The Bluefish 2003 Memorial Weekend Classic
(Long Course Timed-Finals
for Open and 12 & Under Age Groups)
Proudly hosted by the Attleboro Bluefish
and Magnus Aquatic Group
Sanctioned by New England Swimming
Sanction #: NE-03-39
Events
List (Adobe PDF)
Entry
Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek
Events File for Team Manager
Saturday &
Sunday, May 24-25, 2003 at McDermott
Pool, Warwick, Rhode Island.
Meet Director: Mary Kass (508)
543-9469 mkass2800@attbi.com
Meet Referee: Paul Maker (508) 384-8480 makerp@fcl-us.net
General information, warm-up schedules, timing assignments,
and/or weather or emergency notices, access the ABF web page at www.abfswim.com
or call the ABF hotline at (508) 761-8992.
|
Day and Date |
Warm-up |
Start |
|
Morning
(Open): |
Saturday-Sunday |
May 24-25 |
7:00 AM |
8:15 AM |
Afternoon
(12&Under): |
Saturday-Sunday |
May 24-25 |
1:00 PM |
2:15 PM |
McDermott
Pool, Sandy Lane, Warwick, Rhode Island is a 50-meter 6 lane covered pool with
non-turbulent lane lines, Colorado Timing System and touch pads, limited
interior seating but with access to outdoor patios spaces. Failure to
abide by rules defined in this notice, posted at the facility or determined by
the Meet Referee or Meet Director may result in ejection from the facility.
All
events are swum as timed-finals and will be deck seeded after the scratch
deadline. The scratch deadline will
be 45 minutes before the start of each session. Open age groups will swim in the morning sessions while 12&under age groups will swim in the
afternoon session. All age groups will
swim in combined heats separated only by gender, but awards will be given to 10
& under, 11-12, 13-14, and 15 & over age groups. Heat and lane
assignments will be posted and handed out to coaches prior to starting each
session. There will be no bullpen. All swimmers are to report directly to their
lane when their event is called.
Swimmers and coaches are responsible for ensuring their swimmers are in
the correct heat and lane.
ELIGIBILITY
All
swimmers must be 2003 USA Swimming registered swimmers with New England
Swimming. Please include USS number on
the entry form. Swimmers may register
with Mary Riddell, 20 Cleveland Rd., Needham, MA 02492. Age eligibility is determined by the age of
the swimmer on May 24, 2003 and must be correct in the entry file, or if a hand
entry, shown on the entry form. All
coaches on deck must be registered with US Swimming and present their coach
membership cards.
ENTRY INFORMATION
Swimmer
may enter no more than 5 individual events per day. Entries must be submitted to Mary Kass and will not be accepted
any earlier than Wednesday,April 30, 2003 or later than Friday, May 16, 2003. All entries arriving on or before April 30
will be counted as arriving on April 30.
All entry times must
be submitted in yards. The meet will
be
seeded in yard times. NT or “no time” entries
are not allowed and will be scratched immediately upon receipt of the
entry. If a swimmer does not have an official “yard” time for a
particular event, a coach’s guess time must be used instead. This meet swims age groups in “combined”
heats so please use extra care to enter swimmers with times that closely represents
what they should swim in yards.
Hand Entries:
We no longer want diskettes for electronic entries (please email),
however, if you are unable to create an electronic entry you may mail a hard
copy of your entry, either using the enclosed form or a computer print out
containing the entry in a similar format, with your summary sheet and payment
of entry fees. There is an additional
$0.50 per entry charged for processing hand entries. Once entered by hand an email containing an HTML file of the
entry will be created and sent for confirmation.
Whether sent using email or regular mail, all entry
forms must be accurate, legible and complete. United States Postal Service
Overnight Mail for entry form, payment, and hand entries is the preferred
mailing method. If Overnight Mail is
used, indicate that the package be delivered even if no one is there to sign
for it. No fax, telephone, or deck
entries will be accepted and all fees must accompany the entry. Entries may not be changed after they are
submitted, but can be updated.
Exceptions to this policy are at the discretion of the Entry Chairman,
Meet Director or Meet Referee. Meet
fees will not be returned or credited to new entries for scratches or errors in
the entry. PLEASE NOTE: Your entry must include at least one email address of
your team’s contact(s). Entry
confirmations and all future meet information will be sent to this email
address. Your team may have as many
email addresses for information distribution as you wish.
The entry fee is
$3.50 per individual event. In
accordance with the entry rules specified by New England Swimming, if an entry
is not submitted in a computer file using a standard SD3 format, the
entry fee is an additional $0.50 per individual entry (e.g. $4.00 per
event). Please mail the meet summary
form and payment to:
C/o Mary Kass
Foxboro,
MA 02035
PROCEDURES FOR CUTTING THE MEET
(please read this section carefully)
The
number of entries will be limited so that no session exceeds the four-hour time
limit. All entries and payments
arriving on or before Tuesday, April 29, will be counted as arriving on the
first day (i.e., April 29). If the meet
should become oversubscribed due to multiple team entries arriving on that
first day or some later day, entries and/or teams will be denied entry into the
meet using the following criteria:
Teams
may update times through Monday, May 19th, 2003 by 6:00 PM.
Remember: this meet will be seeded using best available “yard” times!
All scratches must
be submitted to the Clerk of the Course’s Desk at least 45 minutes before the
session begins (i.e. 7:30 AM for morning session and 1:30 PM for afternoon
session).
AWARDS
Ribbons for 1st
through 6th will be given in each individual event in each age group
(10&Under, 11-12, 13-14, and 15&Over).
There will be no high point or team scoring. Awards will not be mailed or saved and must be picked up
by the end of the Sunday afternoon session.
RULES
2003
USA Swimming rules will govern all competition and warm-ups and the decisions
of the referee will be final unless a written protest is lodged within 30
minutes of the heat being protested.
Disabled swimmer forms are required by USA Swimming and are available
from the New England Swimming office.
OFFICIALS AND
TIMERS
All
teams are asked to volunteer officials and timers. Please include with your entry a list of your team’s eligible
officials, their phone numbers, and the session(s) they are available to
work. Officials are encouraged to
contact Paul Maker at (508) 384-8480 or email him at makerp@fcl-us.net before the meet.
SAFETY, BEHAVIOR
AND IMPORTANT RULES TO NOTE
All
team and individual warm-ups and warm-downs shall be under the direct
supervision of the respective swimmers' coach, or individual designated by the
referee. Any swimmer participating in
the meet without a USA Swimming registered coach must report to the referee
before the warm-up for the session.
Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups with the exception of the
sprint lanes when they are announced.
Glass containers are prohibited in the pool area, including on the
patios and in the locker rooms. No
smoking is permitted inside the building or patio areas. The
Attleboro Bluefish Swim CLUB, the Attleboro Bluefish Booster Club, and the CITY
OF WARWICK are NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST OR STOLEN ITEMS.
In
accordance with New England Swimming policy, “There will be no shaving at any
New England Calendar meet or at any other competition receiving a New England
Swimming sanction.” Therefore, no
shaving is allowed in the showers, locker rooms, on the pool deck and the patio,
or in the bleachers.
HORSEPLAY will not be tolerated. Parents must supervise younger children in attendance. Meet officials will watch for swimmers or meet spectators who violate meet and facility rules and have the authority to dismiss swimmers and spectators from the facility. Coaches are responsible for communicating this policy to both the swimmers and parents.
ADMISSION
Admission:
$1.00 per adult (18 or over) for each session.
Programs:
$5.00 for the meet
CONCESSIONS
Refreshments will
be available for all sessions.
DIRECTIONS
From the North: Take 95 South into Rhode Island and get off at Exit 12A (Main Street) Route 113 East. Follow Route 113 East until the end (Route 117). Take a left at that light and bear to the left. Take a left at the next light onto Sandy Lane. The pool will be on the left approximately 300 feet after the light. (Mickey Stevens Complex)