Welcome to the Burke Centre Swim Club
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stingers team website

Penguin team website

     The Burke Centre Swim Club (BCSC) is comprised of two teams; the Burke Centre Penguins and the Burke Centre Stingers.  Each team has approximately 200 swimmers.  Neither team has a dive team.  Both teams are considered equal (there is no “A” or “B” team).  The Penguins & the Stingers exist under a single charter, but they operate completely independently with individual team presidents and boards.  The Burke Centre Conservancy maintains five pools throughout the Burke community.  The home pool for the Penguins is the Landings pool.  The home pool for the Stingers is the Ponds pool.  Visit both teams' websites (at right) to learn more.  When you register to swim, you may request a particular team.  Once swimmers are assigned to a team, they remain on that team.  Every effort is made to honor requests, but know that the club also attempts to balance the total swimmers, age-groups, and abilities of both teams.  For this reason, it may be necessary, on occasion, to move a swimmer to a particular team.  To keep the teams balanced, changing teams is not permitted.  The Burke Centre Swim Club (BCSC) participates in the Colonial Swimming League (CSL) http://csl.nvblu.com/plasma/core/site/csl

 

Registration for the 2011 season is closed.  Registration for the upcoming 2012 season will begin in early April of 2012.  If you need additional information, contact BCSC President, Janine Canty, (703-250-0196) (Stingers) or BCSC Vice-President  Mary Mulvenon (703-250-6566) (Penguins).

 

Registration process for the Burke Centre Swim Club - for the 2011 season   

     As in the past, registration for the Burke Centre Swim Club (both Penguins and Stingers) is done online. Please read the information below before proceeding with your online registration.   Online registration is currently open.  Final team rosters must be submitted to the league by the second dual meet of the season (toward the end of June).  Registration will continue until that date unless team numbers become too difficult to safely manage.  For that reason, families are urged to register early.  Early bird registration continues until April 30, 2011. The cost for early bird registration is $105 per swimmer for the first two swimmers and $80 for each additional swimmer. Registrations completed after April 30, 2011 will be automatically charged a $30 late fee (per family).  If a swimmer withdraws from the team for a reason not related to the swimmer evaluation (see below), they will be refunded the registration fee minus a $10 non-refundable processing fee.  NOTE:  If a swimmer has swum competitively in the past, they will be asked to provide their best times as part of the online registration.  Please have that information available before beginning the online registration process. Be reminded that swimmers must also be members of the Burke Centre pools to participate on the swim team. Go to www.burkecentreweb.com for pool membership information.  
 

Information for families new to the Burke Centre Swim Club - for the 2011 season

     All new swimmers (age 10 & younger), including siblings that have not previously participated on the team, will be required to pass a swim evaluation. The evaluations will be held Tuesday, May 31, 2011 from 4-7pm (you can come any time during that three hour window) at the Commons pool.  Swimmers will be evaluated to ensure that they meet the Red Cross Level III performance criteria, which essentially requires swimmers to swim 15 yards (front and back) and float & tread water for 30 seconds.  Swimmers do not need to know all competitive strokes.  If your child does not pass the evaluation, they may practice (independently) and retest.  If a swimmer does not pass the evaluation, and chooses not to retest, they will receive a full refund of registration fees.

     Families who have not swum for either team will be assigned to either the Penguins or Stingers team at the draft meeting held in mid-May.  As explained above, efforts will be made to honor requests, but preferences are NOT guaranteed. After the draft, families will be notified of their team assignment prior to each team's parent meetings toward the end of May.  Applicants who register after the draft will be assigned to a team based on team preference and/or team availabilities.  New swimmers that register after the evaluation day, will be assigned to a team and will be evaluated at the first team practice attended. 


2011 Burke Centre Pools and Swim Team Registration

BCSC Swim Team Online Registration - June 1, 2011   Online registration link disabled.  Registration for 2012 season will begin in early April 2012.  Contact BCSC President, Janine Canty, (703-250-0196) (Stingers) or BCSC Vice-President  Mary Mulvenon (703-250-6566) (Penguins) with questions.

Burke Centre Pool Membership Applications, Pool Locations, & Pool Rules