Good evening Lightning families!

We have an AWAY meet this week at Fieldstone! Just a note about this meet: Fieldstone graciously agreed to host this year’s meet. It was supposed to be our year to host, but due to the size of our team and theirs, we can not accommodate the size of this meet. I’m telling you this to ask your swimmers to be on their best behavior, and please follow all parking signs or anyone directing traffic. Thanks so much!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Don’t forget to order your concessions food. They ONLY do pre-orders for food. Orders are due by TONIGHT at 9 PM.
2. Concessions will be doing pre-sales for pizza, Chick-Fil-A sandwiches and nuggets, and sub hotdogs. Only a limited amount of extra entrees will be ordered, so please pre-order if possible. There will be extra pizza, candy, chips, watermelon and a variety of drinks that will also be available to purchase. They will accept cash and credit cards via Square (no Venmo). They will also have Donut NV available for purchase.
3. Pre-Order Link: https://fieldstone-fins-swim.square.site/
4. Hat Bar will be at tomorrow's practice! Make sure to check out the table during practice!

Now, onto the meet information this week.

***Just a side note about this week’s meet: Fieldstone is the largest summer team in our region. They have an 8 lane pool, so we are hoping to be finished at a normal time, but we just want you to be prepared for a longer meet.

1. Address for Fieldstone pool:

3350 Elder Field Lane Cumming, GA 30040

2. Parking: The pool parking is large, however, any overflow parking should be along Elder Field Lane. Please be respectful of neighbors and follow posted parking signs. Please do not block driveways or park on any grass. Please only park on one side of the street. We encourage carpooling if possible.

Fieldstone tennis association has asked us to not park in their small lot on the right side of the clubhouse. It should be marked with no parking. There will be tennis matches on Thursday night, so we need to allow them an area to park.

3.Arrival time: Our meet officially starts at 5:30. We are asking all swimmers to arrive by 4:00 at the latest. This will give us enough time to make sure all swimmers are correctly marked with Event, Heat, Lane, Stroke. Our warmup time begins promptly at 4:30.

4.Sparks: Fieldstone also has a minis team that will swim at 5:10, so our Sparks will swim with them. Sparks families, please arrive by 4:50 at the latest for the 5:10 mini-meet.

5.Bullpens: We take pop-up tents for our bullpens at away meets. Our bullpens will be located in the grass outside their pool gate. Please look for your coach when you arrive. Bullpen workers, please arrive no later than 4:00 to help mark arms in your bullpen.

6.Timers: Timer meeting will be held at 5:00. Make your way to the clubhouse at this time.

7.Theme: Remember, our theme for this week is USA! Please support our swimmers this week by wearing your USA gear!

8.Weather: If we do encounter bad weather, they do not have indoor shelter for everyone. In case of severe weather, families can wait in their cars. If we do have a weather delay, the team coaches, reps, and official are the only people allowed in the multi-purpose room next to the pool. Make sure you have notifications turned on for your swimtopia app. We will communicate any weather related issues through this app during the meet.

Let us know if you have any questions!

Go LIGHTNING!

Sincerely,

Heather Otwell