Final 2017 CHAMPS Info--PLEASE READ!
Hi all,
This email contains everything you need to know about CHAMPS this weekend!! Please read thoroughly and contact us with any questions!
Thursday, July 27th, 6:00-8:00 p.m.: Laser Tag night for all qualifiers! (SkateNation Plus 4350 Pouncey Tract Rd). Join your teammates for pizza and fun*. If you ordered a CRA Champs t-shirt and/or heat sheet, you may pick them up at this time if they’re ready. If you cannot attend, please have a friend pick up your tshirt/heat sheet for you. Please sign up for laser tag games using this Sign Up Genius link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044eaead2ea31-champs1
PLEASE pay for your laser tag game in advance during Champs practice or at the Team Banquet. (cash or check payable to Leah Danforth--$14 per person and includes a $4 arcade card. One game per person please). There will be a table set up at SkateNation where we will distribute wrist bands for Laser Tag when you check in.
At this time, siblings and parents are welcome to sign up for any remaining spots.
*Families are responsible for purchasing their own pizza/laser tag game/arcade tokens.
CHAMPS LOCATION: SwimRVA, 5050 Ridgedale Parkway, North Chesterfield, VA 23234
Saturday, July 29: CHAMPS for 12 & younger swimmers
ON DECK: 7:45 a.m.
WARMUPS: 8:00-8:15 a.m.
AM MEET SESSION: 9:00 a.m.-approx 11:30 a.m.
PM MEET SESSION: 1:00 p.m.-approx 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 30: CHAMPS for all 13 & older swimmers
ON DECK: 7:15 a.m.
WARMUPS: 7:30-7:45 a.m.
AM MEET SESSION: 9:00 a.m.-approx 11:00 a.m
PM MEET SESSION: 12:30 p.m.-approx 2:30 p.m.
VOLUNTEER ASSIGNMENTS: GRAL strongly discourages splitting shifts. To that end, we only split the Sunday Clerk Assistant position. Timing shifts were not split, as timers have the best seat in the house! If you are unable to work your shift, please switch with another family and let us know of the change. If you have not yet been assigned a position, you are “on call” to fill in for absences or other changes. Upon arrival for warm-ups, please check in at the volunteer check in desk in the lobby. Relay Helpers, Clerk Assistants and Timers will receive a badge that will allow you access on deck during your shift. One of us will also be at the check in desk to give you a name tag. Thank you everyone for your help!! Also, thank you to Steve Carroll, Kelly Evko, Gary Massengill, and Chris Alburger who will be serving as officials during the meet.
Detailed job descriptions can be found in the attachment. ALL Timers, please attend the timers meeting (there will be one before each session).
SATURDAY AM
TIMERS LANE 2 (report at 8:40)
1. Boyd
2. Wells
3. Harrell
RELAY HELPERS a.m. & p.m.
1. Eakes
2. Cribbs
BLEACHER MONITORS (a.m. & p.m.)
- Schmidt
- Danforth
SATURDAY P.M
TIMERS LANE 5 (report at 12:40)
- Jacobs
- Orsi
- Collawn
SUNDAY A.M.
BLEACHER MONITOR
- Schmidt
CLERK ASSISTANTS
- Ellsworth/Hull (report 8:15 through event 68)
- Duffy/Murphy (report at event 68 to switch)
SUNDAY P.M.
TIMER LANE 8 (report at 12:10)
1. McSorley
DECK BLEACHER ASSIGNMENT: Please see map in the attachment. Parents will not be permitted to be on deck at any time, unless they are working as an on-deck volunteer. Volunteers will be on-hand to escort your swimmers to our designated seating area. Please have them bring everything they will need during the meet (food, drinks, gear, games, etc.) on deck with them. It’s a good idea to label everything, especially towels and clothing. During the meet on Saturday, we will have Bleacher Monitors on deck with the swimmers to make sure they get to the Clerk of Course for their events. Swimmers are expected to remain on deck and in our assigned section for the entire meet. They are NOT permitted to swim in the warm-up pool except when warming up for their event(s) under the supervision of a bleacher monitor or coach. Please share the map of the pool deck with your swimmer prior to the meet so that they can get an idea of where they will be sitting, where the Clerk of Course is located, etc.
GENERAL MEET INFORMATION from GRAL is attached to this email. Please read carefully and share with your swimmer prior to the meet. We want everyone to be safe, have fun, and swim fast! Please note the expanded menu in the SwimRVA snack bar. With the closing of the Martin's behind the facility, outside food options are very limited in the immediate area around SwimRVA. Please plan and pack accordingly.
DEPARTURE FROM THE MEET: Please do not leave the pool facility without checking in with the coaches. Your swimmer may be in a relay or needed for a last minute change to an existing relay.
Please contact us with any questions! See you at the team banquet tomorrow evening, at Laser Tag on Thursday night, and at CHAMPS this weekend! Go CROCS!!
Leah and Amanda