Racer Families,

I cannot believe that we are nearing the end of our season. We have had a great season so far with 3 wins and 2 losses. We have one final regular season meet next Tuesday at home against our neighbors, the Bedford Sharks. We also have 34 swimmers attending the North Raleigh Champs swim meet at Ravenscroft on Sunday where we are looking to bring home a big trophy.  Before we put this season in the books, we need to celebrate.  We like to do that at our awards banquet and dinner.  

Banquet Details/RSVP:
Please join us on Thursday, July 19^th beginning at 5:30pm for dinner (it takes a while to get through the food line,  so be patient.) Awards will begin around 6:30pm and usually finish by 8:30pm.

In order to RSVP, please see the front gate attendant or email Terry.  The cost of attendance is $3 per person with a maximum cost of $10 per family (1 person is $3; 2 people $6; 3 people $9; 4 + people $10). I need the final headcount and payment for the banquet by next Tuesday, July 17^th.

Payment can be either cash or check (made out to Terry Perrone). Even if you are not able to attend, please either send me a quick email or tell the front gate attendant 0 for number attending. We use this information to order the food and I want to make sure that we have enough food ordered.

Please feel free to dress casually or in your suit if you would like to take a dip in the pool at some point. We hold our awards outside on the upper deck of the lap lane pool after everyone has eaten. You can bring folding chairs or have your swimmers bring towels to sit on during the awards portion of the banquet. We give out many awards including awards selected by the coaches, Most Valuable Swimmer in each age group and gender, the High Point Award, Most Improved swimmer awards, Best All-Around Swimmer and the coveted paper plate awards that are crafted by our coaches. If you are unable to attend the banquet, your swimmer’s awards and any swim ribbons from the season will be in the clubhouse for you to pick up next time you are the pool.

The Food/Sponsors:
We are fortunate enough to have PDQ cater for us again this year and some additional food offerings from Pressed and dessert from City BBQ. Some of our sponsors will be in attendance, so if you are able, please let them know how appreciative you are of their support of our swim team. Any positive feedback they get could help sway them to sponsor us again in the future. As one of our very astute swimmers pointed out at one of our tougher meets, if there was a competition for who has the most sponsors, our team wins hands down! I laughed at this but was also proud that it did not go unnoticed that we have a lot of community support. This is due in part to several of our Racer families with businesses that choose to support our team as well as the commitment by both Liz Miller and myself to talking up our team to local businesses.

Slide Show:
Any photographs of swimmers from practice or meets that you would like to share with us can be emailed to Tami Oden. The slideshow will be on a loop playing in the clubhouse as you are getting dinner, so please be sure to thank Tami for the wonderful care she puts into creating this for our team year after year.

Donations for Coaches’ Gifts:
As always we like to send our coaches off for the summer with a show of appreciation for the season. We had a large team this year and required a large coaching staff. If you would like to contribute to the Coaches’ gift fund, you can give any amount you feel obliged to give to me (Terry Perrone), Beth Sciaudone, Heather Roberts or you can drop it off with Liz Miller in the club office or give to the front gate attendant.

I think that about covers it for now.

Go RACERS!

Terry