Hammerheads!!  It is time to start thinking about swim team!!

It is hard to believe it is time to start thinking about summer already!! 

I will be the Swim Team Coordinator again this year and am looking forward to working with all of our swimmers, coaches and parents this summer!  Angela Stone will be working closely with me again this summer to help make our team run smoothly! 

EXCITING NEWS!! I just found out that Sammie Bosma will be returning as our Head Coach again this summer!!  We are so lucky to have her back again!!  Please tell all your friends/neighbors about our fantastic coach and encourage everyone you know to join our team this summer!!  I am still working on our Assistant Coaches and will share that info when it is finalized!

To help you plan, here are some dates, highlights and changes.

Practices:  Tentatively Scheduled to Start on May 11th!!

Practice starting the week of 5/11 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 5/22) – 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 Friday 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 WEDNESDAY evenings, and will most likely begin on 5/27.  I won’t know our final meet schedule until our Cobb County Meeting in late March.  We should have 3 home meets this year and 2 away meets.

Stroke Clinics:  We are tentatively planning on holding the weekly stroke clinics again this year.  Our plan is to have them on Thursday afternoons from 4:30-5:30.

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 30th  and will end on Monday, April 20th.  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.

Swim Team Committee:  We are still in need of a few volunteers to be on our Swim Team Committee!  If you are interested in being a part of our Committee please let me know!  Next year we will be looking for a new Coordinator for the team so this is the perfect opportunity to learn the ropes!!

We will also be starting a Hampton Woods Hammerheads Facebook page this year so we can share pictures, stories, successes, etc…!  It will be a closed group so members will have to be approved and only members will see info/pictures that are posted.  We hope this will be a great way to share info and encourage team camaraderie!

We hope you will join us this summer!!

 

Emily Ratliff & Angela Stone

HW Swim Team Coordinators

[email protected]

https://hamptonwoods.swim-team.us/