Good afternoon Torpedo family!
Thank you to everyone who has worked hard on our fundraiser. We are now over $1,200! We still need your help to get the word out to folks, and to encourage them to donate. Every little bit will help. The link can be found here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lane-lines-for-valdese. We have 19 days left to raise the needed amount!
On to business: the meet this week has expanded. Forest City will be joining us and Granite Falls. We will have a lot of swimmers. Swimmers MUST be signed up by the end of Monday night's practice in order to be in the meet. If a swimmer isn't signed up, they will not be entered in the meet. Right now I believe most of you have signed up, but if you haven't and intend to participate, please sign up at practices on Monday.
There is the potential for the meet to run late if we don't have everything squared away with volunteers. We will need EVERYONE to help out or to be ready to help out if needed. Part of the fun of this team is getting to be involved in the running of the meets. Before the meet gets started, please come and see me to sign up for a volunteer slot.
There will be a lot of people, so get to the pool early to stake out your spot. You may come on deck as early as 4pm to set up any tents. There will be snow cones to help with the fundraiser, as well as to help ward off the heat. Warm-ups will begin promptly at 5pm, so please don't be late. We have a limited time for warm up.
The meet will be available on Meet Mobile. In the event you haven't used this app before, it will give you all of the meet information including events your child is swimming, heat sheets, results, and scores. It is available for Android and iOs (iPhones, iPads). We will still post paper versions your swimmer's entries, but it is our hope to eventually move away from this to strictly using the app. You can find the meet by searching for "VTST." I can help you with this if you have difficulty, but as I will be busy right before the meet, please ask other team parents for help before you come to me.
See you all tomorrow!
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Monday, June 9, 2014
Stroke and Turn Summary and Team Pictures!
Good morning Torpedo! Practices are going fantastic so far, and I wanted to get some more information to everyone about a few additional things for the summer!
First of all, we have already raised about $400 for our fundraiser. PLEASE get the word out to everyone you know via facebook, twitter, church circles, gas station stops, etc. So many people have benefited from the Rec, and this is a fantastic opportunity for folks to give a little back. Any amount is helpful! Here is the link again: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lane-lines-for-valdese
Second, the Tarheel Swim League hosted a stroke and turn clinic this past weekend in Marion. Special thanks to Amy Qurollo for taking the time to go after having finished her first half-marathon! If you have been trained as a stroke and turn official in the past, please make a point to come and speak to me. If you are interested in becoming one, please come and speak to me. It is important to have these and other positions filled at our meets, and the more folks we have able to do them, the easier it is on everyone else. I hope that we will see one member from each family participating in some role at meets, but our stroke and turn folks are incredibly important, and we desperately need you (last year's constant officials got a wonderful massage gift as a way of saying thank you)!
Finally, we will be having team pictures on July 17th at our home meet against Transylvania and Black Mountain. Sportpix from Shelby will be taking individual and team pictures beginning at 4pm. I will have order forms available beginning on Monday, June 16th.
That's it for now! Thanks again for being a great team! I'll be out of town Tuesday through Friday, and Coach Haley and Coach Alec will be handling practices. PLEASE REMEMBER our schedule change on Thursday to our new schedule.
Have a great day!
First of all, we have already raised about $400 for our fundraiser. PLEASE get the word out to everyone you know via facebook, twitter, church circles, gas station stops, etc. So many people have benefited from the Rec, and this is a fantastic opportunity for folks to give a little back. Any amount is helpful! Here is the link again: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lane-lines-for-valdese
Second, the Tarheel Swim League hosted a stroke and turn clinic this past weekend in Marion. Special thanks to Amy Qurollo for taking the time to go after having finished her first half-marathon! If you have been trained as a stroke and turn official in the past, please make a point to come and speak to me. If you are interested in becoming one, please come and speak to me. It is important to have these and other positions filled at our meets, and the more folks we have able to do them, the easier it is on everyone else. I hope that we will see one member from each family participating in some role at meets, but our stroke and turn folks are incredibly important, and we desperately need you (last year's constant officials got a wonderful massage gift as a way of saying thank you)!
Finally, we will be having team pictures on July 17th at our home meet against Transylvania and Black Mountain. Sportpix from Shelby will be taking individual and team pictures beginning at 4pm. I will have order forms available beginning on Monday, June 16th.
That's it for now! Thanks again for being a great team! I'll be out of town Tuesday through Friday, and Coach Haley and Coach Alec will be handling practices. PLEASE REMEMBER our schedule change on Thursday to our new schedule.
Have a great day!
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Stroke and Turn Update
Good morning!
First, thanks to everyone who has already visited our fundraiser site! Keep on visiting and pass the word on to friends and family. All sizes of donations are welcome and will go to meet our goal.
Now, to the main point of our post.
This Saturday is the Stroke and Turn clinic hosted in Marion by team and Rec. friend, Colleen Gillan. Anyone is welcome, but we would especially like to see our former stroke and turn officials and parents with some familiarity in the sport visit the clinic. We will need your help this summer!
The training will be from 1:30 to 4:30. The address is 348 Grace Corpening Dr., Marion, NC 28752. PLEASE contact me to let me know if you will be attending. I need to tell the hosts how many to expect.
Have a great day!
First, thanks to everyone who has already visited our fundraiser site! Keep on visiting and pass the word on to friends and family. All sizes of donations are welcome and will go to meet our goal.
Now, to the main point of our post.
This Saturday is the Stroke and Turn clinic hosted in Marion by team and Rec. friend, Colleen Gillan. Anyone is welcome, but we would especially like to see our former stroke and turn officials and parents with some familiarity in the sport visit the clinic. We will need your help this summer!
The training will be from 1:30 to 4:30. The address is 348 Grace Corpening Dr., Marion, NC 28752. PLEASE contact me to let me know if you will be attending. I need to tell the hosts how many to expect.
Have a great day!
Monday, June 2, 2014
Fundraiser live on indiegogo!
Good afternoon everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know that our fundraiser, in conjunction with the Valdese Booster Club, is now live online! Our goal is to make enough to replace the lane lines for the pool, as well as to replace one of the older storage wheels. Please take some time to share this with friends, family, twitter followers, and facebook acquaintances!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lane-lines-for-valdese
See you all soon!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lane-lines-for-valdese
See you all soon!
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