Welcome Back!
Welcome back, Returning Gators Families!
With a burst of nice weather in the last couple of weeks now seems like a great time to keep the thoughts of summer rolling! The Germantown Gators Board have been busy starting to plan and prep for the upcoming 2025 swim season! We appreciate all of the feedback that was given at the end of last season and are working to implement some changes to how we have done things in the past.
First and foremost, we would like to welcome our coaching staff: Head Coach, Andrew Sellers; Assistant Head Coach, Renee Brown; and Associate Coaches, Miki Hill and Lizzy Hill. This coaching staff offers a great deal of experience in coaching and all things Gators and we know they will help our Gator swimmers to set new goals and continue to develop their abilities this season! We are excited to have them continue the work of building a successful and long-lasting program!
Next up, important dates and upcoming information!
Registration: We will be running online registration again this year. Look for registration to open up this week!!!! As we did last year, swimmers will be supplied with a Gators swim cap and a team shirt for the season. As we are ordering team shirts for the swimmers, our registration deadline will be May 25, 2025, so we can make sure orders are placed in a timely manner. We'll send another email as soon as it is open. The registration fee will be $100.
Pool Passes: This year we will be able to offer the ability to purchase Germantown pool passes online through the city. The specific link for Gators will be available when registration opens up. Passes can be purchased online or at the city building. When passes are purchased through the Gator link on registration, they will be offered at a discounted rate. The rate for the season is: Single Pass $50.50; Family Pass (2-4 members) $101; additional members over family pass $20 per person. The link will be included in your registration confirmation email.
Schedule: Our practice and meet schedules for our 2025 season are available on our website!
Officials: Training for officials will occur in early May. If you are willing to officiate for our 2025 season, please email [email protected] to let us know. For those that volunteer to officiate, 50% of your first swimmer’s registration will be discounted on the registration with the expectation that you complete the officials training and that you will complete your volunteer shift requirements (typically four regular season volunteer shifts and one championship shift). We are hoping to have ten officials this year so everyone only has to complete four shifts. More information will follow on official recruitment in April.
Finally, volunteer shifts are always being reevaluated each season to make sure we are utilizing volunteers effectively. With this being said, there has been some shifting/combining/realigning the job responsibilities. We are attaching a draft of the job description to this message, as well as posting the job description page to our website. These are tentative and may be adjusted closer to the season.
- We will be opening up volunteer shift sign-ups on June 1 this year. We found this was very effective last year as we were able have an accurate count of families to determine the number of required volunteer shifts.
- As was the case last year, we will be collecting a volunteer deposit of $200 that will be returned contingent upon completing the volunteer requirement for the season; the $200 will be divided per number of required shifts so completing some shifts over zero shifts will get a portion of the deposit back.
All of this swim team talk has us excited for another great season! Be on the lookout for registration information within the next few days. See you all at the pool!
Go Gators!
