What you Need to Know This Week (June 14-21)
The weekend belonged to the Ducks!!! It was a show of athleticism, team spirit, great costumes, better cheers, perfect-ish weather, unbelievable home-made treats, volunteer generosity, officials, and coaches that kept the meet rolling, all capped off by not one but two wins!!!! Well done, Ducks!!!
Announcements
Snacks: THANK YOU to the very, very, very generous families who brought snacks, baked snacks, and ordered snacks off the wish list – We are well stocked, so please, if you signed up to bring snacks for an A meet, double-check the jobs we might not need snacks.
.Morning Practice Soft Launch: We are going to have an “unofficial” kick off of morning practice on Friday, June 19th, 9 am-10 am, complete with donuts after practice (please see the Practice page to determine if your swimmer is ready for morning practice)
Team Suits: If you want a Ducks logo on a suit, please bring a clean suit that has not been washed with fabric softener, as the logo won’t adhere to the suit if they have been washed with fabric softener.Logo and placement costs $10.00 – Jenn will have her equipment at the pool. Please put your suit in a labeled bag and drop it in the pool office.
Relay Carnival Prep: We are tie-dying T-shirts (if you want) for Relay Carnival to go with our “Hippie” theme. We still need a tie-dye kit from the Amazon Wish List. If you want to order a Ducks t-shirt to tie-dye,please make sure to get your order in (white shirt, or tank top): https://twinbrook-swim-team.square.site/ (select the “Short Sleeve Twinbrook Logo Cotton T-Shirt” and select the “White” color)
We have another busy week…and our first B meet of the season. To keep this positive momentum going and to keep it all organized:
What you need to know June 14-21, 2026
- Practice Schedule:
- Ducks: Mon, Tues, Thurs 5-6 pm or 6-7 pm
- Hatchlings: Mon, Tues, Thurs 5:15-6:00
- All Team: Friday 5:00 pm with Pep Rally from 6-7
- Monday: Declare for the B meet
- Wednesday, June 17: B Meet - Diamond Farms (1203 Quince Orchard Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878) - Details to Follow
- Wednesday: Declare for the Upper County (A meet)
- Friday: morning practice with donuts
- Friday: Fun Practice and Pep Rally
- Saturday, June 20th: Meet #3 Upper County. Theme: Sunshine - sharing the joy, kindness, and sparkly spirit of Quinn Nelson
Once again, none of this would be possible without all of you and your swimmers – the happy energy is real; it has a cathartic way of making all that other noise fade for the few hours we all spend together on a pool deck.
Go Ducks!!!
Jamie, Jenn, Linda, Regina, Sarah, and Rachel
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We are officially “Gram” official (thanks to our social-media-savvy teens)!
Follow the Twinbrook Ducks on Instagram
We’ll use Instagram to communicate updates, celebrate swimmers, and capture memories throughout the season.
Please let us know if you do not want photos or videos of your swimmer posted.
🦆 Duck Fashion / Team Swag
Our Team Store is now live with all your favorite Ducks gear:
- Visors (coach favorite)
- Sweatshirts (teen favorite)
- T-shirts (everyone favorite)
- Bag tags (essential swimmer gear)
All purchases help support the team
🛒 SwimOutlet Team Store
Need swim gear?
Shop the Twinbrook Ducks SwimOutlet Store
The team earns money from purchases made through our SwimOutlet page — including goggles, kickboards, black suits, swim bags, and more.
- The Ducks swim in a basic black suit. No tie-back suits for girls (league rules).
- Jenn will bring her logo machine to the pool and apply team logos for $10 (logo included).
IMPORTANT: Please select the “Give Back” option at checkout so the team receives credit for your purchase.
📅 Google Calendar
To help keep everyone organized, Jenn helped get our Ducks in a row (yes — we went there).
We now have a shared Google Calendar that includes:
- Practices
- B-Meets
- A-Meets
- Pep rallies
- Declaration deadlines
- Dine-outs
- Divisionals
- End-of-season banquet
Thank you for bringing swimmers to and from the pool, catching up, introducing yourselves, and sharing some much-missed pool deck time with us.
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Practice: schedule is posted on the "Practices" tab on our website: https://ducks.swimtopia.com/practice-schedule
Consider using "swimmers ear" preventive drops: We suggest starting ear drops on day 1 for at least the first few weeks of the season. You can find them at CVS, Amazon, and Target
Swim Meet Schedule: This year is going to be a doozy of a schedule, and we want everyone to have a proper heads up on the meet schedule (which can also be found on the Meets and Events Tab: https://ducks.swimtopia.com/calendar-and-meets)
Swim Groups
Just a few things to help with registration and swimmer placement:
We have 3 groups of swimmers - they are ALL Swim team members - no matter the practice group
Ducks: These are the competitive swimmers - they range in skill from proficient in 2 strokes for a full 25 yards -no stopping, to our year-round swimmers, stroke and turn students, and returning Duck swimmers. Many of our Ducks started as hatchlings and now look at them... GOALS.
Ducklings: These are those swimmers that are almost ready to be ducks; they just need a bit more coaching and stroke work to get there. Once they are solid in 2 strokes and can swim 25 yards without stopping, they can join the Ducks (but don't be too worried if they choose to stay Ducklings a little longer...there is no timeline or expectations of where these swimmers go, or when they get there -- the magic is they eventually do). Practice start: Monday, June 1st at 5:15 pm
Hatchlings: these are our littlest, new to swim swimmers - they are Ducklings in the making, and Ducks all the way. Practice Start: Monday, June 22nd, at 5:15
In preparation here is something to think about:
- Signing up for a Swimtopia account if you don't have one—this is how we communicate with you: ducks.swimtopia.com
- Reaching out to us before and during the season if you have questions or need to pay your swim team fees (we do check email and are at the pool most afternoons
- Don't suffer and question in silence. What can we do to make this a great experience for you? Let us know (please don't make us guess—if we were good at guessing, there would be a lottery win somewhere between the group of us). Reach out if you have questions!
