Swim meet done - party at Ritas

We took the loss with the thunderstorm but we are ready to party at Ritas!!  Pack up your swim bags and head on over. We are headed there now!!

Ritas after the meet tonight!!!

Please join the Scotts Mill Sea Dragons after the swim meet tonight at Ritas of Apex!  We will celebrate the final track out for year round schools this school year by staying out a little later.  Hopefully we will have a win to celebrate too but either way, Ritas has offered to stay up late with us and keep the store open for our celebration.  So please show your support and drive to the Apex Ritas for Italian ice or ice cream right after the swim meet!  We will see you there!!

http://www.ritasfranchises.com/stores/store.cfm/Apex-27502/store/2974

Enjoy your day!

Laurie Williamson 😎

IMPORTANT REMINDER - 8:00 p.m. Signout DEADLINE!

A reminder that if your Sea Dragon swimmer will not swim at this Tuesday's meet (away at University Club), you MUST sign them out by  8:00 p.m. tonight!!!!  The link is below.  We were not prepared last week with our lineup due to last minute changes.  While we understand that illnesses and emergencies happen, these extreme circumstances are the only times you should have to contact Coach Kevin to pull your child after the lineup has been made.  If you must do so after Tonight @ 8:00 p.m., please email Coach Kevin directly at maksinchukk@yahoo.com.  Please do not email or message me or another board member as this delays the notice the coaches get to make the necessary changes. Please understand that every child on our team matters - whether they swim main events or the 8th heat.  Each unplanned absence has a direct impact on your child's team and their teammates and jeopardizes our preparedness for the meet.  Please take ownership and help us represent Scotts Mill in a way that we can all be proud.  Thank you in advance for following this procedure.  

Click Here to Sign Out for Swim Meets

Sea Dragon family Movie Night

Sea Dragon Family Movie Night!

Hello Sea Dragon Families,

Please join your fellow Sea Dragon friends for a Family Movie Night! We will be showing Big Hero 6 on the clubhouse lawn on June 28th at 8:30pm. Please bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Snacks will be provided by the Social Committee. 

All Sea Dragons under 13 must be accompanied by a parent or older sibling. 

We hope to see you there!

No practice tonight!

No practice tonight for any age group! The coaches will be at the Durham Bulls swim Night - as will many of our swimmers!! Go Blue Green!!

Swim Parent Etiquette

Last night was a tough meet!  We swam a very talented team and gave it our best shot, but came up short on the win.  I saw a lot of great sportsmanship by our Sea Dragons and some amazing  swims and relay finishes by our Sea Dragons .  We even set a few pool records!

There were several difficult situations last night however that affected our meet.  Situations that could have been prevented by YOU-the Sea Dragon Parents!

1.        Adhering to the meet sign out procedures is critical!  If you are going to miss a meet, you must sign your child out of the meet by 8pm on the Saturday prior to the meet!  When you fail to communicate your absence or sign out late, it changes the lineup for 100+ swimmers.  The impact of this is HUGE!  Last night we had so many late sign outs that we delayed the start of the meet because we did not have an accurate lineup to set up our relays.  The bigger impact is on the kids.  When our lineup is changed on the day of the meet, it creates a stressful environment for our team of volunteers who are trying to get changes on the fly or even look for kids that aren’t even there!  Summer swim team is about FUN not stress.  The kids and volunteers deserve to have a FUN environment!  We also have to scratch relays when swimmers cancel at the last minute.  One child missing cancels the relay and the other three swimmers on the relay team, who were looking forward to swimming-another real bummer for the kids!  To avoid all of this, SIGN YOUR CHILD OUT OF THE MEET BY 8PM ON SATURDAY IF YOU ARE NOT ATTENDING!

2.       Parent volunteer positions-as I have said all along, it takes a village to raise a swim team!  We have some amazing dedicated volunteers on this team who volunteer over and over again, some who don’t even have children swimming on the team, and still work several full meets/season.  We also have families who have not reached their 3 meet volunteer commitments.  Last night we were short volunteers, and we were asked to provide extra volunteers to accommodate their 10 lane pool.  Our volunteer coordinator had to scurry around at the last minute to find people.  Thankfully some parents stepped up and did double “shifts”.  We should NEVER have to worry about having enough volunteers at a meet!  We have more than enough families on this team to share the work.  If you have not volunteered to sign up to volunteer for your required 3 meets, do so now, http://www2.mysignup.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?datafile=seadragonvols15 !  Just to note, at last night's the best seat in the house was a volunteer position, because you got to see the meet.  Otherwise the spectator seating wasn’t even poolside! Please ensure that you do your part and sign up to work a position.  If you do not know how to do something we can train you, just sign up!

We have several more fun meets and activities ahead of us this season, with community team work we look forward to making them all successful! 

Go Sea Dragons!

Cary City Meet Sign Up

The Sign UP Sheet for the Cary City Meet taking place on Saturday, July 18th is now available online.  Unlike our Tuesday meets, you will need to sign your child IN to swim for this event.  Details are included on the sign up sheet including tentative swim times and prices.  More details will follow in emails.  This is a huge invitational meet which could potentially have 48 teams and over 1300 swimmers.  Points are given to the top 16 places so your participation can make a huge difference for the Sea Dragons - Let's win this thing!!

Click Here to sign Up for the Cary City Meet