2011 Meet Calendar

On Sunday evening, one of the meet calendar proposals from the post-season survey finally reached 40 votes, a level which constitutes a majority of TSA's 78 member teams.

The winning calendar option schedules meets on six consecutive Tuesdays, starting on June 14th and ending on July 19th – basically identical to the 2010 calendar, though the dates all move up by one day due to the usual precession of the calendar from year to year. The teams voting in favor of this motion were:

Abbington
Apex
Bedford at Falls River
Brier Creek
Carlyle & Chatsworth
Cary Park
Coachman's Trail
Eagle Ridge
Falls River
Garner
Glenridge
Greystone
Jewish Community Center
Lakemont
Lochmere
Manchester
Medfield
North Raleigh
North Ridge & Raleigh Racquet
Olive Chapel
Park Village
Prestonwood
Quail Hollow
Regency Park
Seven Oaks
Shepherd's Vineyard
Silverton
Southall
Springdale
Summerfield North
Sunset Ridge
TAC
The Reserve
University Club
Walden Creek
Weldon Ridge
Wellington Park
Wendell
Wood Valley
Zebulon & Zebulon Country Club


Three other teams (Brookstone, Haddon Hall, Meredith Townes) also recorded a vote for this proposal, but I did not count them because they also recorded a separate vote for a different meet calendar proposal, so their overall intention is unclear. Nevertheless, the other 40 affirmative votes are enough to give the favored option an absolute majority of the Board, so we will adopt that schedule.

If your team still hasn’t completed the post-season survey, please don’t ignore it just because we have decided the meet calendar for next year. The survey is also your only chance to register your preferences for your 2011 committee assignments, so please fill it out if yours is one of the few remaining holdout teams.

2011 Board of Directors Meetings

Fall is in full swing, and that means TSA Board of Directors meetings will begin in a mere three months. As usual, Board meetings will be held at 7:00 PM on the third Tuesday of each month. The 2011 meeting lineup is as follows:

January 18th at University Club, located at 4200 Hillsborough Street in Raleigh (Exit 3 from the I-440 Beltline)

February 15th at the Triangle Aquatic Center (TAC), located at 275 Convention Drive in Cary (Exit 291 from I-40, then turn left into Cary Towne Center mall at first traffic signal).

March 15th at the TAC

April 12th at the TAC (Note change in date!)

May 17th at University Club

Save this date! AquaGala

Join the festivity

At the annual

AquaGala:

A Celebration of Aquatics in the triangle

on Saturday, February 26

libations at six in the evening

and dinner by Biaggi’s

Triangle Aquatic Center

275 Convention Drive

Cary, North Carolina

Invitation to Follow

For more information contact

Alisa wright Colopy

fitandable@nc.rr.com or 919-673-4685

Marlins Of Raleigh-Wolfpack Aquatics to hold New Parents Meeting

The Marlins Of Raleigh-Wolfpack Aquatics will hold its New Parent Meeting on Wednesday Aug. 25 at 7pm at the University Club on Hillsborough St. This meeting is for all new parents to MOR and for any parents interested in finding out more about year round swimming. MOR will be offering a new site at NC State University for AG I and AG II swimmers this year. MOR's Evaluation Clinic will be held Aug. 30-Sept. 2 at two locations: 5-6pm Peace College or 5-6pm Ravenscroft School. For more information go to www.marlinsofraleigh.com or call 851-3000.

Educational Grant Winners for 2010

[From Secretary Debra Ryan:]

Congratulations to the following recipients:

Philip Ahlers (Shepherds Vineyard)
Jordan Bennett (Durant Trails)
Lauren Brendle (Quail Hollow)
Harrison Carter (Wood Valley)
Austin Crockett (Kildaire Farms)
Hannah Eubanks (Quail Hollow)
Morgan Jones (Heritage of Wake Forest)
Dan Konzman (Wellsley)
Mabel Kuehr-McLaren (Apex)
Emily Margagliotti (Apex)
Matt McGoogan (Scottish Hills)
Matthew Milstead (Stonebridge)
Evan Musten (University Club)
Mac Ogden (Cary Swim Club)
Ryan Polli (Silverton)
Celia Rasp (Apex)
Michael Rosenberg (Scottish Hills)
Bradlee Speice (Scottish Hills)
Sierra Wheeler (Planters Walk)
Zach Willis (Medfield)

2010 Division Champions

[From Vice President Mike Kaufman:]

Congratulations to our Divisional Winners for 2010!

TSA Overall Champion: Prestonwood Piranhas

Northern League Division 1 Champions: Seven Oaks Marlins
Northern League Division 2 Champions: Springdale Aquabears
Northern League Division 3 Champions: Harrington Grove Stingrays
Northern League Division 4 Champions: Summerfield North Stingrays
Northern League Division 5 Champions: North Hills Superstars
Northern League Division 6 Champions: Manchester Marlins
Northern League Division 7 Champions: TCC at Brentwood Seahawks
Northern League Division 8 Champions: Lakemont Torpedoes
Northern League Division 9 Champions: Jewish Community Center J-Rays
Northern League Division 10 Champions: Meredith Townes Mudpuppies

Southern League Division 1 Champions: Prestonwood Piranhas
Southern League Division 2 Champions: Scottish Hills Sea Lions
Southern League Division 3 Champions: Scotts Mill Sea Dragons
Southern League Division 4 Champions: Cary Park Sea Dragons
Southern League Division 5 Champions: Apex Breakers
Southern League Division 6 Champions: Olive Chapel Otters
Southern League Division 7 Champions: Medfield MARC Sharks
Southern League Division 8 Champions: Oxxford Hunt Swampfoxxes
Southern League Division 9 Champions: Garner Dolphins

Divisional winners all trophies can be picked up at Creative Images in Cary starting on Tuesday.

Results of New Wave Greater Raleigh Summer Championship meet

Thanks to WAVE for successfully hosting 35 teams at TAC for the Greater Raleigh meet on July 11. They have made team scores and event results available on the web, along with results suitable for importing into Team Manager.

Mobile Concession with DELICIOUS SMOOTHIES

The Smoothie Shack is a mobile concession business. We offer delcious, healthy smoothies made from 100% fresh fruit puree. They are low in calories, zero fat and taste amazing. Please call Vivian at (919) 818-1169 or email us at the_smoothie_shack@yahoo.com to book us at your next swim event! We will customize drinks and snacks to meet your needs.

Stroke and Turn Judges 2010

This link will take you to the Stroke and Turn Judges sheet for 2010. Enjoy the summer swim.

Lane lines

By any chance does anyone know of a club that is upgrading their lane lines and wants to sell or donate their old ones? call 363 1414

One Million Visitors in 2 ½ Years - Triangle Aquatic Center

Two and a half years ago the Triangle Aquatic Center (TAC) opened the Curran Aquatic Center to the Triangle community. Since then, the facility has served the aquatic needs of the Triangle community in pursuit of a mission of health, safety, recreation and competition aquatic programming. In its first year of operations, TAC was recognized by Aquatics International as one of the best aquatics facilities in the country -- no small feat for the 72,000 square foot oasis in Cary, NC. Built by the determination of volunteers and the generosity of donors, TAC has become a tremendously successful nonprofit grassroots organization that operates one of the highest caliber year-round aquatic facilities in the country - without the use of taxpayer funding.

Based on TAC’s best estimates, the Curran Aquatic Center will welcome its ONE MILLIONTH (1,000,000) guest by the end of June. This milestone will be a celebration for the thousands of supporters and donors that had the vision and determination to build the aquatic facility, and will serve to commemorate the importance of this wonderful nonprofit facility to the Triangle communities.

You can be one in a million -- if you are not already!

Visit the Triangle Aquatic Center and see who is making a splash in our community.

For more information contact:

Alisa Wright Colopy

(919) 673-4685

alisawc@triangleaquatics.org

The Triangle Aquatic Center is a nonprofit charitable organization with a mission to build and operate public aquatic facilities for the health, safety, recreation and competition needs of Triangle citizens and aquatic organizations. TAC was founded in 2002 to address the year-round public aquatic facility needs of the Triangle community and opened its first public aquatic facility, the Curran Aquatic Center, in Cary on October 28, 2007.

Triangle Aquatic Center Launches New Service to the Triangle Community

Cary NC - The award winning management team of the nonprofit Triangle Aquatic Center has launched a new service to the Triangle community. In pursuit of its mission to build and operate aquatic facilities for the Triangle community, starting in June, Triangle Aquatics will be available to Triangle area pools (neighborhood and competitive) to provide comprehensive pool management services including but not limited to pool inspections, openings, staff selection, training and supervision, maintenance, repairs, swim lessons, swim team coaching, seasonal closings and off-season care.

Derek Wall, Vice President of TAC Operations understands that many summer pools are managed by volunteer board members who find it challenging to juggle the many facets of pool operations required to provide its members with a safe, clean facility and a great overall aquatic experience. Triangle Aquatics will develop a management plan that will address the unique needs of each aquatic facility, instead of a one size fits all approach.

Wall states, “it’s the day to day operations that become a burden. Triangle Aquatics is designed to take the monkey off the back of pool owners with a seamless transfer of responsibility. It’s as easy as a phone call! “

“Making Pool Solutions CRYSTAL CLEAR"

For more information contact:

Derek Wall

www.tri-aquatics.com

919-459-4047 ext 224

919-744-0284 (cell)

dwall@tri-aquatics.com

The Triangle Aquatic Center is a nonprofit charitable organization with a mission to build and operate public aquatic facilities for the health, safety, recreation and competition needs of Triangle citizens and aquatic organizations. TAC was founded in 2002 to address the year-round public aquatic facility needs of the Triangle community and opened its first public aquatic facility, the Curran Aquatic Center, in Cary on October 28, 2007. Triangle Aquatics will improve operations of aquatic facilities throughout Triangle communities.

Location of coaches clinic

Note that the Coaches Clinic tonight(June 2) is at the Lochmere Highlands facility. The time is 7:00 PM. Lochmere Highlands

TSA rules state that each team must have at least one of its coaches attend a Coaches’ Clinic. Instructors are well known year round coaches that provide good information as well as additional resources for those that attend.

Starter Clinics

A clinic for Starters is planned to be held at Quail Hollow on June 8. The time is 7:00 PM.

Remind your potential starters that Silverton in Cary will also host a Starter Clinic this Saturday (May 29). The time is 9:00 AM.

Starters can find very helpful documents on the TSA web site; see: Starter Event Form, Starter Script, Starter Clinic Summary and Starter How-Tos.

Cecil L. Williamson Educational Grants

On May 18th 2010, the TSA Board of Directors approved by acclamation a motion to rename TSA's Educational Grant program in honor of the late Cecil Williamson, who passed away in February at the age of 55.

Cecil Williamson was involved with TSA and with the larger swimming community for almost two decades. Beginning in 1987 as a Stroke and Turn Judge with the Kildaire Farms Racquet and Swim Club, Cecil rapidly became an institution at swim meets, officiating at TSA Championship Meets, Junior Championship Meets and Cary City Invitational Meets. Cecil was certified by USA Swimming as a Stroke and Turn Judge, as a Meet Referee and as a Meet Manager. He studied at the USA Swimming Training Center in Colorado and in turn mentored many local TSA parent volunteers through clinics and workshops and during meets. Cecil used his talents to serve the wider swimming world as well, officiating at meets held by year-round swim teams such as RSA and the YMCA and at the Special Olympics. He likewise gave his time to competitions held at Wake County high schools, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Such was Cecil's dedication to swimming that he continued to volunteer his time to TSA and other swimming events for many years after his own children had ceased to swim competitively, until his illness finally forced him away from the sport in 2005.

Cecil Williamson was known as an honest and dedicated man, passionate about making swimming a sport for everyone. His hard work over many years helped make TSA the organization it is today, and we in turn are grateful to commemorate Cecil by naming the TSA Educational Grants in his honor.

Southern Wake Invitational Meet at Lochmere - July 11, 2010

The meet information for S.W.I.M. has been emailed to most teams already. If you did not receive that information, and your team wishes to attend, you can find the meet information on the MOR website.

Please email your intent to attend S.W.I.M., with approximate number of swimmers, to Cindie Lawton by May 28, 2010. As we get closer to the meet, the MOR website will have all updates and changes. If you should have any questions or concerns, please contact Cindie.

We are looking forward to another great meet!

May Board of Directors Meeting

Remember, our final in-person Board meeting of 2010 is coming up this Tuesday (May 18) at 7:00. We will be meeting at the NC State University Club again. If you can, please print and bring your own copy of the meeting agenda and the March Meeting Minutes.

The Board meeting proper should be short, which will allow us to distribute meet management materials and then adjourn directly into our annual Meet Management Clinic. Everyone is welcome to stay for this clinic, but it will be most useful for new TSA reps and for new clubs (including exhibition teams). If you are unable to attend the clinic but have questions, be sure to read the meet organization document on the TSA website and to familiarize yourself with some of the other resources on the site.

If you find it difficult to attend Tuesday’s meeting, I strongly urge you to find some other team parent to send in your place. As mentioned above, the meeting itself will last only a few minutes, and arranging for someone attend will save you the inconvenience of having to track down your team’s bag of meet materials later.

In the meantime, please make sure that your coaches and parent volunteers know about the various clinics described on the TSA Blog. Each team must send at least one coach to a Coach’s clinic. The Starter’s clinic is optional, but highly recommended for new starters. Attendance at one of the Stroke & Turn Judge’s clinics is mandatory for every judge unless they already have a separate accreditation from USA Swimming, NCAA, NCHSAA or YMCA; officials with such credentials will need to contact TSA Vice President Mike Kaufman in order to claim the clinic exemption.

Most teams have already started registering members, so please be sure all your swimmers are in compliance with the TSA rules, specifically the eligibility requirements described in Article 304. Be especially careful to check the eligibility of any coaches or lifeguards that may wish to compete on the team, as they must still meet all club membership requirements in order to join the club’s swim team. In particular, if your club is a homeowner’s association in which pool membership is restricted solely to residents of a particular neighborhood, non-resident staff members may NOT compete for your swim team as they are, by definition, not eligible for club membership.

Black Horse Run Assistant Coach Needed

Black Horse Run in North Raleigh is looking for an assistant coach for the upcoming summer swim season. We are a relatively small team with approximately 70-90 swimmers. Our head coach is seasoned and well respected by the adults and children on the team. She would be a a great coach to work with. If you are energetic, knowledgeable, and enjoy working with children, this is the job for you. Contact Meg at cmorgan73@nc.rr.com with any inquiries.

Diving Clinic / Free & Back Starts

We are excited to offer you an opportunity to have your student(s) attend 1 of 4 diving clinics Coach Matt and Coach Lizzy will be offering on Saturday, May 22! We have had many parents make the request and are happy to be able to offer these classes!

Classes will take place at TAC in the program pool and will be 40 minutes long. The cost of the class will be $15 per student. Students MUST be 5 years or older and MUST be level 3 and above. Ideally they should be joining a swim team for the first time or have been on a swim team last year.

Coach Matt and Lizzy will work with all students, so please sign up for either instructor - they already have the class content planned. We have 32 slots in total and acceptance will be based on a first come, first served policy. Register online today by clicking here.

Please contact us vis email if you have any questions.

Best wishes,

Triangle Swim School / Support Team

Lifeguard chair for sale

Passing this along...

Lifeguard chair in excellent condition available for sale in Cary. Any offer will be considered.

Please contact JC at 467-6098 if interested as this will go fast.