Hampton Woods Hammerheads 2016 Swim Team Info!
It is time to start thinking about swim team!!
Summer is just a few short months away so it is time to start planning!!
There will be 3 of us Coordinating the Swim Team this summer. I will be returning again and will be working with Gina Laney and Ashley Cook! We cannot wait to have a fun and exciting season!
To help you plan, here are some dates, highlights and changes for this season. Also, we would love to see our team grow this summer.. so please feel free to forward this info on to your friends/family in the area! Swimmers from all neighborhoods are welcome! There are a lot of neighborhoods around here with no swim teams.. so share this info so they can be part of our amazing team!
Coach: We are still in the process of finding a Coach for the summer. There is a chance that Sammie may return again (keep your fingers crossed!) but if not we will find another fantastic coach for our team! We are also looking for Assistant Coaches to help with the team this summer.
Practices: Tentatively Scheduled to Start on May 16th!!
Practice starting the week of 5/16 will depend on the availability of our coaches. It may end up starting the following week.
*Before School Ends – practices will be held from 4:30-5:15 for our 5 – 8’s; 5:15-6:00 for our 9 and ups.
*Summer (starting 5/26) – practices will be held from 9:00-9:45 for our 5 – 8’s; 9:45 – 10:30 for our 9 and ups; and 10:30-11:00 for our Junior Team. Practices will be held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
*Monday Evening Practice Option – each Monday evening from 6:00-7:00 a practice will be held for those that cannot attend the morning practice due to camps, other sports, etc.. There will be a sign up a week in advance to attend this evening practice.
Meets: Meets this year are tentatively planned for THURSDAY evenings, and will most likely begin on 6.2. We won’t know our final meet schedule until our Cobb County Meeting in late March. We should have 2 home meets this year and 3 away meets.
Stroke Clinics: We are tentatively planning on holding the weekly stroke clinics again this year. Our plan is to have them on Friday mornings from 10:00-11:00am.
Suits: Same suit as last year!
New suits may be purchased at Atlanta Swim Academy after registration (prices TBD by Atlanta Swim).
Junior Hammerheads: For our 4s and 5s who cannot yet cross the pool unaided, we are tentatively planning on having our Junior Hammerhead team again this year. These practices will start the week of Memorial Day.
Registration:
*Online registration will begin on Monday, March 28th and will end on Monday, April 18th. We welcome all swimmers aged 5 – 18 from Hampton Woods, Princeton Walk and our other surrounding neighborhoods to join us! Swimmers need to be able to swim the length of the pool unassisted in order to participate (with the exception of those interested in the Junior HH team).
*The registration fee is re-evaluated at the start of each new season. When registration opens on March 30th, we will publish the season’s registration fees.
*Registration fees will include: county fees, cap ribbons, coaching and stroke clinics, t-shirt and the end of the year party for our swimmers.
Hampton Woods Swim Team Facebook Page! Don’t forget that we have a Facebook page for the swim team! We will be using this to help communicate and announce registration. Ask to join today if you plan to join the swim team!
We hope you will join us this summer!!
Emily Ratliff
Ashley Cook
Gina Laney
HW Swim Team Coordinators
