Issue 7 May 31, 2016www.broadstonebarracudas.org

Cuda Zone News

Message to Volunteers As we head into our next meet at EDH Taz, please remember to listen to the announcer for your name if we call you.

For those working AWAY ready bench, your job time slots are SPECIFIC times and NOT event driven. Please set a personal alarm so that you can make your shift on time and relieve the previous shift. For AWAY timers, both AM and PM shifts are required to attend the timers meeting which usually is at 7:30 a.m. Please be on time for this meeting so we can confirm we have enough timers for this meet.

If for any reason you are unable to work your shift for a meet, please email us at barracuda.swim@gmail.com so we can plan accordingly. We try to check this email on meet mornings as we settle our volunteers into their jobs.

Keep up your great work and and thank you for making our meets great for our kids! –Brett Weshner and Jen Harmon

VOLUNTEER sign up deadline: Tuesday, May 31

June 4 @ EDH Taz

Check-in: 6:30-6:55 a.m.

Scratch session begins: 7:00 a.m.

Barracudas warm-ups: 7:30-7:55 a.m.

Meet begins: 8:10 a.m.

Location: 1021 Harvard Way, El Dorado Hills

PLEASE READ the EDH Taz welcome letter posted on our website on the Broadstone @ El Dorado Hills event page. It provides details about parking, schedule, team area, food, touch pads in the pool (for timing), etc.

Message from Coach BrianHope everyone had a great holiday weekend! This Saturday we swim against the El Dorado Hills Taz, consistently one of the top two teams in our league. The Taz is the only team in our league that we have yet to beat in a dual meet. Will this be our year? Swimmers: you need to work hard in practices, swim fast at the meet, have fun and believe! Parents: provide positive encouragement to your swimmers.

At upcoming meets and Champs, we want all swimmers to wear the team suit and team cap* (for those who wear caps) in order to represent our team better, have a uniform look and show team spirit. *We do understand that some swimmers are waiting for their items.

Remember to always show good sportsmanship: shake hands with the swimmers in the lanes next to you after races.

Tips from the Coaches: Show RespectSwimmers: Show respect (thoughtfulness, admiration) to your teammates, competitors, coaches and family members – and you will be respected in return. Support and encourage your teammates at practice AND at swim meets. Treat others the way you would like them to treat you. Also, if you respect yourself, you will respect others more.

SWIMMER sign-in/out deadline: Friday, June 3

VOLUNTEER sign up deadline: Tuesday, June 7

June 11 vs. PT PenguinsFirst Home Meet!

Suits, Caps, Apparel Deliveries>SUITS: CA Swim Shop will be on the pool deck on Thursday, June 2 from 5-7 p.m. to distribute all remaining team suits. If you can’t make it, have a friend pick up your order for you.

>PERSONALIZED CAPS: Unfortunately there has been an unexpected delay due to the swim cap production company. Other swim teams are in the same predicament. We are very sorry for this and we understand your frustration (we are very frustrated too). We are hoping for cap deliveries next week. Not that it helps this year, but we will make changes for 2017 so this does not happen again.

>SPIRIT WEAR: Our vendor is prepping our order for delivery. We will send a separate email with dates/times for pick up. Thank you for your patience.

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2016 Calendar6/4 > BB @ El Dorado Hills Taz6/11 > Park Terrace Penguins @ BB6/14 > Swim-a-Thon6/18 > BB @ Sierra Sharks6/20 > Picture Day6/24 > College Greens Gators @ BB — Friday night meet!

7/2 > Holiday weekend - no meet7/9 > BB @ Loomis Basin Dolphins7/12-14 > Coach Appreciation Days7/14 > Last practice day for non-Champs swimmers7/15 > Folsom Sea Otters @ BB — Friday night meet!7/18-21 > Spirit Week!7/21 > Cuda Zone Champs Rally & Dinner at BRC7/22-24 > Championships at Sierra College7/25 > Awards banquet at BRC7/30-31 > Meet of Champions (optional)

Summer Practice TimesMAY 31 – JULY 14 or 21*13-18 8–9:15 am11-12 9:15–10:15 am9-10 10:15–11:15 am7-8 11:15 am–12 pm6 & U 12–12:30 pm

*Only swimmers who swim at Champs will practice until 7/21

EVENING PRACTICE6-8 5–5:30 pm9-18 5:30–6:30 pm

The evening practice is held for swimmers that are unable to attend morning practice.

Junior Barracudas 2016The Junior Barracudas is a four-week swim program that prepares beginner swimmers for the Barracudas Swim Team. Swimmers must be ages 4-7. The program will be June 13-July 11. Practices will be Mon/Tues/Thur from 9:30-10 a.m. The registration form is posted on our website > Swim Clinics tab.

QUESTIONS / COMMENTS?

General email: broadstone.barracudas@gmail.com

Volunteer coordinators (Brett Weshner and Jen Harmon: barracuda.swim@gmail.com

Dry Land for 11-18sMondays & Wednesdays. Wear athletic shoes. Drink lots of water!

13-18: 9:20-9:45 a.m. 11-12: 10:20-10:45 a.m.

Cuda Spirit at MeetsWe need to go ALL OUT with the Cuda spirit at our upcoming meets! Wear your team shirts, cheer on your teammates during races, get pumped up and SWIM FAST! Remember to stop by the spirit tent during the meet.

National Anthem SingersWe need swimmers (solo or group) to sing or play the national anthem at the following swim meets: June 11, June 24 and July 15. If interested, send an email to broadstone.barracudas@gmail.com.

Barracudas BowlingThursday, June 9 / 1-3 pmFolsom Lake Bowl. Private event just for the Cudas! Package includes two hours of bowling, shoe rental, pizza, fruit and veggie platters, and soda. Cost is $5/bowler, pay at the door. Parents are welcome to bowl. This is NOT a drop-off event for younger kids. Kids 10 & under must have a parent (or a friend’s parent) supervising. The social committee will have volunteers at the event, but will not be able to provide supervision for all kids attending.

Movie Day at PalladioTuesday, June 21 / Movie times TBA Times will be between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. (we won’t know the specific times until the week before). Cost is $5/child. The movie options will be Finding Dory (PG) and probably Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13).

Swim-a-Thon on June 14 Start Raising $$ for the TeamThis is our team’s ONLY fundraiser. Our goal this year is $15,000 – so we need every family to participate! To read all of the fundraiser details, go on our website and click on the lane line at the top of the page. Next week we will include details about how we use the funds that are raised. Thank you for your support!

NEW POLICIESFrom this point forward, the Broadstone Barracudas will have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY on the following actions:

>Failure to sign in your swimmer online for a meet by the deadline. Deadlines are listed in the newsletter, on our website and via email. >Failure to check in your swimmer by the deadline the morning of the meet. Deadlines are listed in the newsletter and on our website.

Both of these will result in the swimmer being eligible to swim EXHIBITION ONLY at the meet. This means he/she will be placed in individual events ONLY IF there is an opening (no guarantees) and will not be able to score points. He/she will also not be eligible for RELAYS at that meet.

From this point forward, the Broadstone Barracudas will have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY on the following actions:

>Missing a relay or leaving the swim meet early if the swimmer is in a free relay.>Failure to notify a coach of an emergency preventing you from attending the meet you signed up for or being a NO SHOW to a meet.

Both of these will result in the swimmer being INELIGIBLE FOR RELAYS at the next meet he/she attends.

In order to ensure your swimmer does not violate these policies:

✔Make sure your swimmer is signed in for meets you will attend by the deadline.

✔If your schedule changes and your swimmer can no longer attend the meet, you must remove your swimmer from the meet. If it’s before the sign-in deadline: log on to your account, click on “edit commitment” and change it from yes to no. If it’s after the deadline: send us an email (see below).

✔You must notify coaches of any change that affects your swimmer’s ability to participate. It is the swimmer’s/parent’s responsibility to keep informed of what meets they are signed up for and if they are in – or added to – a relay.

REQUESTS/NOTESAll requests/notes should be made in the notes box during online sign in (before the deadline). Sign in to your account, click on the meet name, click “attend/decline” or “edit commitment” and click on the swimmer’s name. Write the request in the notes box and save changes.

Examples of requests/notes: >Kate is leaving the meet at noon. >I’d like to swim the 50 free and 50 back. >I don’t want to swim fly.

CANCELLATIONS / EXCUSESIf you signed in your swimmer for a meet and then can’t make it to the meet, you must inform the coaches before the meet -- at the latest by 7 a.m. on the morning of the meet. Legitimate excuses are illness and emergencies. You can send an email to coach Brian (brianheise11@gmail.com), coach Amy (a.suggs@comcast.net) or barracuda.swim@gmail.com.

SCRATCH SESSION AT MEETSIt is mandatory that parents (or swimmers) go to the check-in table during the half-hour check-in period and put a check mark ✔ next to the swimmer’s name. Once the check-in period closes, coaches conduct a scratch session. If there is no check mark next to a swimmer’s name, he/she will be scratched (removed) from all events. As stated above, if you do not check in on time, your swimmer will be eligible to swim exhibition ONLY IF there are openings in races (no guarantees).

SHOW UP FOR RELAYS!!As stated above, if a swimmer does not show up for a relay and does not notify coaches in advance, he/she will be ineligble for relays at the next meet he/she attends.

It is extremely important that coaches know if a swimmer cannot be in a relay. It is stressful for coaches to have to find alternates at the last minute at a meet. And when swimmers don’t show up for a relay, they let down their teammates who do show up.

✔ Swimmers and/or parents must tell a coach before or at the swim meet if they are missing a relay.

✔ Check out with a coach if you are leaving the meet early.

✔ There can be last-minute changes with relays, so check the final meet programs on the bulletin boards at the meet.

IMPORTANT INFO FOR MEETS – PLEASE READ