Blue
Dolphins’ Aquatics Presents:
Pirate
Meet!
Saturday,
April 8, 2017
9 am - 2pm
Hillsborough Sportsplex
101 Meadowlands Drive
Hillsborough, NC
Facility
Rules:
- All facility rules
and lifeguards are to be obeyed at all times.
- No running or
horseplay
- No food or drink on deck with the
exception of water.
We have children with very serious allergies, so it is very
important that food and drink NOT be on the deck.
- No glass containers in the
pool area. Please exit to the lobby to eat or drink. Thank you!
Timeline:
The meet will run from 9:00 am – 2:00
pm
8:00 am –
Volunteer Check-in (Round 1)
8:30 am – Doors
open for swimmers & Volunteer Check-in (Round 2)
9:00 am – Warm Up
10:00 am – Meet
begins!
2:00 pm –
Estimated finish time/clean-up begins
Price:
$15 per swimmer
You do not have to be
signed up for April practice to attend the meet!
However, swimmers need to have swam at some
point between January to March 2017.
Please note that
after March 20th if you register and then cannot attend the meet the
fee still applies.
Events
and Registration
Meet Entries:
- Meet registration deadline is midnight on Monday, March 20.
- All swimmers will be entered in a maximum of 3 individual events if 8&U or 4 individual events if 9&O (in addition to a possible relay)
- We may be able to raise the maxium number of individual events per swimmer once we have a beter idea of total meet swimmers
- Coaches will choose the events for each swimmer entered. If your swimmer wishes to change one of their events they can speak with a coach at practice. Each swimmer can only swim one even in each subset, e.g. a swimmer will not be entered in botht eh 9-10 25 Free and 9-10 50 Free - only one or the other.
10&U 100 IM
11&O 200 IM
6&U 25 Free
7-8 25 Free
9-10 25
Free
9-10 50
Free
11&O
100 Free
6&U
25 Breast
7-8 25
Breast
9-10 25
Breast
9-10 50
Breast
11&O
50 Breast
11&O
100 Breast
8&U
50 Free
9-10
100 Free
9&O
500 Free
6&U 25 Back
7-8 25 Back
9-10 25
Back
9-10 50
Back
11&O
100 Back
6&U
25 Fly
7-8 25
Fly
9-10 25
Fly
9-10 50
Fly
11&O
50 Fly
11&O
100 Fly
8&U
G 100 Free Relay
8&U
B 100 Free Relay
9-10 G
200 Medley Relay
9-10 B
200 Medley Relay
11&O
G 200 Medley Relay
11&O
B 200 Medley Relay
Seeding:
Each event will be
seeded in heats from slowest to fastest.
Events will be divided by age group and gender, and seeded accordingly
to time. Some events we may combine genders and age groups if entries are low.
Scoring:
Scoring will be
according to age group and by gender.
Two timers will time each lane for each race and the average between the
two times will be considered the final time. The scoring will be done according
to the final times.
1st place
will be worth 5 points
2nd place
will be worth 3 points
3rd place
will be worth 1 point.
In the case of a tie,
two of the same place (i.e. two 1sts) will be awarded and points distributed
accordingly.
Results and final
scores will be completed after the meet and reported to the teams within one
week.
Prizes:
Blue Dolphins will
provide heat winners prizes and prizes for 1st, 2nd, and
3rd in all age groups and by gender!
Please remind your child that they are
responsible for not missing their events and paying attention to the directions
of the team parent(s)! The event number will be clearly displayed in a specific
location so that all swimmers will know when to start lining up.
Volunteers
We encourage parents to volunteer during the meet! This will
not affect your ability to watch your child compete, since all volunteers will
be on the pool deck. Some positions, like swim team parent or clerk of course
may be better suited to experienced swim parents. If you are new to swimming,
jobs like timer, water distributor, or check in are good places to start!
● Blue items are ROUND 1 positions, which arrive at
8:00 am.
● All other items are
ROUND 2 positions, which arrive by 8:30 am.
Head
Timer:
Need 1; requires
experience/training
Timer:
Need 8; Use a
stopwatch to record the time for the swimmer
Relief
Timer:
Need 2; backup time
in case a stopwatch malfunctions or isn’t started
Stroke
and Turn Judge:
Need 4; requires
experience/training
Place Judge:
Need 4; records the
order of swimmers finishing the race
Clerk
of course:
Need 4; Find swimmers and line them up according to race
order
Team
Parent:
Need 2 per team; On
deck to watch over the kids (Max of 6)
Set-up crew:
Need 3; come early and help
set up; will need to arrive early
Clean-up
crew:
Need 3; stay late and
help clean up
Volunteer Check-in Director:
Need 1: check in volunteers,
give out name tags, clipboards, watches, etc.; The Director will be responsible
for making sure all volunteers are in place the day of the meet, and will need
to arrive early
Swimmer Check-in:
Need 2: check in swimmers as
they arrive; will need to arrive early
Arm-Writer:
Need 2: writes events on
swimmer's arms (if not already done) when they arrive; will need to arrive
early
Heat
Winner Person:
Need 1: Distribute a
heat winner "ribbon" to the winner of each heat
Gear Seller:
Need 1: Sells t-shirts,
stickers, etc. Starting a little before
check-in and going through warm-ups; will need to arrive early
Tattoo Person:
Need 2: Puts BDA tattoos on
swimmer’s arms; will need to arrive early
Photographer:
Need 2: takes
pictures!
Runner:
Need 2: collects
print outs and timer sheets after each event
Water
distributor:
Need 1: Gives water
to the timers, officials, coaches
** Click this link to learn more details about these volunteer positions. **
We
need volunteers to make this a success. Sign-up form to follow. Thank you in
advance for your support!