Bradshaw Farm Barracudas

Welcome To The Bradshaw Barracudas Swim Team!

Coordinators:
Anne Davis - [email protected]
Tori Blase - [email protected]

Team Treasurer:
Cindy Weems - [email protected]

Coaches:
Head Coach
Jonny Balchus

Assistant Coaches 
Nell Hess
Pam Hess
Jessica Teixeira

Important Dates:

Practice Schedule:

May practice times are scheduled as follows (Monday – Friday):

6 and under: 4-4:45 pm

7-8: 4:45-5:30 pm

9-10: 5:30–6:15 pm

11-up: 6:15–7 pm

Wednesday, 5/22 – No practice – Last Day of School

Monday, 5/27 – No practice – Memorial Day

PICTURE DAY IS Monday, 5/20 – Individuals at 4, Team at 5

June practice times are scheduled as follows (Monday – Thursday):

**THIS SCHEDULE STARTS ON THURSDAY, MAY 23^rd

6 and under: 8-8:45 am

7-8: 8:45 – 9:30 am

9-10: 9:30 – 10:15 am

11-up: 10:15 – 11 am

**Each Friday morning during June (also, 5/24 and 5/31)there will be donuts and juice served at the pool and the previous evenings ribbons will be available 9-10 am for 10 and unders and 10-11 am for 11 and ups…

** End of Season Banquet will be Friday, 6/28 at 6:30 pm

Our meet schedule is as follows:

5/23 Practice Meet Home

5/30 Arbor View Away

6/6 Orange Shoals Home

6/13 Laurel Brooke Away

6/20 Intersquad Meet Home

6/27 Woodmont Home

Warm up Schedule:

Home Team 5 pm

Barracudas should report to the pool by 4:45

Visiting Team 5:30 pm

Barracudas should report to the pool by 5:15

All meets start at 6 pm and providing there is good weather and no lengthy delays, each meet should end around 10:30 pm.

Things you will want to bring to the meet:

3-4 towels, a blanket, a robe or warm sweatshirt (it gets chilly when the sun goes down and swimmers are wet!), sunscreen (the 1^st couple of hours of the meet are quite sunny!), snacks (concession stand is available, but swimmers STAY hungry!), something to do for those children who like to stay busy (cards, books, crayons, games, etc.), chairs for spectators not in the bullpen, a sharpie (to write your child’s events on them as a reminder of what they are swimming), a camera (see below for what to do with those awesome pictures!), a swimsuit (obvious?!), goggles, swimcap (if your child prefers one-not required) and a great attitude (these are the times your child will never forget).

Please send all pictures to:

[email protected] and [email protected] and [email protected]

Inclement Weather:

We will communicate changes in practice and meets due to weather thru email.

In the event of dangerous conditions due to the weather at the meets, the meet official and team coordinators will determine the length of the delay. Following a period of at least 15 minutes from the last clap of thunder, the meet will be restarted from the point at which it was suspended.

If the delay lasts longer than 1 hour, the meet should be called and rescheduled if necessary. The meet is official and will count toward the standings after the 46^th event (scoring heat only) has been completed.

Age Divisions:

6 and under

7 and 8 year olds

9 and 10 year olds

11 and 12 year olds

13 and 14 year olds

15-18 year olds

The age control date is determined by the swimmer’s age as of June 1^st of the current year.

A swimmer can swim in their proper age group for individual events and still move up one age group for relay events only.

Each swimmer may swim in a maximum of 3 events plus relays.

6 and under events:

25 freestyle, 25 backstroke, 100 freestyle relay

7&8, 9&10 year old events:

25 freestyle, 25 backstroke, 25 breaststroke, 25 butterfly, 50 freestyle, 100 IM

100 freestyle relay, 100 medley relay

11&12, 13&14, 15-18 year old events:

50 freestyle, 50 backstroke, 50 breaststroke, 50 butterfly, 100 freestyle, 100 IM

200 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay

6 and under age group – Special Considerations:

To be eligible to swim in a scoring heat, swimmers in this age group must be able to swim the length of the pool unassisted. They may stop momentarily to rest while holding on to the lane rope. They cannot however, pull themselves along the lane rope.

Ribbons are awarded for 1^st-5^th place in each heat.

Parental Involvement:

Barracudas swimming runs solely off of the commitments of our parents. It takes a lot of help to put a meet together. We must fill many positions for both away meets and home meets. Parents are required to work at least 5 volunteer shifts and may be requested to participate more if need be. Remember, this is your swim team and we will only succeed if everyone participates.

Areas that need help – you can sign up on the SignUp Genius site:

Bullpen – lining up of swimmers for events

Concession Stand – Home Meets only

Timers – Sit at a lane and record times

Runners – Run time sheets from timers to Ribbon Table

Place Judges – Record the order that swimmers finish

Flip Chart – work the flip chart of events

You will receive an email prior to the meet as a reminder of your scheduled shift(s)….

Registration Fees cover:

Ribbons Coaches Awards

End of year Medals CCSA fees per swimmer

T-shirts End of year Gift

Laptop/printer/software expenses

General Information:
Practice will be held in the rain. Only thunder and lightening will stop a practice. Check your email for practice schedule cancellations.

1. Clean up after each meet is the responsibility of everyone. If we are visiting another pool, please clean up OUR designated area. For home meets, please help clean up the entire area.
2. The coach has the authority to dismiss a child from practice or a meet for improper behavior.
3. Swimmers should stay with their team in the designated team area during the meet….during home meets, the “bullpens” where all swimmers are required to stay are: for 10 and unders – the mushroom, for 11 and ups – the playground.
4. Swimmers are responsible for reporting to the bullpen on time. Especially important for Relays.
5. Our coaches do a great job with the swimmers and making the heat sheets. It is a HUGE job to divide 170 kids into the heats for a meet. Once the sign up sheet is taken down and the heat sheet is started, NO ONE can be added.
6. If you need to talk to our coaches and/or coordinators about your swimmer, please do so at an appropriate time and place. Before or after practices would be best or via email.
7. Please help us in teaching and reinforcing GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP to your swimmer. There are a lot of kids at meets and we want to represent Bradshaw Farm in the most positive manner.

Your team drink donations are DUE Friday, May 17th...this is NEW this year, so thank you in advance for your participation and cooperation:

6 and unders   12 pack of Sprite
7-8 year olds    12 pack of Coke
9-10 year olds   24 pack of bottled water (any brand)
11-12 year olds  12 pack of Diet Coke
13-18 year olds  8 pack of Gatorade (any flavor)