Battle of the Ages Registration Information

Benicia Stingrays

Hi Team,

It is time to register for one of the best meets of the season--Battle of the Ages!!!  Historically, many swimmers qualify for County Championships and swim their season PR's at this meet!!!

This is an invitational meet so the registration process differs from that of the regular dual meets.  

New this year:

  • The location has changed from Pleasant Hill Middle School to College Park High School
  • ALL families must have one adult (the adult who plans on volunteering at the meet) background checked to satisfy the new insurance requirements from Pleasant Hill....more on this below.  

 

What is Battle of the Ages?  

  • 2 day Saturday-Sunday Invitational Meet open to Stingrays between 5-18 year of age (no 4 year olds)
  • Unique meet in that swimmers compete only against swimmers of their same age (so a 13 year old swimmer only swims against 13 year old swimmers, not 13 AND 14 year old swimmers)
  • You and your child pick which events your child swims
  • ALL families are required to fulfill a volunteer shift (including board members and volunteer buyouts).  This does NOT fulfill one of your 4 meet volunteer jobs for the season.  

Date

  • Saturday, June 24th-Sunday, June 25th, 2023
  • Meet starts at 9:00 am both days (warmups before) and ends at approximately 4:00 pm
  • Swim one or both days

 

NEW LOCATION!!!

  • College Park High School:  201 Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, 94523

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Entry Fees

  • $10 Splash Fee (meet entry fee) plus $5 fee per individual event swum 
  • You may sign up for up to 4 (not 5-6) events per swimmer over the 2 days.  Signing up for 4 events would cost $30 for that swimmer...$10 splash fee + (4 x $5 per event)
  • There will be an additional $30 background check fee PER ADULT VOLUNTEER (not per swimmer), see below

 

Registration

  • We will begin accepting registration forms on Wednesday, May 31st  
  • Registration deadline:  Thursday, June 8th, 2023
  • You have ~1 week to register.  Do not be late; late registrations cannot be accepted
  • Registration Forms can be printed and turned in at the pool.  A few hard copies will be in a manila envelope at the Family Folder Cart if you do not have access to a printer
  • Fill out one registration form per swimmer and turn it into the black mailbox attached to the Family Folder Cart.  
  • Payment
    • Attach check made payable to Benicia Stingrays (note "Battle of the Ages" AND swimmer's first and last name in the check note), place in an envelope, and turn in with the registration form 
    • OR pay electronically via PayPay ONLY (no Venmo or Zelle).  
      • Name = treasurer@bsrswim.org
      • ​Note in memo:  "Battle of the Ages" and "Swimmer's Name"
      • MUST select "Friends and Family" payment option

 

Volunteers:  New information for 2023

  • ALL families will be assigned a volunteer shift. The job assignment will be emailed to you closer to the event date.  
  • EVERY adult who volunteers MUST pass a background check.  This is dictated by the insurance that Pleasant Hill requires for this meet; this is not because of a Stingray requirement or issue.  
  • If you register your swimmer to participate, it will cost you $30 for the background check.  Please include this $30 with your registration payment.  Results of your background check will be kept confidential.  If you plan to split your shift with another adult in the family, both adults will need to be background checked and it will cost $60 for both of you to get background checked.  
  • Details on the background check will be emailed to Battle Families in the near future.  It sounds straight forward and does not require fingerprint scans, etc.  
  • If you elect to not participate in the background check so that you can not volunteer, fail the background check so that you can not volunteer, or no show on  your assigned volunteer shift, a $100 fee will be applied to your account and you must pay this fee before your swimmer can participate in future meets.  

 

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