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2021 Swim Season Information

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It’s (finally) that time again! Time to get geared up for the Broadway Sharks Summer League swim season; please read through the following information to help you get ready for the 2021 Shark Season! This year swimmers must be able to swim the length of the pool to join. This is because, to maintain social distancing, we will not have junior coaches in the pool helping little sharks across the pool. The links below connect to our old website and we are working to get that updated with current information, but I feel like a lot of the information will be helpful for at least the new families. Thank you again for your patience, all board members are VOLUNTEERS and work full-time in other careers.

  1. Practices (June 1st-July 24 (If champs July 31): Swimmers will be assigned to a practice group based on their age and ability. You will be informed of your child’s assignment by email no later than Monday, May 31. Last day to sign up is Friday, May 28, 2021.
  • Swimmers should bring a towel, goggles, and wear a one-piece bathing suit. Girls should have hair up. Swim caps will be available for purchase.
  • Schedule Monday through Friday AM (see attached schedule for June): First group’s practice will start at 8:00 am and the last group’s practice will end at 10:20 am.
  • Schedule Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday PM (see attached schedule for June): The first group’s practice will start at 7:10 pm and the last group’s practice will end at 9:30 pm. Wednesday night practices will be held IF NO POOL PARTY is scheduled. You can sign up for this practice and will be notified 24 hours prior to the Wednesday night practice.
  • Pick up and Drop off: Swimmers will enter practice through the main gate and exit at the side gate. Whoever is providing transportation for your swimmer should meet your swimmer near the side gate when you see them approaching. Parents/guardian’s should not leave the immediate area (pool parking lot or park) in the event swimmers need to be dismissed, including due to weather. Only Little Sharks practice may have parents/spectators on deck. All other practices parents/spectators must watch from outside the gates.
  • During the first week please do not sign up for practices until Monday, May 31 when everyone has been assigned a group. Swimmers will be able to sign up for two practices due to the limited number of practices. If spots are still available come Tuesday at noon, you may register for one additional practice.
  • Following the first week, swimmers may initially sign up for up to four (4) practices each week. On Sunday, prior to the upcoming weeks practices, swimmers may sign up for additional practices if openings are available. If you find you cannot make a practice that you signed up for, please sign OUT asap so that someone else can sign up in your spot.
  • Coming to practice: Please arrive to practice no more than 10 minutes before the start of practice and no later than the time of the start of practice. Please maintain proper distance on deck. Come ready to swim with suit on. Do not come to practice if you aren’t feeling well. Coaches will check swimmers in during warm-ups.  
  • Leaving practice: Please exit the pool immediately after practice. You will exit through the side gate and be checked out. Do not use the locker room to change. We have less than 10 minutes to change over from one practice to the next.
  • Practice Cancelled Notification: We will do our best to notify you of practice cancellations as early as possible. The cancellation platform information will be sent before next week.
  • Meet Information: Due to COVID, we are unsure about how all the meets will work. We will have five meets. Some may be held in-person and some will be virtual. With virtual meets, each team swims at its own pool and times are combined electronically to determine place. Our first two meets are home and we will be providing details as they become available. All meets are scheduled on Tuesday evenings. Meets are as following: June 22, 29, July 6, 13, and 20, 2021. At this time, we don’t think Champs is going to be possible; however, we are waiting for the final decision on that.

10.          Annual Team T-shirt:  2021 T-shirt designs* are due June 11th; voting will take place June 14-16 during practices. Orders will be taken June 17-23. Names of team members are on the back of the shirt. 2019/2020 Winners

  • The design for this t-shirt is a contest. Swimmers are invited to design the front of the t-shirt. Entries should be on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of plain paper (printer or cardstock) no lined paper. Designs must be in no more than two colors.
  • Shark Gear: These orders will be taken online and will be due June 9, 2021. This is different than the annual team t-shirt. More information will soon be available on the website. https://broadwaysharks.com/
  1. Pictures: Pictures will be taken at the pool by Christa Gitchell on Monday, June 21st – Please fill out the order form before arriving at the pool and have payment ready (check and exact cash only) to minimize the exchange of items. Order forms will be available at practice prior to photo day.
  1. Fee Schedule: 1st swimmer $ 80.00, 2nd swimmer $ 70.00, 3rd swimmer & additional $ 60.00 Please note that you will need to bring exact change or a check made payable to “Broadway Sharks” (sorry, we won’t have change available at signups). Swimmers and parents must sign a waiver before their first practice.  Waiver is attached to this email.  Please print and bring to first practice. Payment and waiver must be placed in an envelope (not sealed) that is clearly marked with swimmer names.  Please bring payment to the first two weeks of practice. All payments are due by Friday, June 11, 2021.

14.          Facebook Page: Please go and join the group and then add your Facebook friends that are also members of the Sharks. Here is the link for the Sharks Facebook page, this is a closed group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/266781596816702/ 

15.            Stroke & Turn (Parents) – Mark your calendars! Stroke and Turn Judge trainings will be held virtually (live) on Monday, June 7 from 6-7:30PM and Saturday, June 12 from 9-10:30AM. Attending one session is required to be a Stroke and Turn Judge. This role is important as we need Judges to be able to have swim meets. More information will follow, but please mark your calendars or email bwaysharks@gmail.com if you plan to attend.

  • If you have been a Stroke and Turn Judge before, you can re-certify by using the link below for $25.
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url…

16.            Registration/Password – Please write down your log in information. The self-service password reset is not yet set up and at this time we are unable to reset it for you. We can delete your user account from the website’s database (just your user account … not all the information you entered!). Then you can register for a new account, using the same email address. Once your login, the website will see that the new account’s email address matches up to the email address you used when entering your “parent” information. (I tried this out with a test account and it worked.)

17.            COVID-19 Guidelines: Please read and adhere to all COVID-19 guidelines in the attached document.  We risk losing our ability to practice at Broadway Pool if these guidelines are not followed. Please set a good example for all.

18. Contact information: Our head coach is Amanda Nesselrodt (broadwayheadcoach@gmail.com). Board members include: 

Andrea Strawderman astrawderman115@yahoo.com 
Lanette Smith lanettefsmith@gmail.com 
Erica Kann kannes@jmu.edu 
Sharon Armentrout Armentrout.Sharon@va.sysco.com 
Beth Arnold arnoldeaa@gmail.com 
Marissa Keagy marissa.keagy@yahoo.com 
Robin Anderson ander2rd@gmail.com 

Mariea McNeill mcneilma@jmu.edu

Jane Villard jvilliard1@gmail.com

We are always open for comments and suggestions, so feel free to contact us!

GO SHARKS!!!!!!!!!!

Sharks