Notes for the coming week below. Key items – 1) RSVP by tomorrow (Sunday) night by 11:00 pm for this coming week’s HOME Meet against Berkshire (see How to RSVP at the end of this email), 2) NO PRACTICE ON SUNDAY NIGHT – HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all Shark’s Dads!

Edinburgh Meet Results – Thanks to all the swimmers and volunteers who participated in the Edinburgh Meet. We narrowly lost the Meet – Edinburgh 738, Rivershyre 698. Congratulations to to the many team members who had personal best swims.

• Meet results – View the results here and under the Meet name in the Swim Meets tab.
• Ribbons – Ribbons will be available for pick up Monday night and throughout the week from the folders in the Ribbon box (usually on the back table in front of the team shed). Speed breaker ribbons will reflect timed dropped from our Dual Meets this year. If your swimmer took off time from their seed time and didn’t get a ribbon, it’s likely because they beat a prior year’s or Mock Meet time. We can’t electronically create these ribbons using the new system, but can create them by hand. If you would like one made, please reply to this email with the swimmer name and event where time was dropped.

Rivershyre vs Berkshire Meet – We are HOME this coming week against Berkshire. Meet theme is Superheros.

• RSVP – Must RSVP by Sunday night at 11:00 pm. The Meet entries are completed Monday and then submitted to the GCSL. Only "Yes" RSVPs will be seeded in relays and individual events other than backstroke and freestyle.
• Meet day schedule
• 4:45 pm – Swimmer checked-in and in the bullpen
• 5:00 pm - Warm-up
• 5:45 pm - Bubble swim (awaiting time from the Home team)
• 6:00 pm - Meet start
• Meet guidelines – Please note these guidelines for our Home Meets
• Swimmers and parents must bring their own seating, no Rivershyre pool deck chairs are to be used for seating
• No gum allowed – please make sure your swimmer doesn’t chew gum during the Meet, we had to chip up two pieces from the pool deck after the last Meet
• No horse play in the bullpen – no snapping of towels, running, playful punching, etc. – the bullpen volunteers are charged with lining swimmers up for their races, not monitoring behavior.  They will give a swimmer one warning. If the misbehavior occurs again, the parent will be asked to stay in the bullpen with their swimmer.
• Everyone is on clean-up - Please pitch in when the Meet ends so we can quickly pack everything away and restore the pool deck
  • If you’re unsure how to help, please ask Mokota Turner
  • Remind your swimmers to clean up their bullpen area and visually inspect it before leaving

Team Pictures - Pictures have been delivered by the photographer and will be placed in the swimmers' ribbon folders on Monday evening.

Practice schedule this week (also on www.rivershyresharks.com Home page)

• Sunday, June 16^th – No practice – Happy Father’s Day!
• Monday, June 17^th - morning & evening practices
• Tuesday, June 18^th morning and evening practice
• Wednesday, June 19^th morning and evening practice
• Thursday, June 20^th - morning practice & pot luck brunch, HOME Meet vs Berkshire

County Meet Top X Rankings – The top 50 swimmers in each individual event and the “A” relay from each team are invited to participate in the end of season County Championship Meet that takes place July 13-14 at Georgia Tech. You can see the weekly Top X results posted here. If you have questions about whether your swimmer is likely to be eligible for participation in the County Meet, please ask Coach Driscoll.

Three Meets down, three to go – let’s finish strong – GO SHARKS!

Beth

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RSVP Steps - If you're having trouble with the RSVP feature, the steps are listed below. (Note: All Meets are open, you can RSVP now for the rest of the season, then, if you wish, go back in and change preferences up until the Sunday evening before the Meet.)

1. Go to www.rivershyresharks.com and log in
2. Click on the Swim Meets tab and scroll down to the Meet 2 – YS at RS and click on the green Meet Entry Open button (can also click on this button from the left side of the Home page under Next Meet)
3. Click on Edit
4. Indicate if your swimmer is attending or not attending
5. Select event preferences (can leave blank if they have no particular preference, note – these are preferences only, the coaches will honor them as they can, but they make the final determine on which events the swimmers are in based on a variety of factors)
6. Click on Save