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Welcome to the home of the Belton Waves!
Belton Waves Swim Team is a parent volunteer run organization designed to provide young people ages 6-18 an opportunity to learn the 4 basic swim strokes, compete on a recreational level with other swim teams in the KC area, and develop self confidence in a fun environment. Our season usually lasts for only 6 weeks beginning the first week in June. Our squad consists of swimmers from the entire
Announcements
2008 Summer Season Updates
END OF SEASON PARTY!
Our End of Season Party is Sunday, July 20 @ 4:00 p.m. We will swim in the Belton pool from 4 to 6 p.m. Then we will go to the back pavilion for a BBQ. Hamburgers, hotdogs, lemonade, water, paper products, and utensils will be provided by the team. We ask swimmers or families to bring a side dishes and desserts.
If your last name starts with letters A-M, bring a side dish.
If your last name starts with letters N-Z, bring a dessert.
There will be awards following dinner. Bring chairs and plan for an evening of fun!
CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE SATURDAY!
The team needs to be at the pool by 6:30 a.m. We are scheduled for warm ups at 6:40 a.m.
CHECK YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS!
in order to receive the $30 volunteer check back, you must work 3 meets. This Saturday is the last official meet. Click on the following link to see the number of meets worked. http://www.beltonwaves.com/custpage.php?cid=22522
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS!
We will need volunteers from all families participating in championships. Usually there are 3 different shifts to choose from. Please see Donna Hodges to sign up or email her your volunteer preference at
volunteers@beltonwaves.com
SWIM MEET PHOTOS
Thank you to Bill Hodges for taking high quality pictures at the meets and loading them to a website for us to view and download. Click on this link http://s279.photobucket.com/albums/kk127/Billhodges/ to access these pictures.
If you would like to order prints of these pictures, please contact Bill at
hodgespowerwashing@yahoo.com
IMPORTANT VOLUNTEER INFORMATION
Check the volunteers page
http://www.beltonwaves.com/custpage.php?cid=22522
to see what meets you have signed up for and what positions we still need. Remember every family has to work at least 3 or more meets to get their $30 volunteer check back.
Check the volunteers page
http://www.beltonwaves.com/custpage.php?cid=22522
to see what meets you have signed up for and what positions we still need. Remember every family has to work at least 3 or more meets to get their $30 volunteer check back.
2008 Schedule has been posted. This is the correct schedule!
June 7 Intersquad Meet at Belton
June 14 Belton hosts Blue Springs at Belton
June 23 Belton at Pleasant Hill June 30 Belton at Warrensburg Belton hosts July 5 Belton at Red Bridge July 12 Belton hosts Oak Grove at Belton July 19 Championships
July 20 End of Season Party Practice Information
Practices are held Monday through Friday at the Belton Memorial Pool.
Practice times are as follows...
11 years old and older are 7:30a.m. to 9:00a.m.
10 & under will practice 9:00a.m. to 10:00a.m.
Helpful Tip: The Belton Parks offers a summer camp for school age children. If your child attends this camp they will take the swim team kids to practice and pick them up. To find out more information about the summer camp go to www.beltonparks.org
Swim Team Survival Guide
For Practices -
Swimmers will need to wear a swimsuit and goggles to practice in. Swim caps are not mandatory, but help keep swimmers warmer by keeping their hair dry. Bring a towel and put on sunscreen. Most swimmers change into clothes after practice. Swimmers are often thirsty after practice so a water bottle is a good idea. Fridays the team usually sells doughnuts for 50 cents.
For Swim Meets -
Swimmers will need to wear a swimsuit and goggles (it is usually a good idea to have an extra pair of goggles in case they break; this has been known to ruin a meet for a swimmer). Swim caps are not mandatory (some say wearing a cap improves your time slightly). Flip flops help since the concrete gets hot and sometimes it is rough. Things to bring that are helpful are towels (most swimmers race more than once so an extra towel or two is appreciated), chairs (most meet locations have very limited chairs), blankets (kids like to lay around & the mornings can be cool), umbrellas &/or tents (most meets do not have shade), sun screen, bug spray, food & drink (swimmers need nutritional snacks and drinks, we recommend fruits, deli meats, cheese, snack vegetables, multigrain/granola bars, water bottles, gatorade, etc. Coolers are permitted in the meets. Most meets have concession stands as well), books/cards/games (activities to keep the swimmer occupied while waiting to swim their event), flashlights for evening meets to help find all your stuff, etc. Remember swim meets last from 3 to 5 hours so be prepared. Meets go in order of events not age.
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