Dear Stingray Nation, Here it is, the news you have been waiting for, the complete guide to Championship season, also known as the “Championship Digest.” Grab a cup of coffee, maybe a snack too, put your feet up, and read this entire email, it contains A LOT of information! _________________________ MEET UPDATE LCSC Polar Plunge - January 31-February 2, 2025 at the Livonia Rec Center Sturgis Invitational - February 1, 2025 Sturgis, MI This is a YMCA meet. Coaches will NOT be attending this meet, as they will be at...

Dear Parents, Championship SWIM season is on the horizon! It begins this weekend in Indianapolis and continues February 7-9 at the Eastern Clusters Championship, February 15 at the 8 & Under State Meet, and February 21-23 at the 9 & Up YMCA State Championship Meet. There will be a LOT more information to come, but for now, it's Championship t-shirt time! If you would like to order a t-shirt for your swimmer or swim fans in your life, please act now. T-shirts are Gildan softstyle unisex, black, $17 each or...

Dear Parents and Swimmers, As we know, schools now close for "cold days" when the actual temperature + wind chill factor reach a certain temperature. When school is canceled for cold days or snow days, FFYS does not practice. With there being no school on Monday, even if it is very cold, we hope to be able to run Senior and Gold practices at Northville High, but it is possible that the high school may not let us run practices. Please check your email or the Band app frequently before...

Dear Parents, Have you signed up for your TWO volunteer slots for Eastern Clusters? Yes? Thank you!! No? Click here: Volunteer Signup ___________________________ PRACTICE UPDATE Looking ahead... Monday, January 20 - NO SCHOOL Senior - 10am-12 noon Northville Gold - 10-11:30 A.M.Northville No practice for Silver, Bronze, Miniray Tuesday, January 21 Senior - 6:00-8:15pm NF Gold - 5:45-7:15 NF Silver - 5:45-6:45 NF Wednesday, January 22 Senior - 5:45-7:45pm NF Gold - 6:45-8:15pm NF Silver - 7-8:15pm Y Bronze - 6-7pm Y Miniray - 5:50-6:30pm Y Thursday, January 23 Senior...

Dear Parents, What a great weekend! There was so much energy on the pool deck at Waterford High School. There were many great swims, time drops, new Indy, State and Zone cuts and more importantly, there was so much team spirit! So many of our Stingrays were cheering their teammates on from behind the blocks, the side of the pool, and at the ends of the lanes. Thank you to our volunteer timers: Brent Scully, Amanda Blanchard, Eric Stricher, Erika Myers, Jensen Killgrove, Andrew Stricher, and Erika English, and our...

Dear Parents, Have you noticed our FFYS Bulletin Board at the YMCA? Be sure to check it out the next time you are there! Thank you Erika English! ___________________________ YMCA EASTERN CLUSTERS - February 7, 8, and 9, 2025 This meet is OPEN for Registration and the Volunteer Signup is OPEN too! All swimmers who have met the THREE meet requirement are qualified to swim at this Championship Meet! ALL parents are required to volunteer for TWO sessions at this meet whether or not your swimmer is swimming. (This includes...

Dear Parents, Happy New Year from the Stingray Boosters! We have many meets coming up in the next several weeks of our season, be sure to sign up by each deadline, registration is often open for only a short time for some of these meets. Read on to find out about our upcoming meets and several practice changes. _______________________________ MEET UPDATE FLY Winter Invite at Waterford Kettering High School - January 10-12, 2025 We still need a few timers for this meet! If you are able to time, please reply...

Dear Parents, We have many meets coming up! Two meets are open for registration and two more will be opening soon. FLY Winter Invite at Waterford Kettering High School - January 10-12, 2025 This is a YMCA meet. All swimmers should swim this meet! Registration is open through January 4th! We still need timers for all sessions of this meet! If you have a swimmer swimming at this meet, please consider volunteering. Volunteering at this meet does not fulfill the required volunteer slots at our home meets. If you are...

Dear Parents, Happy Holidays from the FFYS Boosters! _____________________________ MEET UPDATE: FLY Winter Invite at Waterford Kettering High School - January 10-12, 2025 This is a YMCA meet. All swimmers should swim this meet! Registration is open through January 4th! The hosting team is requesting that we send 2-3 timers per session at the meet. FLY parents came through for us at our meet by sending several timers to each session, so we would like to reciprocate. If you have a swimmer swimming at this meet, please consider volunteering. Volunteering...

Please read this important message from our Head Coach about practice at Northville High School. Good morning, As we start our Holiday Break practice schedule, I want to send out a reminder to all parents about the facility at Northville High School. There will be a lot of construction work being done over the break and the operations people over at Northville have requested that we keep the people traffic in the building to a minimum. Therefore, we will be doing drop off and pick up only over the break...