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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. - Wayne Gretzky TO DO Remember to do the things from the past few TO DO lists: Bring in your 2012 Year End Trophies Advise our Club President if you have broken a Club Record this season Sign up for the Year End Awards Night (remember to tell us how many people are coming so we can order enough pizza) Sign up for the Fun Day at Loco Landing Did you leave something behind from the Big Bus Meet? KISU hoodie,...

Sports do not build character,
they reveal it. - Haywood Hale Brown TO DO Bring in your 2012 Year End Trophies: There are still a few of our club trophies in the hands of last season’s winners – please ensure that you return them to the club office by Monday at the latest! And plan to be at the Year End Celebration at Manitou Park in Naramata on June 4th to hear who this year’s winners are! Sign up will be available on the website next week. Advise our Club President...

A winner is someone who recognizes his talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. - Larry Bird TO DO Sign up for the Club Time Trial on Saturday May 4th: Due to technical difficulties, our February time trial results are not “official” SNC results, so May 4th is your opportunity to re-swim your events and make your times official! There is no cost for this time trial. Just be sure to sign up on the Events page so that...

"You can have results or you can have your excuses. You cannot have both." – Unknown Thank you so much to everyone who worked so hard for the Swim-a-thon fundraiser! Not only did our swimmers shine in the pool, but their achievements in raising money for the club surpassed our target of $10,000 . . . and we raised $12,033.60. Job well done, everyone! TO DO Thank your Swim-a-thon Sponsors! Please go to your swim-a-thon page and send out the Thank You email to your sponsors! We had a lot...

Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right. - Henry Ford TO DO GET READY FOR SWIM-A-THON . . . it’s FRIDAY! We are over half way to reaching our goal of raising $10,000 for the club with Swim-a-thon! Have you collected your $50 contribution of pledges? We hope that all swimmers will be working hard the next couple of days to bring in as much as possible! The swim-a-thon funds go a long way toward keeping the cost of swimming as affordable as possible for our...

TO DO Make a final push for SWIM-A-THON donations . . . it’s NEXT WEEK! We are ¼ of the way to our goal of raising $10,000 for the club through swim-a-thon donations – if each swimmer can bring in $50 in donations, then we will reach our goal! Now is the time to revisit your donation site and use the “Promote” emails to re-connect with the people who have not yet donated to your campaign. Remember – a pizza party will be awarded to the group who raises the...

TO DO SWIM-A-THON: Keep the donations coming! If each swimmer in our club can bring in $50 in donations, we will reach our goal of $10,000! It’s totally do-able! If you have questions about using Team Unify to set up you swimmer’s page, please let Jill know, and she’ll be happy to help. Remember, prize are awarded for the top three pledge earners, and there will be a pizza party for the group who brings in the most donations! Turn in Your Scavenger Hunt: KISU flip-flops are the prize –...

TO DO Sign up for Vernon – Deadline is March 31st: THERE WILL BE NO LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED, SO PLEASE GO AND SIGN UP NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT! Mark your calendars: Last Day of practice for the Mini Squad, YES, and Fitness Groups is Friday April 26th Mini Squad Finale: After their last practice on Friday, April 26th, the Mini Squad program will be having their year-end party. Details to be announced. Make sure that you have set up your swimmer’s SWIM-A-THON page and that you are starting to collect...

THE CLUB EMAIL IS NOW CLUB NEWS! The same great information that you look forward to weekly . . . ;) Only delivered to you in a slightly different way! TO DO If you haven't done it yet . . . Sign up for the Wenatchee Meet: Although the meet isn’t until the end of May, the deadline to commit is March 23rd! This is our only outdoor, 50m, international meet of the season – don’t miss it! If you haven't done it yet . . . Sign up for...

In January, we put out the challenge to KISU swimmers to see who improved their IMX points between then and our Cherry Blossom home meet. IMX is a system that is based on giving a points value to specific events based on the swimmers age. The specific events depend on your age, but always include IM, all four strokes (with a longer distance free event). 9 & Under; 10-year olds: 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM 11-year olds; 12-year olds: 400 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast,...