This message is filled with thanks to our membership and coaches.

First, a special thank you to the Lui family who, once again, organized the NYAC Banquet which was an extraordinary event held last Friday. The banquet committee consisting of Beatrix Lui, Teresa Liang, Kathleen Gallagher and Ayse Ozguven did a fantastic job planning the night’s event from raffles to decorating as will become evident with the photos taken by William Williams.

With all our members’ photo and video contributions, the final Turnock production of the NYAC Video was a smashing hit! Thank you to the Turnock family for producing an Academy Award deserving NYAC documentary.

Every swimmer present at the banquet left with a 2005-2006 Yearbook put together by our wonderfully talented yearbook committee consisting of Vivian Hu, Cheryl Kicksee, Paula Reis-Ruivo, and Daniela Crivianu-Gaita. Thanks for creating a book of memories.

As part of that sponsorship, Julia Wilkinson, represented at the banquet by her parents, was awarded the first annual ‘Gatorade NYAC Swimmer of the Year Award’ for her extraordinary accomplishments representing NYAC at the National Championships and the Pan Pacific Championships earlier this year. Thank you PepsiCo!!!

Looking forward, NYAC’s next big event is the Youth Cup and Mega City meet which takes place on December 7-10. I look forward to seeing every one of our members over the course of the four days. This is our first and biggest meet to host this swim year and it looks to be as great as ever. The Meet Committee consists of Meet Manager Peter Cooling, Olga Macel, Eric Moran, Steve Lim, Yvonne Moy, Jean Godawa, and Hilary Turnock, as well as Fundraising Director Cheryl Kicksee and auction co-ordinator Margaret Thompson. We have over 1350 swimmers planning to attend! Our officials will look fantastic in their new white team t-shirts arranged by Philip Colford (thanks!).

After the Youth Cup and Mega City meet, we will be celebrating the holidays with our Red, White, and Black Meet on December 16 from 6-9 am. This is a fun meet at Douglas Snow for ALL NYAC swimmers that combines a coach directed skill session with mixed group relays followed by breakfast.

Finally, look for information shortly from your pool reps about the NYAC Christmas training camp which will run from December 27-January 6. Schedules and cost will vary for each group depending on the amount of training.

To all parents, thank you in advance for your commitment to officiate at Youth Cup and Mega City, and, to our swimmers, good luck for fast swims!

Marjie Chud

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