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CVST Green Goggle Awards a Great Celebration The Annual CVST Green Goggle Awards were held last night and what a great and unique way to hold the event while Social Distancing and yet letting our swimmers efforts over the past swim year shine! Congratulations to all who attended and were recognized and especially to the following Award Winners. Swimmer of the Month Awards Sep – Charley Johnson Oct – Ella Abele Nov – Brady Santo Dec – Easton Heath Jan – Julia Cox Feb – Brady Santo Mar – Jayden...
USA Swimming September Sanctions Update Dear members, We remain focused on supporting our teams and members in their return to training and their continued progression through our “crawl, walk, race” return to competition. There has been little change in circumstance regarding necessary precautions to take due to COVID-19 and the related access to water. As a result, the USA Swimming Board of Directors approved the following event sanction for September 2020: LSCs will be limited to the sanctioning of meets comprised only of athletes and clubs registered within the LSC.*...
CVST Returning Swimmer Registration Now Open for New Swim Year All returning CVST swimmers need to be re-registered with CVST for the 2020-21 Swim Year. This registration is done on-line via our website at www.CVST.org and clicking on the Start Registration link on the right side of the page. You will be billed for your Annual CVST Registration Fee of $25.00 and your 2021 USA Swimming Registration Fee of $85.00 at the time of this registration. Your dues will be billed September 1. This registration must take place by August...
FHSAA Votes to Allow Start of Fall Sports Season on Aug. 24 The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) has voted to begin the start of the fall sports season on Aug. 24. Back on July 23, the FHSAA Board of Directors voted 11-4 to postpone the start of fall sports until Aug. 24. The board had originally voted on Jul. 20 in favor of maintaining the state’s July 27 start date for high school fall sports, including football. During Friday’s meeting, the group voted again, 11-5, to have fall...
Hillsborough Starting School with 1 Week of Online Learning After State Rejects 4-week Plan Students in Hillsborough County will now just start the school year with one week of online learning instead of the originally-planned four weeks. A member of the school board for Hillsborough County Public Schools confirmed to 8 On Your Side Thursday that the state had rejected the district’s plan to start the school year with four weeks of online learning. The district now says it’s moving forward with just one week of online learning. “I have...
Tech Suit Restrictions for 12 & Under Swimmers Goes Into Effect Sept. 1st COACHES/OFFICIALS/CLUBS: Important information re: Tech Suit Restrictions for 12 & Under Swimmers The new rule takes effect September 1, 2020. Please see link below posted on the USA-Swimming website. https://www.usaswimming.org/news/2019/09/12/tech-suit-restriction-for-12-and-under-swimmers There is also a great video on the webpage from Leah Smith re: the new rule.
CCC IMPORTANT NOTICE : Independence Day Celebration Wednesday, August 12, 2020 Dear Carrollwood Country Club Members, I am writing to you concerning Carrollwood Country Club’s already postponed Independence Day Celebration. In mid-May, when we made the decision to postpone to late October, it seemed that the COVID-19 pandemic threat was beginning to flatten and that reported cases were on a downward trend. Unfortunately, in late June and throughout the Summer, the reported daily cases increased dramatically. Due to the continued uncertainty surrounding the Country, the State, and the Greater Tampa...
Hillsborough School Board OKs Remote Learning for First 4 Weeks of School Year School campuses in Hillsborough County will not be reopening on August 24 as originally planned. nstead, all students will start school that day, but the first four weeks will be exclusively online. The vote was made official Wednesday. Now it’s up to parents and the school district to figure out the logistics - and fast. “There will be stresses on this, stresses for families and stresses for child care,” said Superintendent Addison Davis. The school district will...
