Swim Club and the Ladue Pool

Good Afternoon Swim Club Families,

Here is the upcoming schedule for Ladue Swim Club:

Saturday, December 16, 2017 Practice at normal times: 10 AM, 10:45 AM, and 11:15 AM.
Tuesday, December 19th, 2017 Practice at normal times: 5:30 PM, 6:20 PM, 7:10 PM.  We'll give the kids some play time at the end of each group.  This will be our last practice prior to winter break.  We had a practice scheduled for Thursday, December 21 but we are going to cancel this practice because of some maintenance that is occurring in the building beginning on the 21st after school lets out. I'll explain in more detail below.

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 Resume practice for swim club following winter break. There is a high school swim meet scheduled for this day, so our practice times may be delayed by 15 to 20 minutes.  We'll plan on beginning at regular times but we may have to push them back just a bit if the meet runs long.

Starting on December 21 in the afternoon, the pool's HVAC units are being replaced.  The contractor that is replacing the units plans to cut heating service sometime on Thursday the 21st in preparation to remove the rooftop units and place new ones on the roof on Friday the 22nd.  There is a very large crane that is scheduled to make the move on the 22nd and the units need to be prepped in order to remove the old units from the roof and place the new units on the roof.   The reason we are opting to not to practice on the 21st in the evening is because we can not be sure that we will have well conditioned and heated air for the pool area. Without heating, the air temperature could drop substantially by the time that are practice starts at 5:30 PM.
This is all very exciting and when we come back in January we should have a brand new HVAC system in place.  While the pool itself will not look any different, hopefully we are able to condition the air more efficiently.  In addition, we are having a pump replaced and a new heat exchanger installed that will help us to keep a more consistent water temperature for the swimmers.  The contractors only have limited time over the break to complete the project so they are starting as soon as they can after the school day. The pool will be closed from December 21 to January 7 to give them time to complete the project and condition the water for swimming. 

In other news, Coach Andrew, who started the season with us, moved home to Ohio to be with his family for month. Sometime after the new year, he will be moving to New Zealand to play professional water polo in the New Zealand league.  We are actively looking for a replacement coach for Andrew and hope to have a new coach in January.  Coach Salman and I have been filling in for Andrew until we can find a replacement  coach. 

I hope you have a nice break and happy holidays,
Corey