The Christian Community
Seahawks Summer Swim Team at TAC
June 7 - July 29, 2010

The Seahawks are currently enjoying their thirteenth year of competitive swimming and their 8th summer as a neighborhood club.  As a summer club, we are official members of the Tarheel Swimming Association (TSA). The team is coached by Matt Finneran, homeschool dad of six children.  Matt has 19 years age group swim coaching experience and also served as the head coach of the NC State men’s water polo team for 7 years.  The focus of the summer program is to develop confident Christian swimmers who are skilled in all strokes and gain the benefits of disciplined training.  Members of the summer Seahawks Swim Club will be eligible to compete in any or all of the Seahawks’ six scheduled TSA  meets and the championship meet in July. (See  flyer for practice times and costs.)

Why a Christian Swim Club?
The Christian Community Swim Club is designed to provide a wholesome foundation for families who desire a swim club guided by Christian values. We believe children are our most important investment. And, as parents, if we’re not careful with our children’s choices and influences we may reap negative results regarding their character and spiritual growth. Today’s youth are being led down a path that fosters immorality, immodest dress, and a lack of respect for parents and authority. Our answer to this ever-growing crisis is to encourage honor, modesty and purity among the children in all our activities at the swim team.

Membership Requirement
We’re looking for families who desire to raise their children under a Christian influence and believe that membership in The Christian Community Swim Club TAC would be beneficial for their children’s spiritual protection, growth and maturity.  If you’d enjoy fellowship with like-minded families who share these same hopes for their children, then we invite you to consider our swim team for your family this summer. 

Location and Practices
Practices are held at the new Triangle Aquatic Center (TAC) 275 Convention Drive in Cary, just behind the Sears at the Cary Town Center mall.  The season runs from Monday,  June 7 through July 29.  Practices run in the afternoons on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.  Meets are on Tuesdays nights at various locations in the Triangle.  For costs and practice times,  please e-mail finneranmc@aol.com.

 Swim Meets 
Every Tuesday night, 6:00, at a participating swim club in the Triangle area, beginning June 16 and ending July 28.  

Swim Club Tryouts,  Monday, June 7,  12:30
Tryouts and lesson evaluations will be on Monday, June 7, at the Triangle Aquatic Center at 12:30  Tryouts for swim team are mandatory for any new swimmers and recommended for lessons if you are not sure of your child’s abilities.  You may register at the tryout or you may preregister by sending payment with the included registration form. Your prepayment will be refunded if your child does not qualify for the team.  Swimmers unable to tryout on June 7, may tryout at the beginning of any swim practice or swim lesson.

White Team:  Ages 5 & up as of June 1, 2010. This team designed to prepare a younger or inexperienced swimmer for the demands and skills of swimming with the Blue Team.  The instruction will concentrate on the learning of all four competitive strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.  Child will also learn the starts and turns.  Requirements: Child must be able to complete 25 yards of rudimentary crawl, back and breaststroke and meet the minimum skills to pass the competitive stroke class (see page 4).

Blue Team Requirement:  Ages 6-18 as of June 1, 2010. Participant must be able to swim 50 yards (two lengths) of rhythmic breathing freestyle and the 100 Individual Medley without disqualification.  Swimmer must also be able to successfully complete a freestyle and backstroke flip turn as well as the racing dive.

See the flyer for Silver and Platinum Team Requirements.



Matt Finneran
The Christian Community
Radical Wednesday Weekly Meetings
Family Fellowship and Counseling Ministries
Raleigh Hawks Boys Homeschool Basketball & Baseball
Seahawks Homeschool Swim Team
45 Pilot-Riley Rd.
Zebulon, NC 27597
919-404-4948
919-876-1317 (summer swim club)

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits; Who pardons all our iniquities; Who heals all your diseases; Who redeems your life from the pit; Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; Who satisfies your years with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle. -Psalm 103:1-5