Sharks

Home of the Broadway, VA Sharks Swim Team

You can pre-order your Champs heat sheets NOW for $5 by emailing armentrout.sharon@yahoo.com and pick up on Thursday/Friday prior to Champs.

A potluck dinner will be held at Broadway High School on Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 beginning at 6:15PM.

This event is for parents, swimmers, grandparents, siblings, and more. Each family is asked to bring two dishes within your designated category based on last name (see below).

A – D – Desserts
E – L – Some type of meat or main dish
M – S – Some type of veggie
T – Z – Some type of salad

There will be A LOT going on during the evening – we will start with the meal. Then all swimmers will be recognized and given awards. This is the time that any milestone awards will be distributed (3rd year sweatshirts, 5th year bags, etc.).

RAFFLES – we will being doing a raffle for at our Good Luck Pot Luck dinner at the dinner to raise money for the additional coaching needs for this year: various items that will be drawn throughout the evening to include: 3 stuffed sharks, towels, Shark Bed Spreads, Shark towels, Shark wall decals, etc.

PICTURES – please submit your pictures to be featured on a PowerPoint presentation to bwaysharks@gmail.com.

Our next swim meet is Tuesday, July 9th at HOME vs Spotswood Country Club.

Please feel free to come early for set-up; we will have access to the pool at 4pm.

Swimmers will be to be at the pool at 4:45pm, with warm ups beginning at 5pm. The meet will begin at 6pm and conclude no later than 10pm.

At least four (4) volunteers are still needed, please sign up today by clicking here.

Click here to view the line up.

Duck Race:  ALL ducks have been assigned – thank you! Once you have sold them please be sure to complete the ticket information and return with your fundraising money by Monday, July 8th (tomorrow). The ducks are numbered and ready for their ten races on July 13th. This fundraiser is for our equipment needs (router, chairs) and tenure awards. Please feel free to come and cheer your duck on this coming Saturday at 10am at Heritage Park.

Swimmers will need to be at the pool at 4:45 pm.

Broadway’s warm ups will begin at 5:00 pm.

The meet will begin at 6 pm and conclude no later than 10 pm.

The swimmers have been working on good sportsmanship during practice, so try to remind them – when you finish a race, stay in the water until EVERYONE in the heat has finished. Shake the hand of the swimmers next to you and congratulate them on their swim.  Broadway has long been known for good sportsmanship at meets, and that is something that makes us all very PROUD!

Just a reminder that pictures cannot be taken behind the start end of the pool. This is a USA Swimming rule that the VSL follows.

Volunteers are still needed! To sign up , click here.

Heat Sheet Ads due Tuesday, July 16, 2019.

Each VSL team is responsible to provide ads for heat sheets for Champs. Since we have so many swimmers at Champs (all six teams) a heat sheet is compiled that lists all the events with swimmers. It also lists each child that is swimming in that event along with what heat and lane that they will be in. Many families will have photos of their swimmers with well wishes or you can use the attached “shout out” to help guide you. You can send me your ad in pdf form and we can catch up on payment later. Call Sharon if you have questions!

 CHAMPS HEAT SHEETS – you can reserve your Champs heat sheets NOW for $5 and pick up at Thur/Fri practice prior to Champs (just e-mail me to reserve).

Individual and Team pictures are on this Thursday, June 27th. Individuals start at 6pm and the team pic is at 7pm. Forms are available in the Shark Shack.

We had a few updates to the meet line-up tonight, so please check your events below.

MEET INFO – Our swim meet is  away TODAY vs Ashby Anacondas

Swimmers will need to be at the pool at 5:00 pm.

Broadway’s warm ups will begin at 5:20 pm.

The meet will begin at 6 pm and conclude no later than 10 pm.

The swimmers have been working on good sportsmanship during practice, so try to remind them – when you finish a race, stay in the water until EVERYONE in the heat has finished. Shake the hand of the swimmers next to you and congratulate them on their swim.  Broadway has long been known for good sportsmanship at meets, and that is something that makes us all very PROUD!

Our next meet is Tuesday (tomorrow) at Ashby pool.  We still need volunteers for the second half of the meet in order to be able to participate.  We need 3 timers for the second half and 2 clerk of course volunteers for the second half.  If you have a swimmer in event 32 or later, please volunteer so that these kids can swim!  Please sign up or let me know by 5pm today if you can volunteer so that I can let the Ashby meet director know.

Sign up here.

Here is some information about the meet:

Directions: Tuesday night’s meet will be held at the Ashby Pool in Bridgewater (east of Oakdale Park).  You have 2 options for getting there:

Option 1: take I-81 exit 240, turn right at end of the exit ramp.  Proceed thru the light on Route 11 then take right onto Mt. Crawford Ave just past the Bridgewater rescue squad entrance. Pool will be on your left.

Option 2: take route 42 south into Bridgewater, turn left at the 2nd light (Mt. Crawford Ave). Pool will be on your right.

If you are not able to make it to the meet, but have not signed out, please let a coach know asap!

Go Sharks!

Beth Arnold

Broadway Meet Director