Lee's Hill Lightning News - 2015 Tentative Schedule and NEWS

Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,

I hope everyone is having a wonderful New Year so far!!

I have been following all our High School Swimmers, and year round swimmers in the newspaper or online! Congratulations on all your accomplishments and hard work! 

Just to let you know, the Board of Directors is now hard at work getting ready for the 2015 season. We recently had the first very well attended meeting of the 2015 RSL Summer Swim Season.

Lots of great ideas where talked about. It was wonderful to see all the new and past members.

Unfortunately, last year’s assistant coach, Katie, will not be able to return this year as our Head Coach.  We are actively trying to find and interview for a new head coach.  We have a really wonderful prospect, and we will be holding an interview in the near future.  I am keeping my fingers crossed.  After the Head Coach is chosen, we will also be looking for an Assistant Coach.

We are also starting to look for student coaches this year.  We have asked our great Student Coaches from last year to return, and have received a few affirmative responses.  If you know anyone that is interested, they must have current Life Guard and CPR certifications prior to the start of the season. We would love to hear from them soon so they too can be interviewed!

We are still waiting for the final schedule from the RSL regarding teams we are going to be swimming this year, it was voted on at the February RSL meeting that the divisions will remain the same for the 2015 summer swim season.

The preliminary calendar looks like this:

Ice Cream Social – May 3^rd from 2-4 at the South Clubhouse

Evening Practices - Start on May 26th

Mock Meet – Tentatively planned for Thursday night June 11^th. (Instead of making the swimmers get up early on Saturday the 13th after the last day of school on Friday. Thursday is an early release day for Spotsylvania County Schools. Needs to be approved by the HOA.)

First Morning Practice – June 15th

Exhibition Meet – June 17^th - Home

Meet – June 24^th – Away

Meet – July 1^st - Home

Meet – July 8^th – Away

Meet – July 15^th – Home

Meet – July 20^th (Monday) – Away

Team Breakfast before Finals – July 31^st

RSL American Division Finals – August 1^st

Awards Banquet – August 2^nd -

During our first Board Meeting, we had a wonderful presentation by Garrett Hawley about his Eagle Scout Project.  He has proposed that the Lee’s Hill Lightning Swim Team would be the benefactor of his project by building us new Clerk of Course Benches.  He brought a prototype of the new benches.  The new benches are much sturdier than the old ones, are going to last a very long time. The presentation was very well received and the board was very excited that Garrett choose the team to complete his Eagle Scout Project! An e-mail was sent out earlier on how to donate a few dollars towards this great project. If you have any questions – please let me know.

I am looking forward to another great swim season! 

Go Lightning!

Bob Denecke

 

Lee's Hill Lightning News - Eagle Scout Project

Dear Lee's Hill Lightning Families,

Hi, my name is Garrett Hawley and I have been an active member of the swim team for 12 years. I am also a Boy Scout from Troop 1410 working towards achieving my Eagle Scout rank. In order to earn the Eagle Scout rank I must complete a project that benefits my community. I have selected for my project to give back to my team that I love so much. My project will consist of building 6 brand new wooden benches for the clerk of the course. These benches will replace the old worn down benches that we have now. The project must be funded by donations or fundraising. To build the benches I must raise enough money to cover the cost of the supplies for the benches. Myself, my fellow scouts, family and friends will supply the labor to build the benches. The project will cost approximately 500 dollars. A small contribution from each family will make this project possible. If you’re interested in financially supporting this project, please mail checks or cash to my home address at: 10313 Colechester St. Fredericksburg, VA 22408. Checks should be made out to Troop 1410. Your contributions will be greatly appreciated and the project will be completed well before the new season. Thank you and if you have any question you can email me at hawleygman@gmail.com.

 

Garrett Hawley 

Life Scout Troop 1410

 

Lee's Hill Lightning News - Orders for Additional 2014 RSL T-Shirts

Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,

 

We got this e-mail from Michael Sizemore the RSL President regarding ordering T-Shirts from Finals.

 

As you know the swimmers in the afternoon did not have the opportunity to purchase a T-Shirt because they sold out in the morning!

 

If anyone is interested could you fill out this form and send it back to me.

 

I will then compile the order and send it in.

 

As indicated below, he wants the order in by 7 PM on Wednesday August 6^th – so there is not much time.

 

Sorry for the rush – for those that order we will figure out how to get the payments collected and turned in when the shirts are picked up by Kellie.

 

Thanks!

 

Go Lightning!

 

Bob Denecke

From: "MCSizemore" <MCSizemore@earthlink.net>
Date: August 3, 2014 at 7:19:18 PM EDT

Subject: Orders for additional 2014 RSL T-Shirts
Reply-To: "MCSizemore" <MCSizemore@earthlink.net>

Ladies and Gentlemen,

 

Several of you have inquired about additional orders for the 2014 RSL t-shirts.  We have also received requests through Comments@RSLSwimming.com.

 

Attached is an order form for you to collect additional orders for t-shirts.

 

1)  You have until 7 p.m. Wednesday 6 August to collect your orders and return the completed spreadsheet to me at MCSizemore@earthlink.net

 

2)  Each shirt is $10.

 

3)  Shirts for your team will be delivered to you, the team RSL Rep, approximately three weeks after the order is placed.

 

4)  Your team is responsible for payment and all shirts must be paid for when they are delivered to you.  Checks made out to the RSL from your parents will be accepted and/or a check from your team for the balance.

 

Let me know if you have any questions.

 

Thanks,

 

Michael

 

Lee's Hill Lightning News - Tonight's Awards Banquet

Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,

 

What a tremendous day yesterday!  I am so very proud of ALL of our Lee’s Hill Lightning swimmers!  In looking at the times, a lot of swimmers swim their very best times of the year yesterday!!

 

A big huge thank you also to all the volunteers!! Without you, the meets are not possible.

 

I have never been to the Awards Banquet in the past.

 

But, I have been asked to send out a reminder that bringing your folding chairs and a small table with you tonight might be a good idea.

 

Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight.

 

Go Lightning!

 

Bob

Lightning News - ZINGA! Spirit Event

Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,

 

Just a reminder – there is a Zinga! Spirit Night Fund raiser for our team tomorrow night from 5 – 8 PM.

 

The Zinga! Frozen Yogurt is located at the Hilltop Shopping Center near Giant at 10400 Courthouse Road

Spotsylvania, Virginia 22553.

 

Zinga will donate 20% of the proceeds to the team!

 

Please be sure to either print the attached flyer, or mention the Lee’s Hill Lightning Swim Team when you are at Zinga! So we can get the credit!

 

There will be some flyers at practice in the morning.

 

About Zinga Frozen Yogurt

When you’re craving a sweet frozen treat, frozen yogurt is a great alternative to ice cream. It’s satisfying and delicious without ruining your diet.

Zinga offers a wide variety of fat free and low calorie frozen yogurt flavors and over 50 delicious toppings; it is self-serve and sold by weight.  Your masterpiece is limited only by your imagination.

 

 

Hope to see you all there!

 

Go Lightning!

 

Spirit Committee!