FR1 Newsletter: Week 9 Fall 2024

Campbell Patterson

Champions in the Pool. Champions In Life.

GRATITUDE~GRIT~GROWTH~MINDFULNESS~OWNERSHIP

Future Royal 1, Week 9 - Upcoming Week

Welcome!

Sorry about missing the newsletter last week, things have been very busy lately but I've got more reminders for myself now. Last week (and the week before but most swimmers weren't here!) we began introducing butterfly. We will continue our flip-turn and dive work this week in preparation for the Noblesville Icebreaker meet this weekend!

 

We had a few swimmers come to the Barndance social event, I had a great time and hope more come to next year's event! It's a great chance to meet some of the other swimmers and families in the club.

For announcements/important items, we have a few things:

No Practice this Thursday for Halloween!!!! I want all the kids to be able to enjoy a good Halloween or just a nice one-day break. We will have practice on Tuesday and Friday of this week *and then the meet on Sat/Sun for those who are going!

Noblesville meet this weekend!

  • SAT PM (12 & Under) Warmups @ 1:00 pm | Meet start @2:00 pm
  • SUN PM (12 & Under) Warmups @ 12:00 pm | Meet start @1:00pm
    • No need to bring any equipment, but snacks, towels, water are all good things to bring!
    • Day/Shirt color: 
      • Saturday White
        Sunday Blue
  • If you have any questions please let me know!

We had been handing out shirts a few weeks ago, but if your swimmer has not gotten a shirt, please email me! It is likely we have them but forgot to hand them out/the swimmer wasn't at that practice @[email protected] 

Almost all of us who aren't brand new have it already, but if you haven't, go ahead and visit the Elsmore swim shop to make sure your swimmer has Fins and a Kickboard! Additionally, Elsmore recently received a stock of our "Meet" swim suits, so go ahead and stop by there to purchase a team suit we can use for meets!

There is a groupme for FR1, go to this link to join! You'll need to provide an answer to the joining question (so we don't have people outside of the group join). Feel free to message about any questions of other parents or myself in there, I will do my best to monitor that chat regularly.

I mentioned this last week, but we want to represent our Royal colors, so we have what Coach Andy calls "Royal Fridays!" (an HSE tradition) where every Friday students/athletes, and coaches/teachers wear blue colors (specifically the shirt!) *Although none of our swimmers are at the 

Lastly, for those of you at the meet a couple weeks ago that noticed some groups getting goodiebags or other fun things, we can get that for our group too! Here's the following message from Kathy Nelson, who's the lead for the Team Parents Committee.

We are looking for a few more parents to join the Team Parents Committee for the FR1 group!!  Are you interested in becoming a little more involved in SSC?  Are you wanting to support and foster the culture and the cohesion of the FR1 group?  Are you wanting to get to know the FR1 athletes and families?  Being an FR1 Team Parent will allow you to do just that!

If you're interested in being part of the Team Parents Committee for FR1 or want additional information about the role, contact Kathy Nelsen at [email protected].

If you have any questions or comments for me, feel free to reach out to: [email protected]

CALENDAR

MEETS

UPCOMING

Noblesville Swim Club ICE BREAKER

Turkey Super Splash

  • The Turkey Super Splash is a great opportunity to compete during the 2024-25 short course season. This meet will be held at HSE the morning of Saturday, Nov 23rd.
  • Super Splashes are intrasquad meets (like the Sept 28th one!) that allow our swimmers to compete amongst themselves and is great for swimmers newer to the sport!

Regardless of my poor memory, here is the link to our calendar page that should have information about any upcoming meets (such as the Turkey Super Splash! and provide a spot to sign up for volunteer slots!

  • If you would like to leave a comment on the meet entry form as to what you'd like your swimmer to swim, you can do so. 
  • I will be the one assigning swimmers to events, so do not do so, but as noted you may leave comments if you want to suggest an event.

Here is the all-important link!

https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/isscc/page/calendar#/team-events/upcoming

ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 

For anyone who wants to be more involved or read more on the swimming community, here are some organizations/swimming influential members that focus on the sport!

https://www.usaswimming.org/

https://swimswam.com/

(here's a good one) https://swimswam.com/10x-olympic-medalist-caeleb-dressel-unpacks-his-paris-olympic-games/

https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/

https://www.instagram.com/kylesockwell/?hl=en

https://www.worldaquatics.com/