On January 31, 2010, the Fitter & Faster Tour will be visiting Oshkosh, Wisconsin! Get up-close and personal with Olympic Champions Lacey Nymeyer and Ous Mellouli from the Beijing Games. This is an amazing opportunity for your team to swim with the Champions and have the swimming experience of a lifetime. The event will be held at the Oshkosh YMCA at 9AM and the session is three hours long.

Swimmers new to the team may try out the team for two weeks for free. On their first day of practice a Trial Period Form should be filled out and given to the coach on deck. These forms are available on the website, in the left margin of the Home Page. They are also available on pool deck.

Before the end of the two week trial period, swimmers wanting to join the team should be registered through the online registration form. Parents should confirm with a coach which practice group their child should be signed up for. A confirmation email will be sent including the amount due, which should be paid within one week. Communication from the team will be done through email to the address provided to the team on the registration form.

A new family meeting will be scheduled in both the Appleton and Neenah locations In October to provide information helpful to new families.

The online registration form for the upcoming fall/winter season is now available. You can find the link at the top of the left hand margin of this page.

Swimmers who were members this summer or last winter should register before beginning practice. If you choose to pay in full, payment should be made within a week of receiving registration confirmation. Members selecting bank draft will be set up for 5 equal monthly payments. All team members will also need to complete a new credit card authorization form for escrow payments for the upcoming year.

New swimmers considering joining the team may come to practices for 2 weeks, to try out the team, before registering. A Trial Period Form should be filled out by the parent on the first day at the pool. To continue with the team, the swimmer should be registered before the end of the two week trial period by completing the online registration form. Informational emails will be sent out to the email address provided.

Questions about joining the team can be submitted via email to sbryson@ymcafoxcities.org or by calling the swim team office at 954-7627. If you leave a message, please provide a phone number where you can be reached during the day.


Silvia Bryson
FCYST
sbryson@ymcafoxcities.org
954-7627

There are a number of ways to follow all the activity associated with the Fox Cities YMCA Swim Team.

This web site has a great deal of information about the team. If you don't have a user ID and password, and are a current or prospective member of the team, please send an e-mail to Coach Angela, (amonty@ymcafoxcities.org), Coach Ben (bgill@ymcafoxcities.org), or Paula Metoxen (pmetoxen@new.rr.com) for access to the site.

Also, find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=99109272348&ref=ts

Do you twitter? Follow FCYST on Twitter now! Tweets can be found at http://twitter.com/FCYST

Fall practices are scheduled to start on September 21. Watch for information!

The Bird Bath Open Invitational was well-covered by local media this weekend.

Check this link for the coverage on WLUK's "Good Day, Wisconsin" show:

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/good_day_wi/gdw_wluk_appleton_swimmers_dive_in_to_bird_bath_meet_200907111038_rev1

Results from the Post Crescent can be found at: http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20090713/APC02/907130455/1009

(cut and paste these links into your browser)

To view Bird Bath results, please cut and paste this into link your browser:

http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/results/hy-tek/2009%2011th%20Annual%20Bird%20Bath%20Open%20Invitational%20-%20(07-10-2009%20-%2007-12-2009)/index.aspx