Enter Harvard meet without late fee until 24th!

If you have not yet entered, good news! The late fee for the great Harvard Meet
(New England-LMSC Short Course Yards Championship) has been put off until
Friday, the 24th!!!

Please see the message below is from our friend Bill Ewan, the President of NEM
swim club:

If you haven't signed up for this meet, it is a great chance to do so. Take the
plunge and enjoy the whole affair.
Many years ago I was very interested in masters swimming, but had never entered
a meet and was awed and frightened by many of the great swimmers. I actually
watched the entire Harvard meet, went home and trained and finally entered that
meet the next year. And what did I find. There was no reason to wait!!!
I discovered a whole pool full of people that love swimming, really care about
themselves and their sport, but also care about everyone who joins in. The vets
are missed when they don't show up, and the new kids on the block are celebrated
when they give it good try.

Hope to see you at the Harvard meet!!

Portsmouth Morning Practices Ending

Unfortunately we are not able to continue the Portsmouth 'reserved lane' morning
practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays because the regular attendance levels are
too low.
However, for those who prefer to work out in the mornings, please note that the
Portsmouth pool has 5 or 6 lanes open for adult lap swimming each morning
between 5:30am and 8:45am, with a further hour of 4 lap lanes to 9:45am on
Wednesday and Friday.
Coach Crystie has posted a very useful archive of workouts on-line at
http://gbmpractice.blogspot.com/. There is also an archive of workouts available
on deck at PIP below the GBM notice board (near the hot tub – where else!) and
we can provide workout and set suggestions tailored to your goals if you would
find this helpful. Just let us know.

Harvard Meet DEADLINE

Hi Team!

The deadline to sign up for Harvard without extra fees is Thursday February 16.
Please check the schedule and come when you can. We have many new members coming
out to join us. Let's show them how Team GBM rolls!!! We need swimmers for our
always fun relay teams. PLEASE come out and join the fun and camaraderie. A good
time will be had by everyone who steps on deck. If you need a ride please email
us back. We will get you to the meet in a car pool.

Step 1. If you have not yet signed up for USMS for 2012 go to:
https://www.clubassistant.com/club/USMS.cfm?l=2
Remember to put 'GBM' for the club code.

Step 2. Visit http://www.meetresults.com/2012/nelmscscy/ and enter!

GO GBM!!!!
Darwin

HARVARD MEET REMINDER

GBM currently has 14 entries for the NEM SCY Championships. Get those entries in!!

http://www.meetresults.com/2012/nelmscscy/

Exeter, Salem, HARVARD!

*****GBM Enews*****

Exeter Mini-Meet
GBM hosted a very successful meet at Exeter on SuperBowl weekend with over 70
swimmers from 10 clubs. GBM swimmers included newcomers Tracy Phillips, Deb
Hart and Chris Frantz, with Scott Osgood and Jack Ceckler returning to the race
pool after breaks from competition. Many thanks to our GBM meet management team
and special thanks to Nicole Ciancarelli, Matt Morin and Steve Miller, and
Cannonball for all of their help. Great job team GBM – Next up NEM SCY
CHAMPIONSHIPS at Harvard!
Results of the Exeter meet are posted at USMS
http://www.usms.org/comp/meets/meet.php?MeetID=20120205EXETERY

Salem Mini-Meet
If you missed Exeter and/or are looking for a good local opportunity to get some
race practice before Harvard, Check out the 1st Annual WCWC WHS-PHS Masters Mini
Meet, Sunday, February 19, 2012, Warm-Up 1pm; meet start 2pm. Anticipated end
time is 5pm. Deck entries must be in by 1:15pm. No deck entries will be
accepted after this time. Venue: Workout Club and Wellness Center, Salem, New
Hampshire. There will be a number of GBM swimmers at the meet, including some
who inexplicably missed Exeter to go to Indianapolis for the SuperBowl.

NEM SCY Championships at Harvard (March 10 distance day, March 16-18)
GET THOSE ENTRIES IN!!!!
http://www.meetresults.com/2012/nelmscscy/

GO GBM!!!