Hello Stingray Families & Happy Mother's Day!

It's time to Dive In! Can you believe that summer swim team starts THIS WEEK! Our coaches could not be more excited. We have already registered over 130 swimmers and more are joining us each day. We have no doubt that we will have another FUN season with some fast swimming! We really enjoyed getting to see a lot of families (both returning and new) at the Kick-Off Meet and Greet last Thursday! We appreciated The Habit Burger for hosting the team for a spirit night afterwards too. For those who were not able to attend, I have attached the handouts of upcoming important dates and what we covered in our New Parent meeting. If anyone has questions about either, please let us know!

On to the updates for the week:

Merchandise: TODAY is the deadline for our first round of orders. You may place orders after today, however they won't arrive by the first swim meet. We will place a final order in a couple of weeks. Order Here: https://waterford.swimtopia.com/shop

Practices Start this week: PUP Camp will kick-off tomorrow and Tuesday and then we invite ALL of our swimmers back in the pool Wednesday evening! We are keeping an eye on the weather for Monday and will communicate if there will be any changes. Please have your swimmer(s) wear their swimsuit, with clothes over their suit. If we cannot swim, we will practice dryland and coach-led activities on the pool deck! Also, bring or wear tennis shoes, a towel, water bottle and goggles! Remember that your swimmer will practice & compete with the age group they signed up with at registration. If your swimmer has a summer birthday, the cut-off for birthdays is June 1, 2023. No exceptions can be made this season, as this is a Greater Forsyth Swim League rule. Below is the schedule until June 12th and we have reattached the season's calendars:

6&Under: 5:30pm-6:15pm

7-10 years: 5:30pm-6:30pm

11&Up: 6:35pm-7:35pm

*We also understand that a lot of spring sports and activities are wrapping up and don't except our swimmers to attend everyday while they finish up their other commitments!

Registration Ends May 25th: Friendly reminder that the last day to register for the team is May 25th. No exceptions will be made after May 25th. https://waterford.swimtopia.com/register/75654/mainPool Membership Reminder: Please be sure that you have become a member of the Waterford pool. This is a requirement by the GSFL. As registration closes on May 25th, pool management will begin reaching out to those paid Swim Team members, who still need to pay their membership. https://waterfordclemmons.com/waterford-poolConcession Donations: Each year, we sell concessions at our swim meets. We ask that families contribute drinks for us to sell at the meets. This is done alphabetically. Last Names beginning with A-R are asked to bring a 12-pack of name brand soda (Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, etc). Last names beginning S-Z are asked to provide a pack of 12 oz-sized Gatorade bottles (not the big bottles). Donations are asked to be provided by May 31st. Please write your last name and Stingrays on the donation, so they don't get mixed up with the pool's concession stand. We appreciate your contribution! Flier attached with more details. Swimsuit Swap: For swim meets, we ask that swimmers compete in a solid black swimsuit with no logos from other teams if possible! We know that our swimmers also grow like weeds between seasons and need to size up most summers. If anyone has any black swimsuits or jammers/briefs that their children have outgrown, we would love to collect those and pass along to those who need one! Plus, it always feels oh-so-good to purge! Enfinity Stroke Clinic: Each summer, we try to provide information from the year-round program swim teams (ENFINITY, TYDE and the like)! Attached is a flyer about a Stroke Clinic that the Enfinity program will be hosting. If your swimmer is interested, please check it out! Ribbons from last season: Believe or not, we still have some ribbons from last summer! We'd love to get these in the swimmers hands within the first couple of weeks of practice and then we will be clearing them out to get ready for this season. Missed last week's communication, or need a reminder about what was said previously - You can find those emails here, or reach out to us: https://waterford.swimtopia.com/news

Can't wait to see you on the pool deck this week. Go Stingrays!

- Waterford Stingrays Swim Team Committee