Good Afternoon Slug Families-

The countdown is on ….

There are only 10 days to go until the first practice of the year. Hard to believe we’re about to diveback into another season of summer swim. As Coach Bryan always says, “Summer Swim is an eight-week sprint!”

That means things will start coming at us in quick succession once the season officially starts. We have several updates to pass along to you as we start this week. Please read through this email in its entirety as there is a lot we’re throwing out at you to kick of the week.

Don’t forget tonight is the Del Pez Fundraiser … good for both dine-in and to go orders … just remember to bring your voucher!!! Also, we look forward to seeing you at Friday’s Opening Party – be on the look out from an email to the general pool membership with details about Opening Weekend events and hours of operation.

As usual, if you have any question regarding anything swim team related, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected]

Thanks,

Ed & The Swim Team Committee

Registration Deadlines

The deadline for this summer's swim program will be Friday, June 5th which will be the final deadline to register your swimmers for both the competition and the Li'l Slugs programs.

HOWEVER, if you wish to your Slug to receive their T-Shirt for this year you will need to register by midnight, Tuesday, May 26th. Registrations made after this date will not receive a T-Shirt due to the printing lead time needed for us to have them prior to the first meet.

Sponsorship Updates

Speaking of T-Shirts ….

If you are interested in or know of a business that would like to sponsor the Slugs for the upcoming season, you still have time to act. Any business wishing to sponsor needs to commit and submit artwork by Wednesday, May 27th to meet the printer’s cut-off date.

Sponsorships received after this date are still entitled to the other benefits as outlined on our website (here)

Practice Schedule

Since the pool itself is closed on weekdays for the first two weeks, we will start with only evening practices on Tuesday, May 26th. Morning practices will begin on Friday, June 12th

There will be no evening practices or Li’l Slug program the evenings of Monday, June 8th (8th Annual Blue-Green Meet) or Friday, June 12th (evening before our first Saturday meet).

Below is the pre-season evening practice time schedule:

Li’l Slugs Program (separated out for safety due to usual large number of swimmers present)

• 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Competing Slugs

• 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Ages 8 & Under (Including Li'l Slugs)
• 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Ages 9-12
• 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Ages 13 & Older

The latest practice schedule information can be found on the Practice Information section of the Swimtopia website. Coach Bryan will review with you if there is a need to move your swimmer around within the practice sessions.

Baked Good @ Swim Meets

In year’s past we typically would accept donations of home baked goods to be sold at our swim meets. Unfortunately, we have learned that we no longer qualify for this waiver with the Department of Health. We will still gladly take any store-bought items that you wish to donate (must be clearly identified as commercial packaging)

Swim Team Caps

Thank you to all that have responded so far to the updated swim caps. We have completely blown past the minimum requirement of 25 caps in an order. Currently we stand at 62 caps in the order!!!

If you are planning on ordering, you will have time to act as ordering is open now through Friday, May 22nd @ 5:00pm. Design, pricing, and other general information can be found in my May 10th email (contact me if you registered AFTER that date and I can send you the details via email.

Order Form

If you would like to select a combination of logo and personalized caps, please submit multiple order forms. The Google Form as set-up will not allow us to capture multiple types of caps on a single form submission.

• Swim Cap Ordering Form

Note: The form is broken up into sections - if you jump from Section 1 to 3 or Section 2 to 4 - this is normal behavior.

Parents Meeting

We will also host our annual Parents Meeting on Thursday, June 4th starting at approximately 6:00pm to go over updates and changes for the upcoming swim season. All new parents should also try to attend so they are aware of swim team operations, volunteer requirements, and general team operations. (most should already be poolside for evening practices).

8th Annual Blue-Green Meet

On Monday, June 8th at 5:30 pm we will host our 8th Annual Blue-Green Meet. For our new parents (and our current parents who forgot), this is an intra-squad meet that gives us a chance to shake of the cobwebs of the off-season to get us ready for our first official meet on Saturday, June 14th.

As it is an evening meet, we will have a modified Snack Bar menu in operation (e.g., Burgers, Dogs, etc. but no Taco in a Bag) during the meet.

Swim Meet RSVP & Volunteer Sign-ups

Swimmer registration will open this weekend for ALL swim meets. As we started last year, Volunteer assignments will be made available two weeks prior to a swim meet event:

• Blue Green Meet will open on Monday, May 25th
• First meet of the season will open on Saturday, May 30th.

As communicated last year, this change was made to accommodate families that did not register early in the season and helps to ensure that we have volunteer assignments available for all.

SSL Clinics - Week of May 17th

Last BUT certainly not least .... below is the schedule for this week's SSL Clinics. A reminder that ALL MEETINGS will use the SAME meeting information:

Meeting ID: 964 867 5309
Passcode: 36844501

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9648675309?pwd=CabIBLJWMNEbNvsg93ApyyblkHLCzL.1

If you have trouble with the above link, you can always direct connect to the meeting via the Join Meeting button on the respective event page found on the SSL's event calendar (link here).

• Monday, May 18 - Referee/Starter
• New Referees - 6:30 pm
• ALL Referees - 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Tuesday, May 19 - New Stroke & Turn - 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Thursday, May 22 - Experienced Stroke & Turn- 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm