News
A good time once again at the Bumpy Jones meet in Sarasota. The SYSM Masters
team did a great job yet again running a good meet, keeping it fun and fast.
Water was perfect! We had a nice time at the picnic, and enjoyed the social and
the good food! Tom and I were big raffle winners too! Congrats to Karen,
Jenny, George, and Tom (and me?!) for representing TMM well at the meet. Photos
from Bumpy Jones meet this weekend are up at
http://picasaweb.google.com/tampametromasters/BumpyJonesJune11132010# .
Enjoy!
Swimming without the tech suits was quite a bit different. Big reset, but its
the new normal in swimming. So expect to make some adjustments.. and work hard
in practice to make up for the difference.
Social!
Reminder: We will have a going away dinner for Jenny Faith Tuesday June 22
after practice. We will have it at the Wood Fire Pizza Grill at the corner of
Bruce B Downs and Bearss, in the shopping center with the Cody's Roadhouse and
Beef O'Brady's. I've heard good things about it, so I'm eager to try it out.
If you've not done so already, please give me a RSVP so we can a count for
the restaurant.
Training and Practice Updates
Andrew and Coach Li have done a nice job coaching us up in practice. Be sure to
thank them, and ask questions, and have discussion with them, and get to know
them. Andrew has swam several practices with us, and is a talented swimmer. They
are balancing across the different swim programs, so they do get stretched a bit
occasionally, so we've had a whiteboard workout a time or two. However, keep in
mind our previous coaches had absences, so we know how to get a good practice
with our own self motivation, so keep it up. Most of use have been doing this
swimming thing a while. However, we will be keeping an eye on things to make
sure it stays balanced and offer to volunteer if needed to keep the program
until things settle down. If you have anything you'd like to bring up to the Y
during this period, please let me know.
They NTY pool will be open for LCM 5:30am - 7:00am Mon - Fri starting Monday
June 14. I plan on swimming Tuesday June 15 and Thursday June 17 at 5:30am.
All are welcome.
Giveback
Remember, we have another adaptive volunteer opportunity on Saturday June 19,
after practice. Tara Deering is coordinating. Its an enjoyable and rewarding
experience to share our passion for swimming with those that are less abled, so
consider volunteering one hour of your time.
Photos
Photos from Bumpy Jones meet this weekend are up at
http://picasaweb.google.com/tampametromasters/BumpyJonesJune11132010# .
Enjoy!
More photos from Y-Nats soon. I have (finally!) received them from Fred. Many
nice shots... over 1300 of them on 2 DVDs.. almost 10GB. I'll go through them
and post a few on our site. If anyone wants a copy of the full DVDs, bring me a
couple of blank DVDs and I will make some copies.
Upcoming Competition and Events
Get St Pete locked in on your calendars! We've had some good turnouts of TMMers
over the years, so lets keep it going! Plus they have high point awards! Nice
towels (usually) So swim lots of events!
July 10-11 / LCM:
St. Pete Masters LCM Championships. St. Petersburg FL.
Information & entry. Entry deadline: postmarked by
Thursday, July 1
Also, USMS Nationals are in San Juan, PR this August. If any TMMers are
interested in going, let me know. More info at
http://www.usms.org/comp/lcnats10/. Entries are due July 8
(online).
See you at the pool!
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