FR1 Newsletter: Week 19 2025, MLK meet in 2 weeks!!
Champions in the Pool. Champions In Life.
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Future Royal 1, Week 19 - Upcoming Week
Welcome!
I hope that everyone had a nice holiday break! As we're wrapping up, just a quick reminder that there is practice tonight from 5:20-6:20PM!
- Friday 1/3: 5:20-6:20PM
Looking ahead, this next week will be prep for the MLK meet two weeks from now. We will focus on starts, turns and finishes of all the strokes! A reminder that the signup for the MLK meet closes on the 6th (coming Monday!!) I heavily encourage anyone who is able to attend the meet, even if only for one day, to do so! It was a great meet last year and it promises to be even better this time!
A quick reminder for meets: Swimmers need towels, goggles, caps, snacks and water! But do NOT need equipment. **Generally** we want the swimmer to be there 30-15 minutes prior to the start of the warm-up, or about 45-30 minutes prior to the start of the session. This is important so that we can make sure they have their gear, and we are able to complete our warmup (we do a small dryland warmup before meets!).
For announcements/important items this week there isn't much, besides a reminder to sign up for the MLK meet!
- If your swimmer has not gotten a shirt, please email me! @[email protected]
- If I don't have them, I will ensure your swimmer is on the list for our staff who prepare the shirt bags. This might take some time.
- Almost all of us who aren't brand new have it already, but if you haven't, visit the Elsmore swim shop to ensure your swimmer has Fins and a Kickboard! Additionally, Elsmore recently received a stock of our "Meet" swimsuits, so go ahead and purchase a suit we use for meets:
- There is a GroupMe for FR1, go to this link to join! Feel free to message about any questions of other parents or myself in there, I will do my best to monitor that chat regularly.
- We want to represent our Royal colors, so we have what Coach Andy calls "Royal Fridays!" (an HSE tradition) where every Friday students/athletes, and coaches/teachers wear blue colors (specifically the shirt!)
- The SSC announcing crew (our wonderful announcers for meets) is looking to grow the group!
- We would like to extend an invite to any Future Royal Parent who would like to give it a try. We have the November Splash on Saturday, and Matt would be glad to show you the ropes during this club-only event. It is a lot of fun and offers you a front row seat to the action - all while counting towards your volunteer obligation to the club when announcing for one of the club hosted/non-Splash meets. Please feel free to reach out to Matt to let me know if you would be interested - [email protected]
- *IF you've noticed that some groups getting goodiebags or other fun things, we can get that for our group too! Here's the following message from Kathy Nelson, who's the lead for the Team Parents Committee.*
"We are looking for a few more parents to join the Team Parents Committee for the FR1 group!! Are you interested in becoming a little more involved in SSC? Are you wanting to support and foster the culture and the cohesion of the FR1 group? Are you wanting to get to know the FR1 athletes and families? Being an FR1 Team Parent will allow you to do just that!
If you're interested in being part of the Team Parents Committee for FR1 or want additional information about the role, contact Kathy Nelsen at [email protected]."
If you have any questions or comments for me, feel free to reach out to: [email protected]
CALENDAR
- Here is the FR1 specific calendar:
- Here is the link to our Team calendar
- We will have our normal practice schedule for next week, with practices from 5:20-6:20 on Tues, Thurs and Fri!
MEETS
UPCOMING
MLK Invitational
- 17 January 2025 - 19 January 2025
- Big meet held at SSC, two teams from out of state will be there!
- Friday -- not many events for our group. Saturday -- lots of events for our group! Sunday -- lots of events for our group!
- Will be a great opportunity to see other kids on the team compete as well (not just our 10 and under groups, but the older kids as well) and I encourage everyone to try to come to another session to see the older kids compete!
- More information to come about this meet! But we will definitely need volunteers!
- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JAN 6th!!!!
Regardless of my poor memory, here is the link to our calendar page that should have information about any upcoming meets and provide a spot to sign up for volunteer slots!
- If you would like to leave a comment on the meet entry form as to what you'd like your swimmer to swim, you can do so.
- I will be the one assigning swimmers to events, so do not do so, but as noted you may leave comments if you want to suggest an event.
Here is the all-important link!
https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/isscc/page/calendar#/team-events/upcoming
A reminder for meets: sometimes they can go long, make sure that your swimmers has snacks and water so they're ready to race when the time comes! Lastly please ensure that your swimmer has a towel, caps, and goggles when they arrive at the meet!
ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
For anyone who wants to be more involved or read more about the swimming community, here are some organizations/swimming influential members that focus on the sport!
https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/
https://elsmoreswim.com/collections/southeastern-swim-club.html
