Contact Information
Mailing & Billing Address
Stingrays Swimming (T4L)
803 Savona Way, Woodstock, GA 30189
LAPS Information
Pike Hightower
(770-325-7292) Ext 1
Stingrays Team Information & MVAC
Location
Pike Hightower
(770-325-7292) Ext 2
Office Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 9:00 am-1: 00 pm
Tuesday: 10:30am-1:00pm
North Pool: Cherokee County Aquatics Center
(CCAC)
Larry
Baskin
(770-325-7292) Ext 3
Head Coach & Billing
Ian Goss
(770-325-7292) Ext 4
Lead Age Group Coach All
Locations
Mark Keaveney
(770-325-7292) Ext 6
Masters Coach at MVAC Location
Michael Soderlund
(770-325-7292) Ext 5
Click here for tryout information
STINGRAYS PROGRAMS
LAPS
The Stingrays offer our state of the art LAPS program for
Elementary and Middle School children.
In LAPS, your child will
receive a vigorous and athletic practice while getting some of the
finest stroke technique and development in the Southeast.
(Over 60 years of coaching on our
Staff!) LAPS has, as its central
mission, to make professional swimming instruction, structure, and
athletics accessible to most kids. We do this in 3 important
ways:
1. We break the school year into 6-7 week
sessions. (There will be 6-7 sessions throughout the
year.) You are not committed to any more than the one that you are
in.
2. This session approach allows for
the freedom to do multiple activities without over-burdening the
calendar or the checkbook. Play other sports? Great! You can create
a schedule that can run concurrently with your sport OR participate
in the off-season. Not sure how much you want to swim? No problem.
The 6-weeks-at-a-time format makes trying it out very low risk. If
you want more (and you will!), sign up for the next session and add
more days.
3. Finally, your cost is determined by the
number of days you select. There is no flat monthly
rate that you will be locked into. If you want to swim 2x per week,
you will pay less than if you want to swim 3x per week. Your
commitment is your decision. As you get older and more context is
developed, your coaches will guide you to the appropriate levels of
commitment.
If interested in joining our LAPS program at any location,
please contact Pike Hightower [email protected].
Or you can call our main line at 770-325-7292 Ext 1
Pre & Post High School
Program
The Stingrays offers a quality program for pre-high School season
and post High School season. The RAYS are Georgia’s finest
swim program. Twice the American Swimming Coaches Association has
named us the National Stroke Champions. This is an honor
given to the program with the Best Stroke Technique in
the USA. If you are participating in a High School
swim team this school year, then this program will help you get a
head start. This program is for current Non-USA-Swimming
athletes.
If interested in joining our Mountain View Aquatic facility, please
contact Coach Pike Hightower [email protected].
If interested in joining our Cherokee County Aquatic Center
facility, please contact Coach Larry Baskin [email protected].
Or you can call our main line at 770-325-7292
Master’s Program
Stingrays offer a Master’s Program (21 & older) at the
Mountain View location. If you are looking for more
information about joining our master's Team, please contact
Coach Michael Soderlund at (770) 325-7292 ext. 5 or
[email protected]
Competitive Team
Stingrays offer training and competition for all levels of swimmers
seeking individual development and team unity within a nationally
recognized competitive swim program. Anyone interested in
becoming a Stingrays swimmer is asked to attend a
swim evaluation at one of our facilities. Group
evaluations for new swimmers are scheduled in the summer, while
individual evaluations may be conducted at other times of
the year. During the evaluation, a Stingrays staff
member will observe the swimmer performing all four
strokes, assign an appropriate group placement within the
Stingrays program, and discuss the registration
process. If interested in joining our Mountain View Aquatic
facility, please contact Coach Pike Hightower
[email protected] or [email protected].
If interested in joining our Cherokee County Aquatic Center
facility, please contact Coach Larry Baskin [email protected].
Or you can call our main line at 770-325-7292
2020-2021 COMPETITIVE TEAM MEMBERSHIP FINANCIAL
MATTERS
Since your child is swimming for the Stingrays, we ask that
you be aware of the important and various financial
commitments that come with the membership. Please read the
following information carefully and completely. If you have any
questions, please email our Business Office, [email protected].
Team Billing: 770-325-7292 Ext 0.
All outstanding balances must be paid in full prior to or during
the registration process.
Stingrays billing is done through the T4L Swim
Team Management, Inc. all payments must be made payable to
T4L
REGISTRATION FEE
An annual non-refundable registration fee of $220 payable online
through the Stingrays website is required for each swimmer, or as a
rolling registration for returning swimmers on July 1st each
year. For more than one athlete per family. (Age Group,
Youth, Senior, Future and National groups only) there is a $20
discount per athlete for the yearly registration. The annual
registration fee covers the cost of USA Swimming, Georgia Swimming
Registration, a subscription to the informative
“Splash” magazine, and administrative fees. Swimmers
will not be allowed to begin practice until the registration fee is
received. The Pro-Rated Registration Fee drops to $175 January 1st;
$145 March 1st; $100 April 1st
ALL REGISTRATIONS ONCE COMPLETE AND APPROVED ARE
NON-REFUNDABLE
Going forward after your initial registration,
registration will be charged to your account, as do recurring
monthly fees and meet charges, on the 1st of
July in subsequent years and will constitute a ‘rolling
registration’.
RECURRING CHARGES
TEAM Swim Fees
The swim year runs from August 1 to July 31 each year. All
Swim Fees are non-refundable.
DISCOUNTS 2020-2021 for Swim Fees
*** Multi-Swimmer Discounts for families with more
than one swimmer in the Age Group program or above level practice
groups are applied as follows (after ordering swimmers
from most expensive to least expensive):
• 2nd swimmer = 10% off
• 3rd swimmer=20% off
• 4th swimmer=30% off
• 5th swimmer and above = free
Family Commitment Charge
There will be a mandatory $150 commitment/charge per
family
Stingrays Swimming is proud to sponsor and help promote and
subsidize USA Swimming programs as well as fund scholarships,
travel, water fees, and team’s equipment costs for Stingrays
Swimming. Stingrays Swimming will host the Annual Swim-A-Thon
fundraiser in the fall to help achieve these goals. The Online
Fundraiser will be active on the website in September, so everyone
can start early. The Fundraiser system on our Website offers easy
templates for emailing prospects and tracking your donations.
Details on the Swim-A-Thon events and prizes will be communicated
by the coaches and on the website once the program is finalized and
active. (Note that 5% of the proceeds will go to USA Swimming and
the remainder will go toward scholarships, travel, and team
equipment costs.) The family commitment charge is due December
1st each year.
Although the commitment charge is mandatory,
the Swim-A-Thon gives the swimmer’s family the opportunity to
defray costs by raising money that would otherwise have been a
direct charge to the swimmer’s family. Alternatively, the
funds contributed by the swimmer’s family
may be tax-deductible, in part or whole,
as a charitable contribution.
Consult your tax professional as Stingrays Swimming is not a tax
expert and does not purport to be such.
Should the swimmer’s family elect to pay the $150
charge, said the amount can be divided into two installments of $75
each (December 1st and January 1st). You MUST contact
the Billing Department via email by November 15th if you wish for
the fee to be split. If a swimmer registers in December, the
commitment charge is $100; in January $75; in February
1st $50; in March $25 which is invoiced on the day they
register. Email Billing
[email protected]
NON-RECURRING MONTHLY CHARGES
Please carefully review your courtesy Billing Summary that is
emailed to the primary email on your account around the
20th of each month to make sure you are aware of and
prepared to pay the correct amount due. Non-recurring charges
such as meet fees, cap fees, or special t-shirt fees may be added
to your recurring monthly dues and are due in full on the 1st of
each month. A $20 late fee is automatically
billed to any account for which the Total Outstanding
Balance has not been received and
posted to an account by the 15th of each
month. For each meets a swimmer signs up to attend, an
$8 fee to cover Stingrays administrative and club costs at each
meet is charged to the swimmer’s account in addition to the
host team's individual event and surcharge fees. All fees are
noted in the notes section when an athlete signs up for each meet.
Because meet fees must be paid by Stingrays in advance, these fees
will not be reversed if a swimmer fails to attend a meet for which
s/he signed up to attend. When the sign-up deadline ends the
athlete is considered in the meet and no refunds will be given.
Registration information
and fee structure available at evaluation.
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