Another great week to be a Shark! Lots of teamwork was required for Thursday’s win over SPRA! Congratulations team, you did it! It was great to see you cheering each other on, getting best times and shaking hands at the end of your races! A special THANK YOU to all our parent volunteers! We have the best parents around. It is really great to have so many helping hands at the meet!
Monday, July 17th:
- Delgrosso’s Day: NO AM or PM Practice!
- We’ll be providing ice cream sandwiches for our swimmers and their families during our day of fun on Monday, July 17th at Delgrosso’s. We meet at 2:00pm on the water park side to enjoy our cool treats together. Please RSVP so we have enough ice cream for your family next Monday!! Don’t forget that you can get your discount tickets from the CRPR office this week! Get excited!!!
Tuesday, July 18th:
- Welch Coffee Morning! Bring your Welch Cup!
- Post Card Addressing!
- We have a tradition of writing and sending post cards to teammates the last week of practice to get excited for Champs, but you don’t have to be going to Champs to participate!
- Tuesday and Wednesday we will address a post card to yourself! At the meet on Thursday there will be a table that you can pick a postcard and write a message to a teammate! We will mail them out on Friday!!
- Champs sign-ups will be posted at practice near the flag pole
- Sign up before July 20th
- Tuesday, July 25th – Big Kid Champs at Park Forest (11 and older)
- Thursday, July 27th Little Kid Champs at Penns Valley (10 and younger)
- Swimmers may swim up to four events, maximum of three individual events.
- Coaches will determine relays.
- If you have competed in two swim meets this summer you qualify for Champs!
- Championships are for EVERYONE!!! Sign up by Thursday, July 20th
- If you are traveling this week but can make it to Champs next please email Coach Marion your events! There will be no adds after the CPSL deadline of Friday at 5PM.
- Sign up before July 20th
Thursday, July 20th: Home Swim Meet vs Penns Valley
- Morning Practice:
- Cereal Breakfast Snack – We need a few parents to help, please sign up here!
- Afternoons of meet days are great for some down time and rest. Stay hydrated and eat some healthy carbs to have some good energy for the meet!
- Meet Details – HOME vs Penns Valley:
- Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, July 19th at practice. The meet lineup will be posted Thursday morning at practice—changes are accepted until 10:00am.
- Pizza Pre-Order: Pre-order your pizza(s) for your family at the meet!
- Place your order by Wednesday, July 19th at 10am!
- 5:30pm pickup at the concession stand on meet day!
- Fresh concessions food donations needed
- Meet Volunteers needed
- Meet Times:
- Arrive: 4:45pm
- Warm Ups: 5:00pm
- Team Meeting: 5:35pm
- Meet Starts: 6:00pm
- Meet Theme: Pajama Night – this is for swimmers and parents!
- Writing Team Postcard Station!
- Team Apparel Sale 6:00-7:30pm near the lifeguard table. This is the last time it will be out this season!
Friday, July 21st:
- Modified practice times
Looking Ahead:
- Champs are coming up!
- Tuesday, July 25th – Big Kid Champs at Park Forest (11 and older)
- Thursday, July 27th Little Kid Champs at Penns Valley (10 and younger)
- Please sign up to volunteer at the Champs meets!
- Team Celebration Brunch and Awards, Friday July 28th 8:30-10:30 at Welch Pool
- Join us for a fun morning as we celebrate a great season!
- The Team will supply juice, paper goods, and dessert.
- Families are asked to bring an individually packed breakfast item to share that will serve 12-15 hungry swimmers:
- A–H: Breakfast muffins or coffee cake
- I-Q: Individual Quiches
- R–Z: Fruit, Fruit Cup, Jello Cup or Yogurt
- We want everyone to attend!
- Please RSVP!!
- Check out these cool CRPR events happening at Welch: Youth Triathlon!
- CRPR is also offering an Adult Swim Meet on Saturday, August 5th at Welch
See you at the pool! Let’s go Sharks!
Coach Marion