P.O Box 280 Stittsville, ON K2S 1A4

SPLASH

Volume 5; Edition 27 Thursday, June 1, 2006

Quote of the Week

"What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it."

Alexander Graham Bell

You’re Invited to the GAC Year End BBQ Bash!

Saturday June 24, 2006

11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

17 MacGregor Lake Rd., MacGregor Lake

Vals des Monts, Quebec

(cottage of Kathy & Jeff White - approx. 50 mins. from Stittsville)

Prizes! – Awards! – Water sports!

Hamburgers – Hotdogs - Salads

RSVP to gac@bellnet.ca or 726-7901

Map with directions to follow RSVP

UPCOMING EVENTS

KSSC Distance Novice Meet – Kingston Military Community Sport Center – June 4^th – Silver/Bronze/Gold 2

Directions to the Kingston swimming pool are following:

From Ottawa
Take Highway 416 to Highway 401 West and exit at CFB Kingston
Exit/Smiths Falls. Follow Country Road 15 south until it ends at the
T-intersection with Country Road 2 at the traffic light. Turn right (West)
onto 2 and turn right at the next set of lights.

Other
From Highway 401, take Highway 15 south, exit 623. Follow Highway 15
for approximately 6 kilometres where the highway will end. Head west on
Highway 2 (right) for 0.6 km. At the stoplight turn right (north). The
Kingston Military Community Sports Centre is on the left. Parking is
available in front of the main entrance. Consult the map for further
details.

PRACTICE CHANGES/CANCELLATIONS

We are now approaching the end of the season I hope everyone has a safe summer.

Last Practice Bronze Saturday June 3^rd

Last Practice Gold 2 Friday June 2^nd

Last Practice Silver Wednesday June 7^th

Platinum and Gold1 Last Practice Friday June 23^rd

The week of June 5^th there will be no morning practices, this week is our final preparation for EOSA.

There will be no practice Monday June 12^th, normal practice schedule for Platinum and Gold1 starts Tuesday June 13^th.

COACHES REPORT

Head Coach Rob

Next Season

I am looking forward to seeing everyone back in the fall. Our coaching staff for next season has been finalized.

Head Coach Platinum Gold1: Rob Beattie

Assistant Coach Silver & Development Coordinator: Lillana Rusu

Assistant Coach Bronze & Adult: Corrina Wong

Assistant Coach Recreational Program: Matt Hyne

Assistant Coach Development and Recreational: Laura Cook

This upcoming weekend 8 of our senior swimmers will be attending the Sears I Can Swim instructor-training course. These senior swimmers will be used as assistant coaches not just in the development program but also in all areas of our junior program.

Last weekend was our last meet before EOSA we had two new regional qualifiers Tim and Justin well done guys.

We have 21 swimmers attending regional championships on the weekend of June 9th well done everyone, we have the rest of this week hard training before our final peroration for EOSA.

Head Coach

Rob

Coach Liliana

Our Silver swimmers who participated to the Go Kingfish Long Course
Invitational swim meet did a very good job. They finished the races with
ribbons, medals and personal best times. They narrowly missed qualifying times
for the "Regionals", some by just 2 seconds or even 0.02 seconds.

Congratulations!

We have one week ahead to work on speed, starts and turns until the Long
Course Eastern Ontario Championship, so that we will have the chance to get more good
results!

The Kingston Sharks Swim Club - Distance/Novice Meet, on 4th of June
gives our Bronze swimmers the chance to finish the season with good results and
more ribbons.

Tip of the Week: Becoming a Complete Swimmer

This week’s Speedo Tip of the Week comes from Maciej Rakowski, a member of the Topeka Swim Association. His advice is on becoming a complete swimmer.

Rakowski's Tip:
As coaches, we do this job because it is our passion, because we love to be around our athletes, instruct them, coach them and see them succeed. In each team, there are swimmers who are more motivated and some who are less motivated. However, there are some kids that we, as coaches, can learn the most from by the way they interact with the team and with us. These swimmers are the core of the team; they are “complete swimmers.” A special link exists between a coach and a complete swimmer that others will never experience. It is based on common respect, common love for swimming, common appreciation, friendship and a common goal to achieve. They want to share their all failures and successes because they work together.

Here are a few tips to becoming a complete swimmer:

Come to every practice. Don’t be afraid to work hard; this is the only way to succeed in any sport.

Show respect to your coach and other swimmers, and be there for them when they need you.

Love this sport more than any other activity and take pride in being part of the team.

Always be ready to change the way you swim, or else you will stay behind while others move forward.

Listen to what your coach is trying to teach you. Trust him or her, but don’t be afraid to ask “Why?”

Set challenging goals every season and work hard to achieve them.

Know that success won’t come to you; you need to challenge your mind and body to get there. Once you achieve your goal, you will cry from happiness because you’ll remember how much hard work you did to get there.

Remember to smile, joke and laugh; we are all here to have fun!

Update from the Board of Directors

Hi Everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend. On behalf of the Board of Directors and the members, I would like to extend our sympathies to our Head Coach, Rob Beattie and his family. Recently he lost his mother, Elizabeth who resided in Australia. Rob had a twinkle in his eye as he told me stories about his family and home life. May your memories all be good Rob, our thoughts are with you. Incidentally, it seems that Rob followed in his mom’s footsteps in representing Australia in swimming. Mrs. Beattie represented Australia at the Berlin Olympics in the breaststroke and Rob himself at two World Championships also in breaststroke. I for one am totally impressed!

It is with great pleasure that we can finally set the date for the next General Meeting of all members of the Goulbourn Aquatic Club. This meeting is to be held at the Goulbourn Municipal Offices, 2135 Huntley Road (Main St. Stittsville turns into Huntley Rd. at Flewellyn) on Thursday June 22, 2006 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The Agenda for this meeting is as follows:

Agenda

1) Introduction

2) Ratification of By-Laws (posted on the website under ‘Board of Directors’ on Home page at csca.org/gac)

3) Financial Statements

a) Balance as at Sept. 2005

b) Fiscal year 2005-2006 – Balance as at February 28^th, 2006

c) Projection to June 30, 2006

4) 2006-2007 Board of Directors Approval

5) GAC 2006-2007 General Overview

This meeting is for all members of the GAC. Please come out and be informed on Club business. Hope to see you there!

Kathy White

President

Goulbourn Aquatic Club - 2006 Long Course Schedule

Spring Invitational P1&P2 & Developmental - April 1^st & 2^nd

Olympic 50m pool – Montreal - Silver/Gold 1/Platinum

OYO Invitational Long Course Sprints – April 2^nd

Nepean Sportsplex- All Silver/Gold 1/Platinum not attending Montreal meet

Cornwall Spring Meet - May 7^th

Cornwall Aquatic Centre – Gold2/Bronze

NKB Festival of Spring - May 12^th & 14^th

Nepean Sportsplex- Silver/Gold 1/Platinum Qualifiers

Go Kingfish Long Course Invitational – May 27^th & 28^th

Monpetit Hall University of Ottawa - Qualifiers

KSSC – Developmental Meet – June 4^th

Kingston- Entry Level (Bronze/Gold 2)

EOSA – Long Course Regional Championships - June 9^th – 11^th

Nepean Sportsplex- Silver/Gold 1/Platinum Qualifiers

Ontario Junior Provincial Championships – July 6^th – 9^th

Nepean Sportsplex- Silver/Gold 1/Platinum Qualifiers

TEAM EQUIPMENT

In stock team equipment can be purchased by contacting Johanne Fauvelle by phone, e-mail, or at the pool on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings from 5:00-5:30pm. We currently have polyester suits and custom team bags in stock as well as two second had team jackets size 10-12 and 14-16. Please contact Johanne at 831-9605 or e-mail at rejeanp@sympatico.ca

Parents may have noticed that the GAC caps and Team Suits are fading quickly, this is due to high chlorine levels as well as daily use. The caps are latex and will eventually break down, therefore it is suggested that swimmers keep their Team Caps and Suits solely for swim meet use and purchase training suits and caps for daily use. It is also a good idea to have an extra GAC cap on hand at meets in case of rips and tears.

Goulbourn Recreation Complex

Lifesaving and Leadership Courses for Spring 2006