Details about Mallards at Stingrays Thursday 7/18

June 17th

🌊“In some sports, you can excel if you have natural talent. Not in swimming. You can have all the talent in the world, be built just the right way, but you can’t be good or get good without hard work. In swimming, there’s a direct connection between what you put into it and what you get out of it.”

― Michael Phelps, No Limits: The Will to Succeed

A lot of us forgot to sign in for the last meet. :( Please consider signing up for all the remaining meets. City meet isn't open yet. I'll let you all know when it is ready!

Mallards at Stonewood Estates Stingrays details:

Location: 2727 Summerfield Dr, Stockton, CA 95209

Thursday June 18th

Arrival: 4:30 PM

Mallard Warm-up: 5–5:15 PM

Meet Start Time: 5:30 PM

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Duckling swim at 5:30 and mid point before event #39

Food- A snack bar will be available. They accept cash and credit cards via Square.

Parking is free and available all the way around the pool and in the lot.

Our team may set up on the grass along the North side of the pool, on the Estate Drive side. If you have them, bring pop up tents, it is quite sunny in the late afternoon.

There is a stacked pile of wood by the women's restroom leaving narrow passage, please use caution while walking past it.

If ADA access to a restroom is needed please use the boy's restroom and close the door.

Only swimmers and coaches are permitted behind the blocks.

Everyone's favorite topic...Volunteer shifts:

We still need Shift B head judge, 2 first shift timers and 9 second shift volunteers.

I also need 2 floaters that can fill in gaps if needed in case of emergencies

So at least 12 if not 14 volunteers if possible. We signed up 58 swimmers, so if your swimmer is swimming, please have a family member sign up.

Our best volunteers-

At least 9 shifts for Mary Hidalgo and Aaron Verner, Amber Lopez,

Heather Uribe/William Riddick You all have volunteered for at least 7 jobs!!!

Shout outs to Desiree and Che Lopez, Raina Duong, Joyce Crame, Yuithy Chow, Amrut Savadhkar/Pratibha Patil, Debbie Sasser, Edith and Carlos Villapudua, David and Corrina Konzcal, and Nathan and Allyson Overturf! You have all volunteered over 5 times and consistently say yes when I sidle up to you with a smile and the smell of desperation.

There are 7 who have only volunteered once- I have the list. Please be proactive and sign up so we can avoid an awkward conversation. Please have 1 to 2 volunteers for the next 3 meets if you haven't volunteered yet, so that our regular volunteers can also kick back and enjoy watching their kids swim!

Also, if you sign up and don't show up, that's not nice. Please let me know if you can't make it so we can be proactive.

Our coaches have some changes planned to practice next week in the AM so that we can really refine our different strokes. I'll share more Thursday night.

🦆Quack, Quack, ATTACK!!!

The board of the Mallards of Brookside.