2013 Welch Information Sheet
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up-to-date with any changes to the schedule or calendar.
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and the CPSL Facebook page
Home Meets *** we will need LOTS of volunteers for
these meets (see attached info)
June
15 Practice
meet (this is the meet where new swimmers and parents learn about
meets
and try some of the volunteer jobs)
June
20 against
Park Forest
July
2 against SPRA
July
18 against Lewistown
and Penns Valley
Away Meets
June
27 at
Penns Valley (with Lewistown)
July
9 at Park Forest
July
20 Day of Joy Relay
Meet at Park Forest (LOTS of fun!!!)
July
25 at SPRA
Aug 2 Big Kid Champs at
Lewistown (11 & up)
Aug 3 Little Kid Champs at
Penns Valley (10 & under)
Activities
Tie-dying
We will be tie dying on June 18th (rain date June 19th). Please bring a white, 100% cotton t-shirt (or other clothing item),
already tied with rubber bands to morning practice on June 18th (Rain date is June 19th). Dyes will
be available after each practice and volunteers will be available to help with the process. A $2 donation is requested to cover supply
costs.
Special
breakfasts
We will have special breakfasts for the swimmers after each
practice on the morning of our
away meets (see calendar).
Pasta
Party
Our all-team Pasta Party will be on Monday, June 24th. Dinner will be catered and start at 6:30 under the yellow/black
umbrella at Welch. Stay and swim until
10pm.
End-of-Season
Banquet
On Saturday, Aug. 3, we will have our End-of-Season Banquet. Please bring
a side dish or dessert to share. Pizza
will be provided. There will be a slide
show to remember the
highlights of the season.
Swim Suits
Sherrill
Sonsteby coordinates our swimsuits.
Purchase of a team suit is optional and is not necessary to swim in the meets.
Team suits, caps and goggles will be sold to anyone needing those items on June 1st and
8th from 7:30 until 9:30 am. It will be necessary for all swimmers needing a suit to try it on
before entering the water. A check or
correct cash amount will be needed
for any suit that is ordered.
Female
suits - $47
Male
jammers - $31
Male
briefs - $27.
Apparel
We
are very excited to introduce a new Welch logo this year. Marcie
Rockey and Shelley Ishler will
have the t-shirts and sweatshirts on hand to sell at the June 1 and 8 practices,
and will also be taking
orders as needed. Names can be added onto sweatshirts for an additional
cost. A women’s
and men’s cut shirt in charcoal and drawstring backpacks will be available to
order.
Officials Training
Cory Miller has graciously
offered to provide stroke and turn training for the league teams again this
year. Training dates will be:
Sunday June 2, 1:00pm at SPRA
Monday
June 10, 6:00pm at Penns Valley (PLEASE RSVP – dinner is provided)
Tuesday June 18,
6:00pm at Park Forest - - MOCK MEET - - practice officiating at their mock meet
Drink Donations
Each family is asked
to donate a case of a drink for each child on the swim team. Please bring your donation to the pool by
Wednesday, June 19. Please refer to the
list below:
Last name A-H 16
20 oz. bottles of Gatorade
Last name I-P 24 bottles of water
Last name Q-Z 24 cans of soda (Coke, diet
Coke, Sprite, Pepsi, diet Pepsi, Sierra Mist)
Volunteer Positions
We
need A LOT of people to run our swim meets.
The different duties can be explored under the "Volunteer Positions" tab above. You do not need to have experience at these
jobs in order to volunteer - we will explain everything you need to know. So get involved! It’s fun!!
