Rudgear Rats Newsletter: Week of July 14th
Upcoming Dates
7/14 – Conference Jobs Open
7/17 – REST @ DPST
7/19 – Splash & Dash (during practice)
7/19 – End of Hell Week Breakfast (after practice)
7/19 – Rugrats Graduation | 12pm
7/20 – REST vs. Del Amigo (Rugrats Race & Senior Meet!)
7/21 – HOX Last Chance Meet
7/24 – Time Pop Soda Pop Celebration | 12:00-12:30pm
7/25 – Rudgear Idol and Pasta Feed
7/26 – Conference Fun Friday (during & after practice)
7/27 & 7/28 – Conference Meet
7/28 – Conference After Party
7/30 – Awards Night | 6pm
Link to full season calendar
TL;DR
-sign up for a Conference job
-Rat Pack appreciation this week
-Kick in for Coach Bonus
-Splash & Dash 7/19
-Idol and potluck pasta feed on 7/25
-Opt-in for Conference after-party food
REST vs. Rancho Results
Click here for Saturday’s meet results.
Conference Jobs
If your swimmer is participating in Conference you must sign up for a job (unless you won a buy-out!). Please sign up by July 16th at 10:00am. Coordinating everything for Conference is a heavy lift for our board members – if all our team families do their part on time it lightens the load and we truly appreciate it. Thank you!
Rat Pack Appreciation
This week is all about our amazing Rat Packers! This group of RATS graciously volunteers to help out our youngest RATS (and Rugrats!) at practice and at meets. You’ll also see them at meets helping to hype everyone up! One day this coming week bring a card, a note, candy, snacks, a drink, etc. Anything to say thank you for all the hard work this crew has done this season!
Coach Bonus
It’s time to show our end-of-season gRATitude to the coaches and Rat Pack!
The Rudgear Coach Bonus Program is a tradition our swim team holds to say thank you to our coaches for their hard work each season. The strength of this program is what sets our team apart in our ability to offer compensation packages that retain and recruit amazing coaches.
It has been an incredible season - our swimmers are working so hard towards personal goals and having a blast along the way. Please join me in saying thank you to our coaching staff that has worked so well together to make this season so great!
The Rudgear Coach Bonus Program is primarily made up by family contributions. This season, the suggested family donation is $65, although any amount more or less is greatly appreciated. Donations will be collected through Tuesday, July 30.
There are three ways to donate:
1. Venmo: @victoria-hill2016
2. Cash to Victoria Hill directly
3. Check written to "Victoria Hill" and given to Victoria (Tori) Hill or placed in the Hill family folder. Please write 'bonus' in the memo line.
Thank you so much for your generosity and support of our coaches! Please let us know if you have any questions - [email protected].
Sincerely,
Tori Hill, Coach Liaison
Splash & Dash | July 19
Make sure your swimmer brings running shoes to practice on Friday. During their regular practice time 8 and unders will participate in an obstacle course and 9 and ups will be swimming some laps and dashing around the neighborhood. Winners earn the coveted pineapple! And be sure to stick around after practice for a delicious breakfast.
Rudgear Idol | July 25th at 6pm
Calling all RATS! Rudgear Idol is around the corner and we need YOU! Rudgear Idol is fun talent show where our swimmers can show off their out-of-water talents! All performances will be judged by our amazing group coaches, Idol-style. Sign up on the poster at the pool to show off your RATical talents!
Conference Pump Up Pasta Feed | July 25th at 6pm
This year, we are adding some carbs to our Rudgear Idol evening! Come for the food and stay for the show! This is a potluck event.
*What to Bring*
Last name A-M: Pasta dish in a disposable pan
Last name N-S: Salad in a disposable bowl
Last name T-Z: Garlic bread
BYOB drinks The team will serve swimmers an ice cream treat.
Buddies
This week’s buddy suggestion is to bring your buddy a sweet treat. Click here weekly suggestions for the season.
Conference After Party | July 28th
The Conference After Party is the place to be! After relays and awards on Sunday, head on over to Rudgear Estates to eat, drink, swim, and dance with our Rudgear Fam! All are welcome! Be sure to opt in and pay for catered food and drinks – orders due by July 24th. (If you choose to BYO food and drink instead that’s also totally fine.) This is one of the best nights of the season; you won’t want to miss out!
*Food/Drink Pricing*
$15 per child (12 years and younger)
$20 per adult (13 years and older)
If you want in on dinner and drinks, please place your order here and pay by July 24th.
You must both fill out the pre-order form and pay in order for us to order your family’s food. Please Venmo @jen-mccurry or place cash or check (made out to Rudgear Estates Swim Team) in the McCurry family folder. Please make sure your family’s name is noted on your payment.
HOX Last Chance Meet
Towards the end of each swim season, Blackhawk hosts a “Last Chance Meet” – an opt in meet open to any swimmer. Swimmers from the region can swim to improve seed times, earn a county time or just have one more splash in the pool. The meet is fast, fun and exciting.
This is not a Rudgear-sponsored meet; however, you can register your swimmers and attend if they want some extra swims. Rudgear is not able to help you register or answer questions about the meet as we are not hosting it– please send any questions to h[email protected].
Lessons
Lessons are available! We post all the coach’s sign-up links on our website (click here); however, it is the coaches’ responsibility to update their sign-ups, set prices, receive payment, etc.
We have 200 swimmers on our team, so please be considerate when booking lessons. We don't want one swimmer having three lessons per week and another left with none.
Please note: Swimmers may only sign up for one lesson per week with Coach Nick. If you sign up for multiple lessons for one swimmer, the earlier lesson will stay on his schedule and the remainder for the week will be deleted. Only team swimmers should sign up for lessons with Coach Nick. Rugrats should sign up with any other coach.
Let's Connect
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Let's make it a great week and GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RATS!!
