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[quote=Anonymous]Our team has the banquet at the pool the night of a divisionals. Big cost to rent the tent, table and chairs plus a ton of volunteers needed to set up and take everything down. For years we had mission BBQ cater the meal with a Costco cake for dessert but I guess that got too expensive. One year a swim Dad catered but a ton of parents hd to volunteer to serve. This year it’s a taco place for the meal.

Prices are different based on adult or child. Probably because they order a tray of Chik fil a nuggets and only let kids eat from there. It’s about $100 this year for a family of 4. Everyone brings their own drinks and appetizers because it takes so long for everyone to get through the line and get their food. We often don’t have enough seating despite it being an RSVP event.

At the banquet all 8 and unders get trophies. Ever  huh one else gets a medal. Trophies for highest point scorer in each gender and age group for A and B meets which sounds better than what some pools are doing. The most improved and sportsmanship are usually a joke as the coaches pick their favorites and don’t use any real data to quantify the most improved. Awards aren’t terribly long and then it’s  a slideshow and late night swim.

The annoying part for our tea is the night before divisionals. They do paper plate awards at the pep rally and they don’t seem
To understand the origin of paper plate awards. The whole idea is that everyone gets one and there is a story that is shared. Our team Sometimes has big kids do them for little kids but they don’t know these kids. Then the coaches also do paper plates but not for everyone. Multiple years in a row my kid got the exact same paper plate award from the big kid and a coach!!!

The paper plate awards form the junior coaches are also often inappropriate either form a Safesport standpoint or almost bullying. They made fun a girl for being tall and a boy for being in a cast. The parents all laugh along as my husband and I are quietly WTF!!! Many parents share later how they hate it yet our reps aren’t changing it. The few times we’ve actually gotten a survey I always complain about this.

So many of us summer swim parents are teachers and we can help make these things inclusive and appropriate. The snotty moms need to get out of the way and stop saying things like “boys will boys” or “they’re just having fun with their friends”.[/quote]

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