NEM Swimming

NEM Annual Meeting
Sunday, October 30
Concord-Carlisle High School
500 Walden Street
Concord, Massachusetts

The NEM Swim Club Annual Meeting will follow the Short Course Meters meet at the Beede Swim Center directly across the street in Concord. Before the meeting, lunch will be served. The formal start for the meeting will be 1:00 PM. We anticipate finishing by 3:00 PM. All NEM observers are free to arrive or leave as they see fit. My guess is that food will be available from around 11:00 or 11:30 AM when the meet is finished. Food will be in the same location as the meeting. It is critical that anyone planning to attend let Bill Ewan know so that we can plan for food and for the meeting room size.

A wonderful lunch will be served by Chris Clark and his Concord crew as happened last year. So we can all start with food before we settle down for the meeting. Last year we had wraps, chips, and drinks. It was a great after-meet meal.

This is a meeting for all NEM members. This is also a two-month advanced announcement to help you with planning. Although the nine members of the board of directors may vote, your presence and support is very valuable! Besides good food, you will meet board members and officers. Also board members may reach out to you during discussion or you may volunteer information on topics at hand. You may wish to run for office or for board membership.

An agenda will be sent out in September outlining the meeting topics. So you will see things that are not yet on the NEM map, such as the NEM Grand Prix. You will find out how the Open Water Initiative is going and what the future plans are. We need input from members on these issues. We need opinions and insights.

One of the most important opportunities at this meeting is changing the NEM By-Laws. This is the only time during the year that any changes can be made to our governing document. Rightly so, this document is protected 364 days out of the year so that on that 1 day, great judgement and care will be exercised in altering it.

The annual cost of membership is decided at this meeting based on expenses and program initiatives.

Our Secretary, Carol Yunker, will finish her tenure on the day of the meeting. Although we would love to have her in that position forever, we must find another NEM member to fill that job. If you are interested, or just want to know a little more about it, please e-mail me! We only have two months to identify members of NEM who are interested. I also know that if you talk with Carol, you’ll jump right in!

Also two board members will finish their two-year terms and will be up for re-election. Each may be challenged for a board position through a nomination of a board member and vote for any NEM member. Board members may serve two-years and be elected to a second two-year term before they become inelligible for board membership.

We need a response from everyone who plans to attend so that Chris can plan for the food and plan for the room size. Will it be a classroom or a football stadium! We’re fast approaching a membership of about 1800. So if we are all in one place we’ll need to prepare for that beforehand.

Good luck if you are planning to go out to Martha’s Vineyard for that swim, to the Flat River Reservoir in Coventry on the 25th (New England Masters 6+ Mile Open Water Championship), or to an upcoming Fall mini-meet!!!

-Bill Ewan, NEMSC President

The NEM 6+ mile NE Championship Swim will be held on Sunday, September 25, 2011 at the Flat River Reservoir (commonly known as Johnson’s Pond) in Coventry, Rhode Island. There will be two Events: 5K (3.1 miles) & 10K (6.2 miles) with the 10K race serving as the NEM NE 6+ mile open water championship. If you are a member of NEM, you will be included in their final placings, as well. USMS day memberships will be available at registration for anyone swimming in the 10K race to be considered for the NEM championship placings.
· Support kayaks/canoes are required for each participant.
· Wet suit and non-wet-suit divisions are available for both races.

Fee – $40 – Make all checks payable to Ray Gandy. All proceeds will be given to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of RI.
After Race Awards and Social – After the race please stick around for the awards ceremony and cookout with hamburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs and soda (provided). If you can, please bring a side dish or snack to share.
The course is situated along one side of Johnson’s Pond in shallow (3-10 feet) water. Buoys will mark the course and we will go over the course in the pre-race briefing. The water temperature is variable and is expected to be in the low to mid 60s.
A support person and kayak is required for each swimmer. Additional safety boats and jet-skiers will help ensure safety for all.
If you are interested in swimming in either event, please send a check or money order to Ray Gandy, PO Box 777, Coventry, RI 02816 BY AUGUST 31st. We need to have a thorough count to ensure we have enough volunteers to support a safe event!

Greetings Swimmers!

Just wanted to let you know that online entries have opened for the Colonies Zone LCM Championships…Feel free to check out the meet website for the entry link and all other meet info:

http://www.middleburymuffintops.org/LCMChamps/Default.aspx

Also a quick reminder to book your rooms at the Middlebury Inn and the Courtyard Marriott soon. Those rooms fill quickly and the discounted block is only held until May 24.

Best wishes in your training and we hope to see you all at Middlebury this summer!

– Middlebury Muffintops

Greetings USMS Club Contacts!

If you are receiving this message, it is because members of your club are 2010 USMS Relay All Americans! Each of these members swam on a relay that recorded the fastest time for that event, in their age group in either SCY, LCM or SCM (list attached).

Please send a message out to your members and/or post this information on your website along with the attached Relay All American Certificate/Patch Request Form (for those members who would like to order a Relay All American Certificate and Patch).

Relay details can be found on the USMS.org website – http://www.usms.org/comp/tt/toptenrelaylmsc.php

If you have any questions, please contact me at usms@usms.org

Thanks and Congratulations again!!!

Tracy

Tracy Grilli
Membership Coordinator
U.S. Masters Swimming

NEM NEW ENGLAND MASTERS
Linda Beane 45
Robert Brannan 33
Ethan T Brown 25
Caroline Byron 23
Liz V Byron 26
Kenneth Catalano 30
V Charaukhin 23
David A Cote 50
S Doherty Alger 39
David R Dornaus 36
Jennifer Downing 32
Larry M Dunham 72
Kaan Duru 40
Beth A Estel 54
Albert J Garcia 40
Matthew R Gilson 43
David Griesbauer 40
Dede T Griesbauer 40
Tracy L Grilli 53
Bryan J Guarnier 27
Rachel A Handren 35
Jimmy Hughes 25
Becky J Hunnewell 30
A Kirkpatrick 39
Chris E Kovacs 40
Michael W Lenihan 25
Jessica Looney 22
Cristina Los 22
Elizabeth Mancuso 24
M Mc Carthy 36
Scott Mc Inerney 24
Kristin M Murray 39
S Neumayer 27
Christine Nichols 24
Eric M O’Loughlin 24
Jocelyn Petrella 30
Kirsten Rasmuson 27
Thomas B Reynolds 30
Daniel J Rogacki 63
K Schwenkmeyer 38
Patrick C Seeley 24
Josh E Shea 37
David E Stiles 20
Jessica N Stokes 34
Kirsten Thompson 44
Lissa Winstanley 40

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Registration is now available at https://www.keyinfoinc.com/html/bsgWeb/registrationStep1.asp?action=&sportID=31.

Greetings Swimmers!

The date is set (June 24-26, 2011)…discounted room blocks have been held (Middlebury Inn and Courtyard Marriott)…the event order has been determined…and the meet website is live (http://www.middleburymuffintops.org/LCMChamps/Default.aspx). Now it is up to you. Block the date, book your room, and start training for the Colonies Zone LCM Championships! New this year will be online entries (available soon!)

Best wishes in your training and we hope to see you all at Middlebury this summer!

– Middlebury Muffintops

Coach Rick Batt has obtained pool time tues and thurs 5:45am-6:55am through end of Jan at Haverhill HS.(Exit50 off 495n). They will offer lanes for 1 hour swim and workouts for a $4 splash fee. For more information, contact Coach Rick at battwave@verizon.net.

Congratulations and thanks to everyone who completed the One Hour Swim in January. Remember, it doesn’t count if you don’t submit it to national. It’s easy – you can either mail in your results to the national coordinator or register on-line. Just go to https://www.clubassistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=1308&smid=2508 for the details.

You did the swim. Get the credit and help us achieve our goal of regaining the national championship crown! It’s a tight race so please submit your entry today. Once again, thanks and congratulations for participating!

All 2011 Meet Entry forms can now be found in the Meet Entry Repository located here.

Hey everyone!

New England Masters is participating in the Multi-sports expo on Saturday, March 19th. I understand this is also the same day as the Harvard meet, and so I am looking for any volunteers not participating in the meet to help me with our booth at the expo. The expo is from 10am-5pm at MIT, and if I can get anybody helping out for 2 hours at a time, that would be most helpful. Your task will be promoting NEM to people who are not familiar with who we are or what we do. It will be a fun time!

Please email me at happyhelen@gmail.com if you can help out. Thank you!

Helen Lin
Director of External Communications