2011 Teams

	We are pleased to announce that Rob Trifone will join us as Roton Point’s Aquatics Director. Rob has been coaching and managing summer aquatic programs since 1994. He began his Fairfield County Swimming League (FCSL) coaching career at the Middlesex Club and then moved on to Woodway Country Club, where he has been the head coach of swimming and the aquatics director for the past 11 years. Rob has been involved in all levels of aquatic programs from lessons, to coaching water polo and swimming, and even to refereeing throughout the FCSL. Rob has been an educator and a coach for the past 32 years in Fairfield County. He currently teaches biology and marine biology at Darien High School, where he is also head football coach. He is an eight-time “high school coach of the year” in both football and track, including the Connecticut coach of the year and the National Football Foundation coach of the year.Rob has met with our staff, Board of Directors, and committees, and has been actively involved in the planning of the entire youth packet to ensure that it works with all of our youth activities. Rob will be joining us on a limited basis until school is out. As soon as school ends (as is the case with our department heads who teach), he will be at the club full time. You will have many opportunities to meet Rob, his wife Marge, and their children Kevin, Jenny, Christian, Bobby and Mark. They’ll be at the New Member Reception on Sunday, May 22^nd from 3-5 PM, and at the annual Commissioning Ceremony at 3 PM on Monday of the Memorial Day weekend, when we officially open up the Club for the 2011 season. Please take the time to introduce yourself to him while at the Club and help make Rob and his family feel right at home with a warm Roton Point welcome.
	Chris is from Norwalk, CT and just graduated from James Madison University with a degree in Media Arts and Design with a concentration in Corporate Communications. Throughout his time at Roton, he has taught camp swim lessons and lifeguarded. This will be Chris’ seventh year at Roton Point and is excited to return for the summer!
	We are excited and proud to welcome our Swim Team coach, Dennis Flores back for his fifth season at Roton Point. Dennis comes to us by way of the Norwalk ZEUS Swim Team. This is Dennis’ sixth year with the Norwalk ZEUS Swim Team. He has been in the sport for 13 years as a swimmer, a swim instructor, and the last 9 years he has been on the deck as a coach.Dennis’ record speaks for itself in the past he has been selected by Connecticut Swimming to coach a swim camp for Connecticut athletes and two Unites States Olympians. In addition he has helped produce the largest number of 10 and unders to qualify for the Connecticut Age Group Championships. Before joining ZEUS, Dennis was the assistant age group coach of the White Plains YWCA Middies for two years. There he helped produce numerous Metro Junior Olympic Qualifiers. In his two year stint with the Middies, he helped produce 15 of the younger age group swimmers to become Eastern Zone All-Star Qualifiers. Also while at the Middies, he took many swimmers from the developmental stages and made them enjoy the sport. Dennis was also awarded the State of Connecticut 2008 age group Coach of the Year Award.
	Jenny will be joining us this summer at Roton Point as an assistant swim and assistant water polo coach. Jenny has been teaching swim lessons and assisting with the Woodway swim team since 2007. She was also the head water polo coach at Woodway during which the Junior program won the Division II championship. Jenny swam for the New Canaan Y, Middlesex club and Woodway. In high school Jenny played soccer, basketball and was a captain and all-state lacrosse player for Darien High School. She is currently finishing her sophomore year at High Point University in North Carolina where she is a Physical Education & Coaching major.
	Amy Sanborn has been coaching and teaching swimming lessons at Woodway since 2008. Amy’s swimming career began at Middlesex club as well as the Darien Y. She was elected captain of the Darien High School girls swim team during the 2010 season. At Woodway, Amy was in charge of the pre-team as well as the eight and under age group. She also was in charge of all of the camp swim lessons. Amy will be attending High Point University in the Fall of 2011.
	Adam Fielding is returning for his third season with a new title and responsibilities as the Head coach of the Lobster Tails. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2006 with a BA in legal studies and political science. He is currently enrolled in the masters of education program at Sacred Heart and hopes to be a high school social studies teacher very soon. Adam spent 2 years as the aquatics director at the Stratford YMCA after college but he has been a lifeguard and swim instructor for 9 years as well as a high school swim coach for the last 4 seasons. Adam enjoys fishing, swimming, kayaking and golf.
	Catherine Treesh returns this summer as our head water polo coach. Catherine was a stand-out for the Darien High School swim team for the past four years. She was an all-state swimmer for the Blue Wave as well as a school record holder. Catherine will be attending Williams College in the fall.
	We are very pleased to welcome back Greg for his seventh season as Head Diving Coach for the Rock Lobsters. He holds All-American status within Division 2 college athletics, placing top 8 in 2009, on both 1 & 3 meter springboard in the country. With his 14 years of experience in diving Greg brings with him a wealth of knowledge, coaching hundreds of athletes raging in ages from 4-80. While maintaining a safe environment Greg utilizes many innovative coaching techniques to teach a wide range of abilities. His fun, effective coaching style offers a safe environment where children can feel encouraged and succeed within the sport of diving here at Roton Point.

Rock Lobster Swim and Dive Team: The swim team consists of children from 5-17 years of age. Practice officially starts on June 20th and occurs every week day from 8:45-9:45 AM 10 & Under, 9:00-10:30 AM 11 & Up. There are four (4) evening practices from 6:00- 7:00 PM on June 6^th, June 8^th, (June 6^th & 8^th are for 8 and under only) June 13^th, and June 15^th.(13^th & 15^th are for all age groups). Rock Lobster swim team members can also sign up to participate in weekly stroke technique group lessons: Rock Lobster Stroke Technique (9 & Up) Monday-Thursday 2:30-3:00 (concentrates on different strokes each week-see lesson schedule below)

The Diving Team consists of children from 7-17 years of age. Practice begins on June 20^th. Practice occurs from 8:45-9:45 AM 13 & Up, 9:45-10:45 AM 12 and Under. The competitive team consists of experienced divers that can perform the dives needed for the competition in their age groups.

Lobster Tails Swim Team: The Lobster Tails swim program is designed to act as a feeder program for the Rock Lobsters swim team. Participants are between 5 and 9 years of age and must be able to swim one length of the pool unassisted. Practices are Monday through Friday from 10:30 till 11:15 and there are at least two Lobster Tails only swim meets. The program will run from the swim team pre-season practices (see above) until August 3^rd. Practice will focus on stroke development and racing techniques, it is not swim lessons. The Lobster Tails will be able to practice and participate with the Rock Lobsters swim team by coach’s invitation. If your child participates in Hobie Camp they will be escorted by a counselor to and from practice during the hours of camp. Hobie campers that are chosen for the Rock Lobsters swim team will practice with the Lobster Tails. Decisions on which team your child should be a part of will be made by the coaches at the pre-season practices. All Lobster Tail participants are welcome to sign up for additional swim lesson programs that are offered 4 days/week from 1:30-2 PM.

Dory (6 & 7 year olds) and Crush (8 & 9 year olds) will have one coach/6 swimmers and the participants will be taught the proper techniques for freestyle, backstroke, (as well as butterfly and breaststroke for the more advanced swimmers), block starts & finishes. Space is limited because of the 6 to 1 coach to swimmer ratio.

Water Polo Team: The Water Polo team this year will focus on building fundamental skills, as well as preparing the teams to be competitive with other clubs in the FCSL. The team is open to children between 8 and 17 years old that can swim one length of the pool, as well as tread water for 5 minutes. Practices are held 4 days a week, Monday through Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 PM, On Thursdays practice will be 6- 7 PM (No 12:30 practice on Thursdays).

Working Teens: Teenagers, 15 years of age and older, that work and are not able to attend practice on a daily basis can be on the team at a reduced cost.

ROTON POINT SWIM LESSON PROGRAMS;

Weekly group lesson programs begin Monday June 20^th and run 4 days/week for 30 min, Monday through Thursday with a Friday make-up. There is limited space for all group lessons as we always maintain a 6-1 coach to swimmer ratio. All programs are staffed by certified coaches or WSI swim instructors. Cost is $ 80/ 2 weeks (Because of schools getting out at different times the first 2 week sessions will be offered in 1 week blocks at $ 40/1 week). If you sign up for all 6 weeks the cost will be $ 200 for the entire summer (1 week free). There is no pro-rating.

Dory (6 & 7 year olds) Max 12 participants 1:30-2:00 Monday-Thursdays Additional Time Slot has been added 2:30-3:00 PM

Dory is a group lesson for 6 & 7 year olds that are beginning to swim independently, comfortable in water, front and back float w/o assistance.Â Rhythmic breathing introduced, beginning freestyle technique, streamline push off. Backstroke skills will also be introduced.Â This will be a good lesson complement for any lobster tail swimmers as well.

Crush(8 & 9 year olds) Max 12 participants 1:30-2:00 Monday to Thursdays Additional Time Slot has been added 2:30-3:00 PM

Crush is a group lesson for swimmers who are interested in beginning to work on all four strokes.Â Swimmers will be taught proper technique & drills as well as block starts & finishes.Â This will be a good lesson complement to any lobster tail swimmers as well.

Nemo (4 & 5 year olds) Max 12 participants 2-2:30 Monday to Thursdays Additional Time Slot has been added 2:30-3:00 PM

Nemo is a group lesson for novice swimmers ages 4-5. These are designed to orient pre-school-age children to the aquatic environment and to begin working on basic aquatic skills such as blowing bubbles through the mouth and nose, go under water, kicking, basic freestyle skills, retrieve submerged objects and learn how to be water safe.

Rock Lobster Stroke Technique (9 & Up) Max 18 participants 2:30-3:00 Monday to Thursdays

Stroke technique is a group lesson for Rock Lobster swim team members who would like to concentrate on and perfect certain strokes. Each week we will concentrate on a different stroke and work on various skills & drills used to improve your technique. The program will also include block starts, turns and finishes of that particular stroke.

Week 1 (June 20^th) Freestyle
Week 2 (June 27^th) Breaststroke
Week 3 (July 5^th) Backstroke
Week 4 (July 11^th) Butterfly
Week 5 (July 18^th) IM & all 4 Strokes
Week 6 (July 25^th) All 5 Strokes

WEEKEND CLINICS (30 min to 1 hour lessons depending on age group) Space is limited as we will keep a 6-1 coach to swimmer ratio. 3 coaches (including guest coaches) will be on hand coaching the weekend clinics.

** You can sign up, or simply show up for weekend clinics in the summer office during the season.

SPRING WARM-UP Early Spring warm-up for Rock Lobster swim team members ages 9 and over. The clinic will include basic stroke mechanics for all 4 strokes. Ages 9 & 10= 45 min ($ 15) , 11 and up =1 hour ($ 20).

Saturday May 28^th 2 PM (Swim suit fitting is 1-3 PM),
Saturday June 4^th 12 noon

START & TURN CLINICS Series of weekend clinics for all Rock Lobster swim team members concentrating on block starts for all 4 strokes, turns for all 50 meter events and IM turns as well as proper finishes for all 4 strokes.

Every Saturday beginning June 11^th @ 12 noon Ages 10 and under= 45 min ($ 15), 11 and up =1 hour ($ 20).

Swim Suits: This year we will have the same suit as last year. The team fitting will take place Memorial Day weekend on the hotel porch on Saturday, May 28th, from 1:00-3:00 PM (* You can sign up for our Spring Warm up Clinic if you are interested from 2- 3 PM). To ensure that your child has a suit by the first swim meet, your order must be placed by Memorial Day. If you have any questions please call the office.

PLEASE NOTE: The swim suit fee is NOT included in the team fee. This is your only fitting opportunity, if you cannot be present; please have a friend order your child’s suit for you. All suit charges will be put on members accounts.

Meets & Social Events: preliminary calendar is enclosed. Team members will be advised of any changes as they become available.

Swim (S)/Dive (D)

Swim Practice 9:00-10:30 M-F

Lobster Tails Swim Practice 10:30-11:15 M-F

Dive Practice 13 & under 9:00-10:00 M-F

Dive Practice 14 & over 10:00-11:00 M-F

DATE	TIME	EVENT	PLACE
May 28th	1:00 – 3:00 PM	Team Suit Fitting	On the hotel porch
June 6th	6:00 – 7:00 PM	Swim Team Practice :Warm-up	RP Pool
June 8th	6:00 – 7:00 PM	Swim Team Practice :Warm-up	RP Pool
June 13th	6:00 – 7:00 PM	Swim Team Practice :Warm-up	RP Pool
June 15th	6:00 – 7:00 PM	Swim Team Practice :Warm-up	RP Pool
June 20th	8:45 AM	Official Swim/Dive Practice begins	RP Pool
June 20th	9:00 AM	* Mandatory Parents Meeting*	On the hotel porch
June 21st	6:00 – 8:00 PM	Pizza Pep Rally	On the hotel porch
June 22nd	9:30-11:00 AM	Mock Swim Meet Roton vs Point	RP Pool
June 29th	9:00 D/11:00 S AM	Lake Club vs Roton	Home

July 7th	9:00 D/11:00 S AM	Shore & CC vs Roton	Home
July 12th	9:00 D/11:00 S AM	New Canaan FCÂ vs Roton	Away @ New Canaan
July 14th	9:00 D/11:00 S AM	Mill Brook vs Roton	Away @ Mill Brook
July 20th	3:00 D/5:00 S PM	Roton vs Woodway	Away @ Woodway
July 21st	7:00- 8:30 PM	Late Night Swim	RP Pool

July 26th	9:00 D/11:00 S AM	Stamford YC vs Roton	Home
July 28th	6:00 PM	Pool Fun Night	RP Pool
TBD	8 and under TBD	Invitational New Canaan Field Club	New Canaan Field Club
August 2nd	14/u & 17/u TBD	Diving Championships	Shorehaven CC
August 5th	10/u TBD	Diving Championships	New Canaan Field Club
August 7th	12/u TBD	Diving Championships	Burning Tree CC
August 9th	TBD	Division Championships	TBD
August 10th	6:00 -8:00 PM	Swim/Dive/Polo awards	On the hotel porch
August 14th	TBD	County Swim Championships	Away @ Roxbury

Water Polo Juniors (J) & Seniors (S)

Practice Mon, Tues, Wed, & Fri 1:30-2:15PM and Th 7:00-8:00PM

DATE	TIME	EVENT	PLACE
June 28th	4:00PM M/5:00PM Jr/6:00PM Sr	Roton Point vs Belle Haven	Away @ Belle Haven
July 6th	5:00PM M/6:00PM Jr/7:00PM Sr	CC Darien vs Roton	Roton Point
July 11thÂ July 15th	5:00PM M/6:00PM Jr/7:00PM Sr 5:00PM M/6:00PM Jr/7:00PM Sr	Tokeneke vs Roton Roton Point vs Waveney	Roton Point Away @ Waveney
July 18th	5:00PM M/6:00PM Jr/7:00PM Sr	CC New Canaan vs Roton	Roton Point
July 25th	5:00PM M/6:00PM Jr	Roton vs Long Ridge	Away @ Long Ridge
August 10th	6:00- 8:00 PM	Swim/Dive/Polo awards	On the hotel porch

Revised on November 21, 2011