Good morning, Stingray families!  I hope you are all enjoying the long weekend and end of school, despite the crummy weather!  We had a great first week, but here’s a look ahead to the next week.

Practice Schedule

This is an almost-normal week for us.  No practice on Monday, but otherwise it is as follows:

AM practices, Tuesday-Fun Friday:  7-10s: 830-915, 6 and unders:  915-945, Little Rays: 945-1015, 11 and ups: 945-1045.

PM practices, Tuesday-Thursday: 6 and unders: 500-530, 7-8s: 530-615, 9-10s:  615-700, 11 and ups: 615-715.  Reminder:  NO LITTLE RAYS IN THE PM, due to lack of pool cutout availability.

Time Trials/PJs and Pancakes (6/2)

While this is not occurring this week, you must declare your swimmer’s availability by Sunday (5/31) at 6PM.  Time trials are not required, but intended and most helpful for new swimmers or swimmers who will be trying new events this season.  7s will start swimming breast/fly, 11s start swimming 50s, etc.

To declare your availability for the meet, please use the green meet entry button next to the meet on the signup calendar under the meets & events tab on swimtopia.  PLEASE use the button to indicate EITHER AVAILABLE OR UNAVAILABLE for the event.  Note:  if you know your schedule now, go ahead and mark your availability for every meet this season.  The declarations can be changed at any time. This will save you from being hassled by me every Sunday!

We will be having PJs and pancakes with the time trials.  Whether swimming or not, come enjoy some fun community time and root on the participants while having breakfast for dinner.

For volunteers, please check the green jobs button next to the events.  If you are unsure about what the jobs are or how things work, time trials are the perfect time to give it a try.

Stroke and turn officials

Thank you to all those who have taken the online test and to the new officials who attended the clinic. There is an additional clinic on 6/3 at Forsyth country club.  You can sign up at the GFSL Swimtopia site or at the link in a previous email.  (Linking is difficult for me right now on a phone!)

For returning officials, PLEASE TAKE THE TEST BY THIS WEDNESDAY.  You should have received the link to the test in an email from the GFSL.  If not, please contact me and I will facilitate with the league.

Saturday Clinic

We still have a few spots available for our 5/30 paid breast/fly clinic from 800-930.  To sign up, use our team merchandise tab to purchase a spot.

This week’s weather

It looks like a lot of rain in the forecast this week, but at least it’s warm!  As always, be on the lookout for emails/swimtopia notifications regarding weather.  If you don’t hear from us, plan on us having practice.  But if you or your child are not comfortable in a certain situation, please do what’s best for your family.

Hopefully, the weather is good enough for a good week of practice!  We’ll see you on deck!

Thanks and Go Stingrays!

Jeremy and Brooke