Dear Swimmers and Parents

I am sure everyone who swam this weekend will be pleased to hear that there will be no morning training this forthcoming week.

All swimmers should take this opportunity to enjoy a well earned rest. Morning training will recommence in term 3 on a Wednesday and Friday morning and is open to all squad swimmers from year 3 upwards.

This is a polite reminder for all junior FOBISIA swimmers that the time trials for event selection will take place tomorrow night (MONDAY MARCH 31st) at 3pm, and that for all other swimmers there will be NO TRAINING tomorrow night (MONDAY MARCH 31st).

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill

We have 65 different magazines in the library , because these are a really important way to support students’ learning and other interests.  Here are some of the highlights from the magazines in March 2014.

Making Arrangements

The Royal society of British Artists member shares his methodical and painterly approach to creating temping still life works.

Artist & Illustrators. April 2014 p.50

 

 

Protect you Mac 

Keep you files, passwords and users safe, and guard your Mac from harm.

iCreate. Issue131 p.14

 

 

What’s gone wrong with democracy

Democracy was the most successful political idea of the 20^th century, Why has it run into trouble, and what can be done to revive it?

The economist. 15 March 2014 p.47

 

Unnatural Acts 

From the arrival of the first snowdrop to the fall of the last autume leaf, the timing of seasonal events is changing, as are the ranges of countless species, all evidence of climate changs’ impact on the natural world.

Geographical. March 2014 p.30

Dear Parents and Swimmers

Thank you for attending the BISAC swimming parents meeting last night, for those of you who were unable to attend below are details of the information that was covered.

Firstly a big congratulations for being selected for the BISAC squad and for your continued commitment throughout the year to your training.

The BISAC Championships 2014 will be hosted at NIST international school on Sukhumvit 15.

NIST have produced a website available, where they are continually posting information about the weekend. It can be found at https://sites.google.com/a/nist.ac.th/bisac-swimming-2014

Junior BISAC Meet Program

Senior BISAC Meet Program

The meet will also be available on Meet Mobile, Please search for BISAC

 

Trophies and Awards

There will be a number of trophies available to win at the weekend. The most important being the team trophy. Swimmers who place 1 – 12^th will score points towards this trophy, with the relay teams scoring double:

	Individual	Relay
1st	16	32
2nd	13	26
3rd	12	24
4th	11	22
5th	10	20
6th	9	18
7th	7	14
8th	5	10
9th	4	8
10th	3	6
11th	2	4
12th	1	2

 

It is very important for every swimmer to complete every race they have been selected for.  For those races where there are fewer than 12 swimmers entered it is very important that these swimmers do not get disqualified as they are guaranteed to score points for the team.

Trophies and Prizes Available:

Junior Team

Senior Team

Combined Team (Senior & Junior Points)

Under 8 Boys Team

Under 8 Girls Team

9 Years Boys Team

9 Years Girls Team

10 Years Boys Team

10 years Girls Team

11 – 12 Boys Team

11 – 12 Girls Team

13 – 14 Boys Team

13 – 14 Girls Team

15 + Boys Team

15 + Girls Team

Medals 1 -3 per Event

Ribbons 4 – 12 per Event

For the relays , double points are available it is especially important for the team to score as many points as possible, all members of the squad should be cheering on the team.

All swimmers competing in the afternoon session should remain at the venue until after the presentations have taken place, please do not go home before signing out with your coach.

Team Kit

The only kit to be worn to compete in is the Shrewsbury Team Swim wear:

Shrewsbury Team Swim Kit

No other kit is to be worn, swimmers may wish to wear a different suit to warm up in and then change into their team kit for their races especially if there is a long time between warm up and your first race.

Squad Coaches

All squads will have with them a coach to ensure they reach the marshalling area on time, to give important regarding their race and most importantly to provide feedback on the race. We ask that all swimmers go to their coach immediately upon exiting the pool.

8 Years	Head Coach – Coach Noon	Coach Sergio
		Coach Mohammed
9 Years	Head Coach – Coach Bank	Coach Danica
		Coach PP
10 Years	Head Coach – Coach Joe	Coach Mew
Seniors	Head Coach – Coach Mew	Freestyle – Coach Joe
		Back Stroke – Coach Noon
		Breaststroke – Coach Bank
		Butterfly – Coach PP / Coach Mohammed

 

All swimmers will sit with the team in the swimmers grandstand side of the pool, parents will be sitting opposite. All swimmers should have with them; sun screen, t shirt, hat, water bottle and water, light snacks such as bananas – excessive eating during a swim meet is likely to inhibit performance. Please bring a quiet activity such as a book to read or homework to complete.

Please do not bring valuable items to the venue.

All swimmers should arrive a minimum of 30 minutes before the allocated Shrewsbury warm up, this is too allow registration to take place, a dry land warm up any important information to be given and a team photo to be taken, any swimmers arriving late risk being withdrawn from the swim meet.

Saturday – Morning Session	Sunday– Morning Session
#1 – #36	# 7 – 42
Arrival no later than 7am	Arrival no later than  7.30am

 

Saturday – Afternoon Session	Sunday
#37 – #60	#43 – 72
Arrival no later than 12.15 (please be aware of the risk of the warm up moving earlier, should the morning session finish earlier)	Arrival no later than 12.15 (please be aware of the risk of the warm up moving earlier, should the morning session finish earlier)

 Shrewsbury Dryland Warm Up

Information regarding the Shrewsbury protocol for swim meets can be found in the Swim Meets section of the swimming blog.

There will be a school bus available for both days; the bus will leave SHB at 6.15am on Saturday and 6.45 on Sunday. Please sign up with the Sports and Activities office if you require a seat on the bus.

All swimmers will receive a free BISAC t-shirt kindly sponsored by the Shrewsbury Parents Association; parents may purchase a copy of this shirt at a cost of 350THB from Khun Monz.

Please see below an email send from Paul Hodgkinson the Director of Sport at NIST regarding the potential political situation this weekend:

 

Dear All,

 

NIST is looking forward to hosting the BISAC Swimming Championships this weekend.

 

As a point of reference the swim meet director will be Dr. Tony Amrish. There will also be an army of officials, parent helpers and NIST staff helping to make things go as smoothly as possible.

 

As per previous communication we have the goggle web site with all relevant information.

 

https://sites.google.com/a/nist.ac.th/bisac-swimming-2014

 

There are some changes to the psyche sheets. You will receive the final version later tonight (Weds)

 

There will be back up Event Booklets for your coaches and a limited number for parents.

 

Just a reminder on the coaches meeting, at an event as busy as this one it is important at least one representative from each competing school is present.

 

Please also remember to bring back trophies if you have previously won them, and give to Tony at the coaches meeting.

 

Parent Conduct – we are expecting lots of excited parents but would please ask you to brief them on polite protocol around the pool deck and listening to instructions given by our staff.

 

Update on the Security Situation.

 

Please be informed that on Sat 29^th March from 09:30 am onward, PDRC Protest Group will be marching along the following route.

 

1. Lumpini Park
2. Wireless Road
3. Ploenchit Road
4. Petchaburi Road
5. Asoke Montri Road
6. Terminal 21 (Possible target for the group to break for lunch)
7. Sukhumvit Road (Possible target for the protest group to break for lunch)
8. Chidlom Road (Possible target for the protest group to break for lunch)
9. Rajadamri Road (Possible target for the protest group to break for lunch)
10. Lumpini Park

 

They will pass the NIST area around 12:00 – 14:00 hrs.  We have received no indication of any violence in our area but would recommend to avoid the route during their marching period.

 

This should have no impact on the swimming event as teams will arrive before 8am and leave after 5pm. In our experience so far with the protests traffic is only blocked up in the times the marches are in our area.

 

Kind regards,

 

	Paul Hodgkinson Athletics & Activities Directorผู้อำนวยการฝ่ายกีฬาและกิจกรรมนักเรียน

The BISAC ruling for the junior swim meet was changed after the 2013 championships. To allow the junior swimmers to perform at their best, collectively within BISAC it was felt that four individual entries would be better for the junior swimmers, with a maximum of three swimmers per event. This is the reasoning behind allowing the junior swimmers to select only four events.

Unfortunately due to a miscommunication Shrewsbury was the only school who followed this new ruling, it was not until the program was made available to the Aquatic Directors on Monday that I became aware only Shrewsbury had followed this new ruling.

A solution was reached whereby Shrewsbury would be permitted to change the entries submitted allowing swimmers to compete in a maximum of 6 individual events. Unfortunately this means for some swimmers there will be more than the permitted three swimmers per event. Many swimmers have trained exceptionally hard for what will be their first BISAC, all swimmers who were initially entered into the BISAC championships may still participate in the swim meet. As only three swimmers may score points for the school, some swimmers will be an exhibition swimmer. An exhibition swimmer is unable to score points or receive a medal. The swimmers who will score points are those who placed 1^st – 3^rd in the BISAC selections swim meet in March. In some cases where the swim placed 1^st – 3^rd already has 6 selected events or did not want to select this event the swimmer placed 4^th or 5^th may be the points scoring swimmer.

I sincerely apologise for this occurrence and can assure you I tried everything possible to resolve the situation prior to the parents meeting yesterday and afterwards.

I hope any swimmer who has an exhibition event will still wish to compete in this event.  The opportunity to still compete at this level provides excellent experience at a highly competitive swim meet and any personal bests recorded can still be used to progress to the next squad.

All swimmers who now have an exhibition event have been personally contacted via email.

For the full team lists please follow the links below:

Junior Squad

Senior Squad

All relay teams remain unchanged.

Swimmers may collect their BISAC shirts from poolside during Thursday training.

If you have any questions regarding BISAC this weekend, please do not hesitate to see me poolside this evening or contact me via victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th

Best Wishes

Vicki

Dear Swimmers and Parents

If you require any additional items, such as new pair of racing goggles before the weekend. Khun Monz will be here at school this afternoon during swim training, parents will also be able to pay for their parent supporters t-shirt during this time.

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill

Dear Parents and Swimmers

To ensure all BISAC swimmers have adequate rest before their big day, swimming for anyone involved in BISAC at the weekend (senior or junior) will finish at 3.30pm on Friday. Swimming for NON BISAC swimmers will continue until as normal.

 

There will be no swimming on Monday March 31st due to the  Primary FOBISIA event selection swim time trials. All Primary FOBISIA participants are expected to attend.

 

Best Wishes

Vicki

On Saturday (March 22nd) Shrewsbury sent a select team of 12 swimmers to the Marlins Mayhem swim meet at St Andrews.

Competing against St Andrews, Bangkok Prep, Concordian International School and ISB,  Shrewbury took home three trophies:

Proud L –  Overall Winner Under 8 Girls

Prim B – Runner Up 9 – 10 Years Girls

Overall Champions – Shrewsbury

All swimmers performed exceptionally at the meet by winning either a heat winner ribbon or a 1-3 place medal.

Every swim recorded a personal best time! This was a truly exceptional performance, given the 2 hours break for the storm. This dedication to the team, meant that Shrewsbury scored the highest number of points per swimmer to win the overall trophy.

Every member of the team should be extremely proud of their performance, behaviour and sportsmanship throughout the swim meet.

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE

Full results are available here

   

  

 

Dear Parents and Swimmers

The CHQ sign up for term 3 will open at 5pm on Friday 28th March.

Term 3 will follow a trial different format. For those swimmers who wish to swim competitively and represent the school, the training days will be set.  This will help the coaches develop the best training plan, meeting the needs of all swimmers.

Swim Squad training days will be MONDAY, TUESDAY & THURSDAY 2.40 – 4.15pm for Blue squad and above. Swimmers will be required to attend all three sessions.

Blue Squad Available Spaces – 10

Green Squad Available Spaces – 12

Yellow Squad Available Spaces – 12

Red Squad Available Spaces – 16

Bronze Squad Available Spaces -16

Silver Squad Available Spaces – 16

Gold & Platinum Squad Available Spaces – 16

Demand for these available spaces will be exceptionally high, swimmers who select swim squad will be required to swim at the following swim meets in Term 3; 2 Fast 2 Furious Saturday March 31st at Harrow International School and Shrewsbury Age Group Championships Saturday 14th June.

If a swimmer is unable to attend all three training days or either of these two swim meets, swim squad training should not be selected.

Any swimmer failing to attend all three training sessions will be removed from the squad program and their space made available to the next person on the waiting list.

For swimmers who are unable to commit to three training sessions per week or whom do not want to swim competitively stroke development sessions will be available:

Year 5 & 6 Thursday 2.40 – 4pm – 24 places available

Year 3 & 4 Wednesday 2.40 – 4pm – 24 places available

Year 2 Friday 2.40 – 3.30pm – 12 places available

Year 1 Monday 2.40 – 3.30pm  – 12 places available. Must be confident to swim across the middle pool using a float.

The stroke development program will be open to any swimmer who wishes to take swimming as a You Time activity – this is NOT Swim Team. The stroke development program will provide an access route into the swim team for those swimmers who wish to swim competitively after they have developed their strokes.

Places are very limited, so an early sign up is required.

Morning swimming Wednesday & Friday 6am – 7am open to any swimmer from year 3 upwards who wishes to develop their stroke technique and stamina.

Waterpolo

Junior (Yr 4 – 6) Tuesday 2.40 – 3.45pm  – 16 available spaces

Senior Fridays 2.40 – 4pm

Triathlon

Open to Yr5 & 6 ONLY, participants must be a strong swimmer, own a bike and a helmet. These will be required at every session.

Wednesday 2.40 – 3.45pm – 10 available spaces

Snorkeling

Senior School

Wednesday 2.40 – 3.45pm – 12 available spaces

Participants will require their own snorkel and mask.

Senior Swimming

The pool will be available on Wednesday and Thursday 3.45 – 4.30pm for any senior swimmer who wishes to use the pool, this may be for a recreational swim with friends or to work with one of the swim coaches to further develop their strokes. Any senior students or year 6 students considering U13 FOBISIA would be wise to use these sessions to begin building their fitness ready for next year.

If you have any questions about any of the activities please do not hesitate to contact me in the Sports and Activities Office, or at victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill

Dear Parents

A t-shirt has been designed by Khun Peh for the children attending BISAC and will be available for the children to collect on Thursday.

If any parents would like to order a t-shirt for themselves please contact myself at victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th with the number of shirts would like to order and the size (S,M,L, XL) alternatively you may directly contact Khun Monz who is producing the designs for us, before Monday March 23rd.

BISAC 2014 Parent T-Shirt Design

The cost of the t-shirt for parents is 350 thb.

It will be wonderful to see everyone supporting Shrewsbury over the weekend wearing the same t-shirt.

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill

Dear Parents and Swimmers

There will be a meeting for all BISAC parents and swimmers on Wednesday 26th March at 4.15pm, this meeting will be held in the front PE classroom. In this meeting I will give all the details for the BISAC swimming championships (28th – 30th March) if you are unable to attend please contact me via victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th I will arrange for all the information that is communicated at the meeting to be sent to you.

Many Thanks

Mrs Gill