PLEASE READ ENTIRE NOTE - Restricted Access to County Swim Meet, Getting Tickets
All: As mentioned earlier, the County has implemented attendance restrictions for the three county swim meets at West Gwinnett Aquatic Center this week. They have allotted a fixed number of tickets to each team for each event. Here is Parkview's allotment:
- 48 tickets for Thursday's Girls Prelim Meet. We have 24 participants, so each family will get TWO tickets in the form of Gold wristbands.
- 46 tickets for Friday's Boys Prelim Meet. We have 23 participants, so each family will get TWO tickets in the form of Blue Lightning Bolt wristbands.
- 47 tickets for Saturday's Girls/Boys Combined Finals Meet. This is the hard one. Based on past performance, we expect around 35 finals qualifiers, and won't have a count of all qualifiers until Friday night. Each Finalist family will receive ONE White wristband. Several families, but not all, will receive TWO White wristbands. Preference for the second wristband will be given to families of senior athletes.
Attendees will also have to pay admission per session: Adults $5, students K-12 $3. Heat sheets are also available for $5. You MUST wear the correct wristband to get into the meet. No wristband, no entry. Wrong wristband, no entry. There are NO replacement wristbands - if you lose them, you can't get another one. We are prohibited from distributing wristbands in the lobby of the Aquatic Center. Finally, there is NO RE-ENTRY into the Aquatic Center - if you leave for any reason, you can't get back in, so show up with enough provisions to get you and your athlete through the event. Again, this only applies to the SWIM meets at West Gwinnett - there are no restrictions on the dive meets at Mountain Park.
How do I get my ticket/wristbands for prelims?
- At the County Team Dinner Tuesday Night. We will be handing out wristbands for Prelims to all athlete attendees at Tuesday night's team dinner. If you don't trust them in the hands of your athlete, come into the LDS Church and pick them up.
- Pick them up at the Byrne house, 4662 Hancock Way, SW Lilburn. Text Karen in advance at 678-429-1905
- Wednesday for Thursday Girls prelims
- Thursday for Friday Boys prelims
- The Byrnes will distribute them out of the back of their car in the West Gwinnett Aquatic Center Parking lot starting at 2:30pm. We'll also have a variety of "nearly new" consumer electronics available for purchase (cash only)! Seriously, we will notify you no later than Saturday morning whether you get one or two tickets.
This is nuts - is there any way I can avoid this insanity?
Yes,
there are two options. 1) VOLUNTEER FOR THE MEETS. Volunteers don't
count against our allotment. We have 5-6 spots for each
session. Sign-up on our team website! 2) WATCH THE LIVE STREAM. Too
hot, too much chlorine, too much COVID, too far to drive? Watch the
live stream from the comfort of your own home. Info on livestreaming,
including links and subscription, is posted on the front page of the
team website.

