We are two weeks away from our first swim practice of the season and are excited to kick off another 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.

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

We will be updating our team website frequently, so head there for the latest information and schedules. We also highly recommend downloading the Swimtopia mobile app and enabling notifications, which will allow you to easily access weather alerts and information for meets, and swimmer results when the time comes. If you do not get the app, you’ll still get urgent alerts via email.

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What to Bring to Practice

Please have your swimmers arrive in swimsuits and make sure to bring goggles and a towel to the first practice on 5/15 (or 5/18 for night practice group) at the Spindrift Pool (2146 Spindrift Ct). Your group will start right on time, so plan to arrive a few minutes early. _________________________________________________________________

Parent Zoom Meeting

We will host an informational zoom meeting for parents on Sunday, May 21 from 6:00-6:45pm to provide more details prior to the first meet on 5/31 and to answer any questions you may have. We ask that any new families please plan to join, and also anyone who needs a refresher from last year. We will send the zoom link out prior to the meeting. _________________________________________________________________

Professional Photos

We will take a team photo before the first meet on 5/31 at 4:30PM, along with individual photos for night swimmers only. We will have individual photos for the morning group during practice on 6/7. You will have an opportunity to purchase the individual and team photos.

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Parent Volunteer Sign-Ups (Action Required)

We still have a critical need for the following 3 positions in order for us to have a successful swim team this year:

• Volunteer Coordinators (2 people) – coordinate our parent volunteers at each meet to ensure we are set up and ready to go. Mainly involves emailing and texting to ensure all roles are filled and providing the supplies to volunteers at the 4 meets.
• End of Season party coordinator (1 person) – help plan the end of season party on June 27. Mainly involves ordering pizza, creating a Sign-up Genius and helping set up & take down on the 27th.

Please email [email protected] if you can step up to help. We can’t do it without you!

In addition to the above, 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 like concessions, ribbons, etc.). 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 SIGNUP tab 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.

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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 and meets are on.

AFTER SCHOOL PRACTICES -Monday, 5/15 - Tuesday, 5/23

• 4-6 year olds 4:00-4:30
• 7-8 year olds 4:30-5:00
• 9-10 year olds 5:00-5:30
• 11 and up 5:30-6:00

*NO PRACTICE: Last day of School (CCSD), Wednesday May 24th

** FIRST MEET WEDNESDAY, MAY 31st

MORNING PRACTICES: Thursday, May 25 - Monday, June 26*

Practice times Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays (“Regular”) will be:

• 4-6 year olds 8:30-9:00
• 7-8 year olds 9:00-9:45
• 9-10 year olds 9:45-10:30
• 11 and up 10:30-11:15

*No practice on Memorial Day, 5/29

Practice times on Wednesdays and Thursday 6/1 (“Fun Swim”) will be:

• 4-8 year olds - 9:30-10:15 am
• 9 and up 10:15-11:00 am

NIGHT PRACTICES: Thursday Nights, May 18th - June 22nd

All ages together: 6:00 - 7:00pm

To help you plan, please see attached calendar with ALL dates and events outlined.

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SWIM MEET SCHEDULE

Warm-ups begin at 5:30pm for AWAY meets and 5:00pm for HOME meets. Swimmers MUST be present for warm-ups!

• Wednesday 5/31 Princeton Lakes at Chadds Walk (HOME) – 4:30 PM TEAM PHOTO, 5:00 PM warm-up
• Tuesday 6/6 Chadds Walk at Penhurst (AWAY) - 5:30 PM warm-up
• Tuesday 6/13 Chadds Walk at Indian Hills (AWAY) – 5:30 PM warm-up
• Tuesday 6/20 Somerset at Chadds Walk (HOME) – 5:00 PM warm-up

*You may notice we only have 4 meets (vs. the usual 5) this year. We unfortunately had one team drop out from our region and no teams left to substitute, so every team in our region has one bye meet. Our bye meet happens to be the last week of the season, so that will be our End of Season party, on 6/27! We will still keep the last few practices after the final meet to most closely mirror the typical season.

* 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 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 (Arena Tropical Blue), and you’ll pay them directly. We expect swimsuits to be delivered in time to give them out at the first practice on 5/15.

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