IMPORTANT NEWS AND UPDATES
Volunteer Sign-Up and Information Meeting time has been changed to 5:30 - 7:00 PM, Tuesday, May 22nd, at SOLECO pool.
This event is RAIN OR SHINE!
Please plan to attend the team meeting with Coach G beginning promptly at 5:45 pm; we will discuss new team policies, team safety policies, Summer Splash, new swimmer information, and much more!
2012 Registration Information
NEW SWIM TEAM MEMBERS* must be evaluated prior to acceptance on to the SOLECO Stingrays swim team. Pre-team (still part of the team) may be recommended for your child and you will be informed of the coaches final decision shortly after evals. If your child is not accepted to the team at this time, you will be offered a refund of team dues OR those funds may be credited towards summer swim lessons.
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* New swimmers MUST be registered with the SOLECO pool and team dues ($95) must be paid in full. Mail checks ASAP to: P.O. Box 103, Coopersburg, PA 18036. Please direct questions to:
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Swim Team Policies
1. For HOME meets, swimmers must to be at the SOLECO pool for warm-ups at 4:45 PM; for AWAY meets, swimmers must arrive no later than 5 PM. Meets start promptly at 6 PM. All volunteers MUST check in the evening of the meet with the volunteer coordinator, Jen Johnson.
2. Swimmers need to attend a minimum of 3 practices a week to be eligible to swim in a meet (logged and approved absences by the coach are excused). Attendance is mandatory on meet days.
3. Swimmers may swim a maximum of four events in any one meet.
4. Swimmers need to swim a minimum of four regular season meets in order to be eligible to swim in Championships.
5. Swimmers must attend practice the 5 days prior to Championships to be eligible to swim.
6. Final Championship eligibility will be at the discretion of the Coaching Staff.
7. Parents must sign up for and fulfill volunteer and food requirements. Ssign-ups will be held during swim team registration.
8. Pool membership, team membership, waiver form, escrow check and food donation fees and volunteer sign-ups must be paid/current for a spot to be held for each swimmer. Failure to have all fees/donations made will result in your swimmer losing his/her spot on the team.
General Info
1. All New Swimmers and Returning Pre-Team Swimmers must come to Evaluation Day; Rodale Aquatic Center, Sunday, May 6, 3:00.
2. Swimmers must be registered in order to attend evaluations.
3. In order to receive all team updates and emails, please register as a member of our site. If your email has changed since last season, please re-register and email us a notification of the change… we will be sure to delete the old address from our files.
4. The 2012 team swimsuit will be the Speedo Speedah Cheetah Flyback and the Speedo Speedah Cheetah Jammer. The suit is available at D&J Sports in the Fairmont Shopping Center, Coopersburg (free mesh bag with every team suit purchase!) and at A&H in Allentown and Easton. As always, team suits are optional.
FEES:
1. All fees, including pool membership dues, must be paid prior to completed Swim Team Registration.
2. All swimmers must also be fully paid members of the SOLECO Pool.
Swim Team Fees: Swimmer Registration fee: $65
Mandatory Fundraising fee: $25
Food Donation: $ 5
TOTAL: $95
In order to eliminate frequent fundraising requests from our families, we are implementing a MANDATORY fundraising fee for each swimmer in the 2012 swim season. As a bonus, this fee will allow free entry per swimmer into Summer Splash, to be held on July 14, 2012..
Eligibility
1. Swimmers must be six years of age by May 31 st and may swim till the summer after their senior year in high school.
2. Coaches will evaluate new swimmers and returning pre-swim team swimmers at at the Rodale Aquatics Center located Cedar Crest College on Sunday, May 6, 3:00 pm.
3. All swimmers must be able to swim 25 meters (one length of the pool) of at least freestyle and backstroke. If a swimmer cannot swim 25 meters, they may be eligible for pre-swim team. Eligibility will be determined by the coaches.
Please Note: The pre-swim team and swim team are NOT intended to be swimming lessons and inclusion will be at the coach’s discretion.
* After the initial two weeks of practice, lessons may be suggested by the coach and parents are strongly urged to follow coaches suggestion.
