Wolfville Tritons Newsletter, Fundraising Notice

Hello to all Triton swimmers and families!

It's hard to believe that September is coming up as quickly as it is, but before we know it, school will be back in and the Tritons will have started back in the water hoping for another successful season!

Mark your calendar, the Tritans Closing Party will be held on Sunday, June 13th from 5 - 7pm at New Minas Elementary School. See you there!

Swimmers in the White & Blue Training Squads will have their final week of practice the week May 25-29 2010, and the Black Training Squad will wrap up the week of June 7-11 2010.

The Blue Training Squad will swim up to Thursday, May 28 2010, and the White Training Squad will wrap up on Friday, May 29 2010. The Black Training Squad will finish for the season on Friday, June 11 2010.

All Tritons swimmers and families are asked to please note that there will be no swimming on Monday, May 25 for the Victoria Day Holiday.

Enjoy the long weekend, and good luck to our Nova Tech swimmers at their provincial championships!

All Tritons swimmers and families are asked to note that there will be NO AFTERNOON PRACTICE on Thursday, April 29, 2010.

The pool will be closed that day for the installation of the new starting blocks!

Thank you for understanding

Due to Acadia's winter term exams, all Tritons swimmers and families are asked to note the change in evening swim practice times.

All evening practice times will run one hour later for the period of April 14-28 2010 for all training groups. Practices will run on their usual days, but at the following times:

WHITE TRAINING SQUAD - 5:00-5:45pm

BLUE TRAINING SQUAD - 5:00-6:00pm

All Triton swimmers, parents and families are asked to please note that there will be no swimming over the 2010 Easter Weekend.

Practices will be canceled from Good Friday, April 2 to Easter Monday, April 5 inclusive for all training squads.

Practices will resume on Tuesday, April 6 as per the usual schedule.

The Annual WTSC Easter Egg Hunt will be Thursday, April 1 from 4:00-6:00pm. All WTSC swimmers and younger siblings are invited to attend the afternoon of fun and games.

Parents are asked to please donate candy (jelly beans, chocolates, etc) to over the next few weeks by bringing it down to the pool deck during practice hours.

Thanks for the support!

All Triton families are asked to please note that there will be no practice for all squads from Saturday, March 13 2010 to Saturday, March 20 2010 due to March Break.

Practices will resume as usual on Monday, March 22 2010.

Have a good break!

Triton parents and swimmers who have not yet received their WTSC swim suits can pick them up from Coach Sheri in the main foyer of the Acadia Athletics Complex from 5:45pm onward on Tuesday, February 2 2010.

Due to the hazardous weather and road conditions, practice has been canceled for the afternoon of Friday, Jan 29 2010.

Morning practice for Senior will be on as usual on Saturday, Jan 30 2010.

Morning practice for the Junior & Black Training Squads will end at 8:30am so that the coaches can attend a provincial high performance camp in Halifax starting at 9:00am.

All Triton swimmers and parents are asked to note that there will be a club time trial on Thursday, Jan 28 2010 from 4-6pm.

Swimmers from all groups are invited to attend the time trial. The Acadia Varsity & Greenwood Dolphins swim teams will also be racing with the Tritons that afternoon!

There will be no practice on Saturday, January 23 for swimmers in the Junior & Black Training Squads due to the Jack Scholz Invitational Swim Meet, hosted by the Acadia Varsity Swim Teams.

Practice will be on for swimmers in the Senior Squad on Saturday as usual.

All Triton swimmers and families are asked to please note that WTSC practices will resume for swimmers in the Junior & Senior training squads will begin on their normal schedule on Monday, January 4th.

All other training squads will resume on their normal schedule on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at their usual times.

Happy New Year!

With the Holiday Break nearly here, there will be some changes for all of the training squads of the Tritons.

The last day of the training before Christmas for the club will be Thursday, December 17. The WTSC Christmas Party will be on Friday, December 18 from 5-7pm at New Minas Elementary.

The Wolfville Tritons annual Christmas Party will take place on Friday, December 18 from 5-7pm at New Minas Elementary School. There not be any swim practice that day for all groups.

The event is a pot luck style supper, with each family asked to please bring a dish or dessert to share. Please bring your own plates, drinks and cutlery.

Due our coaches' Acadia's December Exams and the timing of Nova Scotia Team Championships in Halifax this weekend, there will not be a Saturday morning practice this week.

All swimmers and families in the Black Training Squad are asked to note that there will be NO SATURDAY MORNING PRACTICE this Saturday, December 12.

Thank you for your understanding.

All WTSC Swimmers and Parents are asked to please remember the change in practice times for Dec 7-18 are moved ahead 1 hour due to Acadia's December Exams.

Squads will continue to practice on their normal days, but practice times for the next 2 weeks are as follows:

WHITE - 5:00-5:45pm

BLUE - 5:00-6:00pm

BLACK - 5:30-7:00pm

JUNIOR - 5:00-7:00pm

SENIOR - 5:00-7:00pm

Due to Acadia University's December Exam schedule, WTSC has to move its practice times during the period of December 7-18. Practices will be moved ahead one hour for all training squads.

Please refer to the following schedule:

Senior - 5-7pm
Junior - 5-7pm
Black - 5:30-7pm
Blue - 5-6pm
White - 5-5:45pm

Morning practices will remain as usual during this period.

There will be a team bowling outing on Friday, November 27 from 7-9pm at Fairlanes Bowling in New Minas.

All WTSC team members, family and friends are invited!

This is a note to let all Triton families know that our website issues surrounding the opening of file attachments have been resolved.

Sorry for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience.

All swimmers who are entered in Friday night's events at the DCSC Invitational are asked to please note the change in warm up time for Friday's session.

Due to the extra heat of 800m's, the warm up will now run from 4:30-5:25pm with a 5:30pm start on Friday evening

The selection criteria and athlete intent forms for the 2010 Atlantic All Star Team have been released by Swim Nova Scotia.

All WTSC swimming families are asked to please note that there will be no swimming for all groups on Monday, October 12 due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Enjoy your turkey!

A reminder to all swimmers in the Black and Junior Training Groups that Saturday morning practices begin this week. The schedules are:

BLACK TRAINING GROUP - 7:00-8:00am dryland & 8:00-9:00am swim

JUNIOR TRAINING GROUP - 7:00-7:30am dryland & 7:30-9:00am swim

Swimmers in the Junior Sprint and Senior Sprint training groups do not swim Saturday mornings.

See you all then!

The Annual General Meeting of the Wolfville Tritons Swim Club will take place Tuesday, September 29 in the Hall of Fame Room of the Acadia Athletics Complex.

The meeting will begin at 6:30pm. 2 Parent Participation Points are awarded for all parents in attendance.

A reminder to all swimmers in the Black, Junior & Senior Training Squads that Saturday morning practices don't begin until October 2, 2009.

Enjoy your extra rest!

Monday practices for all swimmers in the Black, Junior and Senior Training Squads are canceled for Monday, June 8th.

Practice will run as usual for swimmers in the White and Blue Training Squads.

All Triton swimmers, parents and families are formally invited to the WTSC annual year end banquet. The banquet will be held on Sunday, June 14 from 3:00-5:00pm in the Wolfville Room at the Acadia Athletics Complex.

With the season nearing an end, many parents and swimmers are wondering when the final day of practice will be. Please find below a list of final practices for each training squad for the 2009-10 season.

WHITE TRAINING SQUAD - Friday, June 12, 2009

BLUE TRAINING SQUAD - Friday, June 12, 2009

BLACK TRAINING SQUAD - Friday, June 12, 2009