Spfld Newsletter/Practice Schedule June 6-13, 2022
Academy Bullets Springfield - Stronger Together!
Practice Schedule – June 6-13
The single most important factor for continued improvement is consistent practice attendance!
Monday – June 6
Bee Bees – No practice
IncrediBullets – No Practice
Bronze – 5:15-6:15 pm at Nelson Center
Silver I – 5:15-6:45 pm at Nelson Center
Silver II - 5:30-7:15 pm at Nelson Center
Gold - 5:00-7:15 pm at Nelson Center
Tuesday – June 7
Bee Bees - 5-5:40 pm at Eisenhower
IncrediBullets – 5:00-5:45 pm at Eisenhower
Bronze – 5:00-6:00 pm at Eisenhower
Silver I - 5:45-7:15 pm at Eisenhower
Silver II- 7:45-8:45 am at Nelson AND 5:30-7:15 pm at Eisenhower *(changed)
Gold - 7:45-8:45 am at Nelson AND 5:00-7:15 pm at Eisenhower *(changed)
Wednesday – June 8
Bee Bees – 5:15-6:00 pm at Nelson Center
IncrediBullets – 5:15-6:15 pm at Nelson Center
Bronze – 5:15-6:00 pm at Nelson Center
Silver I – 5:15-6:45 pm at Nelson Center
Silver II - 5:30-7:15 pm at Nelson Center
Gold - 5:00-7:15 pm at Nelson Center
Thursday – June 9
Bee Bees – 5:00-5:40 pm at Eisenhower
IncrediBullets – 5:00-5:45 pm at Eisenhower
Bronze – 5:00-5:45 pm at Eisenhower
Silver I – 5:45-7:15 pm at Eisenhower
Silver II- 5:30-7:15 pm at Eisenhower only - No morning practice
Gold - 5:00-7:15 pm at Eisenhower - No morning practice
Friday – June 10 - Speedo Capital City Classic meet at Nelson Center
Bee Bees – No practice
IncrediBullets – No Practice
Bronze – No Practice
Silver I – No Practice
Silver II - No Practice
Gold - No Practice
Saturday – June 11 - Speedo Capital City Classic meet at Nelson Center
Bee Bees – No practice
IncrediBullets – No Practice
Bronze – No Practice
Silver I – No Practice
Silver II - No Practice
Gold - No Practice
Sunday – June 12- Speedo Capital City Classic meet at Nelson Center
Bee Bees – No practice
IncrediBullets – No Practice
Bronze – No Practice
Silver I – No Practice
Silver II - No Practice
Gold - No Practice
Monday – June 13
Bee Bees – No practice
IncrediBullets – No Practice
Bronze – TBA
Silver I – TBA
Silver II - TBA
Gold - TBA
Practice Schedule Changes This Week
Wednesday - June 8 - Bee Bees and Bronze Practice added from 5:15-6:00 pm at Nelson Center
Thursday - June 9 - No Morning practice for Silver II and Gold. Pm practice as normally scheduled.
Friday - June 10 - No Practice due to the Speedo Capital City Classic Meet at Nelson Center
Saturday - June 11 - No Practice due to the Speedo Capital City Classic Meet at Nelson Center
Sunday - June 12 - No Practice due to the Speedo Capital City Classic Meet at Nelson Center
URGENT - Speedo Capital City Classic Meet June 10-12 - Worker Sign-up
As you know, our hosted Speedo Capital City Classic meet is happening this coming weekend (June 10-12). We urgently need all our families to help run this meet. If you have not already signed up to work please take a few minutes and do so today. Reminder that all Springfield Bullets families are required to work a minimum of 3 meet sessions during the weekend as outline in our season registration packet
To sign-up for parent worker slots please visit the online sign-up page HERE. Please be sure to sign-up for a minimum of three sessions as required in our membership requirements.
We will also need help moving meet supplies/equipment from Eisenhower Pool to Nelson Center on Thursday evening. We will at Eisenhower Pool beginning at 5:00 pm. If anyone has a truck to help move equipment that would be great as well.
Additionally, we will need help on Sunday at the end of the meet taking down equipment and returning it to Eisenhower Pool.
Thank you once again for your help in making our meets so successful. We need everyone’s help to make this meet a success for all of our swimmers and visiting teams and cannot host it without you.
If you have any questions please let me know.
Urgent - Champaign Heat Illinois Open - July 8-10, 2022 - Registration Closes on Jun 7th
We are excited to announce the Champaign Heat Illinois Open meet has been added to our summer meet schedule. The meet is scheduled for July 8-10 at the U of I ARC Center Pool in Champaign, Illinois. All Springfield Bullets’ in the IncrediBullets, Bronze, Silver I, Silver II and Gold groups are highly encouraged to participate in this meet. Registration for this meet is now open and will close on June 7th
To find additional information on this meet and to sign-up to participate visit our meet web page HERE.
Special Meet Prep Practice - Wednesday, June 8 at Nelson Center
We are having Special Meet Preparation Practice on Wednesday, June 8 at Nelson Center where we will review specifics about this weekend’s Speedo Capital City Classic meet. We feel this special practice will be a huge help to all of our swimmers participating in the meet. It will also be an extra opportunity for our younger swimmers to experience the 50 meter pool prior to swimming in the meet. See practice times below.
Bee Bees – 5:15-6:00 pm at Nelson Center
IncrediBullets – 5:15-6:15 pm at Nelson Center
Bronze – 5:15-6:00 pm at Nelson Center
Silver I – 5:15-6:45 pm at Nelson Center
Silver II - 5:30-7:15 pm at Nelson Center
Gold - 5:00-7:15 pm at Nelson Center
2022 Speedo Capital City Classic Meet – June 10-12
We are so excited that our site hosted Speedo Capital City Classic meet is this weekend, June 10-12 at the Nelson Center Pool. This is our largest hosted meet ever with 673 swimmers entered in the meet from 25 teams throughout the state. All 6 Bullets’ locations will be participating in the meet with all of our Chicago area sites once again joining us for the weekend. Meet information is being posted on the meet web page. We will also send out and updates and reminders sheet later this week with all the latest and most up to date information.
Meet T-Shirt and Hoodies - Want to order a meet t-shirt or hoodie? They are really cool and can be ordered HERE. You can also purchase them on Saturday and Sunday at the meet.
Reminder - Safe Sport Training Through USA Swimming – Online Courses
THANK YOU to those of you who spent a few minutes and took the Safe Sport Program classes for parents & athletes. We greatly appreciate your support in helping us educate and protect our members.
WE NEED MORE HELP FROM EVERYONE
If you have yet to take the below courses, please take a few minutes and do so now. We need to have a minimum of 10% of both to even be in consideration for membership in the Safe Sport Recognition Program. Currently, we are about 20 parents and 20 swimmers SHORT of achieving this goal. We can't do this without your help and support.
PLEASE follow the instructions below. I know some of you have taken similar courses before - officials and athletes 18 and older that have taken Safe Sport or APT (Athlete Protection Training). This is something different and those courses do not transfer over for this recognition program.
1. If you are an athlete member - GO HERE. The course is called "Safe Sport for Minor Athletes Online Course".
2. If you are a parent - GO HERE. The course you will want to take is called "Parent's Guide to Misconduct in Sports".
2. If you are a current registered member, there is a link for you. For those not members, you will need to CREATE AN ACCOUNT on the
USA Swimming Learn platform.
3. Please fill in all of the required personal information and be sure to select “ILLINOIS SWIMMING” as your LSC and "Academy Bullets
Swim Club" for your club.
4. Select “Courses” on the top taskbar.
5. Click the “Parent’s Guide to Misconduct in Sport” or “Safe Sport for Athletes” box and follow the directions until completion.
6. If you are a current member of USA swimming, whether a parent or an athletes, please use your login information and navigate to
the Safe Sport Training Area for these exercises.
Thank you to everyone for your help with this matter! It is extremely important and we hope that everyone will take the time to make the Academy Bullets Swim Club a safe place for all. Please let me know if you have any questions. Go Bullets!
New Swimmers Always Welcome - Invite Your Family and Friends to Join Our Team
Know anyone that might be interested in joining our Bullets’ family? We accept new swimmers throughout the year and right now is a great time to join. Please pass our information on to family and friends and have them fill out our new interested swimmer form HERE . They can also get information from our new swimmer information sheet HERE We always accept new swimmers.
We also are hosting new member tryouts/placements every Thursday at 6:00 pm at Eisenhower Pool. If they cannot come on Thursday, please have them contact me by email at j.skeels@academybullets.com to arrange for another day/time.
REMINDERS
Upcoming Springfield Bullets Hosted Meets
o June 10-12 – Speedo Capital City Classic meet – This is our annual 3-day long course (50 meter) meet held at the Nelson Center pool. This meet is always a huge hit for our swimmers and visiting teams and we expect it to be once again this year.