
Good news for Westmount Y Maitres-Nageurs!
The YM-YWHA (Snowdon Y) is expanding their Masters swim program this year to include additional early morning and evening practices and they are inviting all team members to join them if they wish. Troy, fresh back from the arctic and still awaiting the birth of his first baby (as of writing), will be coaching all of their practices (don’t worry, we will still be seeing him at Westmount).
The YM-YWHA is charging Westmount Y Maîtres-Nageurs a special fee of 125$ per session (the first session runs September 13th-December 22nd) and you don’t have to be a member of their gym. Here is a summary of the information…
YMYWHA (Snowdon Y) Masters swim program:
*Coach: Troy Rhoades
*125$ per session (Fall: September 13th-December 22nd)
*Practices times do not coincide with Westmount Y practice times:
Mornings:
Tuesday and Thursday AM: 6:45am-7:55am and 8:30am-9:30am
Friday AM : 9:30am-10:30am
Evenings:
Monday and Wednesday PM 8:30pm-9:30pm
*Swimmers will affiliate with Westmount Y Masters if they choose to compete
With the exception of the Friday 8:30am practice at Snowdon, none of the practices coincide with the Westmount times. This is great news for our club because it will allow our swimmers to train up to 6 days a week with consistent coaching and will offer more flexibility in practice times and location.
The Downtown Y pool will be closed for its annual maintenance period from December 6 2010 through December 12 2010. Come and join the Westmount gang:
From Gary…
We will close the pool as of Thursday, October 7 at 8:30pm and expect to re-open it on Tuesday, October 12 at our regular opening time of 6:00am. We also expect an additional period of interruption of our pool schedule over the Christmas holidays while we undertake a sandblasting and repainting of the pool. Specific dates for this work will be provided by mid-November at the latest.
download the full document. pool_closing_westmount_y-fermeture_piscine_y
Summer is almost upon us and it is time to get ready for our summer of fun at the Aquatic Complex at Parc Jean Drapeau.
There is a lot of information in this email, so please read carefully. If you have any questions after reading, please address them to me directly. When?I hope to see you there.
Jen
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND – NO SUNDAY 12th OR MONDAY 13th PRACTICE
Your coaches love to help Sunday practice afficionados earn a big
dessert, but it’s turkey day for us too, so we’re cancelling practice
on Sunday the 12th. (Further details about lap-swim availability to
follow, or check the schedule at the Y.)
Monday the 13th, the pool is open for laps during the usual holiday
hours – from 10 am to 5 pm – but closed during our practice times.
We’ll leave workouts on the board for those who wish to follow a set
on either day.
NEW FEATURE: ASK YOUR COACHES
Our club web site is in the process of being revamped; soon we’ll
feature an ‘ask your coaches’ section. Submit questions to Robyn at
robyn.ouimet@gmail.com or hand in a question on deck (write it down
for us please, we have lots on our mind when we’re coaching and we’ll
want to remember) and members of the coaching team will issue their
reply (or replies) starting in October. Replies will be posted online
and on our club notice board. Basic or advanced, we’re ready!
OFFICIALS NEEDED!
Jessica Sinclair is working with local officials to arrange a time for
new officials to be trained, qualifying them to help out at meets as
timers or stroke judges where our swimmers have a presence. This could
be you, a friend or spouse, or teen-aged or older children. Details
coming soon. First opportunity to help: Nov 22!
UPCOMING MEETS
stay ahead of the curve by reviewing the meet schedule at
www.swimming.ca
The Brossard Halowe’en meet Nov 1
(This meet is not yet sanctioned by the FNQ, so no details are
available.) Normally an afternoon meet with sprints (50s and 100s) so
it’s a great place for rookies to get their feet wet.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR – Saturday, Nov 22
Stop number one on our road to provincials – let’s win this one for the team!
Coupe de Montreal des Maitres Nageurs hosted by A Contre Courant
Volunteer officials needed for shifts of 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 and 11:30
a.m. – 16:30. In appreciation, the host club will give volunteers a
meal at the start of their shift.
At Cegep de Vieux Montreal, a short course pool downtown. – Entry
deadline Sunday nov 9 (ASAP please for those who have never affiliated
with the team)
warmups 7:45, finish 1600.
Sign-up sheets on the board shortly, event list below. Want to put
together a stunning relay for provincials? Why not race together all
year, starting now?
More details at http://www.acontrecourant.qc.ca/en/coupe/ (English)
or http://www.acontrecourant.qc.ca/fr/coupe/ (français)
Events for Coupe de Montreal
1. 200 m freestyle
2. 100 m I.M
3. 50 m backstroke
4. 100 m breaststroke
5. 50 m butterfly
6. 4 x 50 m freestyle relay
Break and warm-up (30 min.)
7. 4 x 50 m medley relay
8. 100 m backstroke
9. 50 m freestyle
10. 100 m butterfly
11.50 m breaststroke
12.100 m freestyle
13.200 m I.M.
TEAM CALENDAR
Google allows groups to publish online calendars open to the public. I
have put key club activities online for those who don’t want to search
through their emails for dates. Find it here (and please let me know
if you have any problems with it…)
go to http://www.google.com/calendar/render?tab=mc#
and search for ‘Westmount YMCA Masters’
LANE RE-ORG
So far, lane re-organizations seem to be working well, and our first
round of time trials were conducted at the 6:20 and 8:15 practices
last week (results are on the board.) More evaluation sets are on the
way – coaches use this information to track your progress and confirm
lane adjustments – you can use it too! Ask your coach how. Your
feedback is of course welcomed.
Keep up the hard training, the fast turns, and those showers before
you get in the water. Together we can keep our pool clean.
and, 196 DAYS UNTIL PROVINCIALS! (April 15-17, 2009)
See you in the water,
Robyn
Thanks to Martin’s great idea, his enthusiastic encouragement and your
equally enthusiastic participation, our team registered more meters
than any other team in Quebec in September – and we’re number 5 in
Canada, and gaining! If you haven’t signed up yet, hurry to
[ OR CLICK IN THE TOP LABEL my MSC IN THIS WINDOW ]
For those of you who have signed up, please double-check to make sure
you selected the name of our team in your account profile.
[Robyn]
Troy has been the ‘big’ swimmer for the month of September just squeezing past Dave Wiseman on the last day to a total of 52km. But it is all the swimmers who only swim once or twice a week who deserve the most credit. Their help and participation towards the team goal account for over half of the total distance so far and is what is going to get us to reach the target. Well done all round!
[Matin]
Hello Masters Swimmers;
First of all congratulations to all those who participated at the Contre Courant race last weekend at Centre Claude Robillard. It was a lot of fun and there were some really good success stories, especially in the long distance swimming races.
SWIMMING COMPETITION:
Do not forget to register for the next race at Montreal North taking place on December 9th, time is running out.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
The Board of Directors met last week and we would like to share with you some of the information. We have 115 master swimmers registered with the team, consisting of 57 recreational, 34 competing and 18 triathlon swimmers.
The most popular time to swim is the early morning practice with 49 registered swimmers.
SHOWER, SHOWER WITH SOAP!!! :
The YMCA is continuing to address the air and water quality of the pool as this continues to be a recurring problem.
We would appreciate your observations on this point. One way for all of us to improve the air and water quality is to take a shower with soap just before entering the water. With the high pool use, the amount of body stuff such as lint, dead skin and perspiration negatively impacts the water thereby overloading the filters and creating a residue known as chloramines which rises to the air with the increased level of activity thereby also impacting the air quality. This has been confirmed to the team by Joe Schwarcz, Director of the McGill Office for Chemistry and Society who states: “Chloramines form from amino acids that are shed from the skin … and from pee in the water.”
Taking a shower is better for your overall swimming well-being. It is not merely a suggestion but is a mandatory requirement before going into the water, and it will, therefore, be more strictly applied going forward. We are counting on everyone’s cooperation in this regard.
WOMEN’S LOCKER ROOM:
We were advised that the entire women’s locker room will be completely renovated including new lockers sometime in the next year.
XMAS PARTY – HELP!!!:
Our swim team party is Friday Dec. 14th.
Do we have any volunteers? Everyone knows it is so much fun for us to get together, everyone cleans up (we will even pay for the services of a cleaning person if requested) and the host gets to keep a lot of the goodies that everyone brings on a pot luck basis. The host gets to chose the date. Please let me know as soon as possible if one of you are prepared to open your home and heart to keep this tradition going.
XMAS TRAINING CAMP:
We would like to know if there would be sufficient demand to create such a camp during the holiday period as was the case last year. If you are interested in attending such a camp between Christmas and New Year, please let me know.
VERSION FRANÇAISE ABRÉGÉE (Lors de la prochaine communication, la version anglaise sera abrégée) Bonjour tout le monde,
Félicitations à ceux et celles qui ont participé à la compétition la fin de semaine dernière au Centre Claude Robillard. L’événement était très bien organisé et nous avons eu beaucoup de plaisir et de succès, surtout nos nageurs et nageuses de longue distance.
L’équipe compte 115 membres dont la majeure partie nage très tôt le matin.
Pour les raisons mentionnées ci-haut (partie en anglais) il est extrêmement important que tout le monde prenne une douche avec du savon afin d’améliorer la qualité de l’air et de l’eau de notre piscine. Nous comptons sur la collaboration de tout le monde à cet égard.
Le vestiaire des femmes sera complètement rénové l’année prochaine, soyez patientes !
Au secours, au secours, pouvons-nous compter sur un de nos membres afin qu’il ouvre son cœur et surtout sa maison pour être l’hôte de notre party de Noël annuel. Comme vous le savez, nous procéderons « à la bonne franquette » (c’est-à-dire que tout le monde apporte quelque chose) et l’hôte garde les restants! Nous défraierons le coût du ménage aussi, à la demande de l’hôte. Laissez-moi savoir si l’un d’entre vous est intéressé à nous recevoir dans les meilleurs délais.
Faites-moi également signe par courriel si vous êtes intéressés à participer à un camp d’entraînement entre Noël et le Jour de l’An.
Merci et bonne nage !
SYLVIA
Communications Coordinator – Coordinatrice des communications