Saturday, May 31, 2014
Meet Sign Out Now Available!!
Friday, May 30, 2014
Volunteer for the Blue Green Meet!
Thursday, May 29, 2014
BLUE vs GREEN intersqaud MEET!
Saturday, June 7th, 2014 from 8am-10ish
warm-ups begin at 7:15am
All swimmers need to be at the pool by 7 am -- with sunscreen already applied. It is helpful if sunscreen is dry before we marker names and numbers on the kids' shoulders . If you want, you may pre-mark the right shoulder with first initial, last name. Like this:
Swimmers should wear their team suits and team caps. If you do not a have a Sea Dragon cap, wear no cap or a PLAIN cap (i.e. no other team names -- year-round team or high school -- as your cap. This is a TSA rule change this year- so NO exceptions!) The apparel folks will be on site selling caps and other Sea Dragon goodies. Support the Sea Dragons and buy your caps and t-shirts this week!
Parents and spectators should bring folding chairs. Due to limited space, no chairs are allowed in the dragon lair, except for parent volunteers.
Meet format will run as follows: We will follow traditional meet format, beginning with the 6 & unders swimming freestyle, followed by 7-8 freestyle, 9-10s, etc. Stroke order is freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, then butterfly. We will not do the freestyle relay at the end, however we may practice some medley relays at the end of the meet, to learn how to line up the relays.
Please allow our kid pushers and clerk of course crew to line up and seat your swimmers for their races. Do not walk your swimmer to the chairs behind the blocks as this confuses things and causes congestion.
Also remind your swimmers that it is good swimming etiquette to stay in the pool after a race until all the swimmers in the heat a re finished. And handshakes and high-fives for the swimmers in the adjacent lanes are also way cool!
Volunteer Assignments
ALL parents should check in at the volunteer table between 7-7:15 with our volunteer coordinators Cyndi Edgington and Mimi Switzer. ALL families are needed to volunteer at this meet in the positions that they signed up for during the regular season. Experienced parents are needed to train new parents on the volunteer positions, so please be ready to step up. There will be a volunteer sign up email to follow this email, please sign up for a position- it takes a village to run a swim meet!
Parking
Due to our LIMITED parking, please walk, bike or carpool up to the pool. If you must park on the street, please park on only one s ide of the road to leave enough clearance for emergency vehicles.
Concessions
The Concessions committee will be providing some complementary coffee and Great Harvest Bread Co. breakfast breads for the team, but will not have anything for sale. Please pack plenty of fluids for you and your swimmer.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Practice cancelled tonight 5/27
Coach Kevin.
Durham Bulls Tix Purchase Deadline
Monday, May 26, 2014
A note from Coach Kevin
We will begin working on all of the strokes over the next week or two so it is important that swimmers try to get to as many practices as possible so they can work on all of their strokes. We will most likely spend 2-3 days focusing on each individual stroke, drills and technique, so if you miss 2 days in a row you could miss out on learning a stroke.
Also, next Saturday (June 7) is the Blue/Green Meet! More details to come, but this is our intersquad meet where the swimmers get to experience the meet format, the coaches can get swimmer times, and parents learn how to run their volunteer positions. It will take most of the morning so please let us know ahead of time if you will not be there so we can take your swimmer out of the meet and get their times at a later date. There will be no practice this day just the meet.
This Saturday's clinic will be a FLIPTURN clinic and therefore will be restricted to 11 and overs. Reminder: practices start an hour later this year so the clinic is from 10:45-11 am.
Finally, the deadline to turn in Durham Bull money is TOMORROW at practice. Tickets are $9 each. The game is on Thursday, June 26th so come out to cheer on the Bulls and have fun with your friends.
See everyone tomorrow!
Seadragon Coaches
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Swim caps!!
Poster contest!!
We know we have great athletes on the Sea Dragons Swim Team but do we have great artists? We bet we do! If you are creative and want to make a poster that will be displayed at all of our home meets join us on Sat, May 31 from 1:00-400 at the Clubhouse. If you are making jewelry that day and want to make a poster you can come before or after your time slot. If you cannot make it on that day please feel free to make a poster and bring it to the Blue/Green Meet. We will have a contest for the best poster during the Blue/Green Meet where the posters will be displayed and voted on by secret ballot by the swimmers and parents. Up to 3 people can be on a team and the winner(s) will pick from prizes donated by Apparel. Enter and get the chance to win: goggle straps, cool loops, earr ings, water bottles, tattoos and more!
No Practice Monday (Memorial day)
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
DURHAM BULLS Swim Night
Monday, May 19, 2014
Thank you from the Spirit Committee
First Clinic Scheduled
Coach Kevin
Saturday, May 17, 2014
UPCOMING EVENTS!!
Reminder that tomorrow (Sunday 5/18), you will have the opportunity to meet this year's coaching staff from 2-4 p.m. as they scoop free Ice Cream for you at the clubhouse. Thank you to our Recreation Committee for their part in making this event possible. What a great way to start the season....Hope to see you there!
Also...an important reminder that PRACTICE STARTS THIS MONDAY. Please see the website for more details about when you should be there for your age group. Have a great weekend....get lots of rest and we will see you soon!
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Swim suit Reminder
Sunday, May 11, 2014
A Sweet Request!
Please support your team and coaches by considering a donation of candy for coaches to include in after swim practice time! If you would like to participate, please drop off candy ( no peanuts, chocolates, meltables) to Barbara Tapper at 114 Rushing Wind Way. I'll be sure they get to the coaches in time for practice! Thanks in advance! The Spirit Team!
Friday, May 9, 2014
Help Needed - Stroke and Turn judges
Thursday, May 22nd @ Planters Walk in Knightdale: Stroke and Turn Clinic at 7 pm
Saturday, May 31st @ Northbrook in Raleigh: MEGA CLINIC DAY
8:00 am Starter's Clinic
9:30 am Stroke and Turn Clinic
11:00 am Coaches Clinic
Thursday, June 5th @ Lochmere Highlands Clubhouse (NOT the main Lochmere clubhouse) in Cary: Stroke and Turn Clinic at 7:30 pm.
An online option for stroke and turn certification is available at www.strokeandturn.com. There is a $25 fee for this course. If you certify via the online method you need to ensure that you know the differences between what is taught online versus the TSA rules (yes, there are some differences!). Finally, it is not the recommendation of the TSA Clinics Committee for any first-year official to obtain certification via the online method.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Sea Dragon Swim Suits are IN!
Friday, May 2, 2014
Save the Date! Ice Cream Social!
Please join the Recreation Committee and
Scotts Mill Sea Dragon swim team as we
celebrate the opening of the swim season! Sea
Dragon swim coaches will be scooping ice
cream at the pool patio from 2-4pm. You add
the toppings and dig in! This event is rain or
shine. See you there!
Sunday
May 18th
2-4pm