Upcoming Meet - Sharks vs. Rattan Creek Hurricanes
The next meet will be this Saturday, June 3, at the Balcones pool our FIRST home meet! We warm up first since we are the home team.
Meet Timeline
4:45am - Meet Prep team arrives
5:30am - Swimmer/Volunteer check-in
7am - Meet start time
Parking
Since we share the parking lot with our golfing friends, SHARKS please park on the street around the clubhouse. Leave parking across the street and close in street parking for our visiting friends. Please refer to the map on the Meets page for the Balcones pool. There is more information regarding parking restrictions.
There will be golf carts driven by swim team volunteers cruising around to help you get to the pool easier if you do need help. Also, please do not block any of the driveways that are on the Club grounds, including cart paths.
Clubhouse Access and Restroom Use
Restroom space is limited as most of you know. Balcones Country Club rules stipulate that any non-members, excluding Summer Swim Pass holders, must be accompanied by a Club member when inside the clubhouse, even just to use the restroom facilities. Also, children under the age of 10 must be accompanied at all times by a responsible adult when inside the clubhouse. When entering the clubhouse, you must be dressed appropriately (both members and non-members). For example, no swim suits and bare feet. Swimmers should use outside facilities.
Special Considerations
- Since we have to arrive earlier at the pool since we we warm up first, it will still be dark when you arrive. BCC has lights but it can get a bit dark under the tents until the sun comes up! A flashlight can be useful.
- Your child needs to check in with the team parent at the time specified in the meet timeline and be prepared to start warm ups. Swimmers who have not checked in at least 30 minutes before the start of the meet will be scratched from the meet!
- Your child is to stay in their age group tent during the meet or let the team parent know where they are going. Team parents are not responsible for finding your child to go to the ready bench to swim.
- Please make sure your child takes home anything brought to the meet. This includes all of their belongings and any trash they make. We need to be courteous guests and clean up after ourselves. It it not the team parents responsibility to clean up after the kids.
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Previous Meet Results
What a great meet! The final score was BCC Sharks 366.00, Brush Creek Marlins 277.00. The swimmers on both teams did a great job.
[Meet Results]
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Looking Ahead
Pep Rally!
Bring a shirt to tie-dye and DRESS SCRUFFY for the pep-rally on Friday, 6:00pm at the BCC pool. Willing moms and dads are MOST welcome to help out with this one. Thanks in advance.
Make a note on your calendar of our pep rally schedule: 6:00 pm on the Friday before each home meet:
Individual and Team Photo Day
There will be no swim practice on Wednesday, June 7, to allow for individual and team photos to be taken at the Balcones pool. Please have your swimmer at the pool and "photo ready" at the arrival times shown by age group. Each swimmer needs to wear this year's team suit and this year's team t-shirt. The photo time by age group is listed. Keep in mind this is just a guideline and the sessions could run longer or shorter so it's advisable to have someone stay with your swimmer and not just drop off. Please stay until age group photo is taken.
Age Group | Arrival | Photo Time |
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15-17 | 7:50am | 8-8:30am |
13-14 | 8:20am | 8:30-9am |
11-12 | 8:50am | 9-9:30am |
9-10 | 9:20am | 9:30-10:15am |
7-8 | 10:05am | 10:15-11am |
6&U | 10:50am | 11-11:30am |
Each swimmer will be photographed individually and with his/her age group. The cost of the individual photo and age group team photo are included in the registration fee already paid.
Photo Texas also offers additional packages to be purchased. As a fundraiser for the team, the Sharks will receive 15% back from total additional orders. Bring your checkbook to place additional orders!
NWSC Championship T-Shirt Orders
Every year the NWSC offers championship t-shirts for purchase. The purchase of NWSC Championship T-Shirts is completely optional. Many families do purchase t-shirts to wear during the "championship" weekend, July 8 and 9. The cost is $10/each ($12/each for XXL and XXXL). Orders will only be accepted online on our website. Click here to go to the design and the instructions to order t-shirts. There is also a "hot link" on the Shark website home page to get to the order form. The deadline to order t-shirts is the end of the Georgetown Aquadillos Meet on June 17.
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Swimmer Kudos
The Sharks had 248 time improvements this week—wow!!! 34 of those were "bingos" (swimmers who improved their times in all 3 individual events).
Three team records were broken:
- Girls 15-17 50 free:
old record: 28.33, set by KRISTIN DEAN on 7/10/2005
new record: 28.19, set by AIMEE SPOONER
- Boys 15-17 50 breast:
old record: 30.90, set by MATT JACKSON on 7/7/2002
new record: 29.98, set by JOSH NOSAL
- Boys 13-14 200 medley relay:
old record: 2:02.23, set by C. COLEY, D. ENDSLEY, M. JACKSON, J. THOMAS on 6/2/2001
new record: 2:02.16, set by J. ALLEN, T. DIELMANN, M. LARSON, Z. ASAL
Look at all of our swimmers who took more than 15 seconds off of their previous best times:
- Jahnke, Claire E 7-8 G 25 FREE 100.68
- Alpern, Justin D 7-8 B 25 FREE 42.68
- Prasadh, Rishi R 6&U B 25 FREE 41.04
- Wanguhu, Wangeci F 6&U G 25 FREE 38.01
- Adams, Bonnie A 7-8 G 25 FREE 34.72
- Todd, Jennifer J 6&U G 25 FREE 21.54
- Dehne, Sean A 7-8 B 50 FREE 20.86
- Vetter, Michael A 9-10 B 50 FREE 20.12
- Dehne, Brian R 6&U B 25 BACK 16.69
- McCollum, Clark H 7-8 B 50 FREE 15.42
Way to go, Sharks!!! Go here for more best times info.
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Shark Shack
Fundraiser Alert: Ildiko Vineis will have a Cookie Lee Jewelry display set up the Shark Shack. Bring your checkbook and shop between events. If you buy an item, you can take it with you, and 20% of your sale will be donated back to the Sharks swim team!
The Shark Shack will have swim caps, goggles, and a few fun items for sale at the meet. Check out our newest shark toys! We still have a few 2006 t-shirts for sale. We also have a small number of t-shirts from years past that are half price!
If you lose something during the meet, check at the Shark Shack people usually bring lost and find items to us while the meet is going on dont forget to label everything.
We hope everyone has been working hard on those t-shirt designs the contest will be coming soon!
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Parent's Corner
Tents: REMINDER: The tents are for swimmers only!!! The age group tents are to assure that all the swimmers have a shady spot out of the sun and a dry place out of the rain during the meet. We have enough tents to accommodate the kids in each age group. Some age groups are large and there may be room for the kids only under the tent. Parents are welcome under the tents if all of the kids are accommodated first. Several parents have purchased their own tents to use at the meets to keep their non-swimming family members out of the sun and rain. You can catch the tents on sale at places like Academy and other sporting goods stores. Thank you for your consideration.
Report Meet Absences! We need to know meet absences for this Saturday ASAP. Otherwise, your swimmer will be entered in to the meet for June 3. We had several No Shows on Saturday that had not informed us they would not be at the meet. No Shows are very disruptive and inconvenient for meet officials and other families that do attend the meet. So please be considerate and report meet absences!
Lost and Found: An assortment of Shark items were left at the Brushy Creek meet. The Lost and Found is located at the Spicewood Pool so please be sure and check it for lost swimmer items!
Swimmer Ribbons and Team Directory: The ribbon boxes will be at the pools on Tuesday this week instead of Monday due to the holiday. If you didn't pick up your team directory on Saturday, it should be in one of your swimmer's folders. If you don't find a folder for your swimmer at the pool he/she practices at, it is probably at the other pool. Send an e-mail to scoretable@bccsharks.org and let them know and they'll get the folder moved for next week.
Do not leave the meet (unless you are a 6 and under at half time) without telling a coach! Your child may be entered in a relay at the end of the meet and it may not be in the heat sheet. Ask your team parent before you leave if your swimmer is swimming any more events.
Swimmer Name on Caps: Please put your swimmer's names (first name plus last initial) on each side of their swim caps with a permanent marker. This will assist the coahes in learning the swimmer's names and will assist our team photographers (Jeff and Debbie Dean) in getting the names right for photo captions.
Swimmer Ribbons: As a reminder, swimmer ribbons are not handed out at the meet. The ribbons are available in the ribbon boxes at each pool on Monday morning during practice time. Each swimmer or parent can find ribbons in a folder under the swimmer's name. We do not leave the ribbon boxes at the pool during the week after Monday. If you miss getting your ribbons, send an e-mail to scoretable@bccsharks.org to make arrangements to get your ribbons. You can always pick them up the next Monday.
2005 Photos Still Available for Purchase: You can order photo-quality 4" X 6" reprints of any photo that appears in one of the 2005 Web Photo Albums. The price is $1 per print. Send an e-mail to Jeff Dean with the following information:
- Your name
- Swimmer's last name (if different)
- Phone number
- E-Mail address
- Ordering details for each photo (i.e. IMG_XXX, which is found below each online photo) and quantity.
[View 2005 Photos]
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Weekly Snack Schedule
It's SNACK time!!
Friday morning snacks are a Shark tradition! All of our sharks, coaches included, enjoy snacks following Friday morning practices.
Parents are asked to take turns providing these small snacks (cookies, brownies, popsicles, donuts, etc.) for each swimmer in their child's age group. Please e-mail Joyce Marshall at hospitality@bccsharks.org to volunteer for one day of snack duty. This is a great opportunity to use the Krispy Creme Card you bought through the Sharks fundraiser - 2 dozen doughnuts for the price of 1!
8am |
Whitetip Sharks |
24 |
Ann Hart |
9am |
Mako Sharks |
23 |
Jennifer Silverman |
9:45am |
Thresher Sharks |
24 |
Susan Marshall |
10:30am |
Tiger Sharks |
26 |
Julie McCracken |
11:15am |
Wobbegong Sharks |
29 |
Sarah Jane Todd |
8am |
Bull Sharks |
42 |
Audrey Williams |
9:30am |
Blue Sharks |
22 |
Mary Beth Angione |
10:30am |
Hammerhead Sharks |
26 |
Susan Marshall |
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Swim Lessons
The BCC coaches will be offering swim lessons again this summer!!
All ages and abilities are welcome!!
This unique tradition is spread by word of mouth, so tell your friends!!
The price is the same for all the coaches. The cost is $20 for one swimmer/half-hour lesson. Contact Coach Michael Licatino:
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Fundraising News
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Cards
Fundraiser for the Sharks! For $10, Buy One Dozen Any Kind of Doughnut, Get One Free times 10 punches! The Sharks get $5 back on every card sold. This is a great way to help out the Sharks and at the same time grab a deal on donuts. The cards are good until 2008. Use your card to purchase snacks for Friday snack assignments. Sell them at your office - buy more than one! If you miss purchasing at the Blue and White Meet, send an e-mail to krispykreme@bccsharks.org and note the following: Your Name, E-mail, Phone, Quantity of donut cards, and Swimmer's Name (if different last name).
2006 Sponsor Opportunities
Interested in being a sponsor this year? For more information on becoming an individual or corporate sponsor of the BCC Sharks Swim Team this season, send an e-mail to our Team Sponsorship Coordinator. We have a variety of options available for you!
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