IMPORTANT NOTE to Swimmers & their PARENTS: Please indicate on your swimmer signs-up if you are unsure if you will stay for the ENTIRE meet and at what time you might depart. This is very important. We had several incidents of swimmers signing up for meets and either not showing up or leaving early without notifying their coaches or Team Parent Reps. This action not only caused unnecessary difficulty for the coaches at the meet but also for your swimmer's teammates who were also scheduled to be part of their relay team. The remaining relay teammates (and their families) who stayed, were greatly disappointed when informed just prior to their event, that they were not allowed to swim because their relay team was scratched from the meet due to the missing swimmers. We understand that unforeseen events can occur to cause someone to miss a meet or require you to depart early. If you are at the meet and find that you must leave early, please notify your coaches or Team Parent Reps. ASAP so if possible, we have sufficient time to make swimmer line-up adjustments or notify your respective relay teammates that their relay is scratched from the meet.
For Tuesday's HOME meet, swimmers should arrive at Welch Pool by 5 PM.
SIGN-UP (#2) Parents, this is another large home meet and is only a few days away. We need more than 60 parent volunteers to sign-up to help run this meet. Like the prior meets, we need meet volunteers who will directly help with the swim activities in and around the pool. Filling these positions prior to the meet is crucial for the meet to start on time and run smoothly without the unnecessary delays of stopping the meet until the empty positions are filled. We would like to see more Welch Parents volunteering than that of the visiting team. Please go to the Welch Parent Meet Volunteer Sign-Up link below to sign-up for this meet.
We also have Welch Concession volunteer positions to fill. As previously posted, our concession stand is our main source of team revenue to fund the various fun team activities - doughnut (6/26), bagel (7/08) and pancake (7/24) breakfasts, ice cream social/movie night (7/13), awards and banquet (7/27). We need your continued volunteer and concession food donation support. Our last home meet's concession stand had very good sales numbers, but was only staffed by 12 Welch volunteers - some volunteered the entire meet. Please sign-up to help with this area so that we will not be required to reduce or close its operation.
*Parent Volunteer Sign-up - Welch HOME meet vs. SPRA (TUE 7/01)
**If we can fill all volunteer meet positions by NOON, TUE (7/1) our swimmers will have a FUN DAY instead of normal practice** - open swim (no lane dividers), games and if lifeguard staffing is sufficient, the sprayground, lazy river and slides will be made available to our Sharks.
SIGN-UP (#3) Concession Food Donations. Your Team also needs a variety of food donations to be sold during the meet at the Team's concession stand. Please use the following link for food concession donations.
*Concession FOOD Donation Sign-up Link - July 1 (TUE)
Please remember to make your drink donation with your name and bring to the pool ASAP if you have not already donated your designated drinks for our concession sales. You can place your items near the doorway to the storage room during practice and we will put them away.
- Last Name: A - H – 24 bottle case of water
- Last Name: I - P – 24 cans of soda (Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Sierra Mist)
- Last Name: Q - Z – 12 count (12 oz.) bottle pack of Gatorade
Also, the family money donations to the Welch Swim Team in lieu of fundraising activities are still being accepted. Please see the Welcome & Family Fundraising tab located at the top of this blog for information.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please see or email your Team Parent Reps. Sean & Marisa Flynn at Welch[dot]Sharks[dot]Swimt
Thank you for your support of the Welch Sharks Swim Team.
See you at the pool!
Remember, only your help can make a swim meet run quickly and smoothly.
