	South
Scotts Mill	7	South
Cary	10	South
Dutchman Downs	11	South
Kildaire Farms	14	South
Sunset Ridge	15	South
Walden Creek	18	South
Park Village	19	South
TCC	22	South
MacGregor Downs  Cary Park	23 5	South
Oxxford Hunt	26	South
Highcroft	27	South
Garner	30	South
Charleston Village	31	South
Weldon Ridge	34	South
Carpenter Village	35	South
Wellington Park	38	South
Clubworx	39	South
University Club	2	North
Lake Park	3	North
Northbrook	6	North
Springdale	7	North
Wood Valley	10	North
Stonebridge	11	North
Riverwood at Mingo Creek	14	North
Bedford at Falls River	15	North
Coachman's Trail	18	North
Planters Walk	19	North
Brier Creek	22	North
Hedingham	23	North
Meredith Townes	26	North
Black Horse Run	27	North
Hasentree	30	North
Oak Park	31	North
Banbury Woods	34	North
Hawthorne	35	North
Zebulon & Zebulon Country Club	38	North
Raleigh Racquet	39	North

Teams swimming on Sunday, July 22

Team	Rank	League
Prestonwood	1	South
Abbington	4	South
Cary Park MacGregor Downs	5 23	South
Wellsley	8	South
Scottish Hills	9	South
Olive Chapel	12	South
Apex	13	South
Devereaux	16	South
The Reserve	17	South
Regency Park	20	South
Weatherstone	21	South
Eagle Ridge	24	South
Medfield	25	South
Glenridge	28	South
Brookstone	29	South
Haddon Hall	32	South
Crooked Creek	33	South
Bentwinds	36	South
TAC	37	South
Park at West Lake	40	South
Life Time Fitness	41	South
Seven Oaks	1	North
Greystone	4	North
Harrington Grove	5	North
Heritage of Wake Forest	8	North
Falls River	9	North
Quail Hollow	12	North
Summerfield North	13	North
North Raleigh	16	North
North Hills	17	North
Manchester	20	North
Durant Trails	21	North
Southall	24	North
Jewish Community Center	25	North
Lakemont	28	North
North Ridge	29	North
Granite Falls	32	North
Carlyle & Chatsworth	33	North
Wendell	36	North
Crabtree	37	North