It's Fall Y'all!  Boy today really felt like fall with those crisp temps outside.  Time to pack pajamas or sweats in the swim bags!  

Upcoming Meets: 

ODAC Rising Stars Meet is this weekend (USA only).  We are excited to get back into a groove of USA swimming.  Remember it's not too late to decide to do USA swim.  It just offers more opportunities for meets for your swimmer!  Please reach out if you would like to chat about USA swimming.   

ECAT October Invitational is the last weekend in October and is USA & Non-USA.  We so enjoy the opportunity to swim against Coach Art and his team.  Please take a look at the upcoming November meets and see if they fit into your schedule.  We have identical meets in November to these 2 October meets.  

Reminders: 

• swimmers need: goggles, water bottles, caps, and fins for practice.  If you need help choosing fins, feel free to reach out and if you have some that no longer fit your swimmer, share them with another family :)
• attendance is still looking pretty good!  Keep up the good work, parents.  Swimming regularly helps improve skill, endurance, and strength. 
• SAVE THE DATE!  Fall team pictures will be held during practice on Tuesday, October 29th at Southside Pool.  I did give the wrong date prior.  It will be that last Tuesday in October during practice.  A professional photographer will be there to capture a team photo for us as well as individual photos.  No pressure to purchase individual photos, but please DO TRY and attend for the team photo.  

USA Parents: 

We are working on fixing the link in our website to register for USA Swim.  Please use this link for now and click "register new member" even if your child was registered last year.  Fill in the information and check the expiration date carefully.  I think the final meet for the season will be the age group champs meet March 13-16 so you don't want their membership to expire too early.  For those that already registered and didn't know this info, apologies.  I did not realize this also.  We are in communication with USA swim and there should be a way to extend them at the end of the season if need be.  We are fine to register our swimmers up to one day prior to the meet, so should be all set to do this on Thursday which I think might be the magic date for the expiration lasting through that final March meet.  For those that want to swim through the summer with another team or unattached, feel free to pay for the year long membership at any time.  And for those that just want to try it out with no risk, you can choose the flex membership which allows you to compete in 2 meets and then can upgrade your membership to a seasonal or year round option.  

As always, reach out with any questions!  

Amber Breguet

secretary, NSD 

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