Hello All,

So just a quick reminder the final two weeks of long course practice picks back up tomorrow August 17 at Kingsbury.

Schedule will be as follows:

Dev 4-530p Monday, Wednesday, Friday

AG 4-6 Monday, Wednesday, Friday

JR/SR Monday 6-8pm, Tuesday 5-7pm, Wednesday 6-8am, Thursday 5-7pm and Friday 6-8am.

We will finish out these last two weeks of August with our same levels. On 8/31 when the new season starts up that will be when swimmers will move into their new groups! Registration should go live tomorrow for the 2015/2016 season however, an email will go out once we confirm with Thriva that all links are set and ready to go.

Any questions don’t hesitate to email or call me at 774-766-9063.

Regards,

Lynn

Hello All,

Congratulations on a very successful championship season!  We will soon finish the summer season with a 2 week stroke clinic starting on August 17th.  We will continue to follow the summer schedule.  Looking forward to a great fall and winter season, which we will roll right into on August 31, switching over to the school year schedule at that point.

For meets, we have posted on our homepage the weekends that we will tentatively attend meets.  Remember, everyone on the Competitive team is expected to compete at MOST of the meets.  Anyone on the Recreational team is allowed to compete in meets but they have to email Coach Craft with which ones they want.  Remember, meets are entered and paid for about 2 months ahead of time.  Another date to remember is that the bubble will be going up the week of Sep 14th so the practice schedule may change that week.

A huge thank you to Max Butler and Abby Mullen for the time they spent coaching at Kingfish.  Abby is going to pursue her Nursing Degree and Max has accepted a teaching and coaching job out in western Mass.  I am sure we will still get to see them from time to time around the pool.  Exciting options for them and we wish them the best of luck.  

We have been very lucky to find a wonderful coach to step in that is ready, willing and able to kick off our 2015/16 short course season with us!

Brian Keane has been the head Age Group coach with Black Rock Country Club for the past 5 years.  He swam 6 years under Coach Craft on Kingfish and still holds the 200 Free team record!  We are in the interview process to fill Abby’s position at the moment.  A number of great candidates are in queue.

Lets welcome Brian and wish Max and Abby the very best as we go into another great winning season!

— 

Jay Craft

Head Coach

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All Kingfish coming to the meet against CCSC tomorrow- warmup is at 8, meet starts at 8:45! 

All swimmers and their families MUST park in the Rockland Trust/Hannaford parking lot and NOT in the Kingsbury Club!  Additionally just a reminder because of the meet there will be NO regular practices held except for Seniors.

See you in the morning! 

As we mentioned last week, we are excited to have the opportunity to swim in two upcoming dual meets right in our home pool! 

On Sunday morning, July 19, we will host Cape Cod Swim Club in place of Sunday morning practice for ALL groups.  Warmup will be at 8 with an 8:45a start time.  On Friday, July 24, we will host South Shore YMCA Strypers. Warmup is at 12 pm and a meet start time around 12:45.  For planning purposes know that these meets typically last no more than 2-3 hours.

Again, we have set up these meets for all swimmers, but we especially encourage our newer and younger members, and all REC swimmers, to participate! Races will be short and fun with ribbons for all.  The environment will be casual and primarily a way to introduce swimmers to the excitement of racing.

In order to participate, please email Lauren Brown directly at laurenlizzie@yahoo.com.  Simply provide your swimmer’s name, age, and whether they can participate in one or both meets. If only one please be sure to clarify the one they will be participating in.   Your swimmer will be entered in up to three age appropriate events, as well as at least one relay.

Please know in order to have these meets run successfully we need full parent participation in lines of volunteering, food donations, etc.  A signup genius will follow this email so please be on the lookout and signup to help!

Email Lauren with questions- look forward to seeing everyone there!

Bring a Friend to practice has been rescheduled to Wednesday July 22nd which is 2 weeks from tomorrow.

Again, please have your DEV and AG swimmer tell their friend to bring their invitation with them filled out with parents names, phone and email on back.  On the 22nd those will be handed into their respective coaches and “friends” will be allowed to participate and swim the  practice from 4-6p.

When your swimmer signs in at the front desk that day just have them let staff know that their friend is coming in for a Kingfish practice.

Any questions give me a call at 774-766-9063 or email me.

Calling all Kingfish! We are excited that we’ve been able to schedule two dual meets with local teams in July; these meets will have the same feeling and excitement as the SSSL meets we’ve competed in in the past. On Sunday morning, July 19, we will compete against Cape Cod Swim Team, and on Friday afternoon, July 24 we will compete against South Shore YMCA Strypers. The primary goal will be fun, shorter races to give especially our newer and younger swimmers opportunities to compete. These meets are open to the whole team, and we encourage our Rec team swimmers to participate! We will have ribbons and prizes for all!

We will need help and participation from parents to make these meets happen, so please save the dates and be on the lookout for a Sign Up Genius early next week. 

Happy 4th of July!

Due to the fact that bad weather and storms are predicted for most of the day today we will be cancelling “Bring a Friend to Practice” this afternoon.  

At this time DEV and AG will still have their regularly scheduled practice unless the pool closes due to the weather but currently it is too early in the day to determine that.