June 2015 Newsletter
255 Davis Street / P.O. Box 85
Seekonk, MA 02771
(508)336-9128
seekonkswimclub.com
What’s Inside
1. From the President
2. Vice President
3. Secretary
4. Treasurer
5. Communications
6. Membership
From the President
Jackie Doyle
W
ell, to say I’m happy to be back for
another summer at SSTC is an
understatement! I never thought the
winter would end! I want to say welcome back to
7. Social
all of our returning families and to all of our new
8. Manager’s Corner
families as well. I hope that you find as much
9. Facility Hours
joy here as many of us have over the years.
10. Important FYI’s
Upcoming Events:
6/1-6/5: Club’s open 12-5pm
6/6: GRAND OPENING Open 10-9pm
*Free Ice Cream at 2pm*
6/8-6/12: Sign-ups for swim lessons,
tennis lessons, diving lessons and arts
and crafts
6/14: Wiffle Ball Game 2-4pm
6/15-6/19: Lesson sign-ups continue
6/18: Mike & Ike Contest begins
6/20: Family Bingo 4pm
6/21: Block Island and Cape Cod Swims
begin
6/22: Swim and Tennis lessons begin
6/23: Mike & Ike Contest ends
6/26: BILL HARLEY 6pm, food truck
6/27: Dive In & Drive In 7:30-10:30pm
I want to welcome our new tennis
instructor, Marissa Pitrone-Marsh. Marissa is a
graduate of Mount Saint Charles where she
played on the 1993 Championship team. She
graduated from URI where she also played
tennis. She is the former tennis pro at Fore
Court Racquet Club and currently teaches for
the RI Tennis Academy. She is also the Varsity
Tennis Coach at Mount Saint Charles. Marissa
will be teaching private lessons for anyone who
may be interested. We are very lucky to have
all their hard work during the off season.
her and we welcome her to SSTC!
May everyone enjoy the upcoming season.
I want to give a big thank you to the
members on the board, who work tirelessly, all
year to get the Club up and running. A special
thank you to our Club Manager, Kim, and
groundskeeper, Mike for being here all year long,
putting in many hours to make every summer so
special! A very big thank you goes out to Jim
Kelley for his help preparing the kitchen for
inspection! We passed with flying colors.
We are constantly making improvements
Secretary’s Report
Stephanie Bordes Torres
M
y name is Stephanie Torres and I am
the Secretary of SSTC.
My family and I became members in
2002 and we have thoroughly enjoyed our
summers here
over the winter to make our Club better each
ever since. My
year. This year, you will notice new benches and
daughter,
improvements to the tennis courts.
Molly, 14 and
As always, if you need anything or have
my son Peter,
questions or concerns this summer, please find
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me at the Club.
each of their
Vice President
Tom Glenn
A
fter a long hard New England winter I'm
sure we are all looking forward to
summer and the great fun to be had at
SSTC. Over the last several months it has been
a pleasure to serve on the board of directors
and see the great ideas and hard work being
done. It is what keeps the club so exciting and
summers,
since they
were babies,
enjoying all
that the club
has to offer, including learning how to swim,
how to play tennis and even competing on the
swim team for several seasons.
My husband Craig will often join us at
the club, straight from work, to take a quick dip
and play a set of tennis in the evenings. Pease
feel free to contact me at
[email protected] should you have any
questions. I am proud to say SSTC is truly our
“summer home.” The friendships and memories
made here will surely last a lifetime.
entertaining. New people and new ideas from
members putting forth a lot of time to ensure a
pleasant summer for everyone. I really wish to
thank Jackie Doyle for her wonderful leadership
and the rest of the officers and directors for
Treasurer’s Report
changes. If interested please text SSTC 2015
Tonya Emery
at RainedOut.com, just search SSTC 2015 to
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to 84483. You can also check out the site online
read our club’s latest updates online. Other ways
ello members, and welcome to another
fabulous year at S.S.T.C. My name is
Tonya Emery and I currently serve as
S.S.T.C. Treasurer. Part of my duties is to work
with the club’s board to track and manager all
financial
(Seekonk Swim and Tennis Club) and check out
our website at seekonkswimclub.com, currently
managed by Jennifer Robbins.
Lastly, if you have questions for any of
our board members, please email them to
[email protected] , with the member
status and
you would like to address in the title of the
obligations.
email, i.e. President, Treasurer etc. Thank you
In addition, I
for your continued support, and here’s to
also manage
another fantastic season at SSTC!
and meet
with all state
and federal
revenuers, banks, and creditors to ensure that
everything is being properly taking care of and
obligations are being met so we can all enjoy a
financially stable S.S.T.C. I hope you all enjoy
your season with us. Have a safe but fun
summer! Thank you.
Communications
Kristen Slovak Nichols
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to keep up to date are to like us on Facebook
y name is Kristen Slovak Nichols and
this is my second season as
Membership
Kelly Brown
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y name is Kelly Brown and I am the
Membership Director. This year was
my first active year of receiving and
inputting all of the membership data. If I have
your correct email you should have received an
email from me with the cost of your membership
and a balance.
If you did not receive an email then
please email me at [email protected]
and please give me your first and last name for
the data base.
Communications Director at SSTC.
This year we are continuing our efforts to
increase communications at the club. We will
continue to use “RainedOut” a blast text system
to keep you up to
date on the
latest club
events,
cancellations,
and schedule
The gmail account has been working well
and has opened up communication between the
board members, management, and pool club
members. If you have any questions or concerns
please send us an email and I will make sure that
it is forwarded to the President, management, or
appropriate board member.
Enjoy the summer!
Manager’s Corner
Kim Pellerin
T
alk about a long winter! I can’t tell you
how happy I am to be back at SSTC!
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Mike and I have worked very hard over
Amy Fontaine
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the past few months to make the grounds look
y name is Amy Fontaine and I will be
great for this summer. I have a few reminders
planning this summer’s activities and
for both new and returning families; only water
entertainment. I have scheduled
is allowed
favorites like Bill Harley and Toe Jam Puppet
down by
Band, but also have some new and exciting
the pool.
events planned for the summer. The club will
All other
have two Family Bingos this year, one in June and
food and
the other in August. We will be having a family
drink is
movie night (Dive in and Drive in) once a month
reserved
this summer. Mad Science, Lon Cerel, and
for the
Biomes will
picnic area. Also, due to the popularity of Kid’s
also be back!
Day, we will not be booking any birthday parties
Mickey G's
on that day. I will be taking reservations for
Seafood
parties starting on June 1st. I hope you have a
Truck will be
safe and relaxing summer. As always, if there is
at the club
anything that you need, please feel free to stop
this
by the office!
season! The
se are just a few of the events so please mark
your calendars and keep checking our website
and newsletter for more entertainment news. If
any members have ideas for events or activities
please email me at [email protected]. I am
so looking forward to a beautiful summer at the
club.
Swim Team
Holly Bubier
I
have been
coaching youth
swimming for 8
years and will be coaching at SSTC for my third
season! I love encouraging kids to join our team,
improve their endurance and technique while
making new friends! We work hard all season to
compete at the annual Narragansett League All
Pool Meet Championship in August! We will be
hosting a stroke clinic on Saturday, June 20th,
for anyone interested in trying the team or
finding out more information. Swimmers ages 516 are welcome!!
Important FYI’s
The pool is not as flexible as we want to
open by 11am for free swim on days of
lessons. Swim lessons are based on
Please remember that only
water is allowed down by the
pool. All other food and drink
is reserved for the picnic
swimming experience. Schedule times can
be found on line or posted on the office
door.
A quick synopsis for those who are not
sure where to place their
tables and snack bar.
children:
Level 1 is for those
children who are pretty
Grilling
We have nightly grill lighting. You can
bring your own food and store it in the
fridge on the screen porch. Our managers
make an announcement each night for fire
requests.
The grills are lit at 5pm and are ready to
use
between 5:20
and 5:30pm.
On Friday and
Saturday
nights we hold
two grills in
reserve to light
at 6pm for
some of our
late comers.
The heat on our grills must be on the
down swing in order to close for the night.
We cannot light any later than 6pm on the
days we are open until 9pm.
Club Lessons
Our lessons are free with
your membership and they
include swim, tennis, and arts
and crafts. Tennis and arts
lessons are bracketed by age and our
instructors are very flexible in
accommodating those children who have
conflicts with the schedule.
much on the wall the entire time and cannot
be left without an instructor.
Level 2 is for those children who are a
bit more comfortable in the water and are
learning basic floating and some introduction
to strokes.
Level 3 is for those children who can
swim on their own and are trying to put
strokes and treading together to pass the
deep end test. (test = swim one lap of the
pool and tread for 2 minutes.)
Levels 4,5,6 are for kids who are strong
swimmers and are trying to master their
stroke technique and learn some lifesaving
skills.
Facility Hours
Monday-Thursday
Pool Hours: 10:00am-8:00pm, Grounds
close at 8:30pm
Friday & Saturday
Pool Hours: 10:00am-8:30pm,
Grounds close at 9:00pm
Sunday
Pool Hours: 11:00am-8:00pm,
Grounds close at 8:30pm