First Dual Meet
We got off to a good start against Joppatowne in Division competition. The score was 400-188. Joppatowne was new to Division 1 this year. The coaching staff can tell that everyone is applying the good habits they learned in practice to their swimming at the meet. The Swimmer's of the meet are Dominic Drinan, Kelly Kim and Kathryn Herman. Swimmer's of the meet are selected based on improvement, sportsmanship and general attitude at the swim meet. A big congratulations goes out to the many parent volunteers who make our meets run successfully. The other team noted that we seemed to be very organized and hospitable.
Valleybrook Meet
It is now time to take that hospitality on the road as we go to Valleybrook Country Club to take on the Gators. The address is 1810 Valleybrook Drive Kingsville, MD 21087 . Directions can be found on the team website. Here is the link http://baacfins.com/clubs-directions . Swimmers need to be there for check-in at 5:00 PM. Our team area is under one of the pavilions bring chairs. A few notes about being the away team. We must always remeber we are guest at the facility and though we may have opinions of the facility or notice problems we do not have to live with those problems so we should be tactful about what we say. We also will have the second warm-up so swimming will commence as soon as our older kids finish warming up. So late check-ins are harder to deal with.
Aberdeen Meet
Saturday we travel to Aberdeen to take on the Mighty Penguins. I have not been there in a while but I recal that they had very little shade so it may be neccessary to bring shade. They have a larger team then us so this meet may last a little longer. The Address is Aberdeen Swim Center 615 Old Robin Hood Road Aberdeen, MD 21001. Directions can be found at the team website http://baacfins.com/clubs-directions . Check-in time is 7 AM. Remeber the meet starts directly after our warm-up.
Scratches
A small note about the importance of scratches. The league limits the number of heats in an event. That limit can be dispensed with by mutual agreement of the coaches. I always agree to it but at times the other teams do not. When you forget to scratch those lanes go empty even if we have swimmers to put in them. Additionally to plan the line-up to meet everyones needs, wishes and desires. Scratches allow me to plan. Just be kind scratch on the scratch sheet by Monday at 10 AM for a Wednesday meet and Thursday AM at 9 AM for a Saturday meet. If the sheet is not there....e-mail me.
Work hard this week!
"When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as how you take it.”
Charles de Lint (Celtic Story Teller -1951)







