We kindly encourage you to take a moment and read through the entire Sunday email. We often receive questions during the week that are typically answered here.

It was a chilly and rainy week and yet we got some brave swimmers in the cold water! It wasn’t the week of practices that we had hoped for, but it’s definitely typical for swim season to have at least one week of chilly water temps! This upcoming week of weather is predicted to be much better!

🐬Potluck Picture Day was such a fun evening to gather together and enjoy each other’s company! We loved all of the smiles we got in our team picture and the squeals of joy with the Pirate splash (thanks Bryan Hudson for adding the fun!). Thank you to everyone who brought food to share (we know it’s already hard to get to practice, much less add food on top of that– we appreciate you!). Thank you to our Social Chairs, Robyn and Amanda, for organizing. Thank you to Lee Ellen for taking the team picture and all of the other fun photos from the evening (Check them all out on our FB page: Banbury Woods Dolphins!)!

🐬Our first Saturday Swim Clinic of the season was also a success! Despite the chilly air & water, it was well attended (Shout out to all of our swimmers & coaches that braved the shade and cold water! You rock! And shout out to all of the parents that got your kids there! It was great to spend some time together!). Swimmers practiced breaststroke and butterfly. Everyone enjoyed some coffee and donuts (including a couple of frogs)! We hope to see you at our next swim clinic on Saturday, June 7th. Please RSVP in Swimtopia so coaches can get an idea of groupings and to make sure we have enough coffee and donuts to share!

🐬 Message from Coach Ben: Hope everyone is well! Time Trials are on Tuesday! We are going to be getting ready for Time Trials on Monday and preparing for our first swim meet. Go Dolphins!

🐬Time Trials are on Tuesday, June 3rd at 6:00pm at the BBW pool.

• SwimTopia automatically assumes “attending.” This is both good and bad as we would much prefer to have confirmation that a swimmer is attending, rather than assuming attendance. We have a lot of families that have not yet confirmed attendance. If you have not already done so, please mark your child attending or not attending by 5pm this afternoon. (On mobile app>>scroll down to Upcoming Events>>click on Time Trials>>Click on Meet Signup>>Mark your child(ren) attending or not attending).
• We will begin promptly at 5:30pm with warm ups. Please plan to arrive by 5:15 (at the latest) to get your swimmer settled and number on their arms! All of our swimmers will swim all strokes (except butterfly for the 6 and unders). The goal is to get baseline times for each swimmer.
• We will run this just like a meet (except no relays), so no one is allowed in the pool (even in the shallow end after warm-ups) unless they are being timed for a stroke.
• If you are signed up to volunteer, please check in at the volunteer table no later than 5:30. If you are signed up for Meet Set-Up, please meet us at the pool by 4pm. Refer to SwimTopia for your job assignment or the email with the master list sent out from Elizabeth earlier this week.
• For our new families, Swim Meet 101 information can be found on SwimTopia under the “Meets and Events” tab.
• Bring $ (credit cards accepted) for concessions, if you’d like to not worry about packing your own dinner and snacks! (Also a great way to support our team!)
• If your swimmer will be “not attending” time trials, please be sure to mark this in SwimTopia and talk to Coach Ben about having your child timed during a practice instead.
• Time Trials should take approximately 2 hours.

🐬First Meet: Our first meet is the following week on Tuesday, June 10th at HOME vs. Coachmans. Please mark your child attending or not in SwimTopia if you have not already done so (On mobile app>>scroll down to Upcoming Events>>click on Coachmans Trail Home>>click on Meet Signup>>mark your swimmers attending or not attending). Please do this for all upcoming meets–see last week’s Sunday email for details! More information regarding this meet will be provided in next week’s Sunday email.

🐬Upcoming Events (also under “Upcoming” in the SwimTopia app beneath your swimmers names):

• June 3 Time Trials, BBW pool, 5:00pm
• June 7th Saturday Swim Clinic
• June 10 FIRST MEET @ Home vs. Coachmans
• June 13 DIVE IN MOVIE NIGHT at BBW Pool
• June 17 AWAY @ Plantars Walk

🐬Questions? Concerns? Please email [email protected].

Thanks for a great first two weeks! Only 8 more left!