We are less than two weeks away from our first swim practice of the season and are excited to kick off a fun summer! We wanted to take an opportunity to remind you of the important dates and details as well as to share the volunteer sign-ups for meets. As a reminder, we ask that one parent volunteers for at least one shift in every meet in which your child(ren) will be swimming. Instructions for sign-ups are below.

Swimtopia - https://chaddswalktidalwaves.swimtopia.com/

We will be updating our team web site frequently, so head there for the latest information and schedules. We also highly recommend downloading the Swimtopia app and enabling notifications, which will allow you to easily access alerts and information for meets, and swimmer results when the time comes. We will be using the app this year to push out any urgent team messages (weather changes, etc.).If you do not download the app, you’ll continue to get urgent alerts via email.

Parent Volunteer Sign-Ups (Required)
We still have a critical need for the following positions in order for us to have a swim team this year:

• Volunteer Coordinators (2 needed) – coordinate our parent volunteers at each meet to ensure we are set up and ready to go.
• Ribbons Coordinator (need 1 more) – coordinate scores entering and printing labels for ribbons to be handed out to swimmers after each meet.
• Computer Guru (1-2 needed) – run the team’s computer at each meet, entering times to be sent to Cobb County as the official score.

Please email [email protected] if you can help with any of the above. We cannot do this without these roles filled!

In addition to the above needs, we require that one parent signs up for at least 1 volunteer slot per each meet your child(ren) will be swimming (unless you already raised your hand for one of our lead volunteer roles - that counts as your slot!). To learn more about the various swim meet volunteer roles, click here and then click on each volunteer position name to learn more.

How to Register for Jobs and Confirm Swimmers for a Meet:

• 1.Log in to SwimTopia. Login is found in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
• 2.If you can’t remember your password, click "Forgot your password" to reset your password.
• 3.Under the Meets & Events tab, select "Signup Calendar" to sign up for a swim meet.

Job Signup

Click the green JOB SIGNUPtab and sign up for volunteer shifts (note one parent may sign up both parents for jobs -- scroll down and you’ll see the other parent listed). If you know you and your spouse will not be at this meet, skip to Swimmer Signup.

Click Save Assignments.

Click Back to Signup Calendar.

Swimmer Signup

To RSVP for attendance:

Click the green MEET ENTRY tab, and then click the green Edit tab under your athletes' names.

For each of your athletes, select an option from the drop down list next to their names.

• (undeclared)
• Attending
• Not Attending

Click Save to record your choices.

Practice Schedule
Practices will be held Monday through Friday, rain or shine – we ONLY cancel if there is thunder. If practice is canceled, we will send an email, post a message in our Facebook group & notify via Swimtopia app. Otherwise, assume practice is on.

AFTER SCHOOL PRACTICES - Wednesday, 5/18 - Tuesday, 5/24

5-6 year olds 4:00-4:30
7-8 year olds 4:30-5:00
9 and up 5:00-5:45
Night practice 6:00-6:45 - May 18^th and May 26^th only

*NO PRACTICE: Last day of School (CCSD), Wednesday May 25th

** FIRST MEET TUESDAY, MAY 31st

MORNING PRACTICES: Thursday, May 26 - Friday, June 24*

Practice times on Mondays and (Tuesday May 31^st) (“Meet Days”) will be:
7-10 year olds 9:00-9:45
5-6 year olds 9:45-10:15
11 and up 10:15-11:00

Practice times on Tuesdays (“Fun Swim”) will be:
10 and younger - 9:30-10:15
11 and up 10:15-11:00

Practice times on Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays (“Regular”) will be:

7-8 year olds 8:30-9:15
5-6 year olds 9:15-9:45
9-10 year olds 9:45-10:30
11 and up 10:30-11:30

*No practice on Memorial Day, 5/30

NIGHT PRACTICES: Wednesday Nights, May 18th - June 22nd (no practice the last day of school, May 25 so we will offer it on Thursday, May 26 instead)

All ages 6:00 - 7:00 (“Night”)

To help, please see attached calendar.

Tuesday 5/31 Chadds Walk at Hampton Woods (AWAY) – 5:30 PM warm-up

Monday 6/6 Camden Place at Chadds Walk (HOME) - 5:00 PM warm-up

Monday 6/13 Chimney Springs at Chadds Walk (HOME) – 5:00 PM warm-up

Monday 6/20 Chadds Walk at North Forest (AWAY) – 5:30 PM warm-up

Monday 6/27 Princeton Lakes at Chadds Walk (HOME) – 5:00 PM warm up

* INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN FOR MEETS! In the event of inclement weather, we will have a make-up meet the following Thursday or Friday at the same time and same place! If we finish at least the half of our meet (through Event 46), we won’t reschedule. If the last meet is canceled, we will not reschedule.

If it is only raining, the meet will be held. If it thunders, the meet will be postponed for 30 minutes and the pool deck must be cleared. Everyone should wait in their cars until further direction is given by the coordinators via email, SwimTopia app, and the Chadds Walk Tidal Waves Facebook site. https://www.facebook.com/chaddswalktidalwaves/

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SWIMSUITS

We have placed the swimsuit order for our team for the season. If you did not order one but would like to, please head to All-American Swim (885 Woodstock Rd, Roswell, GA 30075) and let them know you would like to get the Chadds Walk swimsuit, and then pay them directly. We expect swimsuits to be delivered in time to give them out at the first practice on 5/18.

Questions? Contact the Tidal Waves Coordinators (Bonnie Willi and Amy Nadel) at [email protected].