Greetings Barracuda Families,

Welcome to all of our new families, and welcome back to our returning barracudas. Our first practice is this Monday, April 22^nd! Our coaches are excited for a great season!

PRACTICE: If you need to know the practice time for your group, please use https://bcwbarracudas.swimtopia.com/practice-schedule. We require all Barracudas to swim with their age group due to pool safety. You will need approval from Coach Janet for any exceptions.

WHAT TO WEAR/BRING: For the first day of practice, swimmers can wear any swimsuit but we prefer for girls to wear one-piece competition style suits and for boys to wear briefs or jammers. All swimmers should wear goggles. Please bring their equipment (kickboard and flippers), please label all your items. For 6 and unders and 7/8 age groups, please bring tennis shoes the first week in case the water is too cold - they will be doing a dryland workout.

SEVERE WEATHER: Our team will cancel or postpone practice if there is lightning or thunder in the immediate area (defined as being within 10-15 miles of the pool). We will always do our best to email you when we need to cancel practice due to weather issues, but this isn’t always possible. Our rule of thumb is that we swim in light to medium rain with no thunder or lightning present. We cancel practice if there is lightning, thunder, or very heavy rain. If your kids are at practice and conditions change, please come and pick them up.

VOLUNTEERING: Thank you for volunteering this season! We wouldn’t have a team for your kids without all the parent volunteers! If you don’t remember your volunteer jobs, you can find them under My Account on the www.bcwbarracudas.com web page.

MERCHANDISE: Items ordered during registration will be delivered at practices as soon as they arrive.

PARKING: Please - no parking on the grass between the pool driveway and the playscape due to sprinklers. See Pool Location link for more details on parking. (This applies to practices and meets)

BABY/SPLASH POOL: During practices, please reserve the baby/splash pool for younger children. Parents of little ones are expected to be in the immediate area of the splash pool if they have young kids swimming. (The splash pool is closed completely during meets)

I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank our AMAZING 2019 CHAIR LEADS for their time and leadership:

Ribbons Chair - Elizabeth Palosh

Stroke Judge Chair - Laura Hollenbeck

Merchandise Chair - Shannon Revels

Sponsors Chair - Elizabeth Brewer

Web Chair - Shaun Phillips

Events Chair - Kate Fyda

Volunteer Chair - Katina Wong

Ready Bench Chair - Jay Kamm

Setup Chairs – Andrew Assir and Angie Arrambide

See you at the pool on Monday!

Thanks,

Barracudas Swim Board

Our 2019 Corporate Sponsors are the best:

GOLD SPONSORS

Chick-Fil-A of Lake Travis

Higginbotham Insurance

America's Swimming Pool Company of Austin

CraigO's Pizza & Pastaria Lakeway

Rodan + Fields – Megan Carnahan

Dr Emily Prosise, Central Texas Derm Care

Roadway Productions

SILVER SPONSORS

Keller Williams - Amani Wang