News and Announcements
Practice July 3rd
Attention all Long Course Swimmers:
Practice on Friday, July 3 will be for National, Senior and Gold groups only, in the morning at Clement Circle. There will be no practice at the YMCA in the evening for any groups.
Happy Fourth!!
Coach Bennetts
Summer Practice Schedule
Summer Session Starts Monday, June 15, 2009.
Senior:
M W F 7:30-10am Clement Circle AND 7-8:15 pm YMCA
T R 8-10am Clement Circle
Gold:
M W F 8-9:30 am Clement Circle OR 7-8:15 pm YMCA
T R 8-9:30 am Clement Circle
Silver: M W F 6-7:15pm YMCA; Tues. 9-10 am Clement Circle
Bronze: M W F 6:15-7 pm YMCA
MiniRay: M W F 6:20-7 pm YMCA
There will be no practices at Clement Circle on Friday, July 31, 2009.
Hotel for GLA Summer Solstice Meet
FFYS has 6 rooms with 2 double beds reserved at the Comfort Inn kalamazoo for 6/19 and 20. The hotel is all nonsmoking. The best price I could get is $117. per night which does include breakfast. Call them to reserve your room from the FFYS block.
Comfort Inn Kalamazoo
739 West Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo, Mi 49007
(269) 384-2800
GLA LC 2009 Meet Info
The below meet has been added to our summer long course schedule. Entries are due for the GLA meet on Monday, May 25 by 8:00 pm to the FFYSMEET@YAHOO.COM email address. The GLA meet will be held in Kalamazoo June 19-21. I have contacted their entry chair and the meet is filling fast, so I can’t guarantee our entries will be accepted.
Download GLA LC 2009 Meet Information [.doc]
CUDA LC 2009 Meet Info
The below meet has been added to our summer long course schedule. Entries are due for the CUDA meet on Wednesday, May 27 by 8:00 pm to the FFYSMEET@YAHOO.COM email address. The CUDA meet will be held June 26-28.
Download CUDA LC 2009 Meet Information [.doc]
Long Course Meet Closures
Stingray Families I’m very sorry to tell you that we have been closed out of the OLY and DRD long course meets. I realize that many of you are very frustrated to hear this, believe me, I am also very upset about this. Please know that I sent in our OLY entry on the first day that entries were accepted, but their meet closed out at 12:02 am on the day they started accepting entries. The DRD meet has never closed out before and that entry was sent in more than 2 weeks before their deadline, so I was again surprised and upset to find out that we didn’t get in that meet either.
The Club Wolverine meet was partially closed out, but most of our entries were accepted. Please check the attached entry report if you planned on attending that meet and let me know if you decide not to attend.
Rich is currently trying to find other meets we can enter. Please be very prompt with your entries for the July 10-12 BAYS meet (Entries are due June 1) and the July 17-19 CW meet (Entries are due May 27). I will be sending in our entries at midnight on the day they begin accepting them.
Again I am very sorry for any frustration and inconvenience this has caused.
Alison Chapekis
Download CW LC 2009 Meet Entries By Name [.doc]
BAYS LC 2009 Meet Info
Below is the meet information packet for the BAYS Beat the Heat swim meet on July 10-12. Entries are due to FFYSMEET@YAHOO.COM by Monday June 1, by 8:00 pm.
Download BAYS LC 2009 Meet Information [.doc]
CW LC July 2009 Meet Info
Below is the meet information packet for the CW swim meet at EMU on July 17-19. Entries are due to FFYSMEET@YAHOO.COM by Wednesday May 27, by 8:00 pm.
Download CW LC July 2009 Meet Information [.doc]
Different Strokes - Team Appreciation Day
Different Strokes is offering FFYS a Team Appreciation day on May 30th from 10am-5pm. What this will be is a "team day", where any member from FFYS can come into the store and purchase merchandise for team price (which is usually 20-25% off, depending on the item). FFYS will get a commission check for 10% of total sales. Please come out, pick up some great deals and support the Stingrays!
Different Strokes Swim Shop
19651 Middlebelt Rd.
Livonia, MI 48152
248 477-0521
248 477-2421 (Fax)
Download Different Strokes FFYS Team Appreciation Flyer [.jpg]
DRD LC 2009 Meet Info
Below is the meet information packet for the DRD Freeze or Fry swim meet on June 19-21. Entries are due to FFYSMEET@YAHOO.COM by Wednesday May 13, by 8:00 pm.
Download DRD LC 2009 Meet Information [.doc]
LC 2009 Meet Packets (PCC/CW/OLY)
Below are the meet information packets for our first 3 Long Course meets. The PCC meet will be held May 15-17 and entries are due to FFYSMEET@YAHOO.COM this Friday, May 1, by 8:00 pm. The OLY meet will be held June 12-14 and due to meet popularity it is also due to our email address by this Friday, May 1 by 8:00 pm. The CW meet will be held May 29-31. Entries are due to FFYSMEET@YAHOO.COM Wednesday, May 6, by 8:00 pm.
Download PCC LC 2009 Meet Information [.doc]
Download CW LC 2009 Meet Information [.doc]
Download OLY LC 2009 Meet Information [.doc]
Summer LC 2009 Information
Practice Schedule: June 15 - July 31
Senior: M W F 8-10 a.m.
C. Circle & 6:55-8:15 p.m.
YMCA; T R 8-10 a.m. C. Circle
Gold: M W F 8-9:30 a.m. C. Circle OR 6:55-8:15 p.m. YMCA; T R 8-9:30 a.m. C. Circle
Silver: M W F 6:55-8:15 p.m. YMCA; T 9-10 a.m. C. Cirlce
Bronze: M W F 6:15-7:15 p.m. YMCA
Miniray: M W F 6:15-6:55 p.m. YMCA
Meet Schedule
May 15-17 PCC @ EMU Ypsilanti, MI
May 29-31 CW @EMU Ypsilanti, MI
June 12-14 OLY @ Oakland U. Rochester, MI
June 19-21 DRD @ Dunworth Pool Dearborn, MI
July 10-12 BAYS @ Bay County Community Pool Bay City, MI
July 17-19 CW @ EMU Ypsilanti, MI
July 28-31 YMCA Long Course Nationals @ University of Maryland College Park, MD
July 30-August 2 USA Long Course State Championships @ EMU Ypsilanti, MI
Spring Tune-Up
Spring Tune-Up sessions will be held from April 27th-June 12th at Farmington HS, North Farmington HS, and the YMCA.
- Senior: M W 4-6 p.m. at North; T R F 4-6 p.m. at Farmington
- Gold: M W 5:30-7 p.m. at North; T R F 5:30-7 p.m. at Farmington
- Silver: M W 6-7 p.m. at North; T R F 6-7 p.m. at Farmington
- Bronze: M W F 7-8 p.m. at YMCA
- Miniray: M W F 6:20-7 p.m. at YMCA
There will be no FFYS practices on Monday, May 25 (Memorial Day).
Download the Spring 09 Tune-Up Flyer
Contact Adam Bander at the Y to register. New swimmers need to complete the new swimmer packet, returning swimmers should sign up at the Y, or call and register over the phone.