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Cross Country

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FIRE CREEK 2000

FREEDOM TRAIL

USATF

XC COACHES CHMPs

VOLUNTEERS

SPIRIT WEAR

SOCIAL MEDIA

COMMUNITY

Social Media

WEATHER LINE

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Practice Schedule

Mon and Thurs from 6-7:15

SATURDAY MORNING

9-10:15

all practices at Riverside unless notified otherwise

Event Schedule

Sept 8

Opening Day

Sep 15

Fire Creek 2000

Sept 22

Westfield Race

Sept 29

Middle School Race

Oct 13

Fishers Classic

Oct 20

Midwest Championships

Nov 10(tentative)

USATF STATE

Nov 24(tentative)

USATF Regional in Illinois

Dec 1

YES XC Coaches Championships in Terre Haute

Dec 8

USATF Nationals Albuquerque

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September 10, 2012

Fire Families,

Thanks to everyone who came out and played in the mud and water.

The first few weeks of practice will focus on conditioning and form.

Uniforms will be available during the first week of practice. While some of the new uniform small sizes are on back order. we will make the old uniforms in those sizes available. you will still be able to pick up the new uniform when it comes in.

First some important upcoming dates and Deadlines

Sept 15, 2012 Fire creek 2000 at Riverside Junior

Sept 22, 2012 Freedom Trail Run in Westfield

October 1, 2012...USATF, if you plan on running in the USATF tourney. you will need to have your membership in and a copy of the Childs birth certificate mailed to USATF/indiana membership chair.

November 1, 2012....YES, if you plan on competing in the YES race and meet the qualifying standard you will need to be a member by early november.

Tentative schedule is listed to the left, Races hosted by The Fire are free to fire runners. Races we travel to will have a associated fee (info will come in upcoming news letters).

If you plan on racing in the USATF races or YES races you will need to be members of those organizations. More information in next weeks email.

Anyone will to be an assistant coach please contact us at fishersfire@gmail.com, assistant coaches will have to fill out the background check sheet at the HSE SPORTS office.

Next email will be on September 16th

FIRE CREEK 2000
Sept 15th, 2012 Riverside Junior High There will be no need to preregister for this event. You will to show up grab a bib number and write your name, grade, and gender on the tag.

WESTFIELD FREEDOM TRAIL RUN
Sept 22, 2012 1-4pm This is a race our parents will have to register their runners for. Cost will be 7 dollars.. Race info and registration link Register you runner as unattached.....do no try to register them on the fire(you wont be able to). I'll take care of the team affiliation later.

USATF MEMBERSHIP

Optional

USATF membership is optional, unless you want to participate in the USATF junior Olympic Tourney. This consists of the Indiana State meet (all fire runners are eligible to participate). Advancers can then run in the regional (in Illinois) and National meet in New Mexico.

Cost to join USATF is $20.00 and can be done at the USATF website www.usatf.org

If you join, be sure to sign up as a member of the Fishers Fire, club #0177.

You will also need to mail a copy of your childs birth certificate to the Indiana USATF membership chair at the address provided at time of registration.

XC COACHES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Terre Haute (12/1/12) The Cross Country Coaches National Championship race is in Terre Haute this year. Cost to join YES (youth enduro sports) is $10.00 and is a requirement to run this race. We will have more information on this event as the season progresses.

Volunteers

Coach Assistants, Meet Helpers, and board members.

Any parent who wants to help the coaches during the practices, just approach any of the coaches and we'll get you started.

For the home track meets we will need volunteers to help, be prepared to step forward to help when I start passing the lists.

The Fire Board of Directors will be holding elections in June 2012....all positions will be up for election and we would love to have you help the Fire stay the best club in Indiana. More information as we approach the elections.

SPIRIT WEAR

spirit wear
Now Available

CONTACT COACH STAN ON INFO ON SPIRIT WEAR.

Order Form is available here.

Mail the form or drop it off with the check at the SPORTS OFFICE

Fishers Fire

12690 Promise Road

Fishers, IN 46038

also notify us of the order by email fishersfire@gmail.com

We hope to have online ordering up this year.

You can submit your order at any time. The production time is now down to 7-10 days.

SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook and Twitter The Fishers Fire is now on both Facebook and Twitter. The Club uploads pictures to the facebook page from our meets and events and you are welcome to upload your event pictures also. We also use twitter to talk about upcoming events and pending weather cancelations. Links to the left.

Sincerely,

HHH
The Fire T&F / XC Club
Fishers Fire

www.fishersfire.info

fishersfire@gmail.com

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