FR1 End of Summer '25 Newsletter

Campbell Patterson

Champions in the Pool. Champions In Life.

GRATITUDE~GRIT~GROWTH~MINDFULNESS~OWNERSHIP

Welcome!

What a fantastic season! Thank you all so much for the opportunity to coach and mentor your kids! We have come so far in the past few months, and it seems to have absolutely flown by. I am so proud and excited for all of our group, we have made crazy progress in our strokes, our familiarity with the sport, and as athletes. Special shoutout to the swimmers to competed at Divisionals this past weekend, our club did great! 

As we move to the fall season, please save the date of Thursday, August 21st for SSC’s Long Course Banquet, held at HSE High School! Additionally, there will be upcoming information about the first day back as well as the schedule for the Fall season. I believe that we are supposed to come back during the first week of August, but please be on the lookout for confirmation.

Finally, I will be individually reaching out to those parents/swimmers who will be changing groups. If you have not been reached out to you can assume that your child is staying in FR1 and you can register for FR1 once the registration opens.

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

For announcements/important items we don't have anything since we're on a break, hope everyone has a good back time going back to school!

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.

Our Group count! *To be updated once new season starts

As of now, we are on a break! I hope you all enjoy going back to school. I will miss seeing the kiddos!

CALENDAR

MEETS/EVENTS​

  • ​SSC Long Course Banquet!
  • Thursday, August 21st for SSC’s Long Course Banquet, held at HSE High School!
    • Additional details will be communicated in the coming weeks. We look forward to seeing you all there!
      • ​*the banquet will not take place in the pool directly!

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

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 Items:

  • 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 are 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]."

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