Can you believe that the JV Stars’ first swim meet is already here? We are looking forward to watching our swimmers compete for the first time this season. We will be visiting the Candlelight Hills Cudas to kick off the season. GO JV STARS!!!

The address for the Candlelight Hills Cudas’ pool is 18600 Burnt Candle, Spring, TX 77388.

For our families joining us for the first time this year and as a reminder to all returning families, here is a bunch of information about the JV Stars’ first swim meet week.

PEP RALLY

We will have the JV Stars Team Pep Rally on Friday, May 10th, at the Pavilion next to the Jersey Village Pool beginning at 7:15 pm. The team will serve Pizza. Please bring your own drinks, chairs and shareable dessert so that the kids can celebrate the start of another fantastic JV Stars swim season.

Please RSVP ASAP by either responding to this email and letting us know how many members of your family will be attending or posting on the JV Stars Swim Team Facebook group with the number that will be attending. Also, on the Facebook Page, let everyone know what dessert you will be bringing.

Practice

We will have practice Monday through Friday beginning this week. We hope to have practice (weather permitting) five days a week for the remainder of the swim season.

Swim Meet Information

Bring your tents, chairs, blankets, tarps, etc. with you to the swim meet and set up near your friends and neighbors. 

There is a parking lot at the Candlelight Hills pool and overflow parking is on the streets in the neighborhood. On the street leading to the pool, parking is only permitted on the clubhouse side of the street. Please do not block mailboxes and driveways.

Candlelight Hills will have concessions for breakfast and lunch. Bring some cash to keep the swimmers and yourself feed and hydrated throughout the swim meet.

Please check your swimmers in by 7:30 a.m. We will have poster-boards set up on a fence near our team set-up. Your swimmers will be listed along with each event that they will be competing in. Just place a check next to their name and remember to write down their event numbers. If you are running a little late, please contact a friend to sign your swimmer in or text Krista at 832-217-5296.

Swim warm-ups for the JV Stars begins at 7:45 a.m.

Parents, you are not permitted to enter the ready bench area and the areas roped off around the pool deck. Only swimmers, officials, timer & scribe volunteers and ready bench volunteers are permitted in this area. Your compliance with this NWAL rule keeps the swim meet moving efficiently. There is plenty of room on the swim deck to watch and cheer for your swimmers while they compete and your swimmer will get to the swim blocks for their race.

Volunteer Information

All volunteers need to check in as well. A volunteer check in poster board will also be set up on a fence near our team set-up. Officials, Timers & Scribes and Ready Bench volunteers will have separate meetings on the deck at approximately 8 a.m. Saturday morning.

Volunteers Still Needed!!!! We only need to fill two more volunteer spots for this week’s swim meet. We need one Timer and one Scribe for the second shift of the swim meet! It truly takes about 120 parent volunteers to run a swim meet efficiently. Please go to the team website and sign up.

This year, if you volunteered for the swim meet, you will be receiving another email reminding you about your volunteer session. If you need to change volunteer sessions, you must do so on the team website. We also request you inform the appropriate board member (that board member will be listed in the volunteer email you receive) that you will not be attending that volunteer session. This will make it easier for us to fill in the volunteer gaps at the swim meet.

Missing the Meet?

If one or more of your swimmers will be missing the swim meet this week, you will need to change their status to “not attending this meet” on the website. NO MORE MISS A MEET PAPER FORMS! The deadline for withdrawing your swimmer(s) from the swim meet is Tuesday, May 7 at 11:30 PM.

To indicate that your swimmer(s) will be missing the meet, go to the team website jerseyvillage.swimtopia.com and login to your account. Then click on the “Swim Meets” tab. Next, click on the “MEET ENTRY” tab next to the “Away at Candlelight Hills” Swim Meet. All of your swimmers will then be listed. Click “Edit” and then change each swimmer’s status to “not attending this meet.” Then, you must click “Save” or your changes will not be registered in the system.

By doing this, the team will be unable to enter your swimmer in the swim meet. If your swimmer is attending, you do not need to go through this process. The assumption is that “undeclared” swimmers will be attending and entered.

Want to Leave a Note for the Coaches?

You can leave notes for the coaches about your swimmer. Go through the same process for missing a swim meet. Except, instead of selecting “not attending this meet” select “Attending this meet”. That will activate a note section for you to leave a short message. After typing the message, you must click “Save”. If you do not, your message will not be saved in the system.

Time Trials

6 year old and younger swimmers will have their time trials on Monday during practice.

For those 7 – 18 year old swimmers who did not complete their time trials, we will hold make up time trials on Monday and Tuesday during their regularly scheduled practice times.

Ways to Follow the JV Stars

There are several ways to follow the JV Stars.

Remind (to follow click on the link)

Remind

Twitter (our handle is below)

@jvstarsswim

Facebook Page

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Instagram (our username is below)

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Missing Items?

We have picked up several flip-flops, shoes, shirts, etc. after practices. If you are missing something, please check with Krista during practice this week to see if we picked it up. Also, a pair of black Nike Sliders went missing. If anyone mistakenly picked up the wrong pair, please bring them back so we can get them to their rightful owner. 

Thank you and I hope everyone has a great week! The Pep Rally and Swim Meet are two great events to finish the week!