Who Are We?

The CP Stars Swim Team is a late spring / early summer activity for children and young adults ages 4 to 18. It is open to residents of Champions Park, Champions Centre Estates, Champions Park North, Champions Racquet Village, Champions Creek and Champions Park North Estates.

Why Do We Have A Swim Team?

Swim team is a wonderful activity for kids and families. It helps young people learn individual goal setting and discipline, while being part of a team and participating in a family-based activity.

How Does It Work?

The CP Stars are part of the Northwest Aquatic League (NWAL), which organizes and administers the season's activities for over 100 subdivision teams, stretching from Baytown to IH-10, generally north of Beltway 8.

Each year, the CP Stars are assigned to a six-team division. Each team in the division swims a dual meet against the other teams. After 5 weeks of dual meets, a "divisional" meet is held with all six teams. The week after the divisional meet, a series of invitational meets for all of NWAL are held, with entry based on individual qualifying times. Participation in the invitational meets is optional.

Practice begins the end of April, with team time trials the middle of May. The dual meets usually start the third weekend in May, with the divisional meet in late June. The invitational meets are the first weekend in July. See Meet Schedule.

Is Swim Team Highly Competitive?

There are some very good individual swimmers, on the CP Stars, in our division and in NWAL. However, the CP Stars focus is on personal improvement by each swimmer over the course of the season. Participation ribbons are given to all swimmers at each meet, up to age 10. We also emphasize the social opportunities afforded by participation in swim team. We have two or three formal social events each season and several informal gatherings.

Can My Child Learn to Swim By Participating in Swim Team?

We strongly encourage all parents to insure their children have basic swimming skills before participating in swim team. Practices are held in age group sessions, and the coaches are not able to give extensive individual instruction. However, we encourage our coaches to offer private individual instruction to help swimmers improve their skills. The U.S. Swimming clubs offer swim team readiness programs in the spring ... see Premier Aquatics (PACK) and the Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club (FLEET).

Can Serious Swimmers Participate?

At this time, the NWAL season is open to all swimmers. For those swimmers who wish to seriously compete, we encourage participation in an all-year program offered by one the U.S. Swimming clubs in our area. The two most convenient are Premier Aquatics (PACK) and the Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club (FLEET). Please visit the web sites of these teams for more information.

How do I sign up for the CP Stars?

Check the registration page for more information or see a board member.

Weather Policy

According to American Red Cross standards, all swimmers must be cleared from the pool and the surrounding fenced-in area in the event of pending thunderstorms, at the time of any definite sound of thunder or the sighting of lightning. If the pool area must be cleared while swim practice is in progress, the coaches will hold the children outside the gate area until they are picked up by their parent or designated adult. If the weather subsequently clears up, swim practice will resume 30 minutes after any definite sound of thunder or sighting of lightning.

More Questions?

Tour our web site or contact any swim team board member.