Happy Father's Day Hammerheads!!!!!!

Hope everyone had an amazing day celebrating the wonderful dads of Hammond Hills! A HUGE thank you to each and every dad on our team who continuously donates their time, love, and support to our team. We appreciate you beyond belief!

Can you believe we are in the LAST week of practice?!?! WHAT!! It's a bittersweet week ahead and have an information agenda below. As always, don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

1. Practice Schedule this week
2. Schedule next week
3. General Information for Meet #4
4. Notes for Meet #4 from us & HANOVER WEST!
5. Game Day Wednesday Morning
6. Time Trials Thursday Afternoon
7. End of the Year Party
8. Georgia Tech Championship/State Qualifying Meet

1. Practice Schedule this week

Monday: Morning Practice/Junior Sharks & Afternoon Practice
Tuesday: NO MORNING PRACTICE/Swim Meet in the afternoon
Wednesday: Game Day @ 10 AM/Junior Sharks & Afternoon Practice
Thursday: Morning Practice/Junior Sharks & Time Trials in the afternoon
Friday: Morning Practice Only

2. Schedule next week

Monday: NO MORNING PRACTICE/Swim Meet in the afternoon
Tuesday: END OF SEASON PARTAYYYYY!!!!!!!!! (WOOHOO!)
Wednesday: Divisional Meet at Georgia Tech (See info about this meet under #8)
Saturday: FINALS at Georgia Tech (applies to %1 of the team)

3. General Information for Meet #4
Swim Meet Date: Tuesday, June 18th
Where: Hanover West Pool
Address: 1385 Hanover West Drive, Atlanta, GA 30327

Arrival Time: 4:00 PM
Warm Up Time: 4:45 PM
Meet Start Time: 5:30 PM
Approx. End Time for 6&Unders: 7:00 PM
Approx End of Time for Entire Meet: 9:30 PM
****Please note these approx. times are a best guess!

4. Notes for Meet #4
What to bring: 2 Towels, one piece bathing suit/jammer, goggles, swim cap, sunscreen, small cash bills for concession stand, and any games/coloring books/etc for kids to play with in the bullpen area
What to do in case of emergency: In the case of sickness, car trouble, etc. please TEXT Coach Laney at 404-402-6566. Any non-emergency questions should be emailed to Coach Laney at [email protected].

Special Considerations:

- Please do not leave the swim meet early; we depend on your attendance throughout the entirety of the meet. Swimmers may leave once all their events are completed! Swimmers who leave early will not be written into the next meet.
- Please be on time to the swim meet; we created the arrival time to ensure your swimmer has enough time to check in, meet their bullpen parent, and get settled in before warm ups begin. It is quite hectic if swimmers do not arrive on time.
- A reminder that all families are required to volunteer 2 times per season; there is $250 fine for anyone who does not complete this requirement. We are so grateful for your help and could not do this without you.

****Notes from Hanover West:

 - You remember this from last year, I'm sure, but we will have bullpens on the tennis courts. It is super annoying but we have to require that no food OR sunscreen enter the tennis court area. Eat anywhere on the pool deck, outside in the front yard and put on the sunscreen anywhere else but unfortunately the club that allows us to use the courts requires that no food/sunscreen be used on the courts. I'm sorry!! Your cooperation is MUCHO appreciated!! 

- We are under construction! It's been a super fun summer of no playground and loud Tonka Truck noises outside of our sweet 4 lane resort. There is no playground and you will see there is a bit of a path less traveled in order to get to the pool. Just follow the flow of traffic and your heart and you will find us! 

- Encourage everyone to CARPOOL because we only have street parking and we need everyone to park on the right side of the street going WITH the flow of traffic. 

- We will have a concession stand with pizza, Jimmy Johns and Chick-Fil-A and snacks. Encourage your team to bring small bills to keep us in bizness!! 

5. Game Day Wednesday Morning
Just a reminder that Wednesday morning is Game Day! All swimmers report at 10AM. We will announce swimmers of the meet and celebrate with donuts!

6. Time Trials Thursday Afternoon
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE come to time trials on Thursday afternoon! The times inform our instruction and are the MAIN way to strategize for meets. We are truly at loss without these times and notes so please prioritize this practice!!!!

7. End of the Season Party!!!!!!

The party will take place on Tuesday, June 25th 5:30-9PM. Junior sharks ceremony will be 5:00-5:30PM. For those of you who have never attended a Hammond Hills End of Season Party - it's beyond special. Infamous paper plate and whistle awards, dinner for all the swimmers thanks to Los Rancheros, and a particularly teary eyed send off to our amazing seniors. If you are not able to attend this wonderful event, please send an absence email to [email protected] by this WEDNESDAY! 

8. Georgia Tech Championship/State Qualifying Meet

This optional last meet is open to year round or highly competitive swimmers. It is an intense meet that takes place at Georgia Tech the Wednesday afternoon following the team party. Over 10 teams attend this session and swimmers swim in the Olympic Pool. If swimmers make top 40 for their age group (highly difficult), they attend the Saturday finals session to compete again. Payment ($23 per swimmer) and individual event requests are due by this upcoming Wednesday, June 20th. If you plan to try out of the Sandy Springs State Swim Team, you must attend the Wednesday meet to try to qualify. Sandy Springs State Team is highly competitive and practices take place throughout July. State Meet is at the end of July. This is the only qualifying meet for State and the only opportunity to try out for the team! Please email Coach Laney immediately if you want more information!

A quick thank you to our sponsors - Shep Lawerence at AllState, Roxanne Ponds Photography, Northwest Exterminating, and EDGE for supporting us again this season! We are beyond lucky to have you on our team. As always, don't hesitate to reach out if you need anything! We're here to help and appreciate each of you beyond words!

Sincerely,

You 2019 Coaching Staff

Laney, Ian, Kate, James, Alyssa

Kate, Olivia, Nina, Griffin, and Andy