The Chapel Hill Summer Swim League Wacky Relay Day
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| Network: | Global |
| Date: | Sunday, July 12, 2009 |
| Time: | 9:00am - 12:00pm |
| Location: | UNC's Koury Natatorium |
| Street: | Skipper Bowles Drive |
| City/Town: | Chapel Hill, NC |
Description
The Swim for Smiles Foundation is excited to announce specific plans for the 4th Chapel Hill Wacky Relay Day to be held on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at UNC’s amazing pool at Koury Natatorium (next to the Dean Dome). In addition to the Wacky Relay Day being an opportunity for kids that swim in the Chapel Hill Simmer Swim League (CHSSL) to swim in their Championship Pool one week before Summer Champs, this is a great way to culminate a summer season of raising money with some fun (and Wacky) relays.
At the beginning of the CHSSL season (mid-May), each CHSSL Team was given a Swim for Smiles Foundation GOAL Thermometer that would be hung at each team’s pool and would be used to graphically demonstrate the amount of money raised as the summer swim season progresses. Each club sets their own top-end goal and measurement standards. The Swim for Smiles Foundation will supply all the materials and prizes to award teams (and individuals) as they reach their goals. In addition, SFS will provide pledge envelopes that can be used by the swimmer all season to keep track of their financial pledges and to collect the money they raise. These envelopes will all be turned in to SFS at the Wacky Relay Day.
In 2008, the winning club was The Exchange Swim Team, having raised over $5800, and they were awarded with the Wacky Relay Championship Trophy (which moves to the winning team each year).
At the actual Wacky Relay Day, the CHSSL swimmer will start the day with a team warm-up swim with each respective team as a way to familiarize themselves with the Koury Pool (a pool that is 12-feet deep – compared to the 3-5’ summer-league pools). Then, the fun starts with relays:
- Mix-Up: one kid from each team (7 teams) race across the pool
- Big-Shirt: Team relays swim a relay where they have to pass a giant, heavy, wet t-shirt from swimmer to swimmer
- The Noodle Relay: Relays with Noodles!
- The Pyramid: Each team fields one relay team with one swimmer from each age group.
- The Under-Water: A totally underwater relay swim
- The Parent/Child Relay CHSSL Championship Relays: This is the championship for the CHSSL Parent/Child relay teams
- Coach’s Relay: The CHSSL coaches from each team swim the CHAMPIONSHIP relay.
At the beginning of the CHSSL season (mid-May), each CHSSL Team was given a Swim for Smiles Foundation GOAL Thermometer that would be hung at each team’s pool and would be used to graphically demonstrate the amount of money raised as the summer swim season progresses. Each club sets their own top-end goal and measurement standards. The Swim for Smiles Foundation will supply all the materials and prizes to award teams (and individuals) as they reach their goals. In addition, SFS will provide pledge envelopes that can be used by the swimmer all season to keep track of their financial pledges and to collect the money they raise. These envelopes will all be turned in to SFS at the Wacky Relay Day.
In 2008, the winning club was The Exchange Swim Team, having raised over $5800, and they were awarded with the Wacky Relay Championship Trophy (which moves to the winning team each year).
At the actual Wacky Relay Day, the CHSSL swimmer will start the day with a team warm-up swim with each respective team as a way to familiarize themselves with the Koury Pool (a pool that is 12-feet deep – compared to the 3-5’ summer-league pools). Then, the fun starts with relays:
- Mix-Up: one kid from each team (7 teams) race across the pool
- Big-Shirt: Team relays swim a relay where they have to pass a giant, heavy, wet t-shirt from swimmer to swimmer
- The Noodle Relay: Relays with Noodles!
- The Pyramid: Each team fields one relay team with one swimmer from each age group.
- The Under-Water: A totally underwater relay swim
- The Parent/Child Relay CHSSL Championship Relays: This is the championship for the CHSSL Parent/Child relay teams
- Coach’s Relay: The CHSSL coaches from each team swim the CHAMPIONSHIP relay.
Other Information
- Guests who are not attending are hidden on the guest list.
- Guests are allowed to bring friends to this event.
Event Type
This is an open event. Anyone can join and invite others to join.
Admins
- The Swim for Smiles Foundation (creator)