Monday, June 20th:

Normal morning and afternoon practice sessions. Spirit Night after the afternoon practice session. Come paint your nails and get some thunderbolt tattoos in preparation for Tuesday’s meet. Bring a water bottle to practice every day. We don’t want anyone getting dehydrated or overheated.

Tuesday, June 21st:

ASA Championships $35 entry fee due today. You can give cash to Julie or Kris at the meet tonight or Venmo – @TwinLakes-SwimTennisAtlanta

If you pay with Venmo it is very important that you type ASA Champ and the swimmer’s name/names in the notes.

Normal morning practice sessions at 8:30, 9:15, 10, and 10:30.

Meet #4 at Avondale:

***There are going to be extremely high temperatures this week. We are pushing back the swimmer arrival time to limit the amount of time in the heat. Please take this into consideration and do not arrive late. We suggest your car arrives earlier (to ensure time to find parking), but that you stay in the air-conditioned car until necessary. Our bullpen is on the Avondale basketball court, which we are expecting to be HOT. We will bring a few tents, but feel free to bring a tent, if you have one, or extra folding chairs for swimmers and parents to sit on and not the hot ground. Please bring extra ICE water, Gatorade, etc. If an emergency arises and you will not be there by 5:00, please call or text Julie Linsley at 706-206-3106.

Swimmers arrive by 5:00 pm

Avondale warm ups: 5:00-5:30 pm

Our warm ups: 5:30-6:00 pm

Meet starts at 6:00 pm

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Thank you to ALL the parents who have already volunteered. We have most of our volunteer positions filled, but we still need the following volunteers:

Bullpen Coordinator - 2nd shift (1)

Ribbons (1)

Please visit our team site and sign up to help.

PARKING: The address for Avondale is 51 Dartmouth Avenue. Dartmouth Ave is ONE WAY in front of the pool. There will be a barricade with a Road Closed sign to indicate this. Please respect this, as it is put in place for the safety of pedestrians, many of them children, who are walking in the area. The parking lot is small and closed to general parking, so plan to park on the street. Parents can park throughout the neighborhood but be considerate of residents and do not block driveways.

CHECK-IN: It is going to be VERY HOT and after the experience last week, we want to encourage you to come and find a parking spot, but wait in your air-conditioned cars to come out to the pool deck at 5:00. Swimmers should check in with Allyson Dye when they arrive. Volunteers should check in with Tracy Bogoevska upon arrival. If you are running late or an emergency comes up that will keep you from getting there on time, please call or text Julie Linsley at 706-206-3106.

SEATING & BULLPENS: There is not a lot of deck space at Avondale. They recommend spectators bring a folding chair. Our Twin Lakes bullpens will be on the basketball court. We will have our signs up to show where each age group should sit.

CONCESSIONS: Their snack bar will sell concessions. They will have hot dogs, Avondale Pizza Cafe pizza slices, Raging Burrito burritos, drinks, candy, and more. Payments may be made with cash or Venmo. They have water bottle refilling stations on site as well.

REMINDERS FOR YOUR SWIMMERS:

• drink plenty of fluids (water, Gatorade, sports drinks) and to rest as much as possible during the day. This goes for ALL AGES of swimmers.
• It is going to be HOT on Tuesday, so make sure to pack some extra water/sports drinks for everyone coming.
• Let’s show our sportsmanship and bullpen etiquette! We are so proud of our team!
• We will send out the heat sheet after the Tuesday morning practice sessions. Please plan to mark your swimmer’s arm with their events prior to meet arrival (especially with the later arrival time). Instructions will be included in the email with the heat sheet.

Wednesday, June 22nd:

Come for donuts and pool games with the coaches from 9:30-10:15 am for 10 & younger and from 10:15-11:00 am for 11 & older. Wear your suits and come to have fun!

Regular afternoon practice will be held on Wednesday. You will also be able to pick up your ribbons from Tuesday’s meet in the ribbon file (located on the bench in front of the swim team senior bulletin board by the concession stand). Ribbons are filed by family last name and you can pick them up at any time from the file.

If you haven’t marked your availability for our last home meet (and senior night) on 6/27, please do so before Friday.

Thursday, June 23rd:

Normal morning and afternoon practice sessions.

Also on Thursday, parents of swimmers in the ASA Championship Meet join us at 5:30 pm at the pool pavilion for a short info meeting.

Friday, June 24th:

Did you mark your availability for meet #5 on 6/27?

Junior Bolts last meet is Friday at 9:00 am. Go Jr. Bolts!

Thank you,

TLTB Swim Team Council