Dear Parents and Swimmers,

Please pay attention to the pool cancellations this week.

We had a fine time at the parent’s social on Friday evening. Swimming should be fun for the adults, too!

The revised qualifying times for the YMCA State Meet that we will be hosting at Saginaw Valley State are now on the website. The time standards for other championship meets are expected soon. After we receive these we will print our goal sheets to help the swimmers map their progress. Remember, championship meets are required so mark your calendars now. The dates for all of our championship meets are listed in “Meets” section of the website. The State Meet is called the 9 and over State Meet, but any younger swimmer who achieves a cut is welcome to attend as well.

​We are very fortunate to have the use of the Groves High School pool on Sundays. There are eleven lanes in the main pool. Coach Pat has been there filming our swimmers and giving them feedback. I’d sure like to see more of the swimmers take advantage of the Sunday workouts.

Please support our National Team by attending the Nat Team clinics. Our elite swimmers will be in the pool working with our younger athletes. It is a fundraiser, a great team bonding exercise, and very inspiring to our younger swimmers.

Have a great week!

Kevin

Dear BBD Parents,

We are so excited to host the first YMCA meet of the season! In the past we have asked each family to bring in drinks associated with their last name in the alphabet, but after an assessment last year we realized we were creating a surplus of beverages that weren’t consumed so we want to try to lessen the waste and expand to all categories of concessions.

Items can be delivered Monday- Friday at noon the week of the meet to the YMCA front desk labeled BBD Meet. If you have a morning swimmer on Saturday you can bring your items then but all goods must be delivered well before meet start time to allow our parent volunteers time to set up. If you’ve signed up for an item please take that commitment earnestly as our Concessions volunteers will be counting on those items. If delivery is an issue please contact Nikki at nikkigschwartz@gmail.com or Liz at Elizabeth.Horbach@gmail.com to arrange for an alternative drop off.

PLEASE CLICK BELOW TO SIGN-UP
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C0C49A8AD29A5FA7-44689830-bbdlisa
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We sincerely appreciate your support securing as many of the below items as possible so that we can run a well stocked concession stand for all swimmers and spectators!

See you at the pool!

Best,
BBD Boosters

2023 Holland Invite November 4-5, 2023

A new USA-S meet has been added to the schedule for 13 and up swimmers ONLY.
This will be a very quick turnaround, as the entry deadline is this coming Sunday, October 8, 2023, at 8pm. Late entries will not be accepted.

The 2023 Holland Invite is a prelims/finals meet being held at the Holland Community Aquatic Center in Holland, MI on November 4-5, 2023. As of now, there is no specific team hotel reserved. All information for the meet is included in the meet packet located both below and on the BBD website.

2023 Holland Invite meet packet:
http://bbdswimming.com/clubs/6769/documents/560824

Important:
If you have already emailed me your swimmer’s previous team, yet their times say NT, no worries. It will be adjusted before the team entry is submitted. If your swimmer is transferring to BBD from another team and you have not emailed me, please forward their name, USA-S ID # (once transfer has been initiated), and what club team they were previously on to bbdentries@gmail.com. This is not necessary if your swimmer has only swam for a summer team.

As a reminder, the 2023 Lisa Ferris Fall Festival is open for entries for ALL swimmers.

The meet will be held at Lake Orion High School on October 28-29, 2023. If you’re planning to attend, the deadline for entry is Thursday, October 19th at 8 pm.

The coaches are looking for 100% participation in this meet from our swimmers. This is a YMCA meet and will count as one meet towards your three YMCA meet requirements. We won’t be able to accept late entries from parents who miss the signup deadline. No exceptions, so please sign up ASAP.
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All Hands On Deck!!
All BBD parents are required to volunteer during this meet. Please click on the Sign Up Genius link below. You are expected to volunteer for each session your child/children attend. We track volunteer fulfillment, and families who don’t volunteer during the 2023-24 season will lose returning swimmer status for next year.

Volunteer Sign Up Genius -
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094CABA62AABFB6-44514633-lisa#/

The full meet packet is available here as well as on the BBD website. Be aware that all 10 and under swimmers as well as 11-12 BOYS swim in the AM sessions. 11-12 GIRLS and all 13 and up swimmers are in the PM sessions.

2023 Lisa Ferris Fall Festival meet packet -
http://bbdswimming.com/clubs/6769/documents/560823

Important: If you have already emailed me your swimmer’s previous team, yet their times say NT, no worries. It will be adjusted before the team entry is submitted. If your swimmer is transferring to BBD from another team and you have not emailed me, please forward their name, USA-S ID # (once transfer has been initiated), and what club team they were previously on to bbdentries@gmail.com. This is not necessary if your swimmer has only swam for a summer team.

Thank you,
BBD Parent Board

Dear Parents and Swimmers,
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We have some practice changes this week due to a swim event at Cranbrook. Please note the following:

Thursday, October 5th
9-10 – canceled
13-14 – 6:00 to 7:30 @ Covington
High School – 7:15 to 9:00 @ Covington

Friday, October 6th
11-12 – canceled
13-14 & High School – canceled

All other practices run as scheduled.

On October 11 and 12th, Cranbrook has events and the parking lot may be jammed. Please be careful when you drop off your swimmers. If you take the Woodward entrance through campus you can drop them off and see that they get into the building on the upper level.

Our high school girls made us proud at the Oakland County Meet this past Saturday. Representing an array of schools they scored a lot of points!
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200 Free: Kelley Hassett 2nd, Delaney Dalziel 8th, Caroline Lee 12th
200 IM: Demetra Bicos 6th, Lucy Truesdall 10th, Mariana Becharas 16th
50 Free: Taylor Robinson 9th
100 Fly: Elena Garza 12th, Lucy Truesdell 15th, Avery Anderson 16th
100 Free : Elea Mast 13th, Kassidy Collins 14th
500 Free: Kelley Hassett 1st, Delaney Dalziel 5th, Caroline Lee 6th, Elena Garza 12th, Quinn Norlander 14th
100 Back: Avery Anderson 4th, Marin Norlander 9th, Taylor Robinson 14th
100 Breast: Savannah Sneyd 8th, Jordan LaBarge 12th, Lindsay Louweers 13th, Marianna Becharas 14th

Congratulations, swimmers. I hope I didn’t miss anyone. Keep working hard. We are eager for your return to us.

Please remember the National Team Clinics on Sunday, October 15th

Have a great week.

_Kevin