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New Member Parent
QuickGuide
Please use this brief reference to
answer some of your initial questions. Contact Shawn or Diana. if
you’d like more information on these items or to discuss
topics not listed here.
Account
Statements - Each household receives one monthly
statement via email on the 21st day of each month.
Accounts not paid in full by the 10th of the month are past due.
Swimmers in households with past due accounts may forfeit
competition and practice privileges and will incur late
fees.
Administration and Management
- South Sound Titans is a non-profit corporation
that employs a head coach/executive director to conduct the daily
affairs of the club. Our committee system and board of
directors invites parents to participate in the club’s
funding operations.
Annual
Auction -
We have two fundraisers annually and our annual fall auction is
one. Watch our website, Monday Blasts,
and newsletter for more information.
Bring-A-Friend - Do you know
someone that might like to try us out?
We encourage swimmers to bring friends whenever possible. Attached to this packet and on our website
is a liability release to be completed by the parents of any
friends your child brings to the Titans practice. Without the completed waiver we cannot permit
anyone to swim.
Meets
- If you fail to receive a meet schedule with
this packet please request one or visit our website. Competition is
not mandatory but strongly encouraged for all
swimmers.
Meet
Entries - Our coaches complete all meet
entries. Most meets require entries one
to two months in advance. To declare
your intent to enter a meet please visit our website and submit
your intent by clicking the appropriate button. If you don’t see a button for a meet
you’d like to attend either the meet isn’t yet open or
the deadline for declaring your intent has passed. Once entries are completed and posted entry is
impossible. There is no penalty for
failing to attend an entered meet but your entry fees are forfeited
and you may be responsible for extra relay
fees.
Meet
Intents and Deadlines - If you wish to enter a
meet simply click the appropriate button on our website. Every meet has entry deadlines and many
meets fill very quickly. To avoid being
“shut out” of a meet we may request your intent as much
as three months prior to the meet.
Please regularly visit the website to avoid missing a
meet.
Monday
Blast - One of our primary information pipelines
is the Monday Blast. Each Monday via
email you receive an update on upcoming events and team news. Please be certain to provide us your correct
email and the email of anyone (especially friends or relatives)
that might enjoy hearing about our team.
Newsletters - As another
primary information stream, the South Sound
Titans publishes its own newsletter once monthly. Each issue is posted to our website and you
are encouraged to print a copy for your files. You can also find archived issues on the
website. The newsletter features
articles and information about our team.
Swim-A-Thon - Our primary fund
raising event of the year. It is one of
only two fund raising programs we do and all families are required
to participate. Sponsorship requests
begin in December and the actual event is on President’s Day
each February.
Team
Colors - Our official team colors are red, white,
and blue highlighted with black.
Team Suits and
Gear - We recommend all participants wear
goggles. Team caps are required for
competition. Latex team caps are
available from a coach for $3 and silicone caps are $10. You may purchase caps from coach Diana or
coach Shawn. For team suit information
contact coach Diana. All other team
gear like parkas, bags, towels, warm ups and caps with names on
them are available only through our fund raising
programs.
USA
Swimming - This is the national governing body of
competitive swimming in the United States. Athletes training with the South Sound Titans are
USA Swimming members under the jurisdiction of Pacific Northwest
Swimming (PNS), a local administrative unit of USA
Swimming.
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