Weekly News - November 29, 2021

Amy Parratto

Weekly News – November 29, 2021 

Latest Information

  • Help Riptide Stay Safe – We are asking all of you to stay extra vigilant with covid safety protocols as we are seeing higher numbers of positive cases. If your child is not feeling well, please keep them home. Make sure your child has a mask on when entering our facility and is aware of our team’s safety protocols (see below). Let’s all stay healthy!
  • Riptide Jingle Bell Invite – Riptide will host a meet this Saturday (12/4) afternoon. We have two visiting teams – Rochester Swim Club and St. Croix Swim Club. Thank you to all of our parents who volunteered to make all the magic happen! For more details on the meet, go to our meet page - https://www.teamunify.com/team/mnwss/controller/cms/admin/index#/calendar-team-events
  • Practice Changes on Saturday (12/4) – There is no Gold practice and Senior Prep and Senior is having a combined practice from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
  • Riptide Holiday Invite – Riptide is hosting a five session meet December 10-12. There are no practices Friday (12/10) and Saturday (12/11) due to the meet. We are still in need of parents to fill out all of the many necessary jobs in order to have a successful meet for our swimmers. If your child is in the meet, please check out the volunteer page and do what you can to help us host another great Riptide meet! Thank you : )
  • Safe Sport Training – In order to renew our club’s Safe Sport status, we must have all Riptide families to go to our Safe Sport Team Policy Event on our team website - https://www.teamunify.com/team/mnwss/page/calendar#/team-events/upcoming/1307166. All families are required to accept the policies in order for Riptide to achieve 2022 Safe Sport status. As of today, we only have 204 families who have viewed and accepted the policies. We have 218 families who still need to complete this task so that Riptide can retain Safe Sport Club status. If you have any questions, please contact Anne Knapp – [email protected].
  • Riptide Masters Thanksgiving Charity Swim – The Riptide Masters had a very successful event on Thursday raising almost $1,000 and two car loads of food to donate to 360 Charities.

Regular Reminders

  • Questions – If you have a question regarding your swimmer, meets, clinics, practices etc. please contact your swimmer’s lead coach in order to get the quickest and most accurate response (see the list below). If you have a billing question, contact Cara Pavek - [email protected].
  • Riptide Lost & Found – If your child is missing any clothing, shoes, water bottles, masks, goggles or equipment, please stop in quickly to check the lost and found table in the lobby. Items will be donated or thrown away at the end of the month.
  • Clinic Registration Reminder – Clinic registration can only be done through our website. Do not register for clinics using the TU App.
  • Private Lessons: Riptide Coaches are offering 30 and 60 minute private lessons. The winter break may be an ideal time to try and schedule a session. If your swimmer is interested, either contact your lead coach directly or [email protected].
  • Adult Swim Private Lessons, Clinic & Training:

1. Adult Lessons: 30 & 60 minute sessions scheduled based on coach and pool availability.

2. Clinic: 5x 60 minute sessions on Friday afternoons from 1:30-2:30pm starting this coming week 11/12 geared for the beginner adult swimmer.

3. Training Group: 4-week session of 2x 75 minute practices per week on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:45-8am beginning 11/29 geared more towards triathletes who are not quite at the level of or looking for masters swimming. For more information, contact [email protected].

  • Bronze, Silver, Gold, Senior Prep and Senior Groups – Our lead coaches want to remind you that all swimmers must bring their tennis shoes Monday through Thursday for the dryland exercise portion of practice. Thank you!
  • Remember that we do have a parking lot routine that everyone must follow. Here is the link to see the details - https://www.teamunify.com/mnwss/UserFiles/File/BuildingMap-traffic%20flow.pdf
  • New Team Suit – Please be aware that ALL swimmers are required to purchase the new team suit if they are competing in swim meets. Here is the link to our Elsmore team apparel page - https://elsmoreswim.com/teams/minnesota/clubs/riptide.html.
  • Officiating – If you have any interest in becoming an official, please contact Coach Amy Parratto – [email protected]. 

Safety Protocols

  • We still require masks while at BWAC. Fully vaccinated coaches may now remove masks while swimmers are in the water but will wear them during any interactions with the swimmers before or after practices. Thank you for your continued attention to these procedures.
  • Locker rooms are only available for swimmers to use the bathrooms. Exceptions have been made for selected groups and practices.
  • Swimmers should continue to arrive and leave practice in their swim suit.
  • Vaccinated swimmers are required to follow any CDC guidelines regarding quarantine and exposures. They do not have to follow the 10 day unvaccinated quarantine procedures. More information will be provided in the days to come.
  • Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should swimmers exhibiting symptoms associated with Covid-19 and/or with a fever of 100.4 or higher attend practices. Please work together to reduce the risk of infection. If your swimmer has had close contact with a confirmed Covid-19 case, you must keep them away from the pool for 10 days. You may not test out of this quarantine. Please review the Standard Operating Procedures.
    • Stay home if you are not feeling well. Please err on the side of caution as one bad decision can impact numerous other swimmers and families.
    • Remember that family members sharing the same household are considered “close contact” when it comes to Covid exposure. Therefore, if a member of your family tests positive for Covid, you must quarantine from practice for 10 days. You may not “test out of quarantine”. In the event you must miss practice due to Covid exposure, please notify [email protected] and a credit will be arranged.
    • Please remind your swimmers to always wear masks at BWAC while not swimming. Send your swimmer with a small plastic baggie in which they may place their mask at the end of their lane. The mask may be taken off just prior to entering the water and must then be placed back on immediately after exiting the water.

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