My eldest daughter, Julianna, decided against playing softball this season and it took her six weeks to decide what she wanted to do instead. However, when she finally decided on the Waverly Area Swim Club (WASC), I was ecstatic. And then I learned about Swim Club and what competitive swimming is all about.
So Julianna and I went to sign her up for the WASC last week and wasn't I surprised to see fees for registration, state board, shirts, and volunteering. I was under the mistaken impression that their was no registration fee as long as the parents volunteer 3 times during the season.
I could not have been more wrong. I found out that competitive swimmers have to register with the state, for a fee of $36 of course. There is also a fee of $1 per swimmer for the use of the public pool for practice. Then there was the the bombshell being dropped. Registration for one child to be in this competitive swim club: $65.
That is only the beginning as well. During the season there are 3 at home swim meets. For each of these meets, parents are expected to volunteer for at least one thing. I signed up to be a timer for all three at home swim meets. The timer is timing swimmers as they race.
Finally, the WASC requires that all participants parents sign up to bring the food and drink that will be available at each of these home meets. They do cap this volunteer effort at $20 donated by each family, but it is still going to financially strain our relationship
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