***ATLA WEEKLY NEWS BLAST - September 19 to 25***

Coach Rhi Jeffrey

Good morning team,

 

We have a lot of changes coming up these next few weeks for a variety of reasons, please read this news blast in it's entirety!

 

PRACTICE CHANGES

  • The YMCA has rented out the aerobics room that we usually use for dryland for Monday through Thursday. This is going to impact our dryland for the next few weeks until the PIP opens back up.
  • For the remainder of September, assume ALL dryland will be taking place outside.
  • This means long sleeves and pants may be necessary for weather and bugs.
  • This also means we will have to cancel dryland for rain/bad weather. 
  • DRYLAND MONDAY WILL BE CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN.
  • I will send out an email blast in the afteroons (around 3 PM) if weather will be forcing us to cancel dryland. If you do not receive an email blast, we will be having a normal schedule that day.

 

KNOWN PRACTICE CANCELLATIONS

  • I read on the Portsmouth Indoor Pool page this AM that they have pushed their opening back to October 5th. This means we will not be having any practice on MONDAY OCTOBER 3rd. We were not anticipating this late of an opening date so did not continue to rent from the YMCA on Mondays. I am hoping this is the only day we will have to miss.
  • NO PRACTICE MONDAY OCTOBER 10th

 

MEETS

  • Please follow this link to sign up for November and December meets: https://www.teamunify.com/team/necsc/page/events#/team-events/upcoming
  • November and December meet sign ups will close at the end of this week!
  • If you have not completed the USA swimming registration if you are a new swimmer, you MUST have that finished before you race. If you have never given me a birth certificate before, YOU ARE ON THIS LIST! Please get USA swim registration complete and send me your swimmers birth certificate!

 

PARENT MEETING IMPORTANT INFORMATION

  • Our parent meeting is this Saturday September 24th at the YMCA at 8 AM after big team practice. 
  • Our team captains will be handing out snacks and playing some games with the swimmers outside while we have the parent meeting.
  • PLEASE BRING A CHAIR FOR THE PARENT MEETING! We will be having this outside either in the basketball courts or the back parking lot. 

 

COVID​

  • If your swimmer tests positive for COVID, after their 5 day quarantine our team requires a negative test to return to swim or a full 10 day quarantine, whichever comes first.
  • CDC protocol is to be masked for 5 days after quarantine, since our swimmers cannot stay masked in the water, we need a negative test to return to practice or to wait the full 10 days.

 

Have a great week everyone!