Hello Riptide families,

Lots of important information and reminders so please read to the end. 

Morning practices start tomorrow morning. It is going to be chilly outside the water so please send your child in warm clothes to put on when they get out of the water.  Swimmers should also have a towel, tennis shoes for stretching and dryland, and a water bottle to stay hydrated.  Here is the practice schedule:

Swimmers should arrive no earlier than 10 minutes prior to their practice start time.  They should wait outside the gate until coaches invite them onto the deck.  Parents and siblings will not be allowed on the pool deck during practices.  They are welcome to wait and watch from anywhere outside the gated area. 

If you are a family of an 8 and under or Little Ripple who was not evaluated last week due to  the rescheduling, please being your child to practice Tuesday morning to be evaluated.  If you had registered your child as an 8 and under and feel they are ready to swim the length of the pool, then bring them to the 8 and under group B time slot to be evaluated (10:20).  If you had registered your swimmer as a Little Ripple and don't feel they are ready to swim the length of the pool then bring them to Little Ripples 2nd session (12:30) to be evaluated. 

Evening practices will start this Wednesday.  We are going to be splitting the time up a bit by age - look for another email with more information about evening practices.  

If you have questions for the coaches about anything swim related, please reach out to them via email or catch them after practices.  The main page on our website has a place to email the coaches at the bottom.  This can be questions about practice placement, swim meets, which events your child should swim, etc.  The coaches are happy to answer any questions and offer guidance.  

Please DO NOT enter the pool deck during practice time to ask the coaches questions.  The coaches priority during practice time has to be on the swimmers in the pool so please do not distract them during these times.  

Lastly, I need all swim families to declare their swimmers for the Blue and White meet this Thursday.  As of Sunday evening, only about 30% of swimmers have declared for this meet.  We need swimmers and volunteers to run a meet and very few families have let us know if they will or will not attend the meet.  DO NOT send an email to let the coaches know.  You must follow the instructions for how to declare your swimmer for a meet and sign up for jobs.    These instructions can be found here:  

Meet Job and Athlete Sign Up for Parents

More information about the meet this week will be sent out later this week.  

I hope you have enjoyed the holiday weekend celebrating and remembering all those men and women who have given their lives in service to our great country.  See you soon on the pool deck!

Sarah Roberts