Happy Friday Barracudas!

Here is your Friday reminder and checklist for Tuesdays meet at Charleston Village.

Declare your swimmer by tomorrow, Saturday, July 13th at 6pm.

(Yes or no must be designated). If you do not declare your swimmer the coaches will be reaching out and if not declared by Sunday your swimmer will not be able to swim at the meet unfortunately. https://bentwindsbarracudas.swimtopia.com/login

From the opposing team - Charleston Village

1900 Castleburg Drive, Apex, NC 27523

Parking: There will be parking at the clubhouse and on the street adjacent to the clubhouse. Please do not park on the side of the street opposite to the pool.

Facility: We will have folks to greet you on arrival and direct you to an area for y’all to set up on the east side of the pool. There will be some chairs, but please encourage your parents to bring their own chairs. We have 6 lanes and lights, so time should not be an issue.

Concessions: We will be selling pizza, gatorade, soda, water, candy, etc. We will accept cash and card.

Meet Management:

Lighting - We have lights so we can complete the meet beyond sunset if needed.

Timing/Scoring System - We are using the Time Drop timing system this year and would like to have two timers per lane (6 from each team) and two order of finish judges (1 from each team). We will need to train timers if they haven’t used the system before (it’s pretty simple).

Warmups: As the host team, Charleston Village will swim from 5pm-5:30. Bentwinds will warm up 5:30p-6p. Please ensure your swimmer is at the pool by 5:15PM at the latest.

Parent/Coach Relay:

Time permitting, we would definitely like to do a coaches and parents relay.

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Reminders:

Volunteers: These positions are still open!

- Clerk of Course 

- Assistant Clerk of Course

- Stroke and Turn for 2nd half of meet

- 1 Timers

Swimmers:

-Number on both arms and name on the back of shoulder. The kids may want to add their heats to their arm or thigh as well.

-Designated areas will be set for each age group. Please make sure your child stays in the designated areas to help the kid pushers. We suggest they bring an extra towel to sit on and pack some fun games, coloring, etc for in between heats. Straying from their designated area makes the kid pushers job much more difficult.

-Cheer for your team mates of all ages and levels of ability.

-There might be a coaches relay. This is based on how the meet is moving.

-If you must leave the meet early please check in with the coaches first.
-Stay until the end!

Observers: Please do not stand at the sides or edges of the pool. These areas must remain clear for coaches, judges, timers, kid pusher sand clerks of course to do their jobs.

Post Meet:

-Please clean up your area.

Note: We understand that there are circumstances out of our control sometimes that forces us to make changes to our plans. If someone gets sick or you must make a last minute change to your declaration, please let Kim or the coaches know ASAP.

Coach Kourtney: [email protected]

Coach Meghan: [email protected]

Coach Kayla: [email protected]

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Next week schedule:

Monday - Regular practice

Tuesday - meet at Charleston Village

Wednesday - practice for the champions hip meet.

Thursday - practice for the championship meet.

Friday - End of Season Celebration and Awards.  DJ, BBQ dinner, Awards, and games!

Be sure to sign up and include the name of each family member who will be joining us.  (This event is for immediate family only)

Sunday - Championship Meet.  A separate email will be sent out to participating swimmers (parents) with details and links for required forms.   

Have a great weekend!