Attleboro Bluefish Swim Club 2005 Fall Festival – Trial/Finals

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Attleboro Bluefish Swim Club

Sanctioned by New England Swimming
Sanction # NE-05-68 and NE-05-68 TT

DATES AND LOCATION
Friday, October 28, Saturday, October 29, and Sunday, October 30, 2005
Attleboro High School, Attleboro, MA

Schedule of Events
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager (corrected 9/25/05)

Results

Results (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager

 

CONTACTS                                                  Phone                        Email
Meet Manager:          Paul Mangili            (508) 761-8992           Paul Mangili
Referee:                     Paul Maker            (508) 384-8480           Paul Maker

Entry Chairperson:    Paul Mangili            (508) 761-8992           Paul Mangili


For ABF Team information, warm-up schedules, and/or "day-of-the-meet" weather or emergency notices, access the ABF web page (www.abfswim.com) through the US Swim Link City pages or call the ABF hotline at (508) 761-8992.

 

SESSSIONS
Friday, October 28th, 2005           Warm-up               Start
Evening Session (Timed Finals)       5:00PM                  6:15 PM

 

Saturday, October 29th, 2005      Warm-up               Start
Morning Session (Trials)                 6:30 AM                8:15 AM

Afternoon Session                          12:00 PM               1:15 PM

Evening Session (Finals)                  5:00 PM                 6:15 PM

 

Sunday, October 30th, 2005         Warm-up               Start
Morning Session (Timed Finals)      6:30 AM                8:15 AM

Afternoon Session                          12:00 PM               1:15 PM

 

FACILITY
Attleboro High School has an eight lane, 25 yd pool with non-turbulent lane lines, Colorado Timing System (electronic touch pads and new 8 lane scoreboard) and bleacher seating for spectators. Members of New England Swimming and their families are restricted to the pool, spectator stands and the concession area. There is no smoking in the building or within 500 feet of the building. Failure to abide by these rules may result in ejection from the facility. Only people with proper credentials will be allowed on deck.

 

FORMAT
The meet will be swum as prelims and finals for the Open and timed finals for ages 12 & under. Finals for the Open will include a bonus, consolation and final heat with the exception of all Friday and Sunday events, which are, timed finals. The Friday night session will be seeded by computer, based on positive check-in at the beginning of the session.  Heat sheets will be posted around the pool deck.  The scratch deadline will be 45 minutes before the start of each session. Heat and lane assignments will be posted and handed out to coaches prior to each session. Coaches are responsible for ensuring their swimmers are in the correct heat and lane.

ELIGIBILITY
All contestants must be 2005 or 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

Entries:  Entries will be accepted on and after September 22, 2005.  Entries received before September 22, 2005 will be considered received on September 22.  Entries must be received no later than Tuesday, October 18, 2005.  Make checks payable to “C & C Swimming, Inc.”.  Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Paul Mangili, 49 Siesta Drive, North Attleboro, MA 02760.  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.


Event Limits:  Athletes may swim in a maximum of 5 events per day for 10 & under, 11-12 and Open Friday and Sunday Timed Finals, excluding relays. *** Saturday Open Prelims and Finals are limited to 3 events per day, excluding relays***

Email 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 ABFSwim@aol.com.  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.

Entry Fees:     -- Electronic entries for 12 & Under and Open Timed Finals on Friday and Sunday: $3.50 for individual events, non-electronic entries: $4.00.  Electronic entries for 11 &12 400IM: $5.00, non-electronic entries $5.50. Electronic entries for Open 500 FR: $5.00, non-electronic entries $5.50. Electronic entries for Open Prelim and Final format on Saturday: $5.00 for individual events, non-electronic entries: $5.50. Timed Final electronic entered relays: $14.00, non-electronic entries: $14.50.  Open Prelim and Final electronic entered relays: $20.00, non–electronic entries: $20.50.

 

***The Swimmer Participation Fee is $2.50 per swimmer*** 

 

Please mail the hard copy of your entry and your check to:

 

Attleboro Bluefish
C/o Paul Mangili
49 Siesta Drive
North Attleboro, MA 02761

 

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.  In accordance to new, New England Swimming policy we will reserve 75% of the swims for Teams in or out of district with whom we choose.  If on the first day of acceptance the remaining 25% of swims become oversubscribed, a lottery will be conducted by the New England Swimming Office to fill the meet.  Teams that are cut from the meet will have their entry fee returned within four days of being cut.

 

RELAYS: No team limit on relays that may be entered.

RULES
2005 US Swimming rules will govern all competition and the decisions of the referee will be final unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the swim heat being protested. Disabled swimmer forms are required by US Swimming and are available from the New England Swimming office.

OFFICIALS AND TIMERS
All teams are asked to provide volunteer officials and timers. Distance events on Friday & Saturday Trials, 400IM and 500FR are required to provide their own timers and counters.  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. The Referee for this meet will be Paul Maker, and officials are encouraged to contact Paul at (508) 384-8480 or email at makerp@fcl-us.net before the meet.

SAFETY AND IMPORTANT RULES TO NOTE

  1. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes.  There will be no diving in the warm up and warm down areas at any time.
  2. No shaving is permitted at or around Attleboro High School competition site.
  3. No glass containers are permitted within the facility at Attleboro High School.
  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.

AWARDS
Ribbons are awarded for the first 8 places in the individual events for each age group.

ADMISSION & PROGRAMS
Admission: $1.00 per session
Programs: $3.00 for each session

 

CONCESSIONS
Refreshments will be available.

 

EQUIPMENT VENDOR: Varsity Swim Shop (equipment vendor) will be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories for Saturday and Sunday of the meet.

DIRECTIONS
Attleboro High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts is located on Rathbun Willard Drive. Take I-95 to the Attleboro Exit #3A, Route 123 towards Attleboro Center. Immediately after exiting off I-95, take a left at the Shell gas station onto Lathrop Drive. Follow approximately one mile and take a right onto Rome Blvd. Rome Blvd will curve to the right and then back to the left before becoming Rathbun Willard Drive. Attleboro High School will be on your right. Enter the first large parking lot next to the School. On this route, look for signs indicating the way to the high school.