Hello Frogger Families!

We hope your swimmers are enjoying the start of the Froggers season! We wanted to reach out to let you know that we will be opening up our volunteer sign up for the 2024 meets tomorrow at 10 AM! We are excited to kick off our meets with Time Trials next weekend. As you know, we rely on parent’s participation to run successful swim meets and our Froggers season is made possible by all of us working together.

Based on the number of swimmers on our team and the number of jobs needed to run our meets, each Froggger family will need to complete 18 volunteer points this season. Tadpole only families need to complete 9 volunteer points. We encourage everyone to get signed up for all of their points early on so you can be sure to grab your favorite jobs and fulfill this team obligation.

Fulfilling your job requirements for the season are mandatory. It is our swim team policy that families who do not fulfill their volunteer requirements will not be considered in good standing and will not be allowed to register their family the following year unless they pay an additional fee that will start at $150 + $5 for each volunteer point not worked. This fee will be in addition to the registration fees. We realize things happen but we need you to either work or find someone to fulfill your duties.

Once you experience a swim meet you will soon realize how important parents’ involvement is and is needed to make the meet a success. When you look for volunteer jobs you will notice there are jobs available to help before, during and after meets.

• Jobs like Starter, Referee and Stroke & Turn Judges require additional training. If you are able to do any of these please let me know. We are always looking for more judges.
• All other jobs are open to everybody. Most jobs you will notice have more than 1 person working at a time so you will not be doing it alone. Even though there is Job Description document there will also be someone available to give additional detail at the time of the meet.
• You will receive a reminder from me the day of the meet about the details of the swim meet and job notifications.

To sign up for Volunteer Jobs please check out the Froggers website here (job sign ups will open tomorrow at 10 AM): https://lrfroggers.swimtopia.com/swim_meets

Our 2024 Meets Are:

• Saturday, June 8 - HOME - Time Trials (Morning Meet)
• Saturday, June 15 - HOME vs Martin's Chase (Morning Meet)
• Wednesday, June 19 - AWAY vs Kirkpatrick Farms (Afternoon Meet)
• Saturday, June 22 - HOME vs Stratford (Morning Meet)
• Wednesday, June 26 - HOME vs Tavistock (Afternoon Meet)
• Wednesday, July 10 - AWAY vs Stoneleigh (Afternoon Meet)

Additional Meets - Volunteering for these meets is in addition to your 18 points IF your swimmer competes in them.

• Saturday, July 20th - Divisionals (Morning Meet)
• Saturday, July 27th - All Stars (Morning Meet)

Social Activities - We will be sharing our social calendar with you this weekend and will likely need some volunteers to support those activities too!  Be on the look out for more information!

Every Home Meet Has The Following Jobs:

• Clerk of Course (2 or 4 points depending on length of shift) - Ensure swimmer are lined up appropriately to proceed to lanes for races.
• Computer Operator & Ribbon Writer/Assistant (3 points) - 1. Computer Operator enters meet results from the meet into Swimtopia and prints labels for ribbons. 2. Ribbon Writer/Computer Operator Assistant labels ribbons and distributes to family folders for swimmer pickup. In addition, assists Computer Operator with reading off swimmer times to be entered into system.
• Consession Food Pickup (1.5 points) - Picks up food and snacks for concessions 1.5 hours before meet
• Consession Sales (3 points) - Sell Concessions at Meet. Early shift requires set up and late shift requires breakdown. Additional information will be provided prior to the Meet.
• Head Timer (3 points) - Supervises the Timers
• Heat Winner Ribbon Presenter (3 points) - Watch all Heats/Events and hand our Heat Ribbons to Heat Winners immediately after the Heat.
• Ice Pick Up (1 point) - Purchase ice at Harris Teeter in Stone Ridge. You will be reimbursed by concessions. Help pack coolers with ice and drinks. Information for pickup will be provided prior to Meet.
• Meet Setup and Breakdown (2 or 3 points depending on shift) - Meet Setup/Breakdown - Responsible for setting up and breaking down all equipment / pool furniture required to run the meet.
• Referee (3 points) - Officiate all aspects of the meet. Must be ODSL Ref Certified.
• Relay Takeoff Judges(1 point) - This job is available to anybody. No training required. You must be available at the end of the meet for relays and to watch swimmers take off properly.
• Runners (3 points) - Collect heat results and deliver to data entry operators. Collect DQ slips and deliver to referee. Handout water to timers. Fill-in for timers if they need a restroom break.
• Starter (3 points) - Must have attended Starter training and have proper documentation at Meet.
• Stroke and Turn Judges (3 points) - Observes swimmers to ensure they are swimming strokes legally. Must have attended stroke and turn training and have appropriate documentation at Meet.
• Team Area Parents (4 points) - Ensure all swimmers are in team area and work with Clerk of Course to ensure swimmers get to events.
• Timers (3 points) - Time swimmers in Heats. Stopwatches will be provided to you prior to Meet.

Please let me know if you have any questions (you can reach me at [email protected]). I look forward to seeing you this summer and THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU in advance!!

Go Froggers!

Sincerely,

Brooke