Hello Sharks!

Here we are, just one day away from Meet#3! We host Riverside Streaks on Tuesday June 8. Sharks arrive on deck at 4pm, warmups at 4:30pm and meet starts at 5:30pm. Please make sure you have signed up for a volunteer job. Our timeline for the meet is based on a lot of factors including weather, number of athletes, equipment, etc… The finish time of 7pm for the first shift is an estimate. The actual finish time is at the halfway mark of the meet, which is at the conclusion of event #42, 11/12 Boys 25Backstroke. If you know that you are not able to stay to the end of event #42, please do not sign up as a timer. Timers are critical to the meet. Without timers, the meet cannot proceed. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

A note from our Volunteer Coordinators, Katy Barnes and Alison Strok- “Thanks to ALL the volunteers at the Chastain meet. Your collective positive attitude among the chaos is greatly appreciated! We wanted to send out a special thanks to those families who provided two volunteers during the meet and those who stepped up to fill in empty spots at the last minute- and those who volunteered for both the 1st half and 2nd half- you all are awesome! We also want to give a shout out to some super volunteers who went above and beyond to help at the meet- Ryan Germany, Angie Nix, and Tony & Lizzi Winter!”

Yes, the weather forecast for tomorrow evening is for a typical summer evening in Atlanta with potential rain and thunderstorms.  Our swim team season is fast, we simply do not have a lot of options for re-scheduling a meet due to weather.  We do everything in our power to get the meet in on the scheduled date.  Some rainy meet tips-  pack light and in ziploc bags.  The one and two gallon size ziploc bags are great for swim meets.  Bring only what you need for the swim meet to on deck.  Leave your dry clothes and back-up dry towels in your car.  Come with a rain jacket and a great attitude.  If parents come with a positive, "can-do" attitude, our Sharks will follow your example and be the same.

Coming up this week:

Monday June 7, we will offer our regular morning practice and an optional evening practice. Evening practice is for those swimmers that are missing morning practices due to summer day camp, other sports or obligations. 

Tuesday June 8, regular morning practice. Home meet vs Riverside.

Wednesday June 9, regular morning practice.

Thursday June 10, regular morning practice and optional evening practice. At morning practice we will have our 2021 Team Photo taken at 9:30am. The photographers will be there at 8:30am to begin taking family, sibling or group photos. We hope that every Shark can be there at 9:15am to start lining up for our team photo. Wear your swim team suit or any swimsuit and your 2021 Roxboro Sharks t-shirt. We will have practice on a shortened and modified schedule. 6U 8-8:30am, 7/8 8:30-9:15am, 9/10 9:45-10:20am, 11up 10-10:50am.  PhotoVentures has been the Roxboro Sharks team photo photographer for many years. They offer a quality product for a reasonable price. I have attached the order form if you would like to purchase the team photo, family or sibling photos, bag tags or more. One very special request- just like many of our small company friends, PhotoVentures suffered a significant loss of business in 2020 due to the pandemic shut down. I am asking you to refrain from taking a private photo with your camera or phone when the team is lined up for our team photo. If you want to have a team photo for your personal collection, I am asking you to purchase one from PhotoVentures for $15. Thank you.

Friday June 11, 6U Mini Meet and FUN FRIDAY! During our regular morning practice we will have our 6U Mini Meet and Fun Friday for the other age groups. For those older Sharks, you probably remember game day was the morning after a meet. This season due to pool logistics, coaches’ availability and other factors, we have moved this weekly event to Fridays. We still have fun in the water with our coaches, we still have ribbons from that week’s meet, we still have munchkins… just on Friday mornings. Thank you for your understanding.

Looking ahead, we will have our annual LapAthon benefitting the Aflac Children's Cancer Center at CHoA during regular morning practice on Thursday June 17. I have attached a pledge form. Your swimmers can solicit per lap pledges or a flat donation. Every dollar raised will be matched by the Roxboro Sharks Swim Team. Each age group will participate. We realize many of our 6U’s may only swim 10 laps with help from a coach in a practice, and that is awesome! Every lap counts! Every lap makes a difference!

June/Morning practice schedule. We will take Monday, May 31 OFF for Memorial Day. We move to morning practices on Tuesday June 01. We will practice every Monday-Friday morning.

June/Evening practice schedule. We will offer optional evening practices on Mondays and Thursdays in June. June 07, June 10, June 14, June 17.

As always, any questions- please ask.

Jennifer Entrekin

Sharks Swim Team Manager