YMCA North Shore Sharks

12 & Under Meet

13 & Over “BB” Meet

Ipswich YMCA of the North Shore Pool

110 County Road (Rte 1A) Ipswich, MA

January 13-15, 2006

Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-06-07, NE-06-07TT

 

Events List

Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager

Results

Results (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager (no time trials)

Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager (time trials only)

Meet Director: Brian Harrington (bnharrington@comcast.net (H) 978-922-9843 (Cell) 978-590-5391)

Meet Referee: Jon Hurst (jhurst@retailersma.org  978-921-2062)

Entry Chairperson: Brian Harrington (bnharrington@comcast.net (H) 978-922-9843 (Cell) 978-590-5391)

 

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.  Coaches will be able to pick up heat sheets for each event at the timing table.  The 1000 and 1650 freestyle will be swum fast-to-slow, alternating heats of women and men. Swimmers in the 1000 and 1650 must provide their own timer and counter.

 

SITE: Ipswich YMCA Pool is a 6-lane, 25-yard pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines.  Fully-automatic Colorado Time Systems electronic timing, with touch pads at the finish end of the pool with single-line electronic display.  There are no touch pads at the turn end of the pool.   The finish end of the pool is 5 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 4 feet deep.  Directions may be found later in this document. 

 

COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards).

 

EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.

 

ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2006 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.  New England teams entering the meet are encouraged to check their entries with the online registration check tool on the New England Swimming web site.  Please contact the New England Swimming Office for registration information. Disabled swimmer forms are available from the New England Swimming Office. New England Swimming Office: 20 Cleveland Road, Needham MA 02492, 781-449-0270, office@neswim.com.

 

ENTRY INFORMATION: 75% of entries will be reserved and 25% will be open lottery. Entries will be accepted on and after December 6, 2005. Entries received before December 6, 2005 will be considered received on December 6, 2005.  Entries must be received no later than January 1 2006.  Make checks payable to “YNS”.  Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Brian Harrington, 19 Middlebury Lane, Beverly, MA 01915 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 deck entries will be accepted.  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 New England policy.

 

ELECTRONIC ENTRIES: Electronic entries (such as from Hy-Tek Team Manager or other team management software) that are in CL2 or SD3/SDIF format may be emailed as an attachment to the entry chairperson at bnharrington@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 signed entry cover page and waiver) must be received within four (4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, of receipt of the email entry.  If payment is received within four (4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, of the email entry, the email receipt date will be considered the date of 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. If sending by US Postal Service, teams must permit delivery without a signature.

 

ENTRY LIMITS: Athletes may enter and swim in a maximum of 5 events per day.

 

ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated until 7 days prior to the first day of the meet.  No new entries will be accepted after the January 10, 2006 entry deadline.  Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at bnharrington@comcast.net . Entry time updates must be sent as Hy-Tek format CL2 files with updated times.  (New entries will be automatically excluded.)

 

ENTRY FEES: Electronic entries: $3.50 for individual events.  Non-electronic entries: $4.00 for individual events.

 

ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in short-course yard (25-yard pool) times.  Meter times must be converted to yard times. (Entries with “NO TIME” will be rejected.)

 

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 meet.

 

ADMISSION: $1.00 per session.

 

WARMUPS: The pool will open for warm-ups one-hour before the beginning of each session.  The pool will close five minutes before the beginning of each session.  Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes after all entries are received.

 

SAFETY:

 

  1. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes. 
  2. No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
  3. No glass containers are permitted within the facility.
  4. Swimmers must be under the supervision of a coach.  If a swimmer arrives at the meet without a coach, the swimmer should notify the referee before he/she warms up.  The referee will assign the swimmer to a registered coach for warm-ups.
  5. No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker rooms.
  6. No swimmer is allowed to use the adult locker rooms, fitness areas or any other areas of the YMCA not specified. Swimmers found to be in violation are subject to removal from the rest of the meet.
  7. No balls, Frisbees or other propulsion devices are allowed in the gym.

 

RULES: 2006 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.

 

SCORING: The meet will not be scored.

 

AWARDS: Ribbons will be awarded to the top six finishers in each individual event. Heat prizes will be awarded to 10 and under swimmers.

 

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: YMCA of the North Shore assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen property.  Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted within the facility.

 

PARKING: There will be off-site parking available with a shuttle service running constantly to and from both sites. Swimmers may be dropped off at the entrance to the Ipswich YMCA but all cars will be directed to one of the nearby off-site lots. Directions to lots will be available daily at the entrance to the Ipswich YMCA and may change from day to day during the meet. Your cooperation to this new parking policy is vital in order to run future meets at this facility!

 

DIRECTIONS: The Ipswich YMCA is located at 110 County Road, Rte 1A in Ipswich. Directions from Route 128 North or 128 South, take Route 1A North to Ipswich. In Ipswich you will pass the Whittier Hotel and O'Keefe Chevrolet on your right, and Ipswich Ford on your left. The YMCA will be immediately on your right. Telephone: 978-356-9622.

LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:

Lakeview Motor Lodge 5 Lakeview Ave & Rte 1A, Beverly 978-922-7535

Courtyard by Marriott at the Liberty Tree Mall, Independence Drive, Danvers 978-777-8630

Towne Place Suites/Marriott, 238 Andover St., Danvers, MA 978-777-6222

Residence Inn/Marriott Hotel, 51 Newbury St., Rt. 1, Danvers, MA 978-777-7171

Days Inn, 152 Endicott St. Danvers, 978-777-1030

Super 8 Motels, Rte.1 North, Danvers 978-774-6500

Motel 6, Rte 1 North, Danvers 978-774-8045

Holiday Inn, 1 Newbury St., Rt. 1, Peabody, MA 978-535-4600

Homewood Suites, 57 Newbury St., Rt. 1, Peabody, MA 978-536-5050

Hampton Inn, 59 Newbury St., Rt. 1, Peabody, MA 978-535-2377 or 978-536-2020

Salem Waterfront Hotel & Suites, 57 Wharf St., Salem, MA 978-740-8788