GREENWOOD MEMORIAL SWIM CLUB

Super Bowl Splash

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

February 1-2, 2003

 

THIS MEET HAS BEEN CANCELLED

 

Order of Events

Warmup Schedule

Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager

 

Sanctioned by:  New England Swimming Sanction # NE-03-19

 

Presented by:  Greenwood Memorial Swim Club, Gardner MA

 

Meet Manager(s):  Roland and Barbara Bartl

 

Dates:  February 1 & 2, 2003

 

Times: Saturday February 1

            7:00 AM Warm-up                     8:00 AM Start              13/14, 10&U

            1:00 PM Warm-up                      2:00 PM Start               11/12, Open

 

            Sunday February 3

            7:00 AM Warm-up                     8:00 AM Start              13/14, 10&U

            1:00 PM Warm-up                      2:00 PM Start               11/12, Open

 

Site:  Greenwood Memorial Pool, 69 Park St., Gardner, MA  01440

 

Facility:  5-lane 25-yard indoor pool with non-turbulent lane lines.  Seating is available above the pool. 

 

Timing:  Timing will be manual.  2 timers per team, per session would be appreciated.

 

Entries:  Entries must be completed and received no sooner than Friday, November 8, 2002 and no later than Friday January 24, 2003.  Submit entries on the enclosed N.E. Standard entry form or HY-TEK entry on diskette with a hard copy printout included.  There will be no refunds or telephone entries after the above entry deadline.  Make checks payable to: Greenwood Memorial Swim Club.  Mail completed entry forms and checks to:  Greenwood Memorial Pool, C/O Anne Monette, P.O. Box 647, 35 Pheasant Lane, East Tempelton, MA 01438, or send e-mail to IcCreamldy@aol.com.  Seed times must be submitted in yards.  The Cost for individual events is $ 3.50 ($4.00 hand entry). Relays are $10.00. Time permitting, we will offer time trials (sanctioned as NE-03-19a) for an additional $5.00 fee.

 

Eligibility:  All swimmers must be 2003 registered swimmers with United States Swimming.  New England swimmers may register with Mary Riddell, 20 Cleveland Rd., Needham, MA 02192.

 

Cuts:  In the event of instant over-subscription on the first registration date (11/8/02) we will make cuts by lottery and notify all teams immediately of the results.  Otherwise, we will make cuts by date of receipt, except for the 500 free Open and 400 IM Open events where we will make cuts based on official seedtimes. Notification of cuts will be made as soon as possible but no later than Monday, January 27, 2003.

 

Awards:  Ribbons will be awarded for the first eight places.

 

Admissions: $1.00 per adult per session.

 

Programs: $ 2.00 per session.

 

Refreshments:  Full concession available for all days.

 

Directions:

From the North and South:  Follow Route 128, I-495 or I-190 to Route 2 West.  Take the first Gardner exit (#23).  At the end of the ramp, which feeds into a rotary, take the first right underneath a railroad bridge, following the sign to 140.  At the first traffic light, turn right onto Elm St.  Follow until you come to another rotary.  Enter the rotary and exit it at 9 o’clock.  This is Central Street, which you will follow until it forks left.  You bear to the right at the fork, which is Park Street.  The pool is on the right.

From the East:  Take Route 2 West and follow above directions

From the West: Take Route 2 East; get off at the second Gardener exit (23). The end of the ramp feeds into a rotary. Exit rotary at 9 o’clock underneath a railroad bridge, then follow directions from North and South.

 

Format:  Timed Finals.  Time trials will be held after each session (time permitting).

 

Rules:  2003 US Swimming will govern all competition. The referee’s decisions by the will be final unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the swim heat being protested.

 

Special Instructions:  Swimmers must abide by the directions of the marshals.  No swimmer is allowed to enter the pool or participate in warm-ups unless under the direct supervision of a USS registered coach.  All swimmers who do not have a USS coach present must report to the meet referee.  All swimmers must enter the pool at the starting end of the pool.  No diving or racing starts are permitted except in announced one-way sprint lanes designated for diving.  No jumping into the pool is permitted at any time during the meet.

 

Accommodations:

Colonial Hotel (2-3 miles from pool)                                          625 Betty Spring Road

Gardner, MA  01440

(978) 630-2500

Wachusett Village Inn and Conference Center (7-8 miles)         9 Village Inn Rd

Westminster, MA  01473

(978) 874-2000

For the budget-minded - Super 8 Motel (1 mile)             22 Pearson Boulevard

                                                                                                Gardner, MA  01440

                                                                                                978-630-2888