Bernal Gator Swim Club
McDermott Pool,
May 7-8, 2005
Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-05-42(TT)
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager
Meet Director Fran Tocci (781)642-1234 f.tocci@verizon.net
Ernestine Lammers (781)749-5516 elammers@msn.com
Entry Chair Tim Ernst (781)235-0292 SwimMeetEntry@comcast.net
Referee Paul Maker (508)384-8480 makerp@comcast.net
MEET FORMAT: The meet will be swum as timed-finals. Each session will be seeded by computer based on positive check-in at the beginning of each session. Coaches will receive a positive check-in sheet before each session, which must be returned no later than 30 minutes before the beginning of the session. Heat sheets will be posted around the pool deck. Copies of heat and lane assignments will be given to coaches when they are ready.
SITE: McDermott Pool,
The building will not open for the competitors until 8am and all competitors, spectators and volunteers must be out of the facility by 6pm each day. Please notify your team members and their families of this restriction. 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. Directions may be found later in this document.
COURSE: Long course meters (50 meters).
EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2005 USA
Swimming registered athletes. All swimmers must be registered before the
entry is submitted. Teams that enter
unregistered swimmers will be subject to a fine of $100 per unregistered
swimmer.
ENTRY INFORMATION:
Entries will be accepted on and after April 21, 2005. Entries received before April 21 will be
considered received on April 21, 2005.
Entries must be received by Tuesday, April 26, 2005. Make checks payable
to Everglades Trust. Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover
page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Tim Ernst,
All entries must be typed or printed legibly, and must use
full names and registration numbers from USA Swimming registration. All entries must include a completed and
signed entry cover sheet and waiver. No
refunds will be given for entries that are accepted or for entries that are
rejected due to improper entry. “Any
swimmer who is entered with incorrect swimmer information, or an incorrect or
no ID, or is unregistered, will be scratched from the meet until corrections
are made per the
ELECTRONIC ENTRIES: Electronic entries (such as from Hy-Tek Team Manager or other team management software that are in the CL2 or SD3/SDIF format) may be emailed as an attachment to the entry chairperson, Tim Ernst, at SwimMeetEntry@comcast.net. Please check that your team name, address, and contact information are listed correctly in this file. For email entries, payment and hardcopy of the entry (including the signed entry cover page and waiver) must be received within 4 days, excluding Sundays and holidays, of receipt of the email entry If payment is received more than four (4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, after the email entry, the payment receipt date will be considered the date of entry..
OTHER
ENTRIES: United States Postal
Service Overnight Mail is the preferred paper 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 entries will be accepted. All fees must accompany the entry.
ENTRY LIMITS: Athletes may enter and swim in a maximum of 5 individual events per day.
ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated until 7 days prior to the first day of the meet. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson, Tim Ernst at: SwimMeetEntry@comcast.net . Entry time updates must be sent as Hy-Tek format CL2 files with updated times.
ENTRY FEES: Electronic entries: $3.50 for individual events, $10.00 for relays. Non-electronic entries: $4.00 for individual events, $10.50 for relays.
ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in long-course meter times. Yard times must be converted to meter times.
ENTRY CUTS: Entry cuts, if necessary, will be made by the date of receipt. Teams will be notified that they have been accepted or cut from the meet within seven days of receipt of entry. If the meet becomes oversubscribed, a random selection of those entries received on the date the meet becomes oversubscribed will be conducted in accordance with New England Swimming guidelines. Teams that are cut from the meet will have their entry fee returned within four days of being cut.
PROGRAMS: $5.00 for the weekend.
ADMISSION: $1.00 per session.
WARMUPS: Warm up time is limited. The pool will open for warm-ups at 8:15am for both Saturday and Sunday morning sessions. The facility will not be open for the competitors before 8am each day. Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes after all entries are received.
SAFETY:
RULES: 2005 USA Swimming rules will govern all competition. Decisions by the meet referee will be final unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the heat swum.
TIME TRIALS: Time trials will be offered at the discretion of the meet referee if time allows. Time trials are $5.00 for individual events and $10.00 for relays.
DECK ACCESS: Only athletes, coaches, officials, and official meet staff are permitted on the pool deck. All non-athletes on the pool deck must display their USA Swimming registration card at all times. Individuals without their USA Swimming registration card will be removed from the pool deck, and will be subject to a fine by New England Swimming.
SCORING: The meet will not be scored.
FOOD: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet.
EQUIPMENT VENDOR: A swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories for the duration of the meet.
MISCELLANEOUS: The Bernal Gator Swim Club assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen property. Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted within the facility.
PARKING: There is parking available in the parking lot adjacent to the pool and hockey rink.
DIRECTIONS:
From the North: Take 95
South into
LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:
COMFORT INN
1940 Post Rd.
(401) 732-0470 | (800) 228-5150
A 200 room hotel next door to the Airport. Complimentary
continental
breakfast, 24 hour airport shuttle service, in-room movies, cable TV &
HBO.
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT
(401) 467-6900 or (888) 236-2427
With 92 rooms spread out over three floors, this hotel has amenities
including swimming pool, whirlpool and data ports in every room
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL AT THE CROSSINGS
(401) 732-6000 | (800) 2-CROWNE
Right off exit 12A on Rt. 95 is
oversized rooms. Offering airport shuttle service, an indoor pool, a
business center and Remingtons restaurant, serving
breakfast, lunch,
dinner and a great Sunday brunch, and Alfred's Library Lounge is also
located within the hotel.
EXTENDED STAY
245 West
(401) 732-2547 | (800) EXT-STAY
FAIRFIELD INN BY MARRIOTT
(401) 941-6600 | (800) 228-2800
A 115 room hotel, offering their guests clean, affordable rooms.
Includes airport shuttle service and complimentary
continental
breakfast.
2100 Post Rd.
(401) 739-8888 | (800) 426-7866
173 guest rooms, 47 two-room King suites for extended stay with full
kitchen. Airport transportation, complimentary breakfast, indoor pool,
exercise facility. Located adjacent to the Airport.
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL & SUITES
901
(401) 736-5000 | (800) HOLIDAY
147 guest rooms and suites, offering Airport transportation.
Complimentary breakfast buffet, indoor pool, fitness center,
business
center, 2-line phones with modem/data ports in every room.
(401) 738-0008 (800) 225-5466
82 studio, one and two bedroom suites. This hotel offers a complimentary
hot breakfast buffet, evening managers reception, indoor pool and spa,
fitness room, sports court, business center, grocery shopping service,
on site convenience store, meeting room, complete in-room kitchenette,
satellite tv with movie channel, dual phone lines
with data ports, fireplaces
in 2 bedroom, Hilton Honors Program, and guest laundry room.