Team News for April 25th

Lori Daniel

Team News for April 25th         

 

General Information:

Practice Calendars can be found  HERE.  You can find your specific schedule by looking under the “Rosters” tab and clicking on your swimmer’s group. The summer practice schedule will be the same as last year and can be found HERE.  We will update everyone on the start date at a later date.

HSA’s Swim for Success Program sponsors the Sea Dragons team at the Richard Showers Pool. The group meets two Saturdays out of the month.  We believe this is a valuable volunteer opportunity for our swimmers who are ages 12 and over to contribute to the community and help others learn to swim.  The Sea Dragons will practice on the Saturdays of May 4th and May 11th from 12:00 to 2:00.  If you are interested in helping out, please contact Coach Felipe Cortes [email protected].

As a reminder, all swimmers are to enter through the meet management room, no unsupervised children in the Aquatics Center, no parents are allowed in the locker rooms, and parents must use the restrooms located on the concourse of the Competition Pool.  Also, please be sure you are not leaving any trash in the stands or on the pool deck.  The lifeguards are doing their best to keep the pool area clean for our team and we need to help them out as much as possible!

Yearly Fundraising Obligation: This $150.00 fee runs annually on June 1st. This fee applies to all JD2, Red1, Red2, Blue, SD, JR, and SR group swimmers. 

Yearly Service Hours Requirement: This requirement applies to families with swimmers in White, JD1, JD2, Red1, Red2, Blue, SD, JR, and SR groups. HSA cannot run swim meets without the help of our families. Every family in the groups listed is asked to work 15 hours yearly to help run our meets.  Help with the distribution of mums is also applied to this requirement.  You must meet the annual 15-hour requirement to avoid being charged $25.00 per hour on August 1st.  Mini-meets do not count for service hours as they do not generate revenue for the team. WE WILL BE HOSTING 4 MEETS THIS SUMMER, AND WE WILL NEED VOLUNTEERS.  IF YOU HAVE A SERVICE HOURS BALANCE THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.

*Please be aware that the Service Hours Requirement and the Fundraising Obligation are yearly commitments even if you decide to leave the team early. 

Swimmers, Parents, and Coaches, TYR now has 2 ways to order gear at a discount and give the team credit. See below discount codes and ways to order. If you have any questions or need help, reach out to [email protected]! 

  1. (NEW) TYR.com discount code.
    • 30% off shoes, technical suits, and clothing
    • only works on TYR.com 
    • sale items are not included
    • code is: EJE9SXKIC
  2. TEAMS.TYR.COM portal
    • 25% off technical suits, training suits, equipment, goggles, and more
    • 10% off team logoed items (apparel, suits, bags, etc.)
    • Only place to get team logoed items
    • If you need to make an account, the team's access code is HSATYR25

 

 

Upcoming Events: 

HSA Long Course Invitational:  May 18th & 19th.  This meet will primarily be a dual meet between NAC and HSA, with involvement from a limited amount of other teams.  This meet will be available to Whtie, JD1, JD2, Red1, Red2, Blue, SD, JR, and SR groups.  The registration deadline for this meet is May 3rd.  Please follow this LINK to register.

HSA Long Course Prelim/Final Meet:  Friday, June 14th – Sunday, June 16th.  All groups, except for Intro, are eligible for this meet.  Please follow this LINK to register.  Registration deadline is May 30th.

Southeastern Championships:  July 19th – 21st .  This meet is for all swimmers who qualify in groups White, JD1, JD2, Blue, Red1, Red2, SD, and Jr/Sr.  The registration deadline is July 2nd.

USA Swimming Futures Championships:  July 24th – 28th.  This meet is for all qualifiers in groups Blue, SD, and Jr/Sr.  The registration deadline is July 9th.

*Please contact your child’s coach if you have any questions concerning their meet entries.

 

Fundraising:   

KROGER REWARDS:  If you are participating in the Kroger Community Rewards program, your rewards are now posted on your Kroger.com account.  Please follow the steps below and let Melissa Barnett, [email protected], know your amount. Also, if you have friends/family participating on your behalf, please gather their information and send your total along with your swimmer(s) name and group. Please send only one email with your reward totals per quarter.

1.  Log into your Kroger.com account

2.  Click on your name in the top right corner and click on “My Account”

3.  Click “Community Rewards” on the left side of the screen

4.  Scroll to the bottom of the page to “Previous Quarter” and email the amount listed. This is the amount that will be posted against your HSA fundraising. Take a moment and make sure “Huntsville Swim Association” is listed as your organization.

Please keep in mind that this information is needed to credit your HSA Fundraising account.  It will not get credited otherwise. 

Please send your totals to [email protected]

 

Enjoy the rest of your week!