Howdy Rattlesnake Families!

We hope you had a fantastic weekend!

This is a very important email ..please read!

CONGRATS to our 11 & up swimmers for injecting the venom into the barracudas this weekend at our first home meet!!  Thank you swimmers, Coaches, parents and all volunteers for making this a super fantastic meet!

Final score was: RS 489-- FOST 367!

*10 & under swimmers: SIGN UP for individual events vs. Spring Creek Dolphins (5/29 meet) by this Wednesday at 8pm* - If your swimmer is not attending, please log in and declare "not attending this meet"-

Invitationals:

It is the time of year when we look towards our mid-season invitational and post-season invitationals!  Our mid season invitational is Sprint Sizzler and our two post season  invitationals are Trinity and Ponderosa.   These are OPTIONAL.  You may opt to participate or not. Each of these have a fee associated with each event you elect to sign your swimmer up for. Relays are paid for by the Rattlesnake team if your swimmer is chosen to participate in one.  The fees may be different for each invitational, so please make note when you are signing up on our website and be prepared to make payment at the time of sign up.   NOTE: The Sprint Sizzler is an additional opportunity for your swimmer to achieve a qualifying time for post season invitationals.  Invitationals are a great team building day and provides lots of fun for all participants!

Sprint Sizzler Mid-Season Invitational: The informational flyer is attached, but you may also view invitational information on www.nwal.org.  PLEASE READ FOR DETAILS

 Registration is currently open on the Calendar under "6/6 Sprint Sizzler".

*  REGISTRATION CLOSES THIS WEDNESDAY 5/26 AT 8PM FOR SPRINT SIZZLER individual events- payment due at registration *

Trinity & Ponderosa are post season invitationals and your swimmer must achieve qualifying times to enter the events.  Please read the attached flyers for more information.  We are NOT opening registration for these currently.  We will send an additional announcement when they are open.*

Swim-a-thon:

 Swim-a-thon is the only mandatory fundraiser that our Rattlesnakes Swim Team has during our season. Swim-a-thon is scheduled for:

* June 8 from 8:00 am-10:00 am for 10 and under (no 11 & up practice) 

 *June 9 from 8:00-am-10:00 am for 11 and up (no 10 & under practice). 

Swimmers gather pledges from friends and family per lap that they swim or there is a buyout option of $35 for an individual swimmer or $50 for a family buyout. 

You will be receiving a digital pledge form this week to begin collecting pledges.

 Please make sure your pledge donations equal or exceed the buyout amount for your family. There will be a raffle held at our end of the year get together, and the more your family raises, the more chances you have to win!  This is also a super fun event for the swimmers and one you wont want to miss!

We are looking forward to a fantastic week at practice!

 See you at the pool tomorrow!