Hi All …
Please ensure that your child arrives promptly before 8:45 am for a 9:00 departure.
All swimmers should be wearing Team Kit. In the absence of Team Kit, please ensure your child is wearing yellow to replicate the team colours as close as possible. A polite notice to parents that if you are coming to support your team please also aim to wear club colours. There is sometimes a prize for the best supporters. Don't forget your hats, wigs, horns, face paints etc. The louder you cheer the faster the swimmers will go!
The children have to know that every parent is behind them, not just their parent. Treat everyone else's as your own. Applauding a firework after it has gone off is wonderful, but first it has to be lit. Make sure you support BEFORE each swim, not just after!
Children will not be allowed to leave poolside, this is a fast and ferocious competition, team managers will not have time to hunt swimmers down from the balcony. Therefore please ensure your children have appropriate food and hydration for the morning.
You are reminded that this is a TEAM event, and as such all members of the team will stay until the end. Win or lose we will show the integrity that our role models show and applaud our fellow competitors.
Swimmers please remember everything you have practiced during training. This will be a tough competition, every millisecond counts in an event like this so remember shallow dives, kick hard, get up and race hard and don't slow down into finishes. BE CAREFUL ON THE TAKEOVERS!!!! It is better to go late than early. We need to grab every point we can, getting disqualified can cause the team to loose between 1 and 8 points (double for the cannon relay), this we don't want.
Good Luck Everyone! We hope you have a fun, exciting and enjoyable day.
The Regional Team
