Good Morning Stingray Families!

We have made it to July! This has been such a wonderful season and it is crazy to think there are only 10 days left of it! Below is the remaining schedule for the season, our end of season party info and a few other things! 

Monday, July 3^rd: AM & PM (sign-up only) Practices https://waterford.swimtopia.com/swim_meets

Tuesday, July 4^th:  No Practice. Happy 4^th of July!

Wednesday, July 5^th:  AM Practice, Final Regular Meet of Season against Willow Run! 

*Our theme is all things Red, White and Blue! Meet info to be sent out Monday or Tuesday. Heat Sheets will be sent out Wednesday. 

Thursday, July 6^th: Finals Participants to be announced. 

Fun Morning Practice. We are breaking out the slip n’ slide & enjoying donuts. 

This is also our last PM practice of the season for finals participants only. Please RSVP on Swimtopia! https://waterford.swimtopia.com/swim_meets

*Roller Skating at Skateland from 1:30pm – 3:00pm (See attached invite). For anyone with a child 10 years and younger, we ask that they have an adult that is staying while they are at the rink. Thank you to the Hauser family for coordinating a fun time! 

*PICS DUE FOR SLIDESHOW! Email [email protected] with any pictures you would like to share from the season.

Friday, July 7^th: AM Practice for Finals Participants ONLY

Saturday, July 8^th: Optional Stroke Clinic for Finals Participants – Please RSVP Via SwimTopia if your finals swimmer is able to attend. https://waterford.swimtopia.com/swim_meets

*8:45am – 9:45am: 10 and under       *9:45am – 10:45am: 11 years and up

Sunday, July 9^th: Finals Parent Meeting & Carb Load Dinner at Tanglewood Park from 4:00pm-6:00pm. More details to come!

Monday, July 10^th: GFSL Finals at the GAC! Let's go Stingrays! 

Tuesday, July 11^th: End of season Celebration @ Waterford Pool from 5:00pm – 10:00pm. Main meal to be provided by Mediterraneo Pizza and Grill.  East Coast Wings is also donating some wings for the celebration too! A Sign-up will be sent out for families to bring a dessert to share (Please nothing with frosting! It melts! Anyone remember the cupcake tragedy from last year!?!) Included on the sign-up are a few roles for the evening that we could use some help with too. We appreciate everyone's help with the celebration! Thank you Sabrina Williamson and Amanda Lee for helping coordinate some party-specifics along with the committee! 

During the party there will be a season slideshow from all the pictures collected this year, participation certificates and fun awards will be presented. It is always a great time to end the season. Please RSVP in SwimTopia now! https://waterford.swimtopia.com/swim_meets

Coach Favorite Lists: As the season comes to an end, some of our families would like to get something special for their swimmer’s coaches. Attached is a PDF with all of the coach’s favorite things. If you are getting anything for your coaches and wanted to hand to a committee member, we are creating bags for the coaches for the end of year party.

Volunteers and Committee Members for next season: As we finish out this season, we have recognized some areas that we would love help with for next year. With our committee (and our high-level volunteers) we always try to keep a balance between summer-only swim team families and year-round swimmer families, younger and older swimmers, and those who live in Waterford mixed with those in other neighborhoods that participate on the team. Below are some roles we are looking for next year. If you have any interest (or questions on what is involved), please email us at [email protected]. Continued roles and needs may be communicated after the new year as the Committee begins planning for the season. The more, the merrier as they say!

First, Lindsay will be taking a step back from Committee responsibilities next year, and we are looking for someone (or two) people to help fill that role! With her departure, we are looking for someone within the Waterford Neighborhood to be a Waterford Liaison between the Waterford HOA, pool and the swim team. This entails communicating calendar information, making sure guard staffing is available during our meets, and the like. Also, if you really like sending emails and posting to Facebook, we would love your help with that as well!

*Some of our pre-season needs this year include help with generating Sponsors and assisting with Hiring Coaches. Both roles begin at the beginning of the year.

*In-season help would be to help do ribbons after swim meets, learn scoring to become a point person (pun intended), and gaining a few more individuals to become stroke and turn judges. These are all roles that we would love for people to think about during the off-season. We are also hoping to have someone as a deck parent for our AM and PM practice’s next season. This would be someone who feels comfortable working alongside the committee to help if a need arises during practice. They would need to be available to be present at most practices. We really appreciate everyone who has come in this season and has assisted the committee during this year of transition! It goes to show there is a lot of passion and love for our team! 

That's all the deets for now as we sprint to the finish of the season! We have truly enjoyed getting to know our families and I know these last few days will be a lot of fun in the water! 

We wish everyone a great 4th of July (please don't let our swimmers lose fingers on the 4th or twist ankles at roller skating! Ha)! 

Go Stingrays,

Waterford Stingray Leadership Committee