Happy Monday, Sharks!

Can you believe that this is our last week of dual meets?  This season is just flying past, but you know what they say... "Time flies when you're having fun"!  There is important information in here about CHAMPIONSHIPS and other events we are moving into.  PLEASE READ THE WHOLE THING!!!  Here is the schedule for the week:

• Monday- Practice
• Tuesday- Practice
• Wednesday- AWAY meet vs. Monmouth Heights Stingrays
• Thursday- Practice
• Friday- SILLY OLYMPICS (YAY!!)
• Saturday- HOME meet vs. Hazlet Hammerheads

LOST AND FOUND

We have put up a new page on our website... Lost and Found.  These are items that we know for sure were left behind by our Sharks Swimmers.  Please take a look and see if anything belongs to your family.  See a parent rep at practice to reclaim your things :-)

MEETS THIS WEEK

Our final 2 dual meets will take place this week.  On Wednesday we will swim against Monmouth Heights at THEIR pool.  Please note that this is the FREEHOLD location as there are multiple Monmouth Heights Swim Clubs in the area..  The Monmouth Heights Swim Club is located at 650 Elton Adelphia Rd.  We still have a 45 swimmers not declared for this meet!  PLEASE DECLARE ASAP!!  This meet is a 4:15pm arrival time!  Warmups begin at 4:45.  Please do not be late!

On Saturday, we will have our last dual meet AT HOME against the Hazlet Hammerheads.  We still have a 53 swimmers not declared for this meet! This will be a 7:15 arrival at the FREEHOLD OUTDOOR POOL CLUB.

VOLUNTEERING & WORKBONDS

We still have volunteer jobs available for the remaining meet and activities!  If you do not meet your volunteer requirement, you will not get back your workbond.  Please sign up ASAP.  If you have completed your volunteer requirement, please REMOVE YOURSELF from any future assignments to give a fair chance to all to complete their required points.  If no one claims those spots, feel free to jump back in when we put out the all-call.  There will be volunteer opportunities at championships as well!  If you have completed your volunteer requirement, see a parent rep at practice to reclaim your workbond.  THANK YOU!!

SILLY OLYMPICS

Friday is our annual Silly Olympics! Please note the change in practice times. Our team is broken into 10 and Under and 11 and Over swimmers. Each group will have a 90 minute Silly Olympics session on Friday. Attendance is not mandatory, but the event has been a super fun one in the past! There will be games, races, prizes... it is a good time for our swimmers to have a little fun before the Championships push! 10 and Under session is from 4:45-6:15. The 11 and Over session will be from 6:15-7:45. No extra gear or team suit is required.  You can declare on Swimtopia, just like a regular meet :-)

CHAMPIONSHIPS

Both championships meets are open and available for registration! Champs works a little differently... your swimmer gets to choose in which events he or she would like to swim. There is a $5 entry fee to participate and then each event and relay is $5. You may select up to 3 individual events and 2 relays for your swimmer. There is no TIME requirement for the championship, however... your swimmer must have a legal time (not a DQ) during the season. For example:  Your swimmer has tried the breaststroke and butterfly at a meet but has gotten DQ'd both times. He cannot choose those events for champs. He can swim the FREE and BACK and the FREE RELAY. That would be 3X$5 plus the $5 entry fee. Your total entry fee will be $20. ALL ENTRY FEES MUST BE PAID BY CASH, CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO CASH OR VENMO. Entries are due Saturday, July 18th!! IF YOU DO NOT DECLARE, YOUR SWIMMER WILL NOT SWIM... NO EXCEPTIONS! Please see a parent rep at practice if you have any questions. This is a FAST turnaround! If paying by Venmo, please note that the payment is for CHAMPIONSHIPS!

COACHES' GIFT

Please consider contributing to the coaches' gift fund.  Our coaches have worked so hard to make this season memorable for your swimmers.  Let's show them how much we appreciate all that they do.  We have 18 coaches total (9 paid and 9 volunteer).  Please give whatever amount your family is comfortable giving :-)  Cash, check made out to cash or Venmo @nmidura.  PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS FOR COACHES' GIFT in the notation field!

PIZZA PARTY!

Our annual end of the year team party will take place on Tuesday, July 28th from 6-8PM at the Freehold YMCA Outdoor Pool.  We will have the whole swim club to ourselves to celebrate one last time as a family.  All awards won at Championships will be distributed at this event.  There is a declaration open so that we know how much pizza to order :-)

SUMMER LEAGUE A PALOOZA TRI-MEET

You can now declare your swimmer for the Summer League a Palooza swim meet!! This will be a fun Y of the Jersey Shore summer league teams meet and will be held on Saturday, August 1st. If your swimmer is interested in year-round club swimming, this would be a good meet to attend.  This meet will take place at the Old Bridge YMCA, located at 1 Marino Park Drive in Old Bridge.  It will be an indoor meet with (optional) block starts. Warmups will begin around 8:30AM. More details will follow!

SEE YOU AT THE POOL!!