Hey, PCHM Sharks! We have lots of announcements for you this week!

Our home meet is THIS THURSDAY! Don't forget to declare your swimmer by 5 pm today. Also, we still have volunteer spots open. Please sign up, especially if you haven't volunteered this season. We need a lot of help to pull off our home meet, and the more people that pitch in, the less of a burden it is for everyone. If you aren't sure what is the right role for you, email Laura Fee.

Do you have ice? We need 4-5 coolers filled with ice Thursday before our swim meet. If you have access to an ice maker please email Roxana Evans.

We will be taking our team picture before the meet on Thursday. Bring your swimmer to the Pebble Creek Swim Club deck at 4:00 pm wearing the team swimsuit.

Warm-ups will be 4:15-4:45, and the meet will begin at 5:30 pm.

Refreshments will be available during the meet at the Shark Shack, and Pebble Creek Clubhouse Grille will be selling a dinner box with a hamburger or hot dog, chips, and a cookie.

After we get the pool back to normal from the meet, we will have a special free swim for our swimmers! Since we won’t have a lifeguard on duty, please make sure your children stay safe, especially when they are diving in the deep end.

Sign up for Classics and Championships (C&C)! These meets on July 17 and 18 are for the fastest swimmers in the SAIL league. The top 16 swimmers in Divisionals will advance to Classics on Sunday. The 17-40th places will qualify for Championships on Saturday. If your swimmer makes it to C&C, it is a huge accomplishment! If your swimmer is unable to attend or if you don’t want your swimmer to attend C&C, then declare that he/she will not attend. If you declare that your swimmer will be present for the meets and he/she doesn’t show up, you will be responsible for paying a $25.00 fee per event.

Iron Shark shirts will be available for sale soon. What’s an Iron Shark? It’s a swimmer who has completed all 6 individual events (short free, IM, Breast, Long Free, Back, and Butterfly) without getting disqualified before Divisionals.

Speaking of shirts, we still have several team shirts that have been paid for but not picked up. If you paid for a shirt and did not receive it, email Stephanie Boyle.

Finally, we have information for you about Divisionals, which will be on July 9-10:

• On Tuesday, July 6, we will have practice at Silverleaf pool from 6-7 pm. This practice will help your swimmer feel comfortable with the pool before the meet. It is especially important to attend because we have not swum at this pool this year.
• The 11 and up swimmers will compete on Friday, July 9. Our warm-up time is 2:00 pm. You can drop your swimmers off as early as 1:30, and the session starts at 4:00.
• The 10 and under swimmers will compete on Saturday, July 10. Our warm-ups are at 8:50 am. You can drop your swimmers off as early as 7:30 pm, but you probably will want to wait until closer to our warm-up time. The session begins at 9:30 am.

Thank you for everything you have done to make this season awesome! We can't believe we are getting close to the end.

Fins Up,

PCHM Swim Team Board