MEET RESULTS: Wed. June 27, vs. Fry's Spring

Well done Swordfish - we won Wednesday's meet, 544 to 506! It was close and Swordfish swimmers swam well.  We're all proud of you!  Thanks as usual to our fabulous coaches and to all the parent volunteers.  See the results here (PDF link) and all the JSL results here.

Don't forget to OPT OUT of next week's meet if you need to. Remember, our next meet is on TUESDAY, July 3, at home vs. Greene Hills.  You'll need to 1) show up on the right day! and 2) make extra sure to get your opt-out recorded by 11 am tomorrow/Friday because the coaches need to get the roster in a day earlier than usual. 


Thanks also to a Swordfish Dad, Stanislas, for all these great images!

MEET: Wed. June 27; Home vs. Fry's Spring

This week we will be swimming AT HOME against Fry’s Spring.  Home team warms up first!  Please be here at by 4:30 with goggles on, ready to warm up.  Bring your sharpie to write your events on your hand.

Parking for home meets is always an issue. The City Recreation director makes the following request:

In the past, we have received complaints from the Washington Park Pool neighborhood concerning swim meet patrons parking in front of homes on Charlton and Henry Avenue. We are asking for voluntary compliance with not parking along Henry or Charlton Avenue. You may park in the upper or lower Washington Park lots (upper located next to pool on 10th St, lower accessed from Preston Ave across from Madison Ave).  You may also park at Burley Middle School at Henry Street  and Rose Hill Drive (map).  The police will be enforcing parking laws will necessary and will offer assistance. Out of respect for the neighborhood residents, we ask both teams to consider that you may be inconveniencing a homeowner when parking. Thank you and best of luck!

As a team, we ask that City families park at Burley Middle School (map) and leave the Washington Park lots to the visiting teams if at all possible.

Remember, if you erect a tent, please be mindful of the space you are taking.  Do not erect a tent near the edge of the poo blocking the view. Share your space, realizing that there isn't enough space if every family were to bring a tent.

In addition to t-shirts, we will also BEACH TOWELS available for order! These towels are thick, large towels in a Caribbean blue, with our swordfish logo and your swimmer’s name embroidered on them.  They will cost $25, to be paid at the time of ordering. Leah Foradori will be taking orders and will have a  towel so that you can see the quality. All orders must be received by THIS FRIDAY. We think you will be very happy with these beautiful towels. Much thanks to Lisa Grove for all her hard work in tracking down a vendor and setting up the order and Leah for managing the ordering.

As usual, please use sign up genius to sign up for a meet job.

It’s not too early to begin thinking about the Champs meet.  Remember that ALL SWIMMERS are needed for this meet - as long as your swimmer has competed in two regular season meets, your swimmer should be going to Champs. We need to do well there to retain our Division II ranking, and need our whole team.  More information will be coming out, but mark your calendar for the 27th and 28th of July (note - each swimmer will only swim on one day. More specific scheduling information will be available soon.)

GO SWORDFISH!

MEET RESULTS: Wed. June 20, vs. ACAC

Hats off to ACAC who won Wednesday's meet, 535 to 501. It was close and Swordfish swimmers swam well.  We're all proud of you!  Thanks as usual to our fabulous coaches and to all the parent volunteers.  See the results here (PDF link) and all the JSL results here.

Speaking of volunteers, the tireless Amy Buddington could use help with volunteer coordination. This job involves making sure we have enough volunteers signed up for each meet and then checking in parents as they arrive at the meet. Contact us by email if you would like to help. We would like to make sure we have several parents with experience doing all of our key jobs to ensure that the team runs smoothly.  And it's not too soon to sign up for next week.  Amy sleeps better when the jobs are filled early!

If your swimmer still needs a suit, there are a few in a few sizes available here.  

If your swimmer will NOT be at the next meet, by 11 am Friday opt out here. Remember, if you are going to participate in the meet, do nothing. It is important to let the coaches know because they have to submit the roster in advance of the meet. They strategize carefully about which event each child should swim to maximize points for the team. If your swimmer is entered but doesn't participate, no one can swim in his or her place for points and the teams might lose out. Also, if your swimmer is not present for a relay, not only might the team lost points, but three other swimmers might not be able to compete. Communicate with the coaches!

T- shirts are still available for order. They will be bright yellow and will cost $15. Pre order yours here.

We are still selling Heat Sheet ads for the Champs meet.  Ads are available in sizes ranging from business card to full page – prices are here. Buy an ad to celebrate your swimmer or advertise your business.  The City swim team receives a cut of the proceeds based our our percentage of ads sold. Llezelle Dugger will be at practices and the meet with order forms.  If you have questions or miss her, you can contact her by email or phone:  434-806-9238.

Thanks Swordfish families!  Go Swordfish!

MEET: Wed. June 20; ACAC Outdoor Pool

We are swimming against ACAC this week.  Please plan to arrive at ACAC by 4:30.  Bring  swim cap, googles and towel and a SHARPIE so that you can write your events on your swimmer’s hand. 

Directions and map. 

Parking is allowed in the Four Seasons lot across the street, but ONLY in the spaces that face Four Seasons Drive. Parking is NOT allowed in the grass on this side of the street and cars will be subject to towing. Parking is allowed on the pool side of the street from the dam to the pool entrance.

The ACAC pool is 50 meters long.  Please make sure your swimmers understand that event P1 (5-6y.o. 100 FR), events 3-10 (all ages IM) and events 11-12 (8 & Under MR) are NOT swum in the long course pools. Additionally, all 25m events are swum to a rope in the middle of the pool. The ACAC meet director tells us that older swimmers will be stationed in the pool at the rope to help the swimmers stop and assist them to the side of the pool.  Additionally, timers will have to stand at the side at the level of the rope to time. 

Please be respectful of the spectator space when erecting tents.  If you wish to erect a tent for shade cover, please do so at the BACK of the spectator area.  The tents obstructed views and made it difficult for parents to find lane-side space to see their swimmers last week. 

We still need some second half workers, so please go to the signup genius site to choose a job.

In non-meet news, it’s already time to be thinking about Heat Sheet ads for Champs.  At the Champs meet, the heat sheets are sold as a book.  Ads are available in sizes ranging from business card to full page – prices are here.   Buy an ad to celebrate your swimmer or advertise your business. The City Swimteam receives a cut of the proceeds based our our percentage of ads sold. Llezelle Dugger will be at practices and the meet with order forms.  If you have questions or miss her, you can contact her by phone (434-806-9238) or email.

Also, the t-shirt order form was mistakenly marked ‘private’  (by me!) but has been opened – sorry for the frustration that caused.

A final reminder:  by 11 am each Friday, please let coaches know if your swimmer will NOT be able to make the following week's meet.  If  you are attending, do nothing!  Just let the coaches know if you are NOT attending here.

GO SWORDFISH!!!!

Friday update

What a great first meet!  Thanks so much to the parents who worked hard to help the meet run smoothly.  Thanks, too, to our terrific coaches. 

We have sold almost all our team shirts and would like to place a new order.  If you would like a shirt, please let us know what size and how many: T Shirt order form 2012.

As usual, let the coaches know by tonight if your child will NOT be swimming in next week's meet (link)

Our next meet is against ACAC (outside pool) (map) (JSL page).  More specific information will go out on Monday.  Meanwhile, we have a few jobs open, mostly pre-clerk assistants and table workers.  Remember, you'll never miss your child swimming!  Whatever job you're doing, you can excuse yourself to go cheer for your swimmers.  Sign up for jobs here.

MEET RESULTS: Wed. June 13, vs. Forest Lakes

Well done Swordfish!

You can see our teams results here (PDF link) and see all the results from all the JSL meets here.

MEET: Wed. June 13; Forest Lakes South Pool

We are swimming at the Forest Lakes SOUTH pool (map) . Please arrive by 4:30. Warmups begin at 5:00. The FLST sent this information about meet logistics:

The HURRICANES home is our south pool is located in Forest Lakes South community at 1650 Ashwood Boulevard. The pool and club house is about 1 mile off of 29N after you turn onto Ashwood Blvd.

Our parking situation will be crowded. We welcome you to park in the paved parking areas around our pool. We will be reserving the front parking spaces along the front of the club house for drop off. There are a number of handicapped parking spots in front also, if you have any families in need of them. If you are parking on the street please park all vehicles on the grass, perpendicular to Ashwood Blvd., off of the main road. Our community association asks that you do not park on nearby Powell Creek Drive, or in the nearby Empress Place or Thornridge neighborhoods, or block any driveways or fire hydrants.

While you are at our meet we invite you to partake of our team concessions. We offer a variety of hot foods from local business including Baja Bean, Oriental Express, 2 businesses owned and operated by 2 of our swim team families. We will also have pizza from END ZONE. At our outside booth we offer snow cones, water, sodas, G2 and a selection of candy and other snacks.

It will be cool Wednesday evening. Be sure to bring warm things (sweatshirts, sweatpants) for your swimmers and several towels so they can stay warm. Of course, everyone needs to remember their GOGGLES and swimcaps.

The JSL is piloting a change in the event order: the breaststroke and butterfly events have been switched. HOWEVER THE NUMBER HAS NOT. This means that the events will be out of numerical order. Parents, help your swimmers pay attention to the events being called Swimmers, LISTEN carefully!!

The silicone swim caps are now available for purchase. Look for them at the practices. Thank Leah Fodori for her hard work in obtaining and selling them for us.

If you are a team parent with desktop publishing experience, we could use your help getting our Champs Heatsheet ads up to snuff. If you have these skills and some time in July, please email swordfishswimteam@gmail.com

Thanks everyone. GO SWORDFISH!!!