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End of Season Wrap-Up and Thank You!

Dear Tidal Wave families, I wanted to thank you for the lovely thank-you gifts and the custom team tent is such a nice surprise, the coaches and I are looking forward to seeing it! Relive a wonderful summer by scrolling through some amazing pictures from Rob and Sam (see email for link). You can also […]

Congratulations to our All-Stars! 💫

Congratulations to our individual swimmers who made All-Stars! Virginia Hill had a club record for number of swimmers qualify this year! Information about the livestream, official meet sheet, and details for spectators will be posted on the event later this week. 💫 BUTTERFLY Jonathan Brado (8U) Rafa Talavera (8U) James Balser (9-10) Logan Phillips (11-12) […]

NCAP Scholarship and Winter Swim

NCAP Scholarship NCAP Alexandria /J&M Swim is offering the Va Hills Tidal Wave team, 1 one year scholarship of $1,000 towards the cost of 2023-24 swim registration. To apply for this scholarship, you have to be a new registrant to NCAP or have not been a registrant for the past 3 years. This scholarship applies […]

End of Year Awards

Meredith Mergler Spirit Award: This award is named for a spirited long-time Virginia Hills swimmer. Meredith was liked and admired by parents and swimmers alike. Meredith had the ability to find the good and the funny in even the most difficult situations. This award is voted on by all the team swimmers in a secret […]

T-Shirts and VIP Parking

Last chance for VIP parking – We will have TWO VIP parking spots available for the Saturday morning meet on July 15th and the B-meet finale on Monday, July 17th. Tickets will be on sale at the Wave Cafe and any time over Venmo (@VirginiaHillsSwimClub – Please include your name and phone #). Lucky parkers […]

Tidal Wave Swag, Team Photo, and VIP Parking

Tidal Wave Swag – Team t-shirts are in!! Swimmers can pick up their shirts at the Friday pep rally, during Saturday’s meet or at the July 3rd and 4th morning practices. For those who want extras to share with family and friends, additional shirts will be on sale for $20 each. You can pay for […]

Adjusted Morning Practice Schedule

Looking ahead to the second half of the season and adjusting to the morning practice patterns, Coach Katie would like to combine the two 8U practices into one practice and extend it from 30 mins to 45 mins. As of June 29, practices times will be adjusted as follows (Monday through Friday): 7:00 – 8:00 […]

Team Suits, Caps and VIP Parking

Pick up Team Swim Caps Team caps are available for pick up and sale this Friday during practice and before the Pep Rally. Silicone caps are $18 each and Latex caps are $8 each. We can accept cash, card, mobile pay, and Venmo @VAHillsTidalWave, please note caps in the memo line. We will have caps […]

Upcoming Pep Rally, A Meet Themes and more…

Pep Rally – Hawaii Style Come and cheer on the Tidal Wave before their first A meet of the season! Dig out those old grass skirts from that costume party, throw on that Tommy Bahama in the back of the closet and bring some tiki torches as we have a dessert potluck and chase it […]

Extra Diving Start Practice

To get swimmers ready to practice those diving starts, we are offering 15 min sessions (during adult swim) with a Junior Coach for the next few days. This is in addition to their regular practice. For swimmers who want to add extra start/dive practice in the dive well: 8&U swimmers can practice starts/dives from 4:45 […]