To: Carleton Coaches (11 addresses)
Bcc: Those Registered for
Fall/Winter 2004/2005 plus "Alumni": High Intensity (23
members), 7:30am Earlybirds (40 addresses), 8:30am Earlybirds (23 addresses),
6pm Whitecaps (88 addresses), Nightcaps (36 addresses), Masters "Alumni" (9
members).
Upcoming High Intensity Workout
Cancellations
High Intensity 3 (evening) Group members, please note the
following cancellations due to Varsity swim meets: Sat Jan
15th 5-7pm, and Sat Jan 29th 5-7pm. (The Saturday morning Masters
workouts run as usual on these dates.)
Technosport Masters Meet: Jan
22nd
Interested in seeing what a Masters swim meet is all
about? The first local Masters meet of 2005 will be held at Ottawa U
8:30-10:30am Sat Jan 22nd. Spectators are welcome!
Carleton Invitational Varsity Swim Meet: Jan
29th
The Carleton Varsity team will be hosting it's annual
Invitational meet (this year Queens and Ottawa U will be attending) on Sat Jan
29th 5-9pm. If anyone is interested in volunteering as a timer (no
previous experience necessary, and pizza and munchies provided after the meet),
let me know. Also, spectators are most welcome.
Improved Photos!
Thanks to Francois (Earlybirds, High
Intensity) for his help with improving the photo quality of the recent team
photos:
Winter Program Registration
The Winter session is now underway. If you
are planning to swim and haven't yet registered, please do so as soon as
possible. Coaches will be checking names against the class list this
week. There is still room in all groups.
Note that the 6:30am Earlybirds will be starting
up towards the end of February. If you want to swim in one Masters group
for Jan/Feb and then switch to the 6:30am Earlybirds when it starts, please
contact the office (phone number and hours are below). If you switch from
7:30am Earlybirds, 8:30am Earlybirds or Whitecaps, you pay the regular Jan-Apr
free plus an additional charge of $10+GST (the normal program transfer
fee). If you switch from Nightcaps, you pay the regular Nightcaps fee plus
an additional charge of $30+GST (this includes the program transfer fee, plus
the extra cost of moving from a group offering 3 workouts per week to one
offering 4 workouts per week).
Private Swim Lessons
I have a few new swim lesson times for the Winter
term: Mon/Fri 9:45-10:45am (Jan-Apr), Wed 8-9pm (Mar-Apr), and some
Mon/Wed/Fri 4-5pm (Mar-Apr). Full details are near the end of the
newsletter.
Swimmer
Notes
Move: Best wishes to Chris Kelly
(x-6:30am Earlybirds and Nightcaps) who has moved to Kingston for a couple of
months before being posted to Bosnia is March!
Apartment for Rent in Sandy Hill: Quiet
triplex, large, 1 bedroom, den, bright, hardwood floors, parking. 3
blocks
from the University of Ottawa and the transitway. Available May
1st $885 plus hydro. Contact Tarek Raafat
(Whitecaps "A" / Varsity Coach): e-mail: tarek.raafat@rogers.com; phone:
298-2603.
Carleton Swim
Suits: Some polyester TYR Carleton suits are still
available. Men's suits are $24.50 and women's are $47. They will be
sold on a first-come-first-served basis, so let me know if you are interested,
along with your suit size.
Nose Clips for Sale:
Cost $5. Contact Lynn if you are interested.
Heartwood House Fundraiser: Nightcaps
coach Louise will shortly be selling tickets to Heartwood
House's annual fundraising concert featuring the Barra MacNeils and the Sue Fay
Healy Irish Dancers which will be held at Centrepointe Theatre on Thursday March
17, 2005 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $40 and the seats being sold are the best
in the House. Heartwood House, located at 153 Chapel street houses various
non-profit organizations, including Frontier College (a literacy organization,
where Louise works). Anyone interested in tickets (they make great
Christmas gifts!) can e-mail her at lfhayes5@yahoo.com or talk to her on
deck.
Winter Session
Information
Starting next time, the weekday
attendance for the Winter session will be given here along with notes on any
upcoming workout information. For the first four weeks of the session we
will be focusing on stroke drills (freestyle week 1, then breaststroke,
backstroke, and finally, butterfly). The workout themes are posted on the
web site (http://carletonmasters.tripod.com), as
are some workout abbreviations that may be useful for new
swimmers.
Masters Swimming
Competitions
If you want to compete in the 2004-2005 Masters Swimming
season, you can still do so with payment of a $1 late fee on top of the $25 cost
to register with MSO (Masters Swimming Ontario). Contact Lynn for full
details (cash or cheque payable to "Carleton Masters Swim Club"). Your
registration is good until December 31st, 2005. Any questions, just
ask!
Sat Jan 22nd Technosport Sprint Meet, U of
Ottawa. Warm up 7:45am, Meet runs 8:30-10:30am, followed by breakfast
at a local restaurant. Cost: $25 (bring cash or cheque payable to
Technosport to the meet). Events (unlimited): 4x100free relay, 50fly,
50bk, 100fs, 100IM, 50br, 100fly, 100br, 50fs, 100bk, 200IM. Deadline:
Mon Jan 10th (list of events and entry times).
Sat Feb 12th Nepean Winterlude Meet, Nepean Sportsplex
(Long Course = 50m pool). Check-In 12noon. Warm up: 12:30pm, Meet
runs 1:15-6pm, followed by a social (with food). Cost: $4/individual event
(max 4), plus $2 club cost (to cover relays, mailing costs, etc.). Events:
100bk, 100fl, 50br, 50fs, 400fs, 4x50 relay (free or medley), 15min break,
200IM, 100br, 100fs, 50bk, 50fl, 4x200 relay (free or medley). Deadline:
Mon Jan 24th (list of events, entry times, and cash or cheque
payable to "Carleton Masters Swim Club").
Sat Feb 19th Rideau Speedeaus Meet, U of Ottawa.
Details TBA.
Sat Mar 12th Technosport Sprint Meet, U of Ottawa.
Details TBA.
Fri Apr 1 - Sun Apr 3rd Masters Provincial Championships,
Sault-Ste-Marie. Details TBA
Sat Apr 9th Technosport Sprint Meet, U of Ottawa.
Details TBA.
Sat May 7th Technosport Sprint Meet, U of Ottawa.
Details TBA.
Fri May 20 - Mon May 23rd Masters National Championships,
Etobicoke. Details TBA.
Sat June 4th Technosport Distance Meet, U of Ottawa.
Details TBA.
July 22 - 31st World Masters Games, Edmonton.
Details TBA.
Race Results: (Please send in your
results!! My apologies if I missed anyone.)
Nothing to report this time!
Dear Coach: Am I
allowed to attend a Saturday morning workout? If so, which one? New
Swimmer
Dear N. Swimmer: Welcome to Carleton Masters! All
swimmers registered with "regular" Masters (as opposed to High Intensity
Masters, the groups that train with the Varsity team) are entitled to swim on
Saturday mornings. You can attend either the 8-9am or the 9-10am workout,
and you can change the time you attend from week to week. Generally the
8-9am workout is less crowded, but if you have children who take part in the
safety supervision (9-10am only) or if you want to attend the post-workout
brunch (we head over to the Greek Souvlaki House around 10:45am), you probably
want to attend the 9-10am workout.
Dear Coach: Can you help me with the
abbreviations you coaches use? A Bit Confused
Private
and Semi-Private Masters Swim
Lessons
Schedule for Fall/Winter:
Tue/Thu 7:15-8:00pm (fully booked through April,
2005)
Extra Lessons added for Winter 2005 -- let me
know if you are interested!
Mon/Fri 9:45-10:45am (Jan-Apr)
Wed 8-9pm (Mar-Apr)
Mon/Wed/Fri 4-5pm (Mar-Apr)
Prices for private lessons for Carleton Members are
$36.75 for 1 hour, $68.25 for 2, $94.50 for 3, $117.60 for 4 and $138.60 for 5
hours, all plus GST. Private lessons are also available to non-Members at
a higher cost ($52.50, $89.25, $120.75, $149.10 and $170.10, all plus GST, for
1-5 hours, respectively).
For those who want to take semi-private lessons (2-3
students), the cost per student for Carleton Members is $22.05 for 1 hour,
$40.95 for 2, $56.70 for 3, $70.56 for 4, and $83.16 for 5 hours, all plus
GST. Semi-private lessons for non-Members cost (per person) $31.50 for 1
hour, $53.55 for 2, $72.45 for 3, $89.46 for 4, and $102.06 for 5 hours, all
plus GST.
Contact Lynn for availability and
bookings.
Reminders
Newsletter: An e-newsletter (like this
one) is sent out about every two weeks. If you have new lane-mates, please
mention to them that they should give their e-mail address to their coach if
they'd like to receive it.
Suggestions for Workouts or Interested in Making
up a Workout or a Set?: If you have suggestions for the workouts
(something you like that we never do, or something you dislike that we do too
much!), or if you'd like to try making up a workout or a set in a workout, just
talk to your coach.
Interested in Copies of the Workouts?: Are
you interested in getting copies of Lynn's workouts ahead of
time? Let me know. I usually e-mail out the week’s workouts on
Sunday. (Note that these are only the workouts that Lynn
coaches. If Lynn is not your coach, the workouts will be different from
the workouts your coach gives you!)
Weekly Social Events: All swimmers are
invited to join us for:
Thursday Dinner (after Whitecaps workout): Meet by the
Tuck Shop around 7:45pm
Thursday Drinks (after Nightcaps workout): Meet by the Tuck Shop around
9:30pm
Saturday Brunch (after 9-10am workout): Meet by the Tuck
Shop around 10:30am
Triathletes: Check out
Rudy Hollywood’s website: http://www.trirudy.com and subscribe
to the daily tri-news e-mail.
Your input to this newsletter is most welcome, especially
for the Swimmer Notes, Race Results and Ask the Coach sections! To be
added to or removed from the receiver list, just let me know (lynnmarshall@sympatico.ca).
Happy lengths!
