Forest City, Spaghetti, and Conference!

Good afternoon everyone! Tonight we have our meet against Forest City. We will warm up at 5:30, so please be there in time to get in on time. We will need volunteers for timing, etc.

Directions to Forest City: Take I-40 West to Exit 103. At the end of the exit ramp, turn left. Take HWY 64 to Rutherford County. After passing through Westminster Community, turn left on Hudlow Rd at the traffic light. Follow Hudlow Rd to West Main Street in Forest City. Turn left on West Main Street. Take the second right (Harris St). The pool is at the end of Harris St.

Friday night we will have our annual pre-conference Spaghetti Dinner in Rotary Park at 5pm. Sign up on Wednesday or Thursday to bring noodles, sauce, bread, salad, or dessert for the meal! We hope everyone can make it as we prepare for a great time at the championship meet.

Finally, all conference entries have been submitted. There will be no deck entries or late entries. Please read the information about conference on the bulletin board at the Rec. for information about seating, etc. We have volunteer slots to fill for the meet, so please be sure to sign up for a slot. If everyone does their part, it should go smoothly. The weather Saturday will be warm, so please bring plenty of water!

Warm-ups on Saturday are at 8am, so please be on time!

Practice This Week (July 23-27)

Good afternoon everyone. Currently there is some inclement weather heading our direction, but it looks as though we will be clear come practice time, so please be there. If you haven't signed up for the meet tomorrow, please do so this evening.

Remember, due to the meet on Tuesday, we will not be having Wednesday morning practice. Also, there will be NO PRACTICE THIS FRIDAY, JULY 27.

See you all soon!

Sprint/Distance Meet

The Sprint/ Distance Meet is this Saturday. Warm-ups are at 8:30 at the Forest City Pool. All parents will be expected to volunteer in some capacity or another.

Directions to Forest City: Take I-40 West to Exit 103. At the end of the exit ramp, turn left. Take HWY 64 to Rutherford County. After passing through Westminster Community, turn left on Hudlow Rd at the traffic light. Follow Hudlow Rd to West Main Street in Forest City. Turn left on West Main Street. Take the second right (Harris St). The pool is at the end of Harris St.

See you all Saturday! 

Directions to Collett St. Pool (Morganton)

Directions to  the Morganton Pool: I-40W; Take Exit 105; Turn right onto S Sterling St/NC18; Go 2 miles; Turn left onto Catawba Street – The pool is located behind the Collett Street Recreation Center on King Street.

Please try to be at the pool as close to 5 as possible. Warm ups begin at 5:30!

PRACTICE SCHEDULE UPDATE!

THERE WILL BE NO PRACTICE ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 18! Coach Andersen will be out of town for a conference all day. Enjoy your day off after the meet. We WILL be having an evening practice on Thursday and a morning practice on Friday. There will also be NO PRACTICE ON FRIDAY, JULY 27! .


With the rest of our meets this season on a Tuesday, the following schedule changes will be made:
Monday: Morning and Evening Practices!
Tuesday: Morning Only!
Wednesday: Evening Only!
Thursday: Morning and Evening!
Friday: Morning and Evening!

Please feel free to speak to any coach if this isn't clear.

Have a great weekend!

Meet Tuesday at Morganton! No Practices This Wednesday!

Good afternoon Torpedo!

First of all, many thanks to the VTST family for a great meet on Thursday. McDowell swimmers did a great job, but they couldn't beat the Torpedo in our second meet of the season.

You can find a brief article about the meet here: http://www2.morganton.com/sports/2012/jul/13/torpedo-swimmers-speed-past-mcdowell-ar-2430932/

This coming Tuesday we swim against Morganton. The pool is a 50 Meter pool, so we are encouraging any of our younger swimmers who have difficulty swimming 25 yards (one lap at Valdese) to come and cheer on the team, or enjoy a nice week without a meet. Either way, coaches need to know if you will be attending the meet BY MONDAY NIGHT AT THE LATEST!

Please make sure to sign-up for the Sprint/Distance Meet at Forest City on July 21. We need to get entries to the Stingrays staff by Wednesday evening. This is an optional meet for our swimmers, and it has been a lot of fun in the past. There is a chance to swim longer and shorter events than those we typically swim at our regular meets.

Finally, THERE WILL BE NO PRACTICE ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 18! Coach Andersen will be out of town for a conference all day. Enjoy your day off after the meet. We WILL be having an evening practice on Thursday and a morning practice on Friday. There will also be NO PRACTICE ON FRIDAY, JULY 27! Coach Andersen will be out of town for personal reason.

With the rest of our meets this season on a Tuesday, the following schedule changes will be made:
Monday: Morning and Evening Practices!
Tuesday: Morning Only!
Wednesday: Evening Only!
Thursday: Morning and Evening!
Friday: Morning and Evening!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

The Meet is ON!

Ok everyone, it looks like we've dodged most of the worst weather and it will stay to the west of us in time to get the meet run and done!
Parent, please plan on volunteering in some manner so we can get finished in enough time this evening for everyone to get home safely.
There is still some chance of rain, so please be prepared in the event it does sprinkle on us this evening.

See you at the meet!

Weather Forecast for Thursday

I just wanted to make everyone aware of the weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow by sharing the NOAA outlook.

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=NCZ504&warncounty=NCC023&firewxzone=NCZ504&local_place1=&product1=Hazardous+Weather+Outlook

I'll keep you updated as we prepare to the meet tomorrow evening.

Wednesday Practice CANCELED! MEET TOMORROW!

Practice tonight has been canceled due to inclement weather.

Please be at the meet tomorrow in time for 5pm warm-ups. We are expecting rain, but short of continued thunder and lightning, we will be having the meet. Should we cancel, please be sure to check here for updates!
Parents, please plan on helping out in one capacity or another during the meet!

We'll see everyone tomorrow.