Hello Devil Ray Families,

It is finally here, practices start tomorrow for last name A-M and Wednesday for N-Z! Please refer to the website or Coach Lino’s email for your practice times. We are watching the weather closely and will notify everyone if there is a need to cancel practice. The coaches and team volunteers are excited to see everyone and get the season started.

Our first fundraiser is this Wednesday, May 27th at 5 Guys. Stop in from 4-8pm that day, let them know you are participating in the Dearbought Devil Rays Dine Around Fundraiser and 20% of your sale will be donated to the team. Please stop by to enjoy a burger and shake and maybe you’ll see your coach before practice.

Below is the signup genius link for concessions donations, donations are optional but will help offset some costs to the team. The concessions team works hard to keep us well fed during swim meets. Concessions Donation Sign Up

Tomorrow, time trials and swim meets will be open to declare your swimmer. It is required to let us know if your swimmer will or will not be attending the swim meets this season. It takes some behind the scenes work to prepare a line up for the meets and we are unable to make last-minute additions.

Directions are below for time trials and meet signups for SwimTopia. You can also find the directions and tips about attending a meet here Swim Meet 101.

• All swimmers must be declared if they will be attending the meet or not by the Tuesday before the meet. For time trials that will be June 2nd. Don't worry we'll send reminders each week.
• Time trials is just for our team. It is run like a meet but swimmers only enter 2 events, and there are no relays. This will give them seed times for races at dual meets, and experience a meet on a small scale. This is the best opportunity to give your swimmer a feel for what a meet will be like if they are apprehensive.
• Time trials is also a time for team volunteers to work out any bugs along the way before we host another team at our pool.
• New swim families- we will cover time trials and swim meets a little more in depth at our new parent meeting which is held directly after the team parent meeting on June 3 at 6pm.
• All meets will be open to declare if your swimmer will be attending or not, tomorrow, May 26^th. If you know your schedule for the summer, feel free to declare for all meets. If you do not, you can go week by week and declare by the Tuesday before the scheduled meet. You can always go back and update if they can attend or not, and what events they are swimming as long as it is before the Tuesday night deadline.
• Meet volunteers- if your child is swimming at the meet you are required to volunteer for one half of the meet. Volunteer jobs are opened for sign up on Sundays at 6pm for the upcoming week. We will send more information on how to sign up for a volunteer role before the jobs are opened next Sunday.

*Friendly reminder- during practice time coaches are busy coaching the swimmers and acting as lifeguards. Please feel free to email our coaches or speak with them after practice but during practice they need their full attention on the pool. You can learn more about our coaches and find their emails here Coaches

How To Sign Up For A Meet

To enter your swimmer(s) for a Meet, please follow these instructions:

• Start by going to the Signup Calendar page and then click on the green "Meet Entry" button located next to the event you are committing to.
• Next click the "Edit" button at the bottom of the page.
• For each swimmer select an option from the dropdown list next to his/her name: "Attending" or "Not Attending."
• Choose the events you would like your swimmer to be entered in by clicking on the box to the left of the event.
• After you have selected the preferred events (No more than 4 for a regular meet, no more than 2 for time trials) make sure to save the changes.
• Please enter any notes for the coaches, such as leaving early or arriving late, in the notes box.
• The final decision for swimmer entries will be determined by the coaches.

Note: If your swimmer is new to the sport, please only select the 25 Free and/or 50 Free) unless you have been told otherwise by a coach

• Click the "Save" button at the bottom of the page.

As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have. 

Go Devil Rays!

Cindy

Team Rep

Dearbought Devil Rays