NEW SWIMMER REGISTRATION 2008-2009

Welcome to Canyons Aquatic Club. You are about to join one of the top swim programs in the United States and the top program here in the Santa Clarita Valley. Registration for Canyons is simple and can be completed in a few minutes.

New swimmers can report to the College Of The Canyons pool M-F, 4:00 - 5:30 PM for swim testing. Please be sure to have your swimmer dressed to swim and please have their birth certificate on hand.

IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE POOL AND BEEN TESTED YOU ARE CLEARED TO REGISTER NOW. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED PLEASE SKIP THIS STEP AND READ ON

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW!

STEP #1
COME TO THE COC POOL TO REGISTER
If your swimmers is in Junior High School or younger (approximately 13 & under) you should bring them to the pool at College Of The Canyons for testing and paperwork. You will be asked to fill out a basic info sheet and have your swimmer take a swim assessment test.

For a map and directions to the pool, click HERE.

If your swimmer is 14 or older or is in high school, please contact coach Vicky Donnelley at: vickyd@canyons.org for information about our Varsity program.

STEP #2
SWIM TEST
This is not a true test since you can't fail it. Canyons coaches will assess your swimmer's skill levels and assign a training group. Here at Canyons we have a lane for everyone from non-swimmers to Olympians. Once you know your group you can register for the team.

STEP #3
ON-LINE REGISTRATION.
All new swimmers are required to register on-line and pay with a credit card or debit card. This can be done from home or at the COC pool on one of our workstations.

STEP #4
USA SWIMMING REGISTRATION:
All new swimmers must join Southern California Swimming and pay a one time fee of $50 per year. This fee includes membership and, most importantly, insurance. You will need to bring an original birth certificate with you (we will only check it, no copies made). This must be done at the COC pool office only. Payment will buy membership for the next 16 months and you will not need to renew until November 2008.

STEP #5
CHECK OUT
Be sure to pick up your new team t-shirt and car sticker and you're done. Your swimmer can begin practice the very day you register.

Canyons registers our swimmers every other month. You will be allowed to do all future registrations from your home computer.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Canyons Aquatic Club fees are broken down into two month sessions with equal fees for each. Some sessions have a few more days than other, but on the whole, they average out.

GROUP LOCATIONS, TIMES & FEES

Part of registration process will ask you to electronically acknowledge our waivers and code of conduct forms. If you would like a hard copy to keep of those forms please click HERE

POOL ACCESS/LOCKER ROOMS
Due to construction, outside access to the pool is restricted. You may enter the facility one of three ways. 1) girls locker room 2) boys locker room 3) backstairs (look for signs). Boys and girls over the age of 4 are NOT allowed in the locker rooms of the opposite gender. If you do not want to send your child through a locker room unsupervised, we ask you to take the backstair exit and avoid the locker rooms all together. Swimmer are allowed to use the locker rooms and ask that parents supervise their own children within the facility.

CONTACTS
If you encounter questions along the way please e-mail us at: office@canyons.org
or by phone at (661) 362-3210

DISCOUNTS
Canyons currently offers two types of discounts:

1) Multiple swimmer discounts: Families with 3 swimmers will receive a $20 deduction off their total bill. Families with 4 swimmers will receive $60 off their total bill. Families with 5 or more swimmers will receive the above discount and the 5th or more swimmer will swim for free (must be from the same family residing in the same residence with the same guardians).

2) College Of The Canyons discount: Staff, faculty and students of College Of The Canyons are eligible for a 15% discount off tuition (not family commitment).

Note: discounts 1 & 2 cannot be combined.

VARSITY GROUP
There is no family commitment fee for the Varsity group.

ESCROW:
Swimmers in Gold and above are asked to establish an escrow account for swim meet fees. More information on this soon.

BONUS:
All swimmers registering for the 2008-2009 year will receive a Canyons T-shirt and car sticker with your initial registration. The size of the shirt will be determined by the size you enter on your registration form. Shirts will be distributed at the COC pool for COC based swimmers. SCAC based coaches will receive their swimmers' shirts approximately a week after practice begins. Each family will receive one complementary Canyons Aquatic Club car sticker (new this year!). Additional car stickers can be purchased at the COC pool office for $3.00 each.

REFUNDS
Canyons will not offer prorates or refunds (with the exception of valid medical excuses).

LATE FEES
Swimmers who fail to pay two weeks (14 days) after the start of a new session will be assessed a $10 fee. After 30 days the fee increases to $25. Swimmers who fail to pay after that point may be pulled from the water until their accounts are made current.

BOUNCED CHECKS
Any check presented to Canyons Aquatic Club that is returned by the bank will incur a $25 service fee paid to Canyons Aquatic Club. Failure to pay the fee will lead to the removal of the swimmer(s) from the pool after one (1) weeks. If no swimmers are currently in the program, failure to pay will disallow registration. After one bounced checks will you will be required to register with a money order, bank check or credit card payment in the future.

PRIORITY REGISTRATION
Each session returning swimmers will be given one week priority registration where you are guaranteed to get your spot in the water. After the priority deadline passes, new swimmers will be admitted to the club and can take any open slots in any group. Please don't take chances, always pre-register.

2008 - 2009 Swim Sessions

Session I: August 25 - October 26
Session II: October 27 - December 28
Session III: December 29 - February 22
Session IV: February 23 - April 19
Session V: April 20th - June 21
Session VI June 22nd - August 9

New Swimmers may register for swim session on or after the following dates:

Session I: August 23
Session II: October 23
Session III: December 26
Session IV: February 20
Session V: April 17th
Session VI June 19th

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