Kigoos Swim Club

It has been fantastic to see all the swimmers back in the Steveston Pool!

We are excited to kick off our competitive 2022 season on Saturday May 28th with our Mock Meet & Welcome Back Breakfast. The Mock Meet is the ideal time for our new swimmers to gain some valuable meet experience including understanding a Heat Sheet, marshalling, when to enter the water in a race and a chance to dive off the starting blocks! It is also a chance for our parents to learn some new volunteer positions and earn some volunteer hours. Most importantly, it is a chance to be together again as Club and have some fun!

The schedule for Saturday May 28th will be as follows:
6:45 Sign-in
7:00 Warm-Up and Cheers
7:30 First Race
9:00 Breakfast
10:00 Finished

The race schedule will be 50 Freestyle, 25 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke, 25 Backstroke, 50 Breaststroke and 50 Fly. All swimmers can swim up to 4 races. The 25M races are for our JD swimmers that are not yet swimming 50M races. The heats will be organized from JD – Senior.

We will also be having our annual Welcome Back Breakfast.

If you have swimmers interested in participating in the Mock Meet, please register each swimmer through the link below no later than Friday May 20th, 2022:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeK_TCRm1t-G2i9ksVCOabpnVGFaWW8tV0lGNk7tWYYnO2w1g/viewform?usp=sf_link

Welcome Back Breakfast: We will open ordering in the next few days, please keep an eye out for the notifier.

Swim Shop: Our swim shop is now open, deadline to order is Monday May 16th, so get your Kigoos gear now.

Volunteer Opportunities: We will be sending a Sign-Up Genius notification for the following positions:
• 3 volunteers to clean the concession kitchen on Thursday May 19th between 6pm – 8pm.
• 4 volunteers to organize and run the 50/50 raffle during the Ice Breaker Meet
• 4 volunteers to organize and run the collection of silent auction items and the creation of 6 – 10 gift baskets. We have two awesome baskets in the works already to get you started! We will assist with communication to our Club members to generate donations so we can raise some much-needed funding through our Ice Breaker weekend.
• Concession volunteers to assist with set up, food preparation, distribution and clean up on May 28th.

Keep an eye out for these opportunities to contribute some hours to the Kigoos Club!

The Kigoos Board of Directors

Kigoos Swim Shop is Open For Business!

Hello Everyone,

Our online apparel shop is now open! Please click on the button below to access our Kigoos Swim Shop through Team Aquatic Supplies. All orders must be received by Monday, May 16th at 9pm. All orders placed through the Swim Shop will be delivered together, and distributed by the club. Please make sure you click the “PICKUP IN STORE” BUTTON and choose The Swim Fitness Shop Richmond location to ensure you are not charged shipping costs.

There are lots of clothing items to choose from, and most items are available in red, navy and grey. When you click on the item, you’ll be able to see the available colour/size options. Size charts for the items are also included in the photos on the order page. Additionally, you can purchase bathing suits in our team colours, as well as swim bags.

If you have any questions about the Swim Shop please email swimshop@kigoos.com

Happy Shopping!

The Kigoos Board of Directors

Order from this link:
https://team-aquatic.com/collections/richmond-kigoos

Calling all volunteers!

If you are a family new to Kigoos or have been with the club for years – we need you!!

The past two years have been extremely challenging for youth sports and our Kigoos swim club is no exception. Many of our traditions were modified or suspended as our club executive worked to continue providing our swimmers with fun and safe summer seasons.

We are ready to bring back some favourite club traditions and even introduce new ones, but we need your help!

We are currently looking for a volunteer (or a pair of volunteers) to take on a leadership role in organizing the Food For Officials for our June 4th & June 5th Ice Breaker Meet. In this role, you will develop a menu for the event and organize a grocery list of required ingredients (previous menus have included wraps/sandwiches, coffee, water, two bite brownies etc.) You will have a team of volunteers working with you during the meet to help execute the plan.

We are also looking for a volunteer (or pair of volunteers) to organize some fundraising ideas for our Ice Breaker Meet (collecting items to create raffle baskets, organizing a 50/50 draw, finding sponsors interested in advertising in our heat sheet).

As you know, the club is run 100% by volunteer parents and we need everyone to get involved to make the 2022 season a success. If these volunteer experiences sound like something you can help with, please send an email to: volunteers@kigoos.com

If these are not your areas of expertise, do not worry! There will be more opportunities to get involved and complete your volunteer hours throughout the season including timing, officiating, marshalling, swim meet electronics operation, social event coordinating, photography/videography and fundraising. All the positions are learn as you go and you will always get a chance to watch your child race.

See you at the pool!

The Kigoos Board of Directors

Hello Kigoos!

We are only days away from being back at Steveston Pool and starting our 2022 Season! Please find attached our Summer Group List, as well as our May schedule. If you have a question about your child’s group placement please reach out to Coach Mike (headcoach@kigoos.com). Practices will start bright and early Monday morning for those groups scheduled! (May 2nd)

Any registered swimmers new to the club who did not attend the New Swimmer Assessment sessions in April have not been placed in groups yet. Swimmers in this situation are invited to attend an assessment session at Steveston Pool on Monday, May 2nd at 4:15pm. Swimmers will be placed in groups following this session.

All families should have received an invitation through Sign-Up Genius to attend our Kigoos Parent Information Meeting on Saturday, April 30th at 12:30 pm. This meeting will be held at Steveston Community Centre. We look forward to seeing you there! Any families that have not submitted their post-dated $500 volunteer cheque will be able to drop it off at the parent information meeting. Please note – volunteer cheques are to be submitted to the club registrar by May 1st.

Looking forward to welcoming you back to the pool!

The Kigoos Board of Directors

Document links
Kigoos Group List Summer 2022.pdf

New Families – Are you interested in the Kigoos swim club for Summer 2023?

We may have some spaces available for new swimmers. Please follow the process below.

• All new swimmers must participate in a swim assessment BEFORE registration. The cost for the insurance for the assessment session is $5.
• If your child is 8 or under, your child must be able to swim 25m independently.
• If your child is 8 or over, your child must be able to swim 50m independently.
• Email Coaching@Kigoos.com to register for a swim assessment.
• If your child passes the swim assessment, you will be provided with registration information to complete the online registration and submit payment.

Summer 2023 Registration Information
1. Registration will open February 1 for current Kigoos families.
2. Registration will open March 1 for new families who have completed and passed a swimmer assessment. This will be based on available spaces in the program.
3. Early bird registration fee is $685 until March 31, 2023.
4. Registration fee is $750 as of April 1, 2023.
5. Registration fee includes BCSSA insurance, t-shirt, cap, swim meet entry fees, coaching, pool fees, lifeguarding fees.
6. Summer swim season is May 1 – early/mid-August.
7. There will be a $40 administrative fee for any changes to the registration information submitted.
8. No refunds or fee adjustments will be issued.
9. Families with swimmers in Junior Development/Development Program are required to contribute 10 parent volunteer hours. Families with swimmers in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Programs are required to contribute 25 volunteer hours. Volunteer hours are per family not per child.
10. Consistent with previous seasons, all families must submit a $500 parent participation cheque by April 30, 2023. This cheque will only be cashed if the required parent volunteer hours are not completed by the end of the season. Cheque should be made out to “Richmond Kigoos Swim Club”. Please also add the names of your children to the cheque.
11. If you are signing up 3 or more children from the same household, please reach out to the registrar at registrar@kigoos.com for a third child discount code.