Sunday, July 8, 2018

A Note from your Coaches

B Meet, Monday, July 2nd at Crosspointe
This meet got off to a slow start, but it did not affect our Neptunes swimmers. We swam 139 indivdual swims and had 93 best times! 

A Meet, Saturday, July 7th, versus Pinewood Lakes 

The Neptunes continued to put on a strong show, improving their record to 3-0. Our two remaining A Meets will be much closer and tougher than the first 3 have been. Our greatest challenge is yet to come. Fast times were hard to come by for both teams in Saturday's warm pool water, but we still set 31 personal best times with 102 individual events swum. 

Congrats to Swimmers that mastered a new stroke this week!

• Eli Edwards- Fly
• Fabio Urbina- Breast
• Ashley Gallagher- Breast
• Aidan Venable- Breast and Fly
• Renzo Urbina- Breast

Thanks for stepping up! When two girls were unable to swim at the last minute, Britni Rose, Kaitlyn Rose, Haeley Hall, and Stephani Deleon-Barrios all stepped up to cover their spots and make sure that no lane was left empty. Teamwork like that is one reason we are such a strong team! 

Thursday Night Skills Session This week's skills session will work on Starts and Turns. 10 and Under 5-6 11 and Older 6-7 

We are looking forward to a very busy week!

• Monday, B Meet at Laurel Hill- this is usually one of our most fun meets due to so many of our swimmers knowing each other from South County or other sports.
• Wednesday, Divisional Relay Carnival- We will look to defend our title as last year was our first Relay Carnival victory since 2009!
• Saturday A Meet at North Springfield- These meets will only get closer and more difficult as we progress through the season. Our Neptunes are up to the challenge!

Let's continue our strong season Neptunes! 

Coach Jamie

Team Rep Report

Swimmer File Box: At each practice, the coaches have a filebox which contains swim meet ribbons for those of you missed weekly ribbon distribution. Please take a moment to check the files, sorted by swimmer last name.

B-Meet – AWAY vs. Laurel Hill on Monday, July 9th

Address:8380 Laurel Crest Drive Lorton, VA 22079

**Stay tuned for Minis swim. Am checking with Laurel Hill Team Rep.

Declaring Swimmer Availability: Make sure to declare your swimmer’s availability for the B-Meet by 10:30am Monday on the teamwebsite, or you may not be able to swim. Through the website, swimmers may mark your preferences for which two events (two strokes or one stroke and IM) they would like to swim. Please note, these are swimmer preferences but may be changed at the coaches’ discretion based on needs of the team or where they think you will be most successful.

Timing:

• 5:30pm - Neptunes arrive. Marshals MUST be on the deck by this time!
• 6:00pm - Neptunes warm-up (20 min max).
• 6:30pm – Swim meet begins.
• 9:00pm – Swim meet ends.

Divisional Relay Carnival – Away at Pinewood Lake on Wednesday, July 11th

**Stay tuned for more details on MONDAY! Divisional Team Reps have a meeting on Sunday evening.**

Swimmers will be selected for relay teams by Coaches. PLEASE MARK AVAILABILITY on Swimtopia ASAP! Swimmers will be selected, though substitutions may be made up until Wednesday morning if needed.

Location: Pinewood Lake at 8159 Fernlake Ct. Alexandra, VA 22309

A-Meet – Away vs. North Springfield on Saturday, July 14th

Make sure to declare your swimmers availability by the Wednesday 10:30 AM deadline.

Plenty of volunteer spots are still available. Please check thewebsite.

Timing:

• 8:00am – Neptunes arrival
• 8:15am – Neptunes warm-up (20 min max.)
• 9:00am – Swim meet begins.
• ~11:30am – Swim meet ends.

A Message from the President and VP

A big thank you to Darren Porter (McKenna’s Dad) who repaired and painted the Clerk of Course benches. They look great and it makes lining up the swimmers for their events so much easier! We appreciate you!

Let’s get Social

As we begin the final stretch for swim team, we wanted to provide one reminder of upcoming social events. We have been so fortunate to have so many people volunteer, however we have a few critical needs. If you are able to step in, please sign up!

Monday, July 9... Buddies @ Laurel Hill (make something for your buddy)

• Please bring your item to practice on Monday, July 9 in a bag labeled with your buddy's name. It is imperative that we have bags in the morning so we can make sure every swimmer has a bag. The bags are passed out right after warm ups and we don’t want any swimmer to be left out.
• Thank you Robin Cordovez for coordinating buddies this week.

Tuesday, July 10... Picture Day & Doughnut breakfast

• If you haven’t already received your paper picture order form and would like to pay by check on picture day, you will find the forms in the blue file box located near the coaches during practice. If you need another one, there are extras at the back of box. If you pay online before Picture Day, you will receive a free low resolution digital image of individual/sibling photos, not the team photo.To order online clickLifeTouch Order Form. Please bring a copy of your receipt with you on Picture Day. All photos will be mailed directly to your home.7:30am - Swimmers arrive and line up by height.8:00am - Swim Team Group Photo - Mini's Group Photo - Individual &/or Sibling photosAs soon as your swimmer is done with photos, they can enjoy their donuts. There will be no swim practice for Neptunes or Mini's
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Friday, July 13... Spaghetti Dinner at the Rossi's house. PleaseRSVP by Wed. July 11

• Thank you to the Rossi's for opening up your home (especially with a new baby) and to so many families who are helping at this amazing event. For those helping cook food, please be on the lookout for an email July 12 with an updated guest count. Here are the needs we still have:
  • Transport tables/chairs to the Rossi home on Friday morning after practice and back to the pool after the dinner. Please consider donating a bit of time so we can make this as easy on the Rossi family as possible.RSVP here!
  • Volleyball game: bring a volleyball net/ball and set up/take down
  • Bonfire Safety Supervisor 6:30-7:30 PM
  • Teens: We would love to have some teens help set up tents/tables from 5:00-6:00 or to help break down afterwards

Tuesday, July 17... Bowling at Burke Bowl America 11:30-1:00 PM

• We have a group reservation for 2 games of bowling at Bowl America located in Burke
• AllRSVP'smust be in by Friday, July 13 at noon. We cannot accommodate late RSVP's because BBA is hosting another large group this day and has asked for an accurate accounting by Friday, July 13.
• Cost is $9 (paid at the bowling alley) or Free if you sign up for a summer blast pass
• How to bowl for free:
• All school-age children are eligible for 2 free games of bowling as well as a free shoe rental if they have a Summer Blast Pass. Parents can also register for free.
• Registration for the Blast Pass is below and it is valid every day in the summer. We recommend you register at least 24 hrs. prior to this event so that you can bring your confirmation email or screen shot to the bowling alley. For those who do not complete the FREE registration, this event will cost $9 and will be payable at the venue.
• FREE SUMMER BLAST PASS REGISTRATION:https://www.bowl-america.com/summerblastpass/

Coming Up:

• Monday, July 16... Swim Buddies (this is your last buddy event of the season)
• Tuesday, July 17... Bowling at 11:30 (Burke Bowl America)
• Wednesday, July 18... Cereal Breakfast & Swim-a-thon
• Friday, July 20... Pep Rally 6-7 PM...RSVP here!We would love to have two volunteers to help us plan this pep rally.
• Tuesday, July 24... 15-18 year old Progressive Dinner. We are still in need of 2 families to help host one of the courses.Sign up here!
• Friday, July 27... Ice Cream social and paper plate awards
• Sunday, July 29... End of Season party!!

FUN-draising!

For what are we raising funds? This year we are purchasing a new sound system. Chris Goodrich has generously provided the sound system that we use for our meets for many years, but his daughter will be graduating next year, therefore, we need to plan for a permanent replacement for the equipment we have been borrowing. We will need to raise $1000-2000 to purchase a new sound system and it may take us more than one season to raise the funds we need. Please, help us to raise the funds we need to purchase a quality system that will meet the team’s needs for many years to come.

Swim-a-thon: The Swim-a-thon is on July 18. Please reach out to our friends and family (even out of town ones) to pledge your swimmer per lap or to give a flat donation. There are pledge forms in your folder and extra ones are in a folder located at the back of the file box. This is one of our biggest fundraisers, your support to make this a success is appreciated.

Glory Days: Thank you to everyone who came out to the team lunch on Saturday. The fundraiser with Glory Days is good for the whole month of July. If you eat at Glory Days, turn in your itemized receipt to Lisa Pratt (there is a folder in the file box marked Glory Days) and we will get 10% of the sales donated to the team.

Amazon Smiles: Amazon's fourth-annual Prime Day is coming up on Tuesday, July 17 and will feature one-of-a-kind deals exclusively for Prime members. This is one of the biggest shopping days of the year and a great time to remind our supporters to shop at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate to Nfst Inc.

Your shopping makes a difference. Amazon donates to Nfst Inc when you shop Prime Day deals at smile.amazon.com/ch/26-3534755.

Off-season fundraisers: Information on our two off-season fundraisers will be coming soon. These fundraisers will go towards the cost of the new sound system mentioned above.

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