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August 5^th, 2011:

To all the Mantas Parents who have signed their children up for the Regional Championship Meet this weekend:

As usual, the Meet will be run entirely by parent volunteers. Therefore, you are expected to help out by taking on assigned duties in the meet that had been allocated to Mantas Club. To find out what your assignments are, please follow the instructions below:

1. Go to this link - https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmSRv2_pvBasdDBNdUNCUTVhMTVHX0lGcFpsSjhqZ2c&hl=en_US

2. In the "Assignments" Sheet, look for your or your child's names in column "O" and "Q" on the right hand side first. 

3. Write the corresponding task names on the same row.

4. Look up the task on the left hand side for the name of the task and shift. Note: the Row header indicates the name of the task while column header shows the shift.

5. You might want to repeat step 2 to 4 for multiple times to ensure that you acknowledge all your assignments.

6. After step 5, you should have known your assignments:

· Which Day: Saturday or Sunday?

· Which shift: (1st, 2nd, Final 1, or Final 2)

· What position: (eg. Timer, Place Judge, Awards, Office, Deck Food, etc.)

· Each shift is generally equivalent to 2 hours.

7. The second sheet titled "Family Count" in the same document shows the assignment distribution across all the participating families.

8. You can contact me for any questions in relation to the meet duty assignments. I can be reached by email or phone at 778-828-3201.

Looking forward to seeing you in the meet.

August 3^rd, 2011:

All Mantas Members and Parents:

We are inviting you to the Mantas Swim Club's 2011 AGM Night on August 10th at Bonsor Community Center in Metro Town:

The AGM Night includes the following events:

1). AGM (Reports and Election, all members are entitled to attend.) - 5:45pm -7pm

2). Club Dinner ( $5 per person. 6 and under free) - 7 - 8pm

3). Awards and Acknowledgement ( swimmers' every year favorite ) 8 - 9:30pm

Location: Bonsor Community Center

IMPORTANT Notice about DINNER Sign-up:

· You MUST sign up for the DINNER using the online sign-up form I sent to you by email by 11pm, August 8th or you may be denied for food for the dinner in the AGM Night. If you did not receive the email, please ask other parents for it.

· We wanted to ensure the right amount of food for the attendees who opt in for the dinner. That's why we enforce the rule of earlier sign-up for dinner. We hope you could understand that and thank you for cooperation.

· After DINNER sign-up, you might want to purchase the dinner tickets from Erica YU, the Club Secretary, during the practices this week or in the Regionals Championship meet in the weekend, just so that you could avoid long line-up at the door in the AGM night.

· CANCELLATION - if you want to cancel the sign-up, you must do that by sending an email to Erica at secretary@burnabymantas.ca by 11pm, August 9th. Otherwise, you might be asked to pay for what you booked for even you do not show up in the event.

July 27^th, 2011:

AGM 2011:

· Date: August 10, 2011 (Wednesday)

· Place: Banquet Hall, Bonsor Community Centre

· Time: 6:00 pm ~ 7:00 pm

All Mantas parents are welcome to attend.

After the AGM meeting, there will be a lasagna and pizza dinner. The awards presentations for the swimmers will be right after the dinner.

For more information, please find AGM 2011 and Call for Nomination 2011.

July 26^th, 2011:

August Schedule and AGM

Please find the August Schedule and it is also available at ‘Mantas Group’. Note that this year’s AGM will be held at Bonsor on Aug 10th, more detail is coming soon.

July 24^th, 2011:

North Delta Sunfish Meet Entry and Event Marshalling Info

The Meet Entry is available at ‘Meet Schedule’ and here’s an info sheet on the online event marshalling.

July 19^th, 2011:

Tax Receipt

The summer tax receipt will be available on Wednesday July 20^th. in the family box at SFU. Please pick up your receipt when your child practises at SFU. We will not re-issue another one.

July 15^th, 2011:

July’s Schedule Updated!

Since some of the practice times have been changed, we just updated the July’s Schedule. Please check it out. Also, the August Schedule is coming soon.

Warm up times for this weekend Cudas meet:

Here’s the message from our head coach:

Below are the in water warm up times for the Burnaby meet this weekend at Central Park. Please arrive 15 minutes before the stated in water times. Kids who arrive late will not be allowed to get in at another time due to the number of swimmers going from each group. We have 87 swimmers registered to swim over the course of the weekend. Please come talk to the coaches before and after each race, but remember to also be patient as there will be a lot of other swimmers also there to talk with the coaches. I will be trying to get relays together tonight. If you cannot stay for relays please let the coaches know by the end of warm ups. 

Looking forward to this weekend!

Saturday:

· 630-645: DevA/DevB/JrC

· 645-7: JrB/JrD/JrA

· 7-715: IntA/SrB/SrC

· 715-730: SrA

Sunday:

· 630-645: IntA/SrB/SrC

· 645-7: SrA

· 7-715: JrD/JrB/JrA

· 715-730: DevA/DevB/JrC

June 30^th, 2011:

Get together at Kensington pool for Pictures and pizzas at 6pm today

We are going to get together at Kensington pool for Pictures and pizzas for those who have had registered for the event. Remember to bring your Mantas t-shirts and be on time at 6pm.

June 28^th, 2011:

Kensington Sleepover Revised Practice schedule- NO RB!

· SrA- 630-9pm SFU

· SrB/C- 8-930p Ken

· IntA- 8-930p Ken

· JrA- 715-9pm SFU

· JrB- 715-830p Ken

· JrC- 715-830p Ken

· JrD- 715-830p Ken

· DevB- 715-815p SFU

· DevA- 8-9pm SFU

Parents can begin to set up as soon as practices start at Kensington ~715-730pm

Kids who are 10&Under and who are wanting to stay will require that the parents provide a minimum of 2 contact phone numbers that will be given to the coaches in person the night of the sleepover. Also any allergies or special medical conditions need to be directly told/written to the coaches.

June 20^th, 2011:

Picture Day on June 30th

· Time: 6pm

· Location: Kensington pool (shine) or SFU (rain). Final announcement 12:00pm on the day.

· Admission: $2 per swimmer including pictures and pizza. PARENTS and SIBLINGS are welcome but will have to pay $2 per head, 5 and under free though.

· Registration:

- NO door admission please, everyone has to register in advance. Deadline to register is 9:00pm, June 29th.

- Register through the coaches.

June 17^th, 2011:

BMM Best Ever Meet Package Available

Click here to check it out.

June 16^th, 2011:

PMA Meet Online Sign-up

Please check your email from Mantas for the meet sign-up. Following the instructions, you should be able to sign-up. The deadline is on June 21th. If you do not receive the email or have any questions, please feel free to contact coaches or email register@burnabymantas.ca.

Please also be noted that we will keep updating ‘meet schedule’ for all meet related information including meet package, validation sheet and meet result, etc. Again if you have any questions, feel free to contact coaches or email info@burnabymantas.ca.

June 9^th, 2011:

Port Coquitlam Meet Online Sign-up has Began

Please check your email and you should receive an email from Mantas for the meet sign-up. Follow the instructions in the email, you should be able to sign-up. If you do not receive the sign-up email or have any questions, please feel free to contact coaches or email register@burnabymantas.ca.

May 31^st, 2011:

Ladner Meet Online Sign-up has Began

Please check your email and you should receive an email from Mantas for the meet sign-up. Follow the instructions in the email, you should be able to sign-up. If you do not receive the sign-up email or have any questions, please feel free to contact coaches or email register@burnabymantas.ca.

** Note: Richmond Meet Online Sign-up deadline is at 10pm today, hurry up! **

May 27^th, 2011:

Distribution of Club T-shirts

Please come to collect your club t-shirts starting from this weekend during practices. Please contact Simon, Erica and Tony in the viewing room at CGBrown pool. New swimmers may collect their club swim caps as well.

The deadline for collecting the t-shirts and the swim caps is on June 20th, 2011.

Please note that all the t-shirts were ordered according to the sizes marked on the registration forms. For some reason, if you would like to exchange for a different size, please check in with us after the deadline. All traded t-shirts must be relatively brand-new.

May 25^th, 2011:

Richmond Meet Online Sign-up has Began

Please check your email and you should receive an email from Mantas for the meet sign-up. Follow the instructions in the email, you should be able to sign-up. If you do not receive the sign-up email or have any questions, please feel free to contact coaches or email register@burnabymantas.ca.

May 16^th, 2011:

Coquitlam Meet Online Sign-up has Began

Please check your email and you should receive an email from Mantas for the meet sign-up. Follow the instructions in the email, you should be able to sign-up. If you do not receive the sign-up email or have any questions, please feel free to contact coaches or email register@burnabymantas.ca.

May 14^th, 2011:

June and July Schedules Available

Check them out at ‘Mantas Group’. Please note that there may be some minor changes and there but nothing major.

May 10^th, 2011:

May 13^th Practice cancelled

Due to coaches in service. For more coming events, please check ‘Mantas Calendar’ on our website.

Updated 2011 handbook can be found here

May 8^th, 2011:

2011 Handbook is available

Please find it here

May 5^th, 2011:

Club parent meeting this weekend

Time: Sunday May 8^th 2011, 5-6pm

Place: CG Brown

SFU parking pass is available

please see Linda, Tony or Ben.

May 2^nd, 2011:

Swim Gear Swap on Thursday at Practice

The club will host a Swim Gear Swap on Thursday evening, March 5th at practice time in Parkcrest Elementary school's gym. Details are as follows:

Time: 7:30pm to start until the end of practice.

Swimmers to bring in your old swim gear - goggles, fins, parkas etc. that is still in good working condition. You can sell them with a fraction of the purchased price or simply trade it in with some other swimmer's stuff that would fit your needs. For the potential good-deal-hunters, be sure to pocket some cash with you coming into the Thursday practice. You will likely find the stuff sparkling your eyes.

There will be some brand new stuff for sale on site by the club too - goggles, t-shirts, swimsuits, caps, and many more.

May 1^st, 2011:

Please find the latest grouping here.

April 20^th, 2011:

Hello Mantas and Parents:

Please find swimmers' initial grouping lists and May training schedule from our Head Coach Addie. Please be aware that there WILL be changes to groups within the first couple weeks especially for new swimmers. In the first week of May, all teams will team building activities in the Gym at Parkcrest School.

For New Swimmers who just joined the Club for the summer program and the swimmers in the development group, please read the following carefully:

We will be hosting a skills evaluation camp on April 30th from 8-9am at CG Brown pool. In order to ensure the best placement of children within our program we require that all new swimmers who have never swam with the Mantas before as well as all children who are 8 and under attend. Parents are asked to please remain at the pool during the assessment period as it may take less than an hour. We will also organize an information session for the new swimmers and parents in the second week of May.

Lastly for volunteer coaches - If you are interested in volunteer coaching and you are in Division 5 and up, please forward your contact information to our head coach, Addie at headcoach@burnabymantas.ca. You will be required to make a minimum commitment of one hour per week volunteer coaching as well as attend most of your swim practices.

Looking forward to a great season!

April 11^th, 2011:

Preseason Evaluation:

We will be hosting a skills evaluation camp on April 30th from 8-9am at CG Brown pool. In order to ensure the best placement of children within our program we require that all new swimmers who have never swam with the Mantas before as well as all children who are 8 and under attend. Parents are asked to please remain at the pool during the assessment period as it may take less than an hour.

Looking forward to a great season!

April 10^th, 2011:

Pizza Night

Date: April 30^th, 2011 (Saturday)

Place: Confederation Centre for Seniors (near McGill Library)

4585 Albert Street, Burnaby

Time: 4:30 pm ~ 8:00 pm

Sign-ups: April 16^th & 17^th at CG Brown pool & Renfrew pool during practices. (For sign-up, please contact Erica, Simon & Tony)

Fees: $2.00 – swimmers

$3.00 – family members

Free – siblings from the same family under 5 years old

**All current winter swimmers and their family members are welcome**

**4 participating swimmers will be selected as Team Captains for fun games**

**No refunds; no late sign-ups**

Schedules:

4:30 pm ~ 5:00 pm Fun games preparation and Team captain meeting

5:00 pm ~ 6:30 pm Fun games

6:30 pm ~ 7:00 pm Prize presentations

7:00 pm ~ 8:00 pm Pizza dinner

March 28^th, 2011:

Summer Program Registration is Full

Thanks everyone. We have had a tremendously successful registration for club's summer program. WE ARE FULL NOW. From this point on, all the new applications for the summer will go to the wait-list, which will be constantly monitored. As soon as a new spot is available, we will notify the applicant family on the top of the list at that particular time.

March 24^th, 2011:

Sunday March 27^th Registration

Sunday's registration will take place in Meeting Room#2 at Burnaby Lake Sport Complex, across street from Bill Copland Centre, 5 - 7pm.

March 17^th, 2011:

Sunday Practice at Renfrew Confirmed

Practice will be as usual the coming Sunday Mar. 20th.

March 16^th, 2011:

Swim-a-Rama event moved to April 3rd

We were notified that the Swim-a-Rama event is going to be moved to April 3rd, 9am - 1pm. So please don't come to SFU this Sunday (Mar. 20^th) morning. We will send another reminder as we are getting closer to April 3rd. This could be perceived as an opportunity for us getting extra two weeks in raising fund for the good cause and for our club.

February 13^th, 2011:

Mantas 2011 Summer Registration Forms are available:

1. 2011 Mantas summer registration form

2. 2011 BCSSA Form

3. Mantas Code of Conduct

Please download and fill out all forms before registration. Note: for those existing swimmers, you do NOT need to download the '2011 BCSSA Form'. The club will print the form and you only need to check the information on it during registration. If you have any questions, please send email to info@burnabymantas.ca or contact any of executives.

February 11^th, 2011:

Mantas 2011 Summer Registration will begin soon:

Registration Dates:

1. Swimmers in our current 2010 -2011 Winter maintenance program:

a. Registration starts March 12th in the practice hours in CG Brown and Renfrew pool respectively.

b. Download the registration form from the Mantas website, fill it out and hand in the registration form on time to guarantee a spot in the summer program.

2. New swimmers

a. Registration Day - March 27th, 5pm – 7pm at CB Brown pool, Burnaby.

b. Registration will continue until the program is full, however space is limited and it is recommended not to postpone registration.

Click here for more details…

January 22^nd, 2011:

There is a BMM specific CF Swim-A-Rama presentation about the 2011 Swim-a-rama on March 20th. This should be quite a good presentation -and we are hoping to have some light refreshments for all that attend. We would love to see all families there - swimmers and parents

Time: 10 - 11am, Sunday, January 23rd.Place: Room 2503, West Mall Complex, SFU Parking: compliment from SFU (obtain the ticket at entrance in the West Mall parkade and get reimbursed in pool)

Note: Practice at Renfrew Pool on Sunday morning is NOT affected by this event. Swimmers in that hour could choose either to come to SFU or swim at the Renfrew pool.

Mantas Executives

December 5^th, 2010:

As the holiday season is just around the corner, we want to notify you of some important notices from the club:

1. Tax Receipts for Winter Registration: receipts are available for pickup at the practices. See Benedict Cheung or Tony Ng to claim yours.

2. Our last practice day in 2010 is Sunday Dec 19th. First day of practice in 2011 will be Saturday Jan 8th.

On behalf of all Mantas executives, we wish all of our members happy holidays.

October 29^th, 2010:

Mantas coach Sean Nugent has been selected to represent Canada at the upcoming World Cup in Berlin, Germany. The competition will run on October 30 - 31, 2010 and is the 5th of seven stops on the swimming World Cup tour. We wish Sean good luck with the competition.

October 5^th, 2010:

Notices:

1. There will be swimming practices on both coming Saturday Oct. 9^th and Sunday Oct. 10^th at C.G. Brown pool and Renfrew pool.

2. For the families who have not yet paid their registration fees for the winter program, please bring a cheque to Ben or Tony during practices this coming weekend.

3. For first-time registered swimmers, please find Ben or Tony to collect a free club swimming cap on the pool deck during practices.

4. Thank you for all your support to our swimming club. At this point, all the time slots at both C.G. Brown and Renfrew pools are full. If the swimmers who want to add their names onto our waiting list, please send an email with their personal contact information to info@burnabymantas.ca. The vacancies from our training programs will be filled on a first-come-first-serve basis.

October 1^st, 2010:

Click here to find out the group list of swimmers per practice time.

Note that this is just an initial grouping. Coaches will make necessary adjustment along the way toward the first half of the winter program.

September 27^th, 2010:

Important notice about our first practice the coming weekend Oct. 2nd and 3rd:

All registered swimmers (new and returning) should come to your
sessions 15 minutes earlier and have the swimming suites and goggles
on to be ready going into water.

New swimmers - look for a sign "New Swimmers Assessment" on Deck. You
will be led to the Head Coach or his designate for skill level
assessment before you are assigned to a proper group.

Returning swimmers - we will publish grouping list shortly. You will
meet your coach and teammates on deck.

Pool Rules

· Most important rule is NO STREET SHOES on deck. It is Law and
violations could mean serious consequences to the club. The City of
Burnaby could back off from our pool rental agreement if continuous
rule violations are observed. We would like to ask our returning
families and swimmers to take a pride of our club and show examples to
our new comers about how good we are in caring about the rules and the
health of the public and our own.

· We would like to ask our members to be cooperative with the pool
staff. Remember that we each of us represent the club collectively and
we thank you for thinking of that all the time.

· For those who come to CG Brown morning and late afternoon
practices, be reminded that the pool's main entrance is locked up
before 10 in Saturday morning and after 5 in Sunday afternoon. You
will have to use the back door on the side of east wall to get into
and exit from the pool. Because the door is at the side of the pool
deck, we ask you to pay more attention about the NO STREET SHOES
policy. We apologize for the inconvenience but rules are rules we all
have to obey them.

We are going to collect the pending amount of the registration fee in
the first and second week. So please bring your cheque book to the
pool. We will have designated executives at the two pools for
collecting cheques and answer your questions.

Have fun with your first practice!

September 15^th, 2010:

Our Winter Program is Filling Up Rapidly

Most of the practice hours are full now, but we do have some limited spots in the following hours:

Saturday
Renfrew Pool -  5:30-6:30pm

Sunday
Renfrew Pool - 9:30-10:30am

We are accepting applications for the ABOVE hours now. If interested, send an email to info@burnabymantas.ca first. We will try to update the website about the availability of the opening at first time.

The registration forms can be found at here: 2010 bcssa form and 2010 winter registration form. If you can download and complete these forms before registration, it will make the registration smoother and faster.

August 27th, 2010:

Registration for 2010 Winter Stroke and Speed Improvement Program

Date and time: 9:00 am to 11:00 am, Sunday, September 12th

Location: Lakeview Room at Bill Copeland Sports Centre(3676 Kensington Avenue, Burnaby)
What to bring: BC Care Card of the registrant and a blank cheque

Click here to see more on and before 2010 Summer Program