Howdy Rattlesnakes Family,

Woo Hoo, what a great day it turned out to be on Saturday! The crazy weather held out and we were able to have a successful day of Time Trials! The absolute best part of Saturday was seeing so many young swimmers swim off the blocks with a buzzer start for the first time with such bravery and courage. I also had the privilege to witness many older swimmers being helpful and leading the younger kids throughout the meet. I already cannot wait for our first official meet this Saturday, but first we have work to put in at practice this week.

Here are a couple helpful things to know for the next few days:

-Individual pictures are this Thursday from 4-6 PM, I'm sure the line is going to be long and may take time, so please be patient while you wait for your child's picture to be taken. 

Don't forget to sign your child up on Swimtopia by Wednesday at 8 PM for this week's swim meet!! 

We will be hosting our first home meet this Saturday, and it will be an early one!

UPDATES:

Our swim meets are only possible with the help of our amazing volunteers and without each of your help and support we wouldn't be able to host any home swim meets. With that being said, we are short many volunteers for this Saturday's meet!!

All families need to complete 6 shifts of a volunteer position. (If you are on a committee, you do not need volunteer shifts.)

Home meets are an opportunity to pick up additional shifts and our meets end at noon. Once you have your 6 shifts for the season, you can chill! Please keep in mind, if we do not have appropriate coverage for our 2nd shift for volunteers, we will make timers a "first come first served" sign up at Circle in on Saturday morning. So please, sign up for a 2nd shift Timer slot to help the team out. We will also move our scribes to a timing position if we cannot get coverage for the 2nd shifts below.

VOLUNTEER SHIFTS NEEDED: (All are second shift)

10: Shift 2 timers

1: Shift 2 ready bench

2: Shift 2 scribes

REMINDERS:

5/11 VS Woodlands Hurricanes Meet details:

*Circle in (Swimmers and Volunteers): 6:15am at the Rattlesnakes Tent

*Rattlesnakes Warm Up: 6:45am-7:15am

*Meet start: 8:00am

*Meet should finish 12-12:20pm

(lots of details below - pls read!)

*To help you feed/ caffeinate your brood, we will have our own concessions table (Rudy's Breakfast burritos, drinks and snacks) and Vertex Coffee truck available!  Please support both as we will benefit financially with the sales from both. (our vendor is giving back a portion of their sales to our team!) Credit cards accepted

*Know your volunteer roles and if you are available to help any extra, please email Sara Arnold, our VP & Volunteer coordinator at [email protected].

*Our team set up area is located in the parking lot by the circle drive. Please set up as close to swimming pool park entrance and allow the area that is along Candy Cane Lane for the Hurricanes to set up.

*Do not set up within the gates of the pool area, please.

*Be respectful of landscaping, please.

*We will have a spectator viewing area. The deck will be closed to spectators. Only swimmers, coaches and volunteers are allowed on deck. Please enter the spectator viewing area to watch your swimmer and return to the set up after their race.

*Parking:

There will be 3 lots available for parking: Water park, playground and tennis courts.

*You may not park in the VFW parking lot.*

We are asking all Rattlesnakes Families to park in the WATER PARK lot.

We will have traffic coordinators to assist in the morning.

We do not have loading/ unloading zone so please be considerate of ample pedestrian movement the morning of the meet.

WE ARE ASKING FOR CONSOLIDATION OF CARS- Pls do not bring two cars if you can as our parking is limited.

WE ARE ASKING for you to partner with other RS families for tent set up due to space restrictions. We only have the circle drive parking lot to set up in. Please work with RS team members to share tents as we will be squeezed in tight with Imperial Oaks also setting up their tents here.

Lastly, please prepare for a fun meet! Set your alarm clocks....pack the bags on Friday night...it will be an early morning!

This is a competitive team and we need all of our swimmers and volunteers well rested and ready to....

SWIM FAST & FURIOUS!!!

See you at the pool!

Courtney Johnston

Secretary