Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Directions to McDowell, Sign up for Granite Falls, and Picture Day!

Tomorrow night is our first meet of the season. Please plan to be at the McDowell pool by 5:15 so you can be ready to  warm-up at 5:30.

Directions to McDowell: Take I-40 West to Exit 86 (Marion/Shelby exit). Turn right at the end of the ramp. Stay on this road until you come to the second stoplight. Turn right on Rutherfordton Rd. Rutherfordton Rd. takes you to Main Street. Go around the curve. The road will widen. Go straight. At the fourth stoplight, turn left on Court St. Go down a hill. Take the second right on Academy St. The pool is on the hill on the left.

Also, our meet for Tuesday, June 23rd is against Granite Falls at home. Please take a moment Friday or Monday at the latest to sign up for the meet. If you don't sign up, we can't guarantee splashes at the meet.

Finally, on Friday, July 24, we will have our team picture. We will do this prior to our spaghetti potluck, so please don't be any later than 5pm.

See everyone tomorrow!

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Take us out to the Ballgame!

Good evening, Torpedo Family!

Last summer, we were able to raise funds for most of the new lane lines for the pool. We are still working to get our last several lane lines and a new line reel, which is roughly $2,400 total. We are going to work this year to finish the campaign we started last year.

The Hickory Crawdads have partnered with us to help raise money for VTST this summer through ticket pre-sales for a home game on July 17th against the Augusta GreenJackets. The game starts at 7pm at Hickory's L.P. Frans stadium.

Swimmers should be able to begin selling tickets on their own beginning June 8th. Find Coach Andersen to figure out how many tickets you might want to sell ahead of time to family, friends, and acquaintances. Also, we will sell tickets during the home meets on June 23 (vs. Granite Falls), June 30 (vs. Black Mountain and Transylvania), and July 14 (vs. Forest City).

We encourage all of our swimmers, their families, and friends to plan to attend the game, even those participating in the Sprint/Distance Meet the next morning, July 18. Let's make it a great outing!