FR1 Newsletter Week 1 Summer '25

Campbell Patterson

 

Champions in the Pool. Champions In Life.

GRATITUDE~GRIT~GROWTH~MINDFULNESS~OWNERSHIP

Future Royal 1, First week of Long Course (Summer) season!

Welcome!

Hope everyone had a great break and is ready to come back stronger than ever for our summer season. Until May (pending an update) our schedule will still be the same as it was during the Fall season. So we will have practice Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 5:20PM to 6:20PM. Below are our normal announcements, and I believe we will have a meeting for FR1 going into this summer season (date/time to be determined). 

For announcements/important items this week there isn't much, besides our usual

NOTICE: We coaches were informed this week that the HSE doesn't like us using Door 8 *the door at the back of the pool near the windows* Please have your swimmer go to Door 10 (*Entrance you'd go through coming from the parking lot by the pool, near the football field).

  • 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. This might take some time.
  • If you're new, please visit the Elsmore swim shop to ensure your swimmer has Fins and a Kickboard! Additionally, you can also purchase a suit we use for meets there too:
  • 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 be sending updates about practice cancellations/meet updates, etc.
  • 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]."

Our Group count!

With some swimmers being gone for the season (doing other sports and camps, etc.) and some swimmers moved up, I will have the group count by next week. The number is around 24 swimmers at the moment.

The link for signups below still works!

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/8050E4AAAAE29A75-53093543-fr1after

If you have any questions or comments for me, feel free to reach out to: [email protected]

CALENDAR

MEETS

  • May Meters Kickoff Meet
    Start Date Time: May 03, 2025
    End Date Time: May 04, 2025
    Registration Deadline: Apr 18, 2025
    • This is our first meet of the summer season! It will be a great introduction for Long Course meets!

Events:

  • Our Short Course Celebration Banquet is right around the corner and we wanted to provide some additional details for the evening. On Thursday, April 24, our Club will conduct its short annual meeting, followed by a celebration of the accomplishments of all swimmers from every group! Food and drinks will be provided and we would like to see every SSC short course swimmer at the banquet to be a part of the recognition and celebration! Please click below to RSVP your total number of people from your family that will be attending so we have an accurate count for food. The RSVP deadline is Friday, April 18th.
     
    Here is a timeline of the evening
    5:30 pm: Main Cafeteria: Food/drinks provided and SSCs annual meeting begins.
    6:00 pm: SSC Short Course Banquet begins. 
    8:00 pm: Short Course Banquet Concludes
     
    Each swimmer will be recognized for their hard work and achievements this season, and we have much to celebrate! We hope to see you there!

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.usaswimming.org/

https://swimswam.com/

https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/

​https://elsmoreswim.com/collections/southeastern-swim-club.html