Sudbury Laurentian Swim Club

Request for SLSC Volunteers OUA meet Feb 9-10-11 2012

Yes it is that time and this first meet is the Ontario University Association Meet which this year is being held at the Laurentian pool.  As mentioned in a previous email or two, SLSC “runs” the meet, i.e. the swim club supplies officials (Referees, Starters, Strokes & Turns, timers, safety marshals, etc.).  University teams will supply timers for the day sessions but all remaining positions are to be filled by SLSC, that’s us!  Sean Thompson sent out an email reminding us that this meet is part our commitment just like the other meets we (SLSC) host.

 Day                                        Warm-up                Racing

Thursday Feb 09    Prelims    9:00 – 10:00am     10:00-12:30pm

                               Finals       5:00 – 6:00pm       6:00 – 8:30pm

Friday Feb 10        Prelims    9:00 – 10:00am     10:00-1:00pm

                               Finals       5:00 – 6:00pm       6:00 – 8:30pm

Saturday Feb 11    Prelims    9:00 – 10:00am     10:00-12:00noon

                               Finals       5:00 – 6:00pm       6:00 – 8:45pm

 

The pool will have the bulkhead in the middle meaning it is a short course event - deep end only.  For a session 3 timers/lane x 8 lanes = 24 timers.  Officials meet 30 minutes prior to start, usually in the back room near the south entrance to the Ben Avery (pool) building.

At the start of warm-up 4 safety marshals are required on deck with those orange vests.  Session/meet refs are doing their job but won’t let swimmers into the pool for warm-up until the safety marshals are on deck.  So, don’t be shy and offer your name please.

Doug Eastick has been good enough to set up a link to Google docs and it looks simpler than doodle.  Click on the link and you’ll be directed to an Excel spreadsheet where you can enter your name in a cell with a red background, yellow if there are no more red cells available.  No need to sign in either.  The spreadsheet is auto-saved so don’t worry about that.

I’ve copied the hyperlink here:

http://goo.gl/P7iiG 

Try it and let me know if you have any problems.

I will export the spreadsheet to Adobe pdf sometime in the afternoon or early evening Wednesday February 08^th 2012 so if you have any subsequent changes/additions you’ll have to communicate with me directly.

As one swim parent said to me yesterday: “we do it for the swimmers”

Thanks for your commitment in advance,

Rob Whipple

BB:    (705) 669-1806

email: rwhipple@sympatico.ca

 

2012 OUA Championship swim meet

This post will be updated with more info on the upcoming meet Feb 9-10-11 in Sudbury, hosted by Laurentian University.

Psych sheets and results will be available here:  http://goo.gl/mEc4v or use this QR code.

Great Trip to Etobicoke for SLSC swimmers

A group of 10 SLSC swimmers took part in the Harvest Invitational this past weekend. The squad accounted for 70% best times which is great a this time of year. Leading the Medal parade was Alex Langlois who came away with 2 gold, 1 silver and and a bronze medal. Kelly Hotta was on form, bring home 2 silver and 3 bronze medals. Justin Burton-McCarthy took hoema bronze as well. Other top 8 placings went to Emily Whipple and Julie Langlois. The other SLSC swimmers who took part inthe meet and had a almost 100% personal best times were Connor Bowie, Brenna Eastick, Sam Gutsch, Alex Sarvas, Tristan Wallis. A Great Job for every one who swam, CONGRATULATIONS!

Download Harvest results 

Varsity meet Oct 29-30

members, please mark your calendar to help officiate on late Saturday afternoon 29th and Sunday morning 30th. Details coming soon. /Doug

NEOR 1 meet information

[updates in progress....]

The meet package is available on the Swimming Canada website HERE.

Session times:

• Saturday afternoon (1:30 warm-up 2:30 start) and
• Sunday morning (8:00 warm-up 9:00 start)

 Psych sheets and live results will be here.   If you are a techno-savvy person with cell phone technology, scan the 3d-code below.

 Volunteer sign-up [from Rob Whipple]

Welcome back to another great season of swimming.  With less than a week before the meet we need to get signed up on the usual www.doodle.com web site.

On the administration front Wayne Toner has retired.  I am in and out of Northern Saskatchewan and won’t be at the meet so I’ve put Doug Eastick as a contact.  Please sign up i.e. “volunteer” for timing and other officials’ duties.

The meet is 2 sessions:

• Saturday afternoon (1:30 warm-up 2:30 start) and
• Sunday morning (8:00 warm-up 9:00 start)

 The pool will have the bulkhead in the middle meaning it is a short course event - deep and shallow ends will be running races simultaneously.  For a session (shallow and deep) 3 timers/lane x 8 lanes x 2 ends = 48 timers.  Officials meet 30 minutes prior to start, usually in the back room near the south entrance to the Ben Avery (pool) building.

There are other duties: Strokes & Turns, Chief Timer, Clerk of Course, Chief Finish Judge, Electronics (Randy Hotta and the band), Starter, etc. for those are qualified.

1 hour prior to the session start 4 safety marshals are required on deck with those orange vests.  Session/meet refs are doing their job but won’t let swimmers into the pool for warm-up until the safety marshals are on deck.  So, don’t be too shy and offer your name please.

For those who want to volunteer for the kitchen, i.e. preparing and serving food, Janet Laliberté is the contact.

Sessions

• Saturday:        2:30pm start (1:30 warm-up) double-ended = short-course
• Sunday:          9:00am start (8:00 warm-up) double-ended = short-course

If you are looking for a deck evaluation, for timer or other position see the session referee prior to the start of the officials meeting.

Officials meeting start 30 minutes prior to the start of the session; please show up and check your name on the officials sheets 45 minutes prior so we know you are in the building.

The hyperlinks below will direct you to polls set up in doodle.com.  Just click on the hyper link and enter your name on the left and scroll across to the session, lane, or position you want and click on the box.  It will turn green when you check it.  If the maximum number of timers (3) are already signed up for a particular lane, pick another lane.  If you are a Head Lane Timer, please put HLT after your name and pick Lanes 2 or 4 or 6.  If you’re strokes & turns qualified you are a head lane timer (HLT).  If the hyperlink does not work, open your browser, copy and paste the link on the address bar and hit enter: it should work now.

TIMERS, HEAD LANE TIMERS (a.k.a. HLT):

The following doodle.com hyperlinks will take you to the site where you can sign up for Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning sessions.  We accept all volunteers.

Click on the following hyperlink for both Saturday Oct 22^nd afternoon and Sunday October 23^rd sessions; deep and shallow ends:

http://www.doodle.com/6urhqihvbpwquk8m

Four SAFETY MARSHALS are required per session to be on deck at the start of warm-up.  A safety marshal will miss the officials meeting so if you’re new to timing don’t worry: there will be plenty of opportunity to do this job at a later time.  To volunteer for SAFETY MARSHAL click on the following hyperlink:

http://www.doodle.com/8hyt26bqcaknfeby

STROKES & TURNS click on the following hyperlink.  Four are required per session and S&T judges will be on the bulkhead during the morning and afternoon sessions.

http://www.doodle.com/svnsm2p5yt589u3z

For CHIEF TIMER (CT), CHIEF FINISH JUDGE (CFJ), CLERK OF COURSE (CofC), STARTER (SRTR) click on the hyperlink below.  For double-ended sessions 2 openings for each position, i.e. CT, CFJ and STARTER have been created.  Only 1 CofC per session.

http://www.doodle.com/svnsm2p5yt589u3z

For any problems/questions please contact myself or Doug Eastick. 

Thank you for signing up - for helping to make this meet a success, 

Rob Whipple                                                       Doug Eastick

705-669-1806                                                     705-688-2202

rwhipple@sympatico.ca                                    eastick@gmail.com

 

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2011-2012 Training Schedule and meet schedule uploaded

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