Home of the CHCCR SHARKS: 2022 Summer League Champs!!

First Home Meet and Team Picture

CHCCR Parent Reps

Hi Shark Parents,

We are super excited about the Meet tomorrow morning against TCAT!! Can’t wait to see all of our super-fast Sharks in the water!!

We also have our first HOME meet against Exchange (EX) coming up on Wednesday June 11th at 5:30 pm. DECLARE your swimmers NOW!! Deadline is Sunday June 8th! This also means it is time to Volunteer! Let’s get all those spots filled up. If you have a young kid swimming, consider volunteering as a chaperone. It’s the best seat in the house. If your kids are not in Swimmingly yet, please also make sure you get them in there. Instructions can be found below.

Team Picture: We always take our team picture right before the first home meet, so let’s have as many of our sharks come out as possible. Make sure you wear your Shark shirts.

Your parent reps (Nicolai, Aaron and Jeff)

REMINDERS:

  • Monday June 9th – Sundae bar
  • Wednesday June 11th – First Home Meet vs Exchange – Registration deadline Sunday June 8th
  • Wednesday June 11th – Team Picture before the Meet
  • Tuesday June 17th – SHARK DANCE!! Register like you declare for the meets and write a note on how many Adults/siblings will be accompanying the Shark(s). ($25 per adult and $14 per kid).
  • Remember to share Team photos here

Instructions to declare your swimmer for the meet:

  1. Go to our team website and Log in to Your Account
  2. Go to the calendar tab
  3. Scroll down and find the Meet
  4. Click on “edit commitment”
  5. Scroll down and find your child’s name
  6. Click on your child’s name and under the declaration drop down menu please indicate whether your child will attend or not
  7. Then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on “save changes”

NOTE: You do not need to register your child for individual events. The coaches will choose the events.

Register your swimmer with Swimmingly – Swim meets are run through the Swimmingly platform so your child needs to be registered in Swimmingly to participate in swim meets. You have to re-register your child each year. Please use this link to register your child(ren) in Swimmingly and our club code is 267e4aa5-3afc-11eb-83f7-c2b3e1fb23ce should you need to enter it. When you enter swimmingly, please select the 2025 season for registration. If you encounter any problems with re-registering swimmers, adding a new swimmer, or creating a new account, please let me know.

High level Steps:

  1. Go to the CHCCR Swimmingly page here and login to your account or create an account if you are a new swimmer.
  2. Click the Chapel Hill Country Club Ridgewood blue button. Or you can enter our club code in the box below.
  3. Choose the 2025 Summer Season
  4. Follow the prompts to register your child(ren).
  5. If your children were registered last year, their names should appear. Click the box next to their names so a check mark appears. You will be asked if you want to enter another guardian’s e-mail. Then click “Proceed to Register.” If you have a new swimmer click the “+” by “Need to Add New Swimmer” section and add your swimmer. Then click “Proceed to Register” and finally click “Register and Checkout”
  6. If you are still having trouble, Swimmingly help can be found here:
    1. Returning Parent
    2. New Parent

Sign Up to Volunteer at the meet - if your child is swimming ... Please plan to VOLUNTEER. To volunteer for the mock meet, please follow the same steps as you did to declare your child, but click on job assignment instead. Volunteer Positions for Dual Meet:

  • Chaperones - Plan to stay until the end of the meet. The exception is for 6-Under chaperones as they can leave when the 6 & under events are done. We need 6 chaperones for 6 & U and 7-8, 4 for 9-10, and 2 for 11-12. Chaperones mark swimmers with their name and age, sit with your assigned age group, line up swimmers with their event cards and deliver them to Clerk of Course. This is the ultimate mother/father hen role.
  • Timer - Plan to stay until the end of the meet. We need 24 total timers, three timers for each lane. Eight of the 16 volunteers will use a manual stop watch. The others will need a phone because swimmers will be timed using an app on your phone. We will send a separate e-mail on how to download the app.
  • Head Timer- Call the timer huddle and run 2 stop watches for each race to be used as back-ups in case any manual timer fails to start their watch on time.
  • Clerk of Course (2) - Line up swimmers in order by heat and combine heats as often as possible to speed up the meet.
  • Runner (1) - Collect information from timers to bring to scorekeeping.  Also, assist timers by bringing around water bottles.
  • Scorekeeper (2) - Enter meet results on iPad (sitting, usually shaded)
  • Stroke & Turn Judges (2) - Official position; watch swimmers to insure they are using proper stroke/kick techniques (requires 1.5 hour training session from the CHSSL)
  • Heat Winner Ribbons (1) -Hand out a heat winner ribbon to the first place swimmer in each heat.
  • Starter (1) - Official position. Start swimmers in each race with amplified announcing (Requires CHSSL training).