Hello Pirate Families!  

This is the first official email to current members on this year's new roster thus far...I apologize in advance for its length!!

We still have until the end of May for other families to register, but I wanted to reach out and ask for some help...

As many of you know you are required to sign up to volunteer for at least one shift for every meet your swimmer attends.  Each swim meet is run by volunteers, and we can't do it without you!  Many of you veteran parents have already found a groove and have a favorite position that you snag for each meet, and generally our meets run like a well oiled machine!  Most of these volunteer roles require no training, just a quick run through before the meet to review your role, but we also need some volunteers from our team to be trained officials.  

The main role we need filled are stroke and turn officials.  We need at least two Stroke-and-Turn officials, and ideally four per meet in order to have our swim season run successfully.

Stroke and turn officials have to go through a short training in order to be certified. These officials watch swimmers during the events to ensure that they are swimming the strokes correctly.  We ideally need to get at least a couple more team volunteers trained. Please email me if you would be willing to be certified...I would love to get anyone, especially if you have prior swimming experience yourself.  The available trainings for stroke and turn this season are linked below, so if you are interested, please email me and let me know, and also select a training date that works for you and mark your calendars.  In order to be certified, you need to attend one training before the season starts.

The list below is taken from GKAISA's website. It is the list of officials that are currently certified until the end of this season. If you are on this list, you are GOOD for this season, and do not require training.

If you have any questions regarding training, please let me know, and please email me if you plan to take a training so I can make sure we will have enough stroke and turns to get through the season!

2019 GKAISA STROKE AND TURN TRAINING SCHEDULE

Thank you so much!

Lauren Curtis

865-599-5189 \ [email protected]