Racer Families,

We are hosting the Bedford Sharks tomorrow, Tuesday, July 17th. Please arrive between 4:30-4:45pm and be ready to warm up at 5pm. This is our final meet of the 2018 summer league swim season!

Also, we are watching Coco after morning practice in the clubhouse, so bring a lunch or money to purchase snacks. I would like to ask that if you stay to watch the movie, please try to clean up as much as you can when the movie ends.

Weather:
The weather forecast is not looking great for tomorrow.We will monitor what happens throughout the day and try to send out information via the Remind app as well as email.We have been quite lucky this year with the weather, so of course we were due for one night where the weather looks like it is not going to cooperate. IF we are not able to get the meet in on Tuesday, we will be preparing to have our meet on Wednesday. We are planting the seed early since it takes a lot of volunteers to host a meet and we are obligated to provide enough home meet volunteers. We have had many families do more than their fare share of volunteer jobs, so we hope we can count on the continued generosity of volunteer manpower from our team should we need to postpone our meet until Wednesday.

Having said that, we are going to prepare for Tuesday and cross our fingers.

Parking:
Parking is going to be tight. If you live in the area and can either walk or carpool, those options are highly recommended. We let our visiting team park in our parking lot. We NO LONGER are able to park on the main part of the soccer field. The Falls River HOA is no longer allowing us to park there. We will need to park on the street wherever possible (without obstructing the townhomes on Southwalk). The other option is to drop off your items and swimmers and park at the Falls River Shopping Center and walk to the pool.

Concessions:
Please consider purchasing Marco’s pizza (cheese or pepperoni for $2 a slice) or Chick-Fil-A sandwiches ($5 each) from our snack bar as part of our swim team fundraising efforts. Kona Ice will also be in the parking lot.

Set up at the Pool/Seating:
Our team generally sets up on the far side of the pool (closest to the playground) so that our visitors can set up on the side of the pool near the bathrooms. Please bring folding chairs, as there are usually not enough seats to accommodate everyone at the lap lane pool. It is important to remind the younger swimmers that the slide pool and playground are closed to Racers swim team members. Kid pushers should not have to go on a search to locate their swimmers.

Volunteers:
If you are assigned to work this meet, please check in upon arrival with our Volunteer Coordinator, Beth Sciaudone on the covered porch when you arrive. There will be a meeting for timers, place judges, stroke and turn judges and TSA Reps at 5:40pm on the covered porch.

Free Italian Ice:
Laster Orthodontics, one of our swim team sponsors has offered to pay for Sunset Slush Italian Ices for members of both swim teams.The carts will be outside of the entrance of our pool (curbside – where our food trucks usually park.) We ask that swimmers not get their treat until after our team has finished warm up. Please instruct swimmers to only go to the Sunset Slush cart once. There needs to be enough for both teams and we want to be gracious when receiving this nice treat from Dr. Laster. If you see him on the deck, please thank him for his generosity through the years!

Also, I have received many emails with numbers for the banquet. Thank you for sending that in so that I can have a more accurate count when ordering the food. You can continue to bring in the money for the banquet and coaches’ gifts through Wednesday. The most pressing matter was headcount by Tuesday at 12 noon.

See you all tomorrow night! Go RACERS!

Terry