Weekly Update: June 30 - July 4

Welch Sharks, first a quick look back to last week.

• We hope our Sharks enjoyed last Thursday's Welch Doughnut Day breakfast.  In connection with this event, we thank the Management of Giant Food Stores of 255 Northland Ctr. for their community support towards our Centre Region Parks & Rec Welch Sharks Swim Team.  We would appreciate if our Welch Parents would also express their thanks to the store's management team for their community involvement that aided in this team activity.

Here's a summary of this upcoming week's Welch Sharks activities.

1. Practices:
   -Morning practices as scheduled MON to THU (FUN DAY morning possible - We're almost there!  C'mon Welch Parent Volunteers, you can fill Tuesday's SPRA meet volunteer sign-up by noon, Tue.)
   -NO PRACTICE Friday, July 4 - Independence Day
2. MON - Swimmer meet sign-ups for Tuesday's home meet vs. SPRA
3. TUE, July 1 HOME meet vs. SPRA
   -Welch Sharks Swimmers should arrive at Welch Pool no later than 5:00
   -Meet and Concession volunteers are still needed. Please use the links previously posted to fill  these Team needs.
4. *UPDATE* Wednesday NIGHT PRACTICE is CANCELED. *UPDATE*
5. Will we have a morning FUN DAY?  Think positively and make it happen Welch Parents!!
   *UPDATE*  YES Welch Sharks! THURSDAY IS FUN DAY (8 AM to 9:45 AM)!  Enjoy those few extra morning Zzzz's. *UPDATE*
6. Ask the question "Where's Bruce and will he be at practice?" ;^D
7. LOOKING AHEAD - Don't forget our CPSL's Night With The Spikes orders are due July 9
   A night of local baseball with our CPSL friends and families!  Cost is $7 per person and includes game ticket, hot dog and a soda.  Click the link above for more info.  Remember to get your ticket orders (name, ticket quantity) with payment (make checks payable to "Welch Swim Team") to Sean or Marisa Flynn before the July 9 order deadline.
8. LOOKING AHEAD DATES TO NOTE:
   SUN - July 13 Ice Cream Social/Open Swim/Movie shorts night
   SAT - July 19 Day of Joy fun relay day at Park Forest
   SUN - July 27 Team Awards and Banquet
   TUE - July 29 CPSL Champs (ages 11 & up) at WELCH
   THU - July 31 CPSL Champs (ages 10 & under) at Park Forest
9. As reminded on 6/28, please remember to bring your designated drink donations to the pool and we are still accepting the family monetary donation in lieu of doing team fund-raising sales.

Keep monitoring this blog for any last minute changes.  Thanks and...

GO WELCH SHARKS!

SPRA Meet (TUE, July 1) ---> Sign-Ups! Sign-Ups! Sign-Ups!

SIGN-UP (#1)  Welch Sharks, our next meet is TUESDAY, JULY 01 at HOME against SPRA.  Swimmers need to sign-up for their events on the team's black & gold sign-up board ASAP.  The sign-up board hangs on the fence near the storage room during practice hours.

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]Swimteam[at]gmail[dot]com
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.

Meet Results (Welch @ Penns Valley) are in.

Welch Sharks, meet results from Thursday's meet at Penns Valley can be viewed at the following link:  Meet Results - Welch at Penns Valley, June 26, 2014

Thank you to our Penns Valley hosts.  For those who did not attend this meet, you not only missed out on a fun meet, but also some good food from the Penns Valley Concession Stand.  The grilled chicken salad with locally grown organic lettuce, fresh blueberries and pecans was delicious.

Also, thank you to those Welch Parents who volunteered for this away meet:

Susan W. Marcie R. Anne C. Kathryn B. Tom W. (2 halves) Sean F. (2 halves)*

Hannah S. Robin B. Janet J. Mi K. Marisa F.* Mary B. Kevin W.

Chad R. Jim C. John K. R/P Marsh Shawn B. Michele F.

Rob G. Stan B. Cricket H. Nick B. Todd R. Barb S.

* = not eligible for volunteer end of season awards drawing.

Penns Valley Meet: Welch Parent Volunteers FINAL UPDATE

We're almost there Welch Parents!
With three hours remaining, only 7 Welch Parent Volunteer positions to fill.  We have approximately 80 swimmers going to this meet.  We easily should be able to provide 28 Welch Parent Volunteers.  Keep up the good work.

	1st Half	2nd Half
Rooster	0	0
Welch Timers	0	3
Welch Scorers/Avg	1	1
Welch Seeders	0	2
Welch Stroke & Turn Officials	0	0
TOTALS	1	6

Welch Sharks Team Apparel

Hey Welch Sharks!
For those wanting to obtain one, two or maybe three of our Welch Sharks Swim Team apparel items that are cash-n-carry ready, the following items and sizes are immediately available:
 

To make a purchase please contact Marcie Rockey at Rockey6[at]comcast[dot]net

Go Welch Sharks!

Penns Valley Meet: Welch Parent Volunteers UPDATE

UPDATED STATS for Welch Parents:  As previously posted, parents we still need your support by volunteering to help at meets.  We show a very slight improvement, but still "miles to go before I/we sleep."  Please go to the volunteer sign-up link below and select one of the available meet volunteer positions in either the first or second half.

As of the time of this posting, Welch Parents need to supply the following for Thursday's Penns Valley meet:

	1st Half	2nd Half
Rooster	0	0
Welch Timers	0	5
Welch Scorers/Avg	2	2
Welch Seeders	2	2
Welch Stroke & Turn Officials	0	1
TOTALS	4	10

Welch Parent MEET Volunteer Sign-up Link - Welch AT Penns Valley (THU - 6/26)

Weekly Update: June 23-27

A quick update on what's on tap for the Welch Sharks week of June 23 - June 27.

1. Morning practices as scheduled
2. TUE - Swimmer sign-ups (last chance - MUST see your coach) for Thursday's Penn's Valley meet
3. TUE - Swimmer sign-ups begin (black/gold board) for Tuesday 7/01 HOME meet vs. SPRA
4. WED - Tie Dye day after each practice session
5. WED - NO NIGHT PRACTICE due to Parks & Rec's Sports Night at Welch
6. THU - DOUGHNUT Breakfast after practice session (1 per swim team member)
7. THU - AWAY meet at Penns Valley (arrive by 5:30 PM)
8. FRI - If needed, Tie-Dye tentative rain make-up day.
9. LOOKING AHEAD - Next HOME meet TUE - July 1 vs. SPRA
10. LOOKING AHEAD - No Practice on Independence Day, July 4.
11. LOOKING AHEAD - Don't forget our CPSL's Night With The Spikes orders are due July 9.

Keep monitoring this blog for any last minute changes.  Thanks and...

GO WELCH SHARKS!