Hello Collindale Swim Team swimmers and families!Can you believe it is almost time for summer season to begin again?Hopefully everyone is looking forward to the warmth of summer sunshine and being back in the pool! We don't have a great standing e-mail list, so I'm forwarding this to a cobbled together list from the last several years.
Organization of Collindale Swim Team Parent BoardEvery year is a learning year!This year we are beginning the season with a more structured parent board than we have previously had to help organize and manage the team.While we are still working on some of the details around bylaws and structure, we would like to introduce the board that will be helping to serve the team this year.
ØPresident:Heidi Mechtenberg ØVice-President:Renee Ostergren ØTreasurer:Lisa Hubert ØSecretary:John Hutton ØOutward Parent Liaison:Dan Ostergren ØMerchandizing:Carol Clear ØActivities Coordinator:Trish Biggio ØVolunteer Coordinator:Karen Doty ØInward Parent Liaisons:Trish Biggio, Carol ClearThese folks (and several others) have been busy since last fall getting ready for the 2014 year and are excited to see things coming together.If you have any questions or concerns regarding swim team, we would love to hear from you!Please contactJohn Hutton at john.f.hutton@xxxxxxxxx.
Plans for CoachingWe are in the final stages of negotiating a contract with the Fort Collins Area Swim Team (FAST) to provide coaching services for our team this year.We will have a head coach as well as assistant coaches from their system with the built-in benefits of the training and certifications required to be a FAST coach.This is similar to the way we hired coaches last year, although we worked through Splash Pool Services instead of FAST.With FAST, we will be assured that our coaches have gone through background checks and have had references checked.While FAST will be providing coaches, we will not be a FAST team.We will remain a summer club (as we always have been) run by the parents for our swimmers.We will have more details as the season gets closer and will be happy to field any questions in this area.We believe this is really a win-win for both Collindale Swim Team and FAST.
There has been some misinformation given that Collindale Swim Team will be sharing the pool with FAST.To be clear, Collindale Swim Team does not own the pool and never has. The Collindale Recreation Association decides who will use the pool and when, and they have a long history of supporting Collindale Swim Team.Last year, they also allowed FAST to use Collindale pool after summer season was over during the time that EPIC was unavailable.(You could say that Collindale Swim Team "shared" the pool with FAST last year, in that sense.)The Collindale Recreation Board has given us every assurance that they want Collindale Swim Team to continue to have use of the pool and whatever support they can give us to help us be successful.
Schedule and Deadlines 5/5............... Registration email with information and registration form 5/13.............. Parents Meeting 5/20.............. Parents Meeting (rain out date) 5/24-5/26.......... Memorial Weekend -- Pool opens 6/2............... Practices Start Next CommunicationOn 5/5, we will have an information packet regarding meets, fees, forms, email list, and coaches.Please plan on forwarding this to any prospective swimmers and families you know that would be interested in swim team.Help us get the word out!
We are very excited to move into a new season.We look forward to seeing many returning faces as well as many new ones.
Go Collindale! Sincerely, Collindale Swim Team Parent Board
