CHAMPS (10 & Under) - Welch Parent Volunteers (8 needed)

Welch Sharks Parents, we are 2 days from the start of CHAMPS-littles (age 10 & under) at Penns Valley (Millheim – Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Park).  We need to fill 8 more of our required Welch Parent Meet Volunteer spots.  Nice work, but we still have “miles to go before I sleep or is it 23 miles until we swim at CHAMPS (10 & under)?” ...it's both -- see Google Maps ;-)

Unlike a regular season meet which uses two (2) timers and records the average of the two (2) watch times per lane, a CHAMPS meet uses three (3) timers with the recorded time being the watch time that is between the upper and lower watch times.  Let’s fill these Welch Parent positions and root on our younger Sharks to have a great CHAMPS meet.

THU – CHAMPS @ Penns Valley

	1st Half	2nd Half
Timers	0	1
Seating/Seeding	2	2
Score/Awards	1	1
Stroke & Turn	1	0
TOTALS	4	4

• 2015 CHAMPS Littles (10 & Under) TUE 7/30 at Penns Valley (Millheim) - Parent meet volunteer sign-up

Let’s try and fill these Welch Parent Meet Volunteer positions before WED (7/29) and then be able to focus our undivided attention to root on our Welch Shark Swimmers.

Directions to the Penns Valley Pool (estimated travel time = 34 minutes):

From Welch Pool, State College – Continue on S. Atherton St.(Rt. 322-business) towards and into Boalsburg.  Make a LEFT onto Rt.45 EAST (Earleystown Rd.) at the traffic light nearest Kelly’s Steak House and Boalsburg Motor Cars.  Continue 18.7 miles on Rt. 45 in to the town of Millheim.  The Milllheim Pool at the Soldier's and Sailor's Memorial Park is located just off Park Road in Millheim, PA.  From the intersection of Routes 45 and 445 (aka North Street) in downtown Millheim (zip 16854) head EAST on Route 45 until you cross the bridge. Park Road is the first LEFT after the bridge. Follow Park Road until you see the park entrance on your left.

GO WELCH SHARKS!

CHAMPS (11 & Up) - Welch Parent Volunteers (7 needed)

CHAMPS - Team Warm-up Times:

• TUE (7/28) - AT SPRA - BIGS ages 11 & Up:  Team warm-up time = 5:20 to 5:40pm
  Swimmers please arrive between 4:45 and 5:00pm for check in.

Welch Sharks Parents, we are several hours from the start of CHAMPS-bigs (age 11 & up) at SPRA and we almost have all our CPSL required Welch Parent Volunteer spots filled.  Nice work, but we still have seven (7) more to go that I’m confident that we can fill by NOON TUE.

Unlike a regular season meet which uses two (2) timers per lane and records the average of the two (2) watch times, a CHAMPS meet uses three (3) timers with the recorded time being the watch time that is between the upper and lower watch times.  Let’s fill these Welch Parent positions and root on our Sharks to have a great CHAMPS meet.

TUE – CHAMPS @ SPRA

	1st Half	2nd Half
Timers	2	2
Seating/Seeding	1	1
Score/Awards	0	1
TOTALS	3	4

-2015 CHAMPS Bigs (11 & Up) TUE 7/28 at SPRA - Parent meet volunteer sign-up link

When parking at the meet at SPRA, DO NOT PARK IN WONDERLAND CHARTER SCHOOL PROPERTY.  You can park on the SPRA property or further up on/near SPE Federal Credit Union.

Also, please do not forget THU (7/30) night's CHAMPS (10 & Under) at Penns Valley (Millheim - Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Park).  We need Welch Parent Volunteers at this meet too.  You can sign up for THU's CHAMPS at the CHAMPS (10 & Under) post.

GO WELCH SHARKS!

Banquet Follow-Up and a few things to keep in mind

Rained out again…but still had a great time

All though we got rained out in the end, the parents and coaches want to thank everyone who came out for the end of the season banquet. The food everyone brought was very delicious and the slide show was great to watch pre downpour (thanks Dave and Marion Ulmer). 

A few things to be aware of this week.

Those of you who were unable to attend or had to leave early. All awards have been placed in your family folders. Please check the folders at practice this week. If you know of neighbors or friends that are gone for the summer please check with them to see if you can pick them up for them. We’d like all the swimmers to have all awards before the 2016 season if possible. 

Also a friendly reminder that Park Forest will be practicing with us, so let’s show up (on time) and work hard to show them how great of a team we are. 

***Parents this also mean we need to show Park Forest and the other teams how great we are by presenting good numbers in volunteering for CHAMPS. I know it gets old hearing this, but CHAMPS is an all-league event that requires parents from all teams coming together to get the meet done. Let’s get our Welch Spirit going and have an awesome (non-rainy) end of the season.***

See you all Tuesday and Thursday. Let’s go SHARKS!!!