Friday, July 29, 2016

Lightning News - Friday Breakfast and Sunday's Awards Celebration

Lightning News - Friday Breakfast and Sunday's Awards Celebration

 

Hi Lightning families!

 

As we enter the last week of a wonderful swim team season, there are two fun events coming up for our Lightning swimmers and families—the swim team breakfast and the end of the year banquet.

 

After each morning practice on Friday, August 5th, swimmers will enjoy a swim team breakfast.    Please send in a breakfast food item to share for EACH swimmer in your family. For example , if you have a swimmer in both the first and second  session, please send food to share for both sessions.  Ideas for food can be fruit, pastries, donuts, muffins, or casseroles.  If your item requires a serving utensil, please provide. Also, please provide drinks on your own. This is a swimmers ONLY event to ensure we have enough food for the kids. 

 

The end of year banquet will be held on Sunday, August 7th, the day after finals.  The banquet will be at the SOUTH side pool and will be held rain or shine.  This is a pot luck style banquet, with the swim team providing burgers and hot dogs.  The banquet will start at 5:00 pm and includes time for families to swim, eat dinner, elect new board members, and then the presentation of awards for the year. 

 

We ask that each family bring a dish to share (enough for approximately 15 people), based upon your last name.

 

A-F,  please bring a dessert

 

G-K, please bring a pasta or casserole dish (e.g. mac and cheese,  tortellini, etc.)

 

L-Q, please bring a salad (e.g. green, potato, pasta)

 

R-Z, please bring a fruit dish

 

Also, please bring drinks for your family, and if your dish requires a serving utensil, please provide.

 

We hope you can attend these fun events!   You will be receiving an e-mail Evite for the banquet.  Please, please RSVP via that e-mail.  It is important that we know how many family members will be attending the banquet so that we can purchase the burgers and hot dogs for the appropriate number of people. If you have any problems with the Evite, please e-mail us directly (lizziep05@aol.com).  

 

See you soon! Please let us know if you have any questions!

 

Beth Valasko & Kristen McKnight

Social/ Spirit Chairs

 

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

2016 RSL FINALS - IMPORTANT!!

Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,

 

It is VERY important and mandatory to let Coach Claire know NOW if your swimmer will NOT be at the RSL Finals on Saturday August 6th.

 

Please e-mail Coach Claire immediately at:   leeshillcoach@gmail.com  if you will NOT be at RSL Finals. The absolute deadline for letting Coach Claire know if you will NOT be at Finals is this Friday morning by 9:00 AM.

 

Coach Claire is at this moment planning for Finals, the seeding for ALL ENTRIES is THIS Saturday morning where all entries are finalized.

 

She needs to hear immediately if you will NOT be swimming at Finals.

 

The team pays a $7.00 charge per swimmer to swim in Finals that must be paid to the RSL.

 

If your swimmer will NOT be swimming at Finals, and you do not contact the coach, you are taking away an opportunity from another swimmer to swim in an event because there are ONLY six entries per event per team. These entries cannot be changed once they are submitted.

 

More information regarding RSL Finals will be coming soon. I hope that every Lee’s Hill Lightning swimmer will be at Finals.

 

Thank you for your help!

 

Go Lightning!

 

Bob

 

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Lee's Hill Lightning News - Meet Results

Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,

 

Well that was a hot swim meet last night – in more way than one! But we all made it through our final home meet of the year.

 

Our swimmers did a wonderful job!  As well as all our volunteers!  I think the meet ran very smoothly. 

 

Last night - every link in the chain worked together like clockwork.  A special thanks to everyone from me: Our wonderful Clerk of Course – that sent all the swimmers to the blocks quickly and on time, the scoring room that always runs flawlessly, our Head Timers, Runners and Lane Timers that properly record all those important times , all of our Stroke and Turn Officials that work very hard keeping our swimmers fair and legal, and our starters that launch all those races! The set up and breakdown of the meet also went very smoothly – thanks to ALL those that helped! To ALL volunteers – every job is important and I appreciate your commitment to supporting your swimmers.

 

Great job to all our concession workers and our concession board members who make sure we have great food and drink. They help us raise a lot of money for the team to keep our fees extremely reasonable through all their hard work.

 

Thanks to ALL our Coaches for the great job they are doing every day with our Lightning swimmers!  Those times keep coming down, and those strokes keep getting stronger.

 

Our swimmers swam their hearts out!  All the cheering, sportsmanship and support for all their teammates is great to watch from my perspective at the starter tent.

 

The final score from last night:

 

Lee’s Hill Lightning                                             289

 

Lake of the Woods Barracudas                        218

 

 

Congratulations to all our Lee’s Hill Lightning Triple Winners:

 

Kelly Morrison

LH

F

11

100 Free

1:16.43

50 Free

34.67

50 Fly

39.89

Charlotte Denecke

LH

F

12

50 Back

36.81

50 Breast

44.01

100 IM

1:21.57

Douglas White

LH

M

16

50 Fly

29.84

50 Breast

34.91

100 IM

1:09.95

 

 

Now it is on to RSL Finals on Saturday August 6th!

 

Go Lightning!

 

Bob

Lee's Hill Lightning News - Meet Results

Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,

 

Well that was a hot swim meet last night – in more way than one! But we all made it through our final home meet of the year.

 

Our swimmers did a wonderful job!  As well as all our volunteers!  I think the meet ran very smoothly. 

 

Last night - every link in the chain worked together like clockwork.  A special thanks to everyone from me: Our wonderful Clerk of Course – that sent all the swimmers to the blocks quickly and on time, the scoring room that always runs flawlessly, our Head Timers, Runners and Lane Timers that properly record all those important times , all of our Stroke and Turn Officials that work very hard keeping our swimmers fair and legal, and our starters that launch all those races! The set up and breakdown of the meet also went very smoothly – thanks to ALL those that helped! To ALL volunteers – every job is important and I appreciate your commitment to supporting your swimmers.

 

Great job to all our concession workers and our concession board members who make sure we have great food and drink. They help us raise a lot of money for the team to keep our fees extremely reasonable through all their hard work.

 

Thanks to ALL our Coaches for the great job they are doing every day with our Lightning swimmers!  Those times keep coming down, and those strokes keep getting stronger.

 

Our swimmers swam their hearts out!  All the cheering, sportsmanship and support for all their teammates is great to watch from my perspective at the starter tent.

 

The final score from last night:

 

Lee’s Hill Lightning                                        289

 

Lake of the Woods Barracudas                     218

 

 

Congratulations to all our Lee’s Hill Lightning Triple Winners:

 

Kelly Morrison

LH

F

11

100 Free

1:16.43

50 Free

34.67

50 Fly

39.89

Charlotte Denecke

LH

F

12

50 Back

36.81

50 Breast

44.01

100 IM

1:21.57

Douglas White

LH

M

16

50 Fly

29.84

50 Breast

34.91

100 IM

1:09.95

 

 

Now it is on to RSL Finals on Saturday August 6th!

 

Go Lightning!

 

Bob

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Lee's Hill Lightning News - FINAL HOME MEET - MONDAY NIGHT - HELP NEEDED - PICTURE NIGHT

Lee’s Hill Lighting Families,

 

Hopefully the weather is going to cooperate on Monday! But it is going to be HOT!

 

Parents – please feel free to wear a bathing suit!  I really think a 5 minute adult cool down swim might be in order

 

I AM IN NEED OF A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS!!

 

There are a lot of our Trained Officials that have already worked there six sessions! But I still need your help for this last HOME meet.

Everyone – please say a big THANKS to ALL of our Trained Officials!! They not only took the time to get RSL trained – but as you can see – as the season comes to a close they need to work extra sessions just to be able to hold the meet.

Please think about RSL training for a position next year.  Many hands make light work.

We also have other families who have worked well above their requirements!  SO if you are going to have a child swimming on Monday, and have not worked your six – please sign up ASAP.

This is the time to fulfill your volunteer obligation of 3 full meets or 6 half meets.

I hope everyone is excited about our last HOME meet on MONDAY NIGHT! It is against the Lake of the Woods Barracudas!!

 

Here is the schedule for Monday night:

 

We start set up and the pool closes at 4:00 PM

MONDAY NIGHT IS TEAM PICTURE NIGHT!!!

All swimmers should wear their new team shirts for the picture! We will set up exactly as we did at the last home meet!

Our Swimmers should all arrive by 4:00 PM.  Be prompt!

Your swimmers must check in with the coaches by 4:45 PM, or they will be scratched from the meet.

4:45 PM – 5:15 Home Team Warms Up

Visiting team arrives between 4:30 – 5:00 PM

5:20 PM – 5:50 Away Team Warms Up

5:30 PM – Timers for the first and second half of the meet - please report to the concessions area for a meeting with the Head Timer.

5:30 PM – Stroke and Turn Judges and Runners please report to the Starter Tent area for a meeting with the Referee.

5:50 PM – Swimmers for events 1-4 report please report to the Clerk of Course.

National Anthem at 5:55 PM

Start Meet Promptly at 6:00 PM

I have a lot of positions that still need to be filled – especially in the Second Half:

Administrative Referee  First Half

Award Clerk - Ribbons     First Half

Concessions                        First Half

Concessions                        First Half

Administrative Referee  Second Half

Award Clerk – Ribbons    Second Half

Clerk of Course                  Second Half

Concessions                        Second Half

Concessions                        Second Half

Concessions                        Second Half

Runner                                  Second Half

Runner                                  Second Half

Stroke and Turn*               Second Half

Timer – Lane 2                    Second Half

Timer – Lane 3                    Second Half

Timer – Lane 5                    Second Half

Scorer – Recorder             Second Half

Scoring - Data Checker    Second Half

Please sign up at SignupGenius.com if you can help. Remember Code is simply:    lightning

Thanks to all the volunteers!  Without you, none of this is possible.

If you have any questions – please e-mail or call (540) 898-4403.

See you at the pool!

Go Lightning!

Bob Denecke

Meet Director

Item

Item Comment

First Name

Last Name

Meet Set Up

Set Up Starts at 4:00 PM

Nicole

Hinkle-klaus

Meet Set Up

Set Up Starts at 4:00 PM

Beth

Marcum

Meet Set Up

Set Up Starts at 4:00 PM

Signe

Williamson

Concession Set Up and Desert/Baking

Before Meet

Beth

Marcum

Concession Set Up and Ice Pick Up

Before Meet

Chris

McKnight

Concession Set Up and Pick Up Food

Before Meet

Vickie

Wilkinson

Concession Set Up and Salad & Pasta Prep

Before Meet

Ed

Clifford

Concession Set Up Fruit Preparation

Before Meet

Catherine

O'Leary

 

 

 

 

Announcer

First Half

Marie

Hawley

Referee*

First Half

Robert

Denecke

Administrative Referee

First Half

 

 

Starter*

First Half

Shari

Denecke

Stroke and Turn*

First Half

Brock

McDaniel

Stroke and Turn*

First Half

Chad

Hensen

Head Scorer*

First Half

Marnie

Schattgen

Scorer - Recorder

First Half

Felix

De La Torre

Scoring - Data Checker

First Half

Kathlene

Farrell

Scoring - Data Circler

First Half

Clayton

Jones

Award Clerk - Ribbons

First Half

 

 

Head Clerk of Course*

First Half

Tammy

Stohr

Clerk of Course

First Half

Sarah

Downing

Clerk of Course

First Half

Sarah

Worman

Head Timer*

First Half

Megan

Haid

Timer - Lane 1

First Half

Sudie

Jones

Timer - Lane 2

First Half

Kim

Kramer

Timer - Lane 2

First Half

Derrell

McPherson

Timer - Lane 3

First Half

Michael

Bond

Timer - Lane 4

First Half

Frank

Detrane

Timer - Lane 4

First Half

Mark

Haines

Timer - Lane 5

First Half

Karen

Detrane

Timer - Lane 6

First Half

Cathy

Williams

Timer - Lane 6

First Half

Megan

White

Runner

First Half

Chris

McKnight

Runner

First Half

Joe

Valasko

Heat Ribbons

First Half

Mari

Galindo-Sanchez

Concessions

First Half

 

 

Concessions

First Half

 

 

Concessions

First Half

Candace

McDaniel

Concessions

First Half

Laurie

Wages

Concessions

First Half

Vickie

Wilkinson

Grill Master

First Half - Starts @ 5:15

Don

Joy

Concessions Runner/Parking Monitor/Fill In

First Half

Sam

 

Safety Marshall

First Half - On Deck for Warm Ups

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

Item Comment

First Name

Last Name

Announcer

Second Half

Marie

Hawley

Referee*

Second Half

Robert

Denecke

Administrative Referee

Second Half

 

 

Starter*

Second Half

Eric

Stohr

Stroke and Turn*

Second Half

Tracy

White

Stroke and Turn*

Second Half

 

 

Head Scorer*

Second Half

Marnie

Schattgen

Scorer - Recorder

Second Half

 

 

Scoring - Data Checker

Second Half

 

 

Scoring - Data Circler

Second Half

Kathlene

Farrell

Award Clerk      Ribbons

Second Half

 

 

Head Clerk of Course*

Second Half

Kellie

Bradshaw

Clerk of Course

Second Half

Shannon

Williams

Clerk of Course

Second Half

 

 

Head Timer*

Second Half

Sue

Dzurenda

Timer - Lane 1

Second Half

Kirk

White

Timer - Lane 2

Second Half

 

 

Timer - Lane 2

Second Half

Karen

Owens

Timer - Lane 3

Second Half

 

 

Timer - Lane 4

Second Half

Mark

Haines

Timer - Lane 4

Second Half

Felix

De La Torre

Timer - Lane 5

Second Half

 

 

Timer - Lane 6

Second Half

Elizabeth

Valasko

Timer - Lane 6

Second Half

Scott

Miller

Runner

Second Half

 

 

Runner

Second Half

 

 

Heat Ribbons

Second Half

Shannon

McPherson

Concessions

Second Half

 

 

Concessions

Second Half

 

 

Concessions

Second Half

 

 

Concessions

Second Half

Laurie

Wages

Concessions

Second Half

 

 

Concessions Runner/Parking Monitor/Fill In

Second Half

 

 

Grill Master

Second Half

Don

Joy

Safety Marshall

Second Half

 

 

Meet Breakdown

End of Meet

 

 

Meet Breakdown

End of Meet

Cameron

McGann

Meet Breakdown

End of Meet