Happy Spring Break Racers!!

I can’t believe we’re almost to April already! The singing
birds and blooming flowers means that my favorite time of the year is just
around the corner! Our summer swim season
starts in 45 DAYS!

We have finally worked out all of the kinks in our new
website (which is AWESOME by the way)!

Registration is now OPEN to all!

Please move through registration
slowly and try to read everything (all of the notes). It is completely
different from last year and the fee structure on the payment page is very
different. You will need to read the notes to understand it all! There are also
two different registration pages, one for RHOA members and a different one for
Non Members. The fees are different so if you don’t pay attention it will really
mess up things on our end.

PLEASE READ EVERYTHING!

Also, we would like to collect all payments and fees online
this year to eliminate the endorsing and depositing of a bundle of checks. This
does mean you will have some minimal fees associated with the online payments.
We only raised our team MEMBERSHIP FEES by $5.00 this year to cover the
increase imposed by the league. As such, we cannot afford to pay the CC fees
for you without a loss.

If you need a team suit, you can order it on our website
under the team gear tab. All of the options are pictured and this links you
directly to our swimsuit provider.

While you are on the website, navigate through the tabs.
They are 90% complete and include our calendar with meet schedule, volunteer
info, direction links to away meets, and more! This website will truly be your
ALL THINGS RACERS information center to help you throughout the summer swim
season. Soon it will include photos of our meets and teammates and also a
section specifically for new Racers (under swim meet 101) outlining meet
expectations and everything you need to know to prepare to join us this summer!

We expect each family will need to work approximately 4
shifts this summer but can’t know for sure until we have completed a majority
of registration (so we know how many families we have). It is likely that we will not open volunteer sign ups until
the first week of practice and AFTER the mandatory
Racer parent meeting on Sunday, May 5^th at the clubhouse from 3:00 –
5:00 (please mark your calendars).

I will be sending out more emails and reminders as we get
closer to our start date and a registration reminder each week until then!

ACTION ITEMS!!

• Register: rivermistracers.swimtopia.com
• Sign Up for text reminders: Text message @racers2019 to 81010
• Email:  [email protected]