Our swim program is well under way with all swimmers racing in at least one meet so far! Congratulations to the NYAC swimmers who participated in Brantford this past weekend earning the Small Teams High Point Award. Also, a special congratulations to all of our new competitive swimmers who dove off the blocks for their very first time in their first race! BRAVO!

I would like to thank all of the parents, coaches, and officials who helped with our Time Trial on October 25th. It was a great opportunity for some of our swimmers to tackle some distance events for the first time. Also, a big thank-you to Marjie Chud, who taught our timer's clinic at Douglas Snow. If you were unable to attend the clinic, Swim Ontario has just launched an on-line version of the clinic. You will need an enrolment key from our Officials Director, Yvonne Moy. She can be reached at nyacofficials@yahoo.ca .

This Friday NYAC will be celebrating as a club our 50th year with our Annual Awards Banquet. The event will run from 6pm to 10pm at the Toronto Botannical Garden at 777 Lawrence Avenue East. It will be a fantastic night with Julia Wilkinson, Beijing Olympian, as a guest speaker, the awards for last year's season, the raffle, the yearbook and the viewing of the 2007-2008 DVD! I look forward to seeing you there!

Most of you by now have signed up for your volunteer sessions for Youth Cup and Mega City online. If you are experiencing problems, please contact Yvonne Moy at nyacofficials@yahoo.ca . A special thank-you to the Dobrescu family for working on our online sign-up and to William Williams with his expertise with our website. Peter Cooling, Vivian Hu, Steve Lim, and Olga Macel are also part of our meet management team for Youth Cup and Mega City. Robyne Piccone, Linda Liberta and Daniela D. are working together on the Officials' Food and Cafeteria, Willa Chu is gathering items for a fantastic Silent Auction, and Hilary Turnock is preparing our t-shirts for sale. Thank-you very much for all of your work so far and throughout the meets.

Please mark your calendars to pick up your cookie dough orders on November 22nd. If you are unable to pick up your orders, please let our Fundraising Director, Kate McKellar at nyac.fundraising@rogers.com know in advance of the alternate arrangements you have made.

Coach Murray has also made arrangements for a Nutrition Seminar to take place on November 22nd at Douglas Snow for both swimmers and parents. More details will follow via email and your pool rep.

Our holiday Red, Black and White fun meet will be on Saturday December 20th at Douglas Snow. The whole club is invited to attend for a skills workshop, fun relays and a team breakfast!

The Christmas Training Camp schedules will be organized in the near future. As the schedules differ for each group, your coaches and pool reps will be advising you of the details.

Finally, the NYAC Board of Directors would like to extend a warm welcome to its new members Leon Goren and Christianne Paris.

See you on Friday!

Natalie Lychy
NYAC President