COMPETITIONS
MEMBERSHIP
Why Join SLAM? Membership Costs Discount Memberships
New Members
Online registration for St Louis Area Masters (SLAM) is available at SLAM Registration.
Discount membership for full-time students 25 years and younger and
seniors 75 and older are not available through the online registration.
Those eligible for discounts should use paper registration forms. See Discount Membership information below.
When using the
online registration link SLAM Registration,
you are taken directly to the St Louis Masters registration area.
Verify that you wish to register for SLAM by clicking the
underlined St Louis Area Masters (SLAM).
The next page asks your contact information. If you have a workout group and do not see it on the pull-down menu,
just leave workout group as NONE.
With the online registration, you will be able to pay your registration fee by credit card and immediately be able to print out your membership card with your U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) membership number on it.
Renewing Members
If
you are renewing your membership, use this link to SLAM Online registration.
You will be asked for part of your
USMS membership number. If you do not have this handy, your name
as on
file with USMS and your date of birth will be sufficient. The next
page will allow you to change from unattached to a club, to change
clubs or remain with SLAM. You should verify that all of your
contact information, especially your email address is correct.
Please make any changes necessary.
WHY
SHOULD YOU JOIN SLAM?
SLAM is one of the premier U.S. Masters Swimming clubs in
the nation. SLAM hosted one of the very first USMS Long Course National
Championships. That championship was held at the old Sugar Creek Swim Club in
1976. SLAM members are active in many national leadership roles in
SLAM has a tradition of excellence with several national and world record holders among our members. SLAM also encourages relay participation and has many USMS Top Ten finishes and national records in relays of all age groups to our credit. SLAM has more senior members aged 50 and above than any other club in the Ozark LMSC.
SLAM has something for everyone and strives to serve all ages, ability levels and goal orientations. We host several swim meets each year, including an open water swim, clinics and socials.
Whether you practice alone or with one of SLAM's many workout groups, you will be welcomed into the SLAM family with open arms.
Through your SLAM membership, you receive the SWIMMER magazine which is chock full of timely articles to help you improve your swimming, as well as Ozark and SLAM newsletters. Your SLAM dues are used to pay for SLAM relay entries and to support SLAM events and social functions.
Your membership in SLAM includes insurance protection provided through U.S. Masters Swimming. Workouts which require USMS membership of all participants and are supervised by a USMS member coach or USA Swimming coach are covered by the USMS insurance. At these “Official USMS Workout Locations”, ALL participants MUST be USMS members; otherwise the insurance coverage is NULL and VOID for ALL participants if even just ONE participant is not a USMS member after a trial period for new members.MEMBERSHIP COSTS
A 2010 Membership with SLAM begins when you register and expires December 31, 2010. The 2010 SLAM Membership costs $42, of which $5.00 goes to SLAM, $10 to the Ozark Local Masters Swimming Committee (LMSC) and $27.00 to U. S. Masters Swimming (USMS). The USMS fee includes an $8.00 subscription to SWIMMER (a bimonthly magazine).
All 2009 memberships expire 12/31/09. Be sure to renew for 2010 right away so that you will continue your USMS insurance coverage and not miss any issues of the USMS Swimmer magazine.
If you are 75 years and older, or a
full-time student 25 years and younger, you are eligible for a
discounted 2010 Membership Fee of only $27. The SLAM and Ozark fees are
waived. SLAM and Ozark will also consider hardship cases yearly on a
case by case basis. Those eligible for discounts cannot use the
USMS online
registration. Instead they should use the paper registration form.
If you apply for membership between September 1, 2010 and October 31, 2010, a Late
Year Membership is available at a reduced cost of $22, but still expires
December 31, 2010. This is available online at SLAM Registration.
Prefer to Pay by Check instead of online?
New and Renewal Member Application Procedure paying by Check:
If you are eligible for discounted membership, or you prefer to pay by check, rather than credit card, click here to download a paper registration form.
If you are a coach or workout supervisor and want to have insurance
waivers signed by new members at their first practice, click here for paper
registration forms. After the trial period, these new members should follow
the same registration process outlined above or register online at
SLAM Registration.
Mary Pohlmann.
Last updated October 28, 2009
