Weekly News - December 27, 2022

Amy Parratto

Riptide Weekly News – December 27, 2022

Latest Information

  • Meet Deadline: Riptide Winter All Levels Invite (January 14th) – December 27th – TODAY!
  • Mock Meet – Training Opportunity in January: On Sunday, January 29th, we are hosting an unsanctioned "mock meet" as a way to offer training for the Colorado Timing System, Hy-Tek Meet Manager and other volunteer positions. If you are interested in training on any of these systems or giving another volunteer position a try, please sign up here - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F48AEA92BA6FD0-mock. We are also looking for swimmers that might want to participate...someone needs to swim the events! If your swimmer would like to help out that day, they can sign up here - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4fafaa2caafac43-mini#/ Questions on the event? Contact Anne Knapp, Riptide Swim Team Volunteer Coordinator
  • Gold and Junior Select January Parties: Next month the Parent Committee will recognize Junior Select and Gold swimmers with the Hot Chocolate Bar and Bingo night. Save the date: Gold - January 19th at 6:45-7:15pm, Junior Select January 20th at 6:15-6:45pm.
  • Lost and Found: Please stop by the pool to check out the large number of items in our lost and found. These items will be donated or thrown out at the end of this week!
  • Important Meet Changes: We have some important changes to our meet schedule over the next two months. The January 7th Distance Invite and the February 10th-12th iHeart Invite have been canceled. We are expanding the February 4th Valentine Invite to include a Sunday morning session that will include more events.
  • Friday, December 30th Practice Schedule: 9&U and Bronze 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Silver 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Gold and Junior Select 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Senior Elite 7:00 to 10:00 a.m.
  • No Practices on Saturday, December 31st – HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

Regular Reminders

  • Questions: If you have any questions regarding your swimmer, meets, clinics, practices etc. please contact your swimmer’s lead coach in order to get the quickest, most accurate and helpful response (see the list below). The coaches are here to help your child in all areas of their swimming. Make sure to reach out to them! If you have a billing question, contact Cara Pavek – [email protected]
  • Team pictures order: If you signed up to receive the pictures of your swimmer you should have received a link from [email protected] to order. The gallery links come from a system that may get blocked by email spam/junk filters depending on their email system.  If you have not received an email yet please check your spam folder.  
  • Important Meet Fee Billing Reminders: 1. Parents are required to pay their swimmer's meet entry fees.  These fees are specifically highlighted in the meet information section for ALL meets.  Riptide pays meet fees prior to the meet start date.  Riptide then collects these fees from parents after the meet has concluded. 2. Once the meet deadline passes, meet fees are non-refundable. If a swimmer is a no show or scratches after the deadline, the meet fees will still be charged to the swimmer's account. It is imperative that all families follow the meet entry accept/decline process. 3. Meet fees are invoiced and posted to all accounts within one week after the completion of a meet. All charges will be processed with the automatic credit card processing on the first of each month.
  • Adult Swim Training & Private Lessons - Group Technical Skills Training For Triathletes & Masters; Beginner Adult Swim Classes; Individual and Small Group Lessons going on now! For more information – contact Michelle Hopewell at [email protected]
  • Stroke and Turn Officials - Anyone interested in learning to become a USA Swimming Stroke and Turn Official - please contact Wendy Peterson at [email protected].  
  • Private Lessons - Riptide Coaches are offering 30 and 60 minute private lessons. If your swimmer is interested, either contact your lead coach directly or [email protected].

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