How To Register

2010 Registration Information

Registration in the Columbia Neighborhood Swim League is open to families who are members of a Columbia Association Package Plan or Neighborhood Pool or who are Columbia residents and pay the CPRA lien. Registration fees vary for members and non-members:

Members (PP or Outdoor Pools) Postmarked by May 31 Members (PP or Outdoor Pools) June 1 to June 26 Non-Member Resident**  Postmarked by May 31 Non-Member Resident**  June 1 to June 26
$106 per swimmer $116 per swimmer $190 per swimmer $200 per swimmer

* Member = Package Plan or Neighborhood Pools membership;

**Non-Member Resident = Columbia resident who pays the CPRA lien. Members who qualify for low/moderate income memberships are eligible to participate in the League at a reduced rate. Please contact the team manager or League supervisor for details.

Registration can be completed one of two ways.

Option 1, By Mail: Simply complete the registration form found at http://www.columbiapools.org/files/CNSLRegistrationForm.pdf, write out a check (payable to CA) and mail it to Outdoor Pools, 9450 Gerwig Lane., Columbia MD 21046. Mail-in registrations postmarked before June 12, 2010, will be eligible to swim in the first meet on June 19th.

Option 2, at the Outdoor Pools Offfice: Please feel free to come by the Outdoor Pools Office during
the week (Monday-Friday) between the hours of 9am and 5pm, special Saturday hours on May 29 - July 21st from 10am to 2pm for you to drop off your team registration. To be eligible for the first meet June 19, walk-in registrations must be submitted by Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 2 p.m.

Swimmers must swim on the team in the neighborhood where they reside unless they have prior and continuous membership on a team outside their current district. If a swimmer does not live in a CA neighborhood, they will be placed on a team based on their elementary school district. Siblings will not be split across different teams. The Waves pull membership from the Dickinson and MacGills Common neighborhoods and the Atholton, Bushy Park, Fulton, Guilford, Hammond, Lisbon, and West Friendship school districts.

Code of Conduct

The Columbia Neighborhood Swim League maintains an important Code of Conduct.

Swimmer Eligibility

Swimmers need to be able to swim at least one length of the pool on their front and back at the 8 & under age group and a slightly better skill level progressively in the older age groups.
Age as of June 1, 2010, determines the age group for competition throughout the summer season. Any questions can be sent to the KC Waves Team Manager.

Last Updated April 16, 2009