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Pearland Pirates 2022 Season - Update

Posted by Pearland Pirates at Feb 17, 2022 7:05AM PST ( 0 Comments )
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Welcome to the kickoff of the 21st year of Pirates swimming! There is a lot of important information in this so please read carefully!

​Here are the current nominees for Board Positions for this year. Please let the board know if you would like to nominate someone for the one open position or if you have any objections.

​Board members continuing service:

At Large – Narelle Thrift
At Large – Lauren Witte

Nominations for Board positions up for election:

President – Sara Orsi
VP Operations – Jason Sharp
VP Ways and Means – OPEN
Treasurer – Charles Witte
Secretary – Sondra German

​Non-elected positions:

• Head official – Troy Orsi
• Clerk – Narelle Thrift

​2022 Registration

• Registration Opens for all swimmers: March 7, 2022
• Registration will be via the online registration process @ www.pearlandpirates.com
• Signup for pool & practice times will be later in April (ie – not a part of the registration process)
• Please note that we are a swim TEAM and not lessons. Swimmers must be able to swim freestyle and backstroke independently (25 yards of each for 8 and under swimmers and 50 yards of each for ages 9 and up). Tryouts for new swimmers will be in late April/early May. More details to come.

​2022 Fee Summary

• New and returning swimmers – $185
USA swimmer – $160
• Junior coach – $65 (All junior coaches MUST register)
• High School swimmer (completed 9th grade) – $80
• Pre-racer – $155 (limited to 8 and under swimmers)
FAMILY MAX OF $375 – If your total is more than $375, please pay the total and the difference will be refunded to you.

​2022 Practice Pools – For the 2022 season, practices will be at both Silverlake and Silvercreek pools. May practices will be after school and June practices will be early mornings.

​2022 Sponsorship Opportunities

• We are actively looking for additional sponsors for the upcoming swim season. We can use all of the community support that we can get and it would be great to get your help.

• If you have a local company and are looking for advertising or community support opportunities, please contact us.

• Do you want to save money on your summer swim team registration? Of course you do! We have a program this year to help benefit Pirates and to save you money. We are looking for local businesses to sponsor our team and you can help us. For each sponsor you bring in, you will receive a credit back on your registration. Once you turn in their check and their logo, you will earn a credit on your account based on the schedule below:

Olympic Sponsor ($1000): $100 Account Credit

• Gold Sponsor ($750): $75 Account Credit

• Silver Sponsor ($500): $50 Account Credit

• Bronze Sponsor ($250): $25 Account Credit

• Please see attached sponsporship letter explaining the levels and benefits for you to give to the potential sponsors.

• Please be sure to put your family’s last name on the form so you receive credit for any sponsors you bring in!


Volunteer information

• All families will be required to volunteer in some capacity at every meet that your swimmer participates in. We will have plenty of opportunities for volunteering including floating positions and more!

• If you are unable to volunteer during meets, there are preseason and support positions available to you.

• We are still in need of volunteers to step up and become a committee head. Please remember this fulfills your volunteer responsibilities for the year! As with all volunteer positions you will never be asked to miss your child’s events. The board and fellow volunteers will always step in so you can step away and cheer on your swimmer. The following committees are in need of volunteers:

Roster Coordinator: This position will be responsible for submitting the completed roster to the CCSL with any changes prior to the start of the season and on Mondays during the meet portion of the season.

Sponsorship Coordinator: Responsibilities include coordinating a committee of volunteers to obtain sponsors, gather sponsor information and logos, and coordination of credits for members that participate in the sponsorship/tuition program.

Marketing/PR: We want to spread the word about Pirates, our mission, the fun things we do and accomplishments our swimmers make. This will include helping with the Facebook, Instagram and Twitter account. Possible coordination of yard signs, car decals etc. May also create flyers to be distributed at nearby elementary schools prior to registration start.

Ready area coordinator: You will be in charge of coordination of volunteers to staff the ready area during home meets. This will not mean that you work the ready area the whole time. Just make sure your volunteer slots are full and everyone arrives on time.

RASH chair: Really awesome swim helpers (RASH) is our junior junior coaching program. It was designed to get 6th to 8th grader ready and excited about making the transition to junior coaching. Responsibilities include coordination and signups, getting tank tops made for the kids, and coordination of signing volunteer forms for their hours for NJHS.

• Please email pearland.swim.board@gmail.com with any questions or to let us know you are ready to sign up!

​Miscellaneous

• Tryouts are required if you are a new swimmer to the Pirates. 8U swimmer will need to swim 25 yards freestyle and 25 yards backstroke safely. Ages 9 and up will be required to swim 50 yards of each.

• Packet pickup and meet your new coaching staff in May.

• The swim meets will all be held on Saturdays in late May and June. We will update the meet schedule and send them out as soon as we have them from the Clear Creek Swim League (CCSL).

• The champ series dates will be in early/mid July.

• Practice will begin early May and pool signups will be announced as we confirm practice schedules for the year.

Finally, stay tuned to your email, our website, and our social media sites for all of the latest information leading up to the season.

Aargh!!

Pearland Pirates Board

pearland.swim.board@gmail.com

The document Pearland_Pirates_Swim_Team_2022_Sponsorship_Letter.docx was attached to this post.

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CCSL 2021 Champ Series Results

Posted by Clear Creek Swim League at Jul 13, 2021 7:42PM PDT

Congratulations to all our participants of the 2021 Champ Series.

We hope that everyone had a great time and look forward to seeing everyone again next year for another outstanding season in the water.

Pirates Updates

Posted by Pearland Pirates at Jun 7, 2021 6:45AM PDT ( 0 Comments )
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Ahoy Pirates!

Thank you for all of your amazing swimming! We defeated the Southbelt Sharks 438-345. Way to go Pirates! The meet results are attached. Remember, if your swimmer has a CHMP next to their time, they have earned a Champ cap. If there is a RES next to their time, they have earned a Reserve cap. Swimmers who make a Reserve or Champ time, and swim in 2 meets, are eligible to swim in the League Championship Series the weekend of July 9-10 in Angleton. Your caps can be picked up at the next meet.

We are working on a distribution plan for those were not able to attend the meet to pickup their Pirates shirts.

Our preracer mini-meets will be this Friday, June 11 and next Friday, June 18. They will be held at the Silverlake pool. (If you normally practice at Silverlake and are not a preracer, you will not have practice that day). The mini-meet will be from 7 to 9:30 am.

Our next Spirit Night will be 6/14 at Marco’s Pizza (12810 Broadway St, Pearland, TX 77584).

Invitations for our next two meets (6/12 at Pinebrookwood and 6/19 home meet versus Deer Park) have been sent. Please declare your swimmers for these 2 meets. Volunteer sign up is also live for both meets. Remember, if your swimmer is swimming in the meet, you must volunteer!

Volunteer for Pinebrookwood – https://vmodcui.active.com/volunteer/jobs?eventGroupId=2098434
Volunteer for Deer Park – https://vmodcui.active.com/volunteer/jobs?eventGroupId=2098632

Thank you all for a great season so far!

ARGHH!!!!

Good morning Pirates,

We are POSTPONING the Pirate pictures, originally scheduled for today, for next Tuesday, May 25th at the Silvercreek pool (3403 Silvercreek Dr, Manvel, Texas 77578) from 3:45pm to 5:45 pm. This will allow more time for families to get team swim suits for the pictures.

Please come by the Silvercreek pool and have your individual pictures taken before or after practice. on May 25th.

Team photos will be virtual this year. The photographer will be using individual photos to create a team photo!

Please email pearland.swim.board@gmail.com if you have any questions!

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2021 Season Information - 5/7 Update

Posted by Pearland Pirates at May 7, 2021 7:35AM PDT

Good morning Pirates!

Here is the information that was covered in our Parent’s Meetings this week.

Welcome/Intros – Welcome to Pirates! We are so excited to have Coach Tyler Thames back as our head coach. He will be joined by Camille Cramer and Walker Wilson as assistant coaches. All 3 are former Pirates swimmers!! Coach Walker even holds some of our team records! Coach Camille and Coach Walker will each oversee a pool and Coach Tyler will be going back and forth weekly or so.

Our Board this year is:
• Amy Schrenk – President
• Camille Kraft – VP
• Nandita Mahendra– VP
• Sara Orsi – Secretary
• Ron Hatter – Treasurer
• Troy Orsi – Head Official
• Narelle Thrift – At-Large member

Still have 1 At -Large position available if anyone wants to volunteer!

​Practices – Practices are held Tuesday through Friday. Please only attend the practice you are registered for. Practices are not mandatory. If you have to miss, there is no need to let anyone know. Obviously the more practices your swimmer can attend, the more they will get out of the season. Swimmers must wear masks when they are not in the water. Practice times are staggered to keep people from congregating at the gate. Junior coaches in the water will be wearing face shields.

Only parents of 10 and under swimmers will be allowed in the pool deck area and must bring their own chairs and wear masks and socially distance from the coaches and other parents.

Pool Rules – We are guests of the HOAs. Please be respectful of the pool and pool areas and clean up after yourself. The only people allowed in the water are the coaches and the swimmers registered to the specific practice. No one is allowed in the splash areas at either pool.

Volunteering – We are a volunteer run organization and cannot run without our volunteers! At the meets, we do require that if your swimmer is swimming, someone from your family is volunteering. There are plenty of great volunteer opportunities. The best seat in the house is Timing. With Timing, you are right on the pool deck timing the swimmers as they race. Don’t worry; you will be trained before each meet! We will also be running our own concessions this year, so there will be plenty of volunteer options. We will also have floaters this year to make sure that everyone is able to watch their swimmer compete.

Meets – Speaking of meets, at our 2 home meets at the Natatorium, we are only allowed 1 spectator per swimmer inside the building. We must keep capacity at 200 or less and that includes swimmers, volunteers, etc. So timing is going to be a great way to be able to watch your swimmer!

Our meets will be on Saturdays starting May 22 with Memorial Day weekend off and a bye week June 26. For all meets, swimmers must circle in by 7 am or they will be scratched. Please plan to arrive in plenty of time so your swimmer is not scratched.

Relays – Relays are the last events of the meets. Please be sure to stick around till the end of the meet! If your child is selected to swim on a relay, there are 3 other swimmers depending on them. If your child is asked to swim up on a relay, please let them do so! It’s fun for them and enables 3 other swimmers to swim. If your child does not show up for their relay without checking with Coach first, they will be ineligible to swim in relays until Coach says it’s okay.

Committee Chairs/Officials – We do still have a few committee chairs open. If you are interested in taking on a bigger volunteer role, please let a Board Member know. We are in need of volunteers for Ready Area, Sponsorship, Ribbons/Records, and Computer chair.

We are also still in need of officials. Officials attend training and then work during the meets. Again, please let a board member know if you are interested.

Inclement Weather – In case of inclement weather, practices will be cancelled. We will try not to do a mass cancellation, but cancel just affected practices. Please keep an eye on our Facebook page, Twitter, your email, and your texts. Notifications of cancellations will go out through as many platforms as available.

Suits – New suits this year! Team suits are required if your swimmer is going to swim in meets (not required for preracers but you can still purchase a suit if you’d like!) These are available for purchase at Swim Shops of the Southwest (9430 Broadway St #144, Pearland, TX 77584, 281-485-3100). Please call before visiting as their hours are varying right now.

Sponsorship/Scholarship – We are a non-profit organization. And the heart of our program is our junior coaches. We provide scholarships for our junior coaches for devoting their high school summertime to coaching for us. Part of the money we raise from Sponsorships goes towards these scholarships. We also need to purchase equipment for the team. We are in need of multiple new lane ropes for both pools.

Important upcoming dates –

May 8th (10-2) and May 11th (11-6) – Swim Shops of the Southwest (9430 Broadway St #144, Pearland, TX 77584, 281-485-3100) will be staying open late (until 8 pm) for Pirates to purchase their team suits! You also receive 10% off any additional purchases made when you purchase your suit.
• May 11– Tryouts. All tryouts will be at the SILVERLAKE pool. Please come during your swimmer’s practice time. Swimmers 8 and under must be able to swim 25 yards of freestyle and backstroke. Swimmers 9 and up must be able to swim 50 yards of freestyle and backstroke.
• May 12 – Practices begin!
• May 18 – Pictures! Individual pictures will be taken at the Silvercreek pool. More details to follow.
• May 22 – Home Meet at the Nat versus League City
• June 5 – Meet @ SouthBelt
• June 12 – Meet @ PineBrookWood
• June 19 – Home Meet at the Nat versus Deer Park
• Weekend of July 9-10 – Champ Series in Angleton (for qualified swimmers only)

Upcoming -
• Spirit Night – Come join us for dinner and pickup your Pirates shirt and cap! A portion of the proceeds will go to the Pirates team.

As always, if you have any questions, please email Pearland.Swim.Board@gmail.com.