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Welcome to another great week of high school swimming.

MEET TOMORROW - BUS LEAVES at 4:00:
The bus leaves at 4:00 for the quad meet tomorrow at Grandville (this is a change from the 4:15 that is listed on the calendar). The meet will begin at 6:00 pm. This will be scored for us as dual meets between us and Grandville, Forest Hills Central, and Byron Center. Please remember that you should not be using cell phones on the way to the meet, at the meet, or during any portion of the meet. You may use your cell phone to call for a ride 15 minutes before we arrive back at our pool on the way home.

OVERNIGHT CAMPOUT:
Wednesday night to Thursday we will be having our annual overnight campout. If you are interested in helping with food please contact Laree Wanders - phone number is on the list that you all should have now. Everyone needs to bring a sleeping bag and pillow as well as extra clothes you don't mind getting dirty, tennis shoes and socks, and a great attitude. We will use some of this time to go over our goal setting for the season - both dual meets and championship meets, and we will establish our Core Covenants for the year. We will head out after practice Wednesday afternoon and we will return to the pool Thursday morning before practice. Be ready to go for the overnight by the start of afternoon practice on Wednesday and we will be done with practice on Thursday by 12:30 pm.

PARENT T-SHIRTS:
An order for parent t-shirts is in my office. If you are interested, please have your daughter put you down for the size that you would like. Cost will be around $9 per shirt. I will also bring this along to the Grandville meet tomorrow night. Orders need to be in by this week Thursday, September 2. You can also email me the sizes that you would like to coach_talsma@hotmail.com .

TEAM PICTURES:
We will be taking our team pictures on Wednesday, September 8 (yes the first day of school) right after school. We will be wearing our team suits for the pictures. I will have picture order forms by Thursday at the latest.

Thank you to those that have donated food and drink for after practices. It really makes a difference for our girls.

I am really looking forward to a great swim meet tomorrow night.
Thanks
T

Meet Results vs Otsego

Click HERE for meet results.
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T

Quick Update

Speedo backpack order forms went home yesterday afternoon. I would like them back by the end of practice tomorrow for those that would like to order them. They can order either a black or a gold bag.

The food schedule for after home swim meets is going home today. If you don't get one please make sure to ask your daughter to grab one tomorrow at practice.

Looking forward to a fast meet Thursday night. On deck at 5:15, warm-up at 5:30, and the meet starts at 6:30.
Thanks
T

Couple things coming down the pipe

September 1-2 we will be doing our campout. During this time we will be finalizing our team and individual goals as well as developing our Core Covenants that will define our team through the season and off-season. We will also have some team bonding time with games, etc. There will be opportunities to help with providing food and drinks for the team, if you are interested in helping out, please email me.

Our first meet is already coming next week Thursday. I am excited to see the girls in a meet situation. Linda Aalderink is putting together the schedule for providing meals for after our home meets. The delay in the food schedule is my fault as I dropped the ball getting Linda the roster.

A schedule for post-morning practice breakfasts will be coming soon as well. If you are willing to help out with morning practice breakfasts, please email me.

The after practice snacks and drinks have started up again. Each swimmer is given a snack and drink after practice in order to start the recovery process as soon as possible. We have found that this helps us recover much quicker. If you are willing to donate high carbohydrate drinks and/or snacks, please drop them off in the pool office. We have drinks and snacks that will last us probably through next week at this point.

A bunch of girls were interested in ordering Speedo backpacks with our team name and their name embroidered on them. I will be putting together an order form shortly for those that are interested. The cost will be $50.

Anything else I can do, please let me know.
Thanks
T

Next week at Bouws

A great first three days of practice. I am excited with the potential for our team.

Next week the swimmers will be at Bouws' Pool every morning starting at 7 am each day. We will be doing some dryland training after each practice so remember to bring some shorts and shoes. Afternoon practices will be at our pool. In case of bad weather be sure to check the blog before you leave home. No news is good news. At present it looks like we should have good weather.

Website update: I am working on a new site that will hopefully be a little easier to follow. I am hoping to have it running around the start of the school year.

Looking forward to a great week of practice next week. Have a great weekend!
Thanks
T

Practice Times

Practice for divers is at 3pm.
Swimmers have practice at 9am.
Sorry for the mistake earlier. :)