I hope you have all recovered from our great meet at the Boar's Head Swim Club. That meet, like the first, was unscored so we don't have a winner to announce. The coaches and swimmers did great work, however. Thanks, too, to all the parents who volunteered their time.
Mark your calendars for our team photo: July 9 at 6 pm. We'll send out more reminders, but plan to be at the pool with your swimmer in a team suit for the photo.
Team towels - Orders are being taken through MONDAY for really lovely, large, thick, embroidered team towels that can be personalized with your swimmer's name. They cost $27 (a real bargain for the quality). See Leah Foradori at practice tomorrow and Monday to place your order.
The JSL is running a silent auction for two weekly ground passes for the Greenbrier Golf Tournament and Concert. Proceeds benefit the JSL. More information is available here: www.jsl.org Hurry -- bids being accepted through June 28.
Heat sheet ads are also being accepted. These ads are placed in the heat sheets that can be purchased at the Champs meet. You can place a business ad (so check with your favorite local businesses) or a personal message (great for parents and grandparents to cheer their swimmers!) The revenue from the ads placed by the City come back to the City Swim Team -- this is a significant fund raiser for our team. Please see Lori Hackney and Michele Rice at practices. You can download the heat sheet ad form here: http://www.jsl.org/
Meet jobs - We could use a few more stroke and turn judges. Hannah Catherine Monroe has gotten permission to have a session for new S&T judges in the next 10 days. If you are interested, please reply to this email. You will also need to complete the on-line S&T training at http://www.strokeandturn.
Note that we need about 80 volunteers PER TEAM for each meet. We should have enough parents so that no one needs to work more than half of a meet. Please, if you have not signed up for a job, go to sign up genius and find a job. We often have trouble filling second-half jobs -- remember, the second half is cooler than the first! A little known secret is that the second half is halfway through the number of events, but has far fewer heats (freestyle is the most time-consuming event), so it's shorter than the first half.
We are also looking for parents willing to serve on the parents' board. This entails one poolside meeting a week (Thursday evenings), and a handful of meetings during the late winter and early spring. It's fun and friendly and a great way for parents to contribute who have trouble working during meets due to young children.
As usual, please opt-out of the next meet by 11 on Friday. Also, are you having trouble finding an email with important information? All the group emails are archived at groups.google.com Navigate there and sign in with the email at which you receive these emails.
GO SWORDFISH! SWIM FAST!
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Directions to meets: http://www.jsl.org/teams.htm
