Hello Cuda Families!!

We are ONE week away from getting in the pool, and we hope you're as excited as we are for a great season!
Here's some info you need to know!

First- If you are new to the team, or your child was on developmental only (never moved up to Tuesday/Thursday practices) please have them come for an evaluation. They will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5pm to 6:30pm (5/28, 6/2, 6/4, 6/9, 6/11- but please come to the first one you're available for in case they can make the competitive team and can start practicing sooner). If a coach is not at the shallow end with other swimmers, please see one at the deep end and let them know you need an evaluation. New swimmers will be assessed and told whether they're on the competitive team and can continue with the rest of evening practices, or if they should report back when developmental group begins on Monday, June 16th. If you cannot make any of these dates, please reach out to Coach Corinne to schedule one during another time. You can text her at 908-798-0091.

Evening Practices will run Mondays to Fridays, which begins next Tuesday, May 27th and end on Friday, June 13th. You can come to either the 5:00- 6:00 practice, or the 6:00- 7:00 practice. Your choice! We know that spring sports are still going on, and you may have evening activities, but please come to as many as possible! Many teams we compete against have indoor facilities and have already been practicing for quite awhile! The more they swim before our first meet, the better!

ALL swimmers should wear a 1 piece bathing suit or swim shorts/jammer/speedo. No bikinis please! They should all have a water bottle, goggles (no nose coverings- eyes only) and a towel, and be at the pool a few minutes before so they're ready to start right at 5pm or 6pm.

Friday, June 6th will be a "Bring a Friend Day!" All friends are welcome to try out the swim team and see if they like it before registering! If they want to join, make sure they list you as a referral when registering, as you'll save $15 on next years registration! All friends should be comfortable swimming a single length of the deep end without stopping, and have goggles, water, secure bathing suit, and towel.

PRE-SEASON VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY! Reply back if interested!

We are seeking 2 parents to paint our shed, and possibly replace or repair a window. We would like for this to be done the first week of evening practices, or possibly the second week. If you reply back with another parent's name that would do it with you and you can easily coordinate timing with, especially if you get rained out of your first date choice, you'd get preference if we have a lot of responses. It's not a large shed and shouldn't take too long, maybe 1 or two practices. This would fulfill one of your meet shifts.

Finally, a huge thank you to the responses we received for taking on the coordinator roles of team apparel and Cuda Cafe, and thank you to our other coordinators who have let us know that they will continue on with their roles! Other volunteer/coordinator roles will be emailed as they become available! As a reminder, volunteer shifts are open for sign up on the website under "meets & events." If you're new to the team, feel free to wait until after evaluations- or claim spots now, but please remove spots if not participating as soon as you know you won't be, so that others can claim them. While you can also declare new swimmers to attend meets, it may be easier to wait until they've officially made the competitive team so that you don't need to remember to change their declaration to not attending.

I think that about sums it up for now! THANK YOU for reading this far! Hope to see you all next week!