*Congratulations for a great meet against Dorchester. We won six out of the ten groups! There were many good swims. We have several people who have already qualified for Districts! The New England qualifier list is also growing!

*Congratulations to Nik Surette who broke the 9&10-year-old D boys 50-yard breaststroke team record. The previous time was :48.18 set back in 1993. Nick did a :47.00

**REMINDER – Swimmers must compete in 3 meets during the regular season in order to compete at districts.

*There will be NO PRACTICE on Thursday November 25 and Friday November 26. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

*Don’t forget to visit the website – http://lowellybarracudas.tripod.com

*Information for our Dominos Pizza ongoing fundraiser will be placed in mailboxes this week.

*Swim –a- thon fundraiser scheduled for December 2^nd and 3^rd. Information has been placed in your mailboxes. Start getting pledges!

*Pizzeria Unos pizza night fundraiser December 9^th. Information has been placed in your mailboxes.

*HOME meet vs. Manchester Sunday December 5^th. Warm-up at 8:30 am with a 9:00 am start. Meet sign up sheet due NO LATER than Monday November 29^th.

*REMINDER – Paperwork for meets are due on the assigned dates! Forms must be in on time or swimmers will not be allowed to compete. It takes a few days and a lot of thought to make a line up to ensure that all swimmers are entered properly. If paper work is delayed, coaches will be unable to do their job.

DATES

November 25 and 26 NO PRACTICE HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

November 29 Meet/volunteer sign up sheet due for HOME meet vs. Manchester

December 2/3 Swim a thon at the YMCA

December 5 HOME meet vs Manchester. 8:30 warm up with 9:am start.

December 9 Pizzeria Uno’s fundraiser

December 31 Pledges from swim-a-thon are due

January 23, 2005 Dominos fundraiser money due