Hilton Area Swim Team (HAST)

Everyone should have sold or be almost finished selling the tickets to our Applebee panacake breakfast. We need to give a final count to Applebee's by the end of the week. All money (and any unsold tickets) need to be turned in to Cheryl Kame ASAP! You can drop the money off at Cheryl's house or you can give it to Coach Snow at the pool .Remember - All families need to participate! If you can't be at the breakfast and haven't sold tickets you are responsible for covering the $40 "buy-out" fee. It should be an awesome morning. It's time for us to show some HAST spirit! Come on out and let the kids wait on you!

The Fairport Distance/Sprint meet is Friday November 16 and Saturday November 17. Please submit entries by Wednesday November 7th. Send entries to dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org.

There will be no swim practice Wednesday October 31st.

Practice is also cancelled for Friday November 2.

Thank you to all the coaches and officials that helped out at the dual meet!!

The dual meet against Victor is on for this Saturday October 27th. Please be at the Victor High School pool at 10:00 ready to swim. The meet will begin at 10:30.

Entries for the IMX meet on November 3 and 4 are due Friday 10/26.

Entries for Irondequoit Swim Your Age meet on November 11 are due Tuesday October 30th.

Please email entries to dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org.

Thank you.

Please let Coach Snow or Coach John know if any swimmer 13 and under can not make it to the dual meet this saturday. If they do not hear from you, they will assume your swimmer will be there to swim. The dual meet is at Victor High School at 10:00 this saturday. The meet starts at 10:30.

Barb Anzalone from The Deep End will be at practice Thursday night at 7:00 with all the HAST suits. Please let Coach Snow know if you are interested in purchasing goggles, caps, etc.

Please let the board know if anyone is interested in this clinic.

There will be a swimming officials clinic for all levels (stroke & turn, starter, referee; new and recertifying) at Victor Junior HS on October 23 @ 7:00. A map is attached below. Directions / signs will be posted. Please check your certification expiration date and make sure you are ready for the upcoming season. You must recertify every 2 years. Please encourage people from your swim club to become a new official - we need them!! If you have any questions or plan on attending, please contact me at 719-2500 (w) / 671-2078 (h) / E-Mail to rieth@frontiernet.net or jrieth@rohmhaas.com so that I have enough handouts for everyone. (Of course, if someone discovers at the last minute that he or she is able to attend, feel free to come--but it sure helps to have a ballpark number!). Thank you. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For New Swim Officials Certifying as a Stroke & Turn Judge takes a little time, but it's a lot of fun, adds to your understanding of the sport, and sure beats sitting in the bleachers at a long meet. It would be terrific if you do the "book learning" and take the certification tests before the clinic. Otherwise, go to the clinic and finish the tests as soon as possible. Here's how to get started: 1) Learn the rules. 2) Take the certification tests. 3) Attend a clinic. 4) Get a USA Swimming insurance card. 5) Apprentice with other officials. Rules
Everyone starts as a Stroke and Turn Judge. To do your job properly, you need to learn the technical rules for the four strokes--freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. It's not so bad really, just four pages in the rule book. Go to the USA swimming website: www.usaswimming.org. Click on the "Volunteers" tab at the top of the page, then click on "Officials" at the menu on the left. Then, "Rules and Regulations." Then, "2007 Swimming Mini-Rulebook." Plus, you will need to at least skim the other rules on how meets are conducted.
Tests
You take two on-line, open book tests, also at www.usaswimming.org, for: Timer and Stroke and Turn Judge. This way you'll know what the other people on deck are doing and be cross-trained for those jobs. Your results will go to the Niagara District automatically. You'll get an e-mail with your scores. Please forward your passing scores to me at rieth@frontiernet.net or jrieth@rohmhaas.com.
The tests are fairly easy. Just register and follow the instructions. Open a copy of the rules in one window and the test in another. The questions are multiple choice and you must cite the section number(s) of the rule(s) that apply. If you get stuck, go back to the rules. If you need to take a break, the program saves your answers and you can return at your convenience. You can keep taking the tests until you pass. Not everyone passes every test the first time.
Clinic
This is where you begin making the transition between understanding the rules on paper and understanding the rules as they apply to bodies torpedoing through the water. The clinic will be a good review. You get to see all four strokes in a video. The video also covers the basics of officiating--where to position yourself for good calls, how to ensure a fair swim for the athletes in your lanes, etc. After you pass your certification tests and attend the class, you'll be issued a blue card so that you can apprentice before you begin officiating on your own.
Insurance Card
This "deck card" is a combination ID and proof of insurance. USA Swimming provides liability coverage for coaches and officials. Obtain a USA Swimming non-athlete application from your club registrar, complete and return. The club will pay your application fee. You need a deck card to apprentice.
Apprentice
You need to "shadow" for four sessions--watch other officials at work and get some on-deck pointers from them--before you can officiate on your own. A session could be a dual meet, or a morning, afternoon, or finals session at an invitational. Most invitationals are two or more sessions. I don't recommend shadowing for more than two sessions a day. Just report to the referee at any USA Swimming meet. You don't even need to have a swimmer at the meet. Let the referee know you'd like to shadow and follow his or her instructions. They usually have you rotate among the positions on the deck. Observe; ask questions. You're there to learn. After the session, have the referee sign your card. Once you have proof of at least four shadow sessions, you need to send me a blue card and I'll send you your permanent (white) certification card. You need to recertify every 2 years.
You will need a uniform to shadow. You've seen the officials on deck. The uniform is a white polo shirt, navy blue shorts or slacks, and white sneakers.

John E. RiethRohm and Haas Electronic Materials
P.O. Box 60799 Rochester

The dual meet on October 27th has been scheduled for 10:00 warm up and 10:30 start at the Victor High School pool. Please be at the pool and ready to swim promptly at 10:00. All swimmers 13 and under who are registered are eligible to swim. Remember all swimmers must swim two dual meets to swim in the McDonald championships.

We are in great need of our officials at this meet. Please let us know if you are available.

Denise

Everyone should have received tickets to sell for our Applebee's fundraiser on November 10th. Each family is being asked to sell 10 tickets or pay a $40 buy out fee. If you don't have tickets yet, please see Cheryl Kame (LaCourt) or email her at cherykame@excite.com to make arrangements to get them. Cheryl will be at morning practice in Brockport on October 26th to collect ticket money and/or any unsold tickets. She will be at the Hilton pool on Monday, October 29th to collect money and/or unsold tickets. Please make every attempt to get this to her on one of these 2 dates! Checks are preferred and should be made out to HAST. Please note in memo area that the check is for Applebee's fundraiser. Thank you to Cheryl for organizing this for us!!

Attention all new swimmers that were not swimming with HAST last season. All new swimmers must be registered with Niagara Swimming. If you have not completed a registration form and given HAST a check in the amount of $54 please do so ASAP. Your swimmer can not swim in any meet without being registered. Any questions please see Denise LaJuett or email me at dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org.

Thank You.

The first dual meet for registered swimmers 12 and under has been scheduled for Saturday October 27th at Victor. The time is yet to be determined. Please keep this date available. More information will be to follow.

There are still many swimmers that have not paid their first installment of the swim dues. $175 must be received by all swimmers by October 31st. If this payment is not received swimmers will not be able to practice until this payment is made. This payment is due for all swimmers even our swimmers that are now swimming on school clubs. If your swimmer's registration form has not been completed please do so and place it in the LaJuett folder. Any questions please let the board know.

The last installment of $175 is due December 1st along with the $54 USA registration fee.

Thank You

There are three upcoming meets in October and November that entries are due:

The first meet is the Fall Classic Invitational at Penfield High School. This meet will be held on October 28th and the packet can be located on the Niagara Swimming web site( the link is on our web site). Only swimmers that were registered last season are eligible to swim in this meet. Entires are due to me by Tuesday October 16th. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Please email your child's name, meet name, events, and event numbers to me at dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org. The fees for this meet are a deck fee of $3 per swimmer, $3 per event, and $10 per relay. Fees will be due no later than one week after the event. Swimmers will not be able to swim in the next meet if their fees are not paid current.

The second meet is the Bronze IMX meet at Brockport High School. This meet will be held November 3 and 4. Only swimmers with bronze times can swim at this meet. Entries are due to me by Friday October 26th. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Please email your child's name, meet name, events, and event number to me at dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org. The fees for this meet are a deck fee of $5, $4 per event, and $12 per relay. Fees will be due no later than one week after the event.

The third meet is The Swim Your Age Invitational at the Irondequoit High School on Sunday November 11. This is a great meet for all age groups. Entries are due to me by Tuesday October 30th. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Please email your child's name, meet name, events, and event numbers to me at dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org. The fees for this meet are deck fee $4, $3 per event, and $10 per relay. Fees are due nolater than one week after the event.

Events and fees for all meets will be posted at the pool. Any swimmer that is not up to date with meet fees will not be able to swim at additional meets until paid current. Any questions please let me know.

Denise LaJuett

Swim practice will be late Thursday October 11th. Practice will be from 7:00 to 9:00.

Hope to see EVERYONE on Friday for fun night.

Good luck selling tickets for our pancake breakfast at Applebees. Any questions please let us know.

Just a reminder, there is no swim practice on Monday October 8th. Also, Thursday October 11th is a late practice. Have a great day off. See everyone Tuesday.

We have finally confirmed a pool for the first Senior Meet on October 13th, 2007. Here are the particulars:

Where: Churchville Chili High School pool
When: October 13th, 2007
Warm-up: 1:15 pm
Meet Start Time: 2:00 pm

Format #1
1 Open 200 Free 2
3 Open 200 Back 4
5 Open 400 IM 6
7 Open 100 Fly 8
9 Open 100 Free 10
11 Open 200 Breast 12
13 Open 1000 Free 14

Send email to Coach Snow if you are going to swim this meet. Remember Seniors you have to get in your 2 of the 4 meets to be able to swim championships.

HAST has the opportunity to make a LOT of money to benefit our club through a fundraiser sponsored by Applebee's! We will be hosting a pancake breakfast on Saturday, November 10th at Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar at 3020 Winton Rd South in Henrietta from 8am - 10am. Tickets are being sold for $5 each. Applebee's will donate $4 of each ticket sold to the club. They supply the food, the drink, the cooks, and the facility. We provide the wait staff. Our swimmers will be the greeters, the seaters, the servers, and the cleaners. Each HAST family is being asked to sell a minimum of 10 tickets or you may use a "buy-out option" for $40 a family. This is an awesome opportunity for us and it is sure to be a fun time for everybody! In addition to the ticket sales profit, we will offer patrons the chance to buy tickets for a 50/50 raffle and any tips left on the tables are for the club as well! Swimmers will have the chance to sign up for a job and pick up their tickets at the October 12th Fun Night. Save the date and start soliciting all the pancake lovers you can find!!!

There is a parent meeting scheduled for Wednesday, October 3rd at 6:45. All parents should plan to attend. Apparel orders are due on Wednesday also. Order forms with checks to HAST should be put in Engle file.

From HSCD, "Their is a home modified meet today against Pittsford. While the modified meets only last one hour, there could be a delay in the start of your group due to other teams arriving late". So to be prepared for this, I am saying practice start time will be 6PM tonight, make sure your swimmer is dressed to jump in the pool when we get the go ahead. I will try not to run to late due to the late start. Coach Snow