The goal of the Blue Marlins summer swim team is to teach swimmers basic, competitive swimming skills through regular practices and competitive swim meets. Designed especially for children who are just beginning to swim competitively, learning and hard work is balanced with recognition, rewards, and fun. Our program stresses dedication to individual self-improvement, good sportsmanship, and team spirit.

The Blue Marlins Swim Team has a long history as a fun and highly spirited summer swim team. The team's ultimate success, however, also depends on our parents and the dedication, cooperation, and hard work that they contribute to make it successful. Our head coach for the 2010 season will be Kara Glawson and she will be assisted by Dara Clarke, Ashley Paul and Kevin Bell. Our volunteer swim-team coordinator is Steve Macha assisted by Kelly Berg-Clarke and Bill Clarke

General Information for the 2010 Season

Sign up

Saturday April 17 and Sunday April 25 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm at the pool. Signups accepted at the pool until June 1Home_files/WO%20sign%20up%202009.pdf

Practice

Practice starts Monday, May 10th (5:50 - 8:00 PM; depending upon age/ability). Practices will be in the evening only- until June 2, then there will be morning (8:50 am-12:00 pm) and evening (6:30 pm - 7:30 pm) practice sessions. Click here for more information.Practices.htmlPractices.htmlPractices.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1

Fees

Swim Club Member

Ages

Generally from 5 to 18 years old (calculated as of June 1, 2010). If you have any questions about the ability of your child to swim, please contact Steve Macha.

$112. Includes team T-shirt.

Non-Member

$162 for the first family swimmer, $112 for other siblings. Includes team T-shirt. This fee includes a $50 social membership to the Whispering Oaks Swim Club and is payable only one timer per season per family. For example, if 2 children join from the same non-member family, the fee will be $274 ($162 + $112).

End of Season PARTY!!

July 11. Time to be arranged. Come to enjoy the fun and receive trophies, awards and of course, the ever-popular gag gifts!

Equipment

Click here for a list of equipment your swimmer will need.Equipment.html

League

We are members of the Maverick Summer Swim League (MSSL). Click here for a list of league rules (great reading if you can not sleep).

10-commandments

Click here for a pdf of the 10-commandments for swim parents. This is REQUIRED reading for all Blue Marlins parents, and yes, there will be a quiz on Monday.Home_files/10%20Commandments%20for%20Swimming%20Parents.pdf

Calendar

Click here for a fixed calendar page. Click here for an interactive web calendar (note: you can set the web calendar preferences (e.g. to month view) by clicking on the Preferences button at the bottom of the web page. Macintosh users can subscribe to the calendar using iCal and any changes or updates will be automatically synched with your iCal calendar.)

Meet ScheduleMeets.html
May 27 - Blue and White (intrasquad meet) June 3 - Boerne (at Boerne) June 7 - Churchill Estates (home) June 12 - Heights of Stone Oak (at Stone Oak) (this is a Saturday morning meet) June 21 - Sonoma Ranch (home) June 26 - Championship Meet (Northside Aquatic Center, Loop 1604) June 29 - All Stars Meet (WIldhorse pool)Meets.html

Swim Lessons

If your swimmer needs some help learning strokes (remember, swim practice is swim practice, not swim lessons), swim lessons will be available for a fee. Click here for more information.

Click here to see the 2009 season video!Blue_Marlins_Season_video.html

Sponsorship

This web site is hosted by ComSite International. ComSite International is owned by Sean Burchell who has generously donated the hosting on his servers and the domain name registration. Sean is a Whispering Oaks resident, has children on the Blue Marlins, takes pictures and videos throughout the season (and provides an end-of-year DVD retrospective to parents) and volunteers as a stroke judge during swim meets. If you have need of a web hosting service, contact Sean!

Notice: It seems that a few of the DVDs of the Blue Marlins 2009 season video that Sean Burchell distributed had some sound difficulties. If you have a DVD with a sound problem, let Sean know and he’ll replace it for you. If you’d like a DVD of last season, Sean still has a few left that he can provide. Sean Burchell can be reached at sean@comsite.net.

Please click here for All Stars information.


Note: I inadvertently posted the information for the All Stars 2009 meet here earlier - it has been corrected and the info for the 2010 meet is now posted. Sorry....


Way to go Blue Marlins!! You all gave a great effort at the Championship meet. We came in second.

Boerne Barracudas                          3,203 . 50 

Whispering Oaks Blue Marlins           3,165 . 50

Sonoma Ranch Renegades                2,676 . 50

Mountain Lodge Manta Rays             1,625 . 50

                                Total                     10,671.00


Click here for the results