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NOTE FROM COACH KEVIN- DEC 18

Posted by Birmingham Blue Dolphins on Dec 18 2021 at 12:05PM PST

Dear Parents and Swimmers,

2021 is not a year we will easily forget. At BBD, all of us, —the board, Y personnel, and the coaches did our level best to maintain a sense of normalcy during the pandemic. As a team we have always been good at adapting to changing circumstances. When I began, we only used the Y pool for practice and our treasury was kept in a cigar box. We had three coaches and we ran all our meets (dual meets) in the Y pool. We’ve come a long way and we have many reasons to be grateful. The latest good news came from our four swimmers: Charlie Bruce, Drew Collins, Angus MacDonald and Ethan Schwab, who just returned from the Speedo Winter Junior Championships East Meet in Greensboro, NC where they represented us well. Ethan broke the US Michigan 15-16 age group records in the 100 and 200 breaststroke. COVID didn’t get in their way!

​Here is our Christmas break schedule. Please take advantage of it!! If you are in town, you can come every day we have practice. If you are traveling, please get workouts from the lead age-group coaches or make arrangements to train with another team.

​December 20, 21, 22, 23,26, 27 and January 2 at Cranbrook:

13/14 and 15/17 – 11:30 – 1:30

9/10 and 11/12 – 1:30 – 3:15

8 and under – 3:15 – 4:30

For those young swimmers who are still in school on the 20 and 21:

December 20

8 and unders- 4:30 – 5:30 @ YMCA (one practice only)

9/10s – 6:00 – 7:15 @ Derby (one practice only)

11/12s – 6:00 – 7:15 @ Covington (one practice only)

13/14s – 7:00 – 8:30 @ Derby

15/17s – 7:00 – 8:30 @ Covington

December 21

8 and unders- 4:30 – 5:30 @ YMCA (one practice only)

9/10s – 6:00 – 7:15 @ Derby (one practice only)

13 & Up – 7:00 – 8:30 @ Derby

December 28 and 29 at Cranbrook

13/14 and 15/17 – 12:00 – 2:00

9/10 and 11/12 – 2:00 – 3:30

8 and under – 3:30 – 4:30

At this time we are still working on the schedule for December 30th. There is a meet at Cranbrook that day so we cannot practice there. Stay tuned!

Enjoy the holidays!!!

Kevin