KCST – Week 5 Updates – First Swim Meet on June 15 at AshCreek
Good morning swimmers and swim families,

We are excited for our first swim meet of the season coming up this Wednesday June 15, 2022. At the bottom of this email are all the specifics on this week’s Swim Meet. Please read carefully, its a long one this week!

June 15 (Wed) – AshCreek Swim Meet
Swimmers check-in at AshCreek at 4:45pm.
All volunteers (1st & 2nd half) must check-in with the Volunteer Coordinator by 5:30pm.
Events begin at 6:00pm

We also still have positions open for Volunteering later in the summer, please discuss with our Volunteer Coordinator (Marianne) or email us for more information.

Practice this Week:

Monday & Tuesday are normal
Wednesday – no practice because of the Swim Meet
Thursday – Normal practice. Ribbons to be given out the following week.
Friday – No practice.

Starting next week (Monday June 20) we will transition to Morning and Afternoon practice for summer schedules. Swimmers are to pick ONE practice a day. And generally the mornings are less crowded than the afternoons.

Check Our Website for lots of information:
We understand that the links might not have been working in our last email. Please know that everything is posted to our website should something not be correctly working. If you are signed into our website, under the documents section, you will find many of these files (see clip below). Some places on our website that you might want to review:

• Swim meet event order (under the schedule tab).
• Meet Buddies (under documents)
• Remind App (under documents)
• Meet Commitments Instructions (under documents)
• Swim Meet Checklist (just a suggestion, not mandatory; under documents)
• Volunteer Position (under the volunteer tab) for descriptions

*Saturday Clinics *
The Coaches are ready to hold Saturday clinics. Please check out website later this week for the sign up link.

Upcoming Events:
Spirit Nights – Come Support our Swim Team during the upcoming Spirit Night:

• June 23rd, 2022 – Vito’s
• June 27th, 2022 – Texas Roadhouse
• July 11, 2022 – Mi-Jalisco (bring flyer or mention swim team)

Pool Party & Team Pictures June 26th
​https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080C4AA5AC2FA6F58-pool1
TSS Photography will be there at 4pm for individual pictures and the team picture will be taken at 4:30. Swimmers need to wear their team suits. The photographer’s website if anyone wants to see what their products look like:
https://tssphotography.com/richmond-virginia/Products/Sports-Product-Lines

Remind App
Please sign up for our Remind App. This will be the primary way our Coaches will communicate with you. If we get into a Thunderstorm situation, Remind is how we will communicate. And an emergency communication at the Swim Meet will happen on Remind as well.

“Like” our Facebook Page and Sign up for our Private Group.
Pictures from the Mock Swim Meet are posted in our Private Group. https://www.facebook.com/kctidalwaves

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Kings Charger at AshCreek (the details)
The Ashcreek Crocs welcome the Kings Charter Tidal Waves Wednesday, June 15th. The meet will begin at 6:00 p.m. The rain date will be Thursday, June 16th.

Location: Our pool is located at 10854 Linderwood Dr., Mechanicsville, VA 23116.

Pool Specifics: Our pool is measured in meters and has 6 lanes. The start end of our pool is about 4.5 feet deep and the turn end of our pool is about 3.5 feet deep. This means that swimmers can dive in the start end, but 2nd and 4th legs of 8 and under relays will need to start in the water.

Parking: Our team reserves the parking lot for the visiting team. If additional parking is required, families may park along the main road as long as they don’t block intersections or driveways.

Seating: Seating for the away team is located on the right side of the pool closest to the parking lot. You may also use half of the awning at the far end. Please bring deck chairs for your use. Please inform your swimmers and parents that the clubhouse and playground area are off limits during the swim meet.

Check-In: Please have your team begin check-in no earlier than 4:30 pm. Check-in must be completed by 5:30 pm. A table will be set up outside the pool for your check-in.

Warm-ups: KC team will warm up from 5:15-5:35. Ashcreek’s warm-ups will be from 4:50-5:10.

Concessions: The concessions are located outside of the fence area just past the bathrooms on the left and will be serving food beginning at 5:15 and will continue to sell until approximately 9:00. Our concession will be selling hamburgers, hot dogs, barbecue, snacks, candy and drinks. Kona Ice will be located in the circle drive in front of the clubhouse.

Weather: Per GRAL guidelines if there is a sighting of lightning or hearing of thunder, all participants must clear the pool deck and wait in the parking lot or their cars.

Week Four Updates: Meet Commitments, Meet Buddies & T-Shirt Orders
We are coming up on our fourth week of swim team and it is time to get serious about the first swim meet. We have a tremendous pool of volunteers and parents, and we understand that for first time parents there is a lot of information to take in. Please feel free to reach out to us (or any veteran swim parent) and ask questions if needed.

Meet Commitments
You should have received an email already that the meet commitments are posted. Commitments must be made by Saturday June 11, 2022.
Navigate to our website under Documents and you will two helpful items: Meet Commitments (for this week) document and Swim Meet Checklist (for later). We have to declare who is swimming in each event a couple of days ahead of the meet. The Meet Commitments document will walk you through these steps. And when we get close to the first meet, the Swim Meet Checklist is a suggestion (not a requirement) to give you an idea what you might need to pack for you and your swimmer.

Meet Buddies
One of our favorite traditions at KCST is the Meet Buddies (under Document on our website). This is where our team pairs up new swimmers with more advanced swimmers to show them the ropes. Bring a note for your swim buddie at the first meet, maybe some candy or a sign? Time to show our Tidal Waves Spirit and cheer each other one.

Team T-Shirts
If you missed the deadline to order a T-Shirt, there is still time to order. We are collecting information on a google form for your to purchase, $20/shirt. Due on Friday June 10, 2022.
https://forms.gle/gRxra7ovkSDoAFwR7

If you didn’t make it to the Mock Meet and still need to get your T-Shirt and Cap, Rebecca Martin will be at Practice today (Tuesday) and Thursday for you to pick them up.

Remind App
Please sign up for our Remind App. This will be the primary way our Coaches will communicate with you. If we get into a Thunderstorm situation, Remind is how we will communicate. And an emergency communication at the Swim Meet will happen on Remind as well.

Spirit Night at Marty’s June 8th (Tomorrow!)
Come Support our Swim Team during the upcoming Spirit Night:

June 8, 2022 – Marty’s

June 23rd, 2022 – Vito’s

June 27th, 2022 – Texas Roadhouse

July 11, 2022 – Mi-Jalisco (bring flyer or mention swim team)

*"Like" our Facebook Page and Sign up for our Private Group. *
Pictures from the Mock Swim Meet are posted in our Private Group. https://www.facebook.com/kctidalwaves

Kings Charter Swim Team wishes you a Happy Memorial Day!
In honor of Memorial Day, we will have no practice today. See you tomorrow!

Lakeview pool practice starts tomorrow
We are excited to be back at Lakeview Pool this week. Our parent volunteers and coaches have been working on getting the lane lines ready, the blocks setup, and new flags in place.

Contact your coaches
If you need to contact our coaches for any reason, please reach out through their email addresses.
wendy.c.benson@icloud.com
andrew.c.kiss@gmail.com

Communications update
If you would like to receive our text messages, please either sign up for the Remind App, this will be the primary form of communication if weather events spring up during the practices or during the swim meets.
Second, if you are not getting our messages from Active.com, you can log on to your profile and make sure that you have put a cell phone number in this section on your registration form. Please note that if you put it in the “home phone” box, the system will not text you. You can easily log back on through the registration and update your numbers.

Mock Swim Meet – This weekend – June 5th
Season Kick Off / Mock Meet – June 5th from 6pm to 8pm
Location: Lakeview Pool
What to bring: A case of water for entry
Please RSVP at the link below:
http://evite.me/CAGXbaaNEH
Meet buddies will be posted at the event.

We are hoping to have the team shirts and swim caps by the mock meet. Spirit orders will be done soon but not quite in time for the Mock Meet. Rebecca will do another suit pick up the Friday before the mock meet.

Spirit Nights
We have our first Spirit Night coming up at Marty’s on June 8. See our website for all of our spirit events coming up:
http://www.kcswimteam.com/clubs/5824/pages/187228

Monday practice at Clubhouse
We are still waiting for Lakeside pool to open. We will be at the clubhouse on Monday. Stay tuned we will let you know about the rest of the week.

Volunteers – Sign up by June 1!
We need 242 total volunteer positions to run all 6 meets. So far, 203 have been claimed! Families have been asked to make commitments by June 1st. After that, I will start reaching out to families directly (there are several) who have not signed up yet. Sign up under the Volunteer tab on our website (go into the Parent Portal).

Pre-Team Sign Up – Will be posted today
Head over to our website, our Pre-Team sign up will be posted today. We want to make sure the younger siblings of our team has the chance to sign up first.

Remind App for communication from Coaches
Please sign up for the Remind App for communication from our coaches. We will be posting instructions on your website. If there is inclement weather, the app will be the primary way the Coaches will communicate with the parents for practice.

Fingers crossed that the water will warm up this week.

Remind Link
Remind is the way that our Coaches will communicate with the team & parents regarding the practices if there is inclement weather. We will also be communicating if practice location changes with Lakeside pool opening soon (fingers crossed).
Go to our documents tab to find the instructions.