Sugarwood Stingrays

3 swim meets in the next 9 days, lots of information in this and forthcoming emails. please read and remember to communicate with Meet Director and Coaches regarding their emails.

6/05/17  Monday           REGULAR  Practice schedule

6/06/17 Tuesday           REGULAR  Practice schedule

6/06/17 Thursday          Meet #1 HOME(6:00 PM) Red/Black Intra Squad Meet – SEE BELOW TIMETABLE

6/07/17 Wednesday      REGULAR  Practice schedule

6/08/17 Thursday          REGULAR  Practice schedule  - NO LITTLE RAY PRACTICE !!!!!

6/08/17 Thursday          Meet #2 HOME(6:00 PM) Tellico Village Swim Team (TVST) – SEE BELOW TIMETABLE

6/09/17 Friday               FUN FRIDAY – 10 and unders (10:00am-11-00am)  11 and UPS (11:00am – 12:00pm)

 

SWSR vs SWSR - RED & BLACK ​swim meet timetable (TUESDAY)​

3:00 PM  Parking attendants need to be in position setting up cones & directing vehicles

3:00 PM Pool Set-up begins outside the fence

3:30 PM Pool Set-up begins inside the fence once pool closes- Parent Volunteers who signed up to help set-up pool arrive

4:30 PM SWSR swimmers arrive and CHECK-IN

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM-Individual pictures(optional) go online to pre-order​(https://preorder.groupphotographers.com/?wo=950919)

5:00 PM TEAM PHOTO - all swimmers to participate

5:15 PM SWSR warm-ups

5:45 PM Swimmers meet with coaches for meet training​

5:45 PM  Parent Workers meet with referee for meet training

5:55 PM National Anthem and Swimmers Prayer

6:00 PM Swim Meet STARTS

8:00 PM Senior age swimmer, VS coaches, stingray alumni, parent RELAY challenge

8:30 PM(or right after completion of swim meet)  SWSR invades Sonic to celebrate the Swim Meet.

SWIM MEET REMINDERS

• The paved parking is reserved for the disabled and Senior (65+) visitors.

• Everyone is expected to park in the grassy areas around the pool as directed by our Swim Team Parking attendants.  Also note it is important that you back in your vehicle to the parking spot identified for your vehicle by the parking attendant.  Doing this will help with safety of children and your leaving after the swim meet when it is dark.

Be on time or be early!!!!

Below is the list of people signed up to help SET-UP the Pool.

Mike Lewis

Lisa Woody

Anita Dresen

SWSR needs 2 or 3 more individuals that can come early and helps set-up

ANYONE ELSE THAT CAN COME EARLY AND HELP IS APPRECIATED

 

Below is the list of people signed up to help TAKEDOWN the Pool.

Allen Haynes

Mary Helen Story

SWSR needs 3 or 4 more individuals that can stay after the meet and help.

ANYONE ELSE WANTING TO HELP BEFORE OR AFTER THE MEET ARE ALWAYS NEEDED.

 

Top Ten Parent Reminders

1. Parents - Be on time it is vital to the team function.

2. Parking - park in the grass on the east side of the pool and follow the parking attendants directions.  DO NOT park on the subdivision streets or the street leading to the pool.

3. Parents - Come to the meet ready to help.  If your family has swimmers swimming in the swim meet it is expected that a parent will be working one shift of the swim meet.  The stingray nation always participates as a team, if it has been determined that swimmers have been dropped off at a swim meet with no parent participation, the team will have to remove the swimmer from the line-up and the swimmer will not be allowed to participate.  Typically, we do not have a problem with this but I do want to make sure the Stingray Nation understands.  Those parents willing to work double shifts are very much appreciated and true to the stingray spirit of "stepping up" when needed.

4. Parents - If you are a new family in the stingray nation this year, please ASK questions.  Things move fast and can be confusing for anyone not familiar with a swim meet event.  Every family on the stingrays at one time was new to the stingrays.

5. Parents - come ready to place your swimmers in the ready bench area when it is their time to swim.  If a swimmers misses an event it is NOT the parent workers fault.  The parent workers are there to help facilitate the swim meet not find your swimmers.

6. Parents - prepare your swimmers to listen to the events being called and teach them about the layout of the pool and were the ready bench is when they hear their event being called to report to the Clerk of Course(Ready Bench).

7. Parents (especially VETERAN families) pick out a new family and mentor them.

8. Parents bring lots of PATIENCE everything will not run smoothly there are always situations that develop that takes time to communicate, train, and respond.

9. Parents during the mock meet try worker positions you may have NEVER done before if anything just to try it,  this Thursdays meet is to TEACH you as much as to TEACH the swimmers what occurs during a swim meet.

10. Do what Stingrays do HAVE FUN AND SWIM FAST!!!!!!!

 

SWSR vs TVST swim meet timetable (THURSDAY)

3:00 PM  Parking attendants need to be in position setting up cones & directing vehicles

3:00 PM Pool Set-up begins outside the fence

3:30 PM Pool Set-up begins inside the fence once pool closes- Parent Volunteers who signed up to help set-up pool arrive

4:30 PM SWSR swimmers arrive and CHECK-IN

5:00 PM SWSR warm-ups

5:30 PM visiting team warm-ups

5:45 PM FIRST shift workers meeting at Scorer’s tent

5:55 PM National Anthem and Swimmers Prayer

6:00 PM Swim Meet STARTS

9:00 PM(or right after completion of swim meet)  SWSR invades Sonic to celebrate the Swim Meet

 

REMEMBER – each family review Coach’s email and reply to her as she instructed

REMEMBER – each family MUST review the MEET DIRECTORS email and reply to them if correction is needed regarding your parent volunteer position!!!

 

Remember your points of contact for the 2017 team this year.

All swimmer related items email to Coach Allison Carbaugh [email protected] 

All Parent Volunteer related items email to meet directors

Louise Povlin – [email protected](meet director for Red/Black swim meet)

Susan Horn - [email protected](meet director for TVST swim meet)

 

Please check out the swim team website for all kinds of good info at https://sugarwoodstingrays.swim-team.us/

Or

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=354738444997&ref=ts

weekly new photos are posted to the website and weekly information is transmitted on facebook.

 

Important upcoming dates

6/13/17 Tuesday          Meet #3 AWAY (6:00 PM) Maryville Alcoa Flying Dolphins Swim Team (MAFD)

6/20/17 Tuesday          Meet #4 AWAY (6:00 PM) Bennington Farrington Swim Team (BFST)

6/26/17 Monday          SMI and CITY MEET Registration Form DEADLINE

 

Summation

160 swimmers (50 new)

90 families  (30 new)

180 parents

80 worker positions per shift to be filled

1 head coaches

3 assistant coaches

1 meet director

1 president

Controlled Stingray chaos!!!!!!!

Stingray Nation has been doing this for 18 years so let's continue the great tradition as TEAM.

Its a lot of fun when we all get on board and participate.

Just remember I got my start with STINGRAY NATION parking cars and I loved that job.  No position is to difficult to do as long as you are willing to do something, which is what the Stingray Nation is all about.

Lastly bring a black sharpie, this is family equipment #1 for a swim meet.

 

RAYS IN THE WATER

Chet Carbaugh

SWSR President

865-388-8201