The Cape Cod Swim Club

10 & Under Team Specialty Meet

Sanctioned by New England Swimming: NE-01-64

 

Presented by:             The Friends of the Cape Cod Swim Club (CCSC)

 

Information:               Meet Manager - Terry Hammar (508)548-0984, e-mail at thammar@whoi.edu

                                    Coordinator – Sarah Hawley @ CCSC office (508)564-5690 or home                                                                        (508)771-7605

 

Dates:                         Sunday December 16, 2001

 

Format:                       Timed Final Meet for 10 & Under

 

Facility & Location:   The Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA), Buzzards Bay, MA is located on Cape Cod.  The pool is a 6 lane, 25 yard course with Keifer Non-turbulent lane lines including

Buffer zones and lane lines on outside lanes.  Colorado Timing with electronic scoreboard and touchpads.  Seating for 300.  The pool is located along the scenic Cape Cod Canal, one of Bourne’s major recreational attractions.  Fishermen, boaters, joggers, bicyclists and walkers all use the canal for recreation.  In addition, we are only ¼ mile from a marina and public boat launching facility and about one mile from Bourne Scenic Park and Campground.  The campground is open April through October.

 

Admissions:                Admission charge of $1.00 per session.  Program with complete meet entries $5.00.

 

Entries:                       Entries must be received by Dec. 1, 2001.  Fees must accompany entries.  There will be no telephone entries and there will be no refunds after this date.  The meet will be pre-seeded (no seed cards).  It is requested that coaches get in all scratches 30 minutes before the start of each session.  Swimmers may swim up to 5 events plus 2 relays.  Events will be seeded by time, with “No Time” entries being seeded last.  All entry times must be in yards.  E-mail entries will be accepted but will not be processed until check and hard copy are received; payment must be received within 7 days of e-mail entry.  Please waive signature requirement for Overnight mail.  No fax entries accepted.

Mail entries to: CCSC, P.O. Box 966 (14 Ellen Lane), Pocasset, MA  02559-0966.

E-mail to thammar@whoi.edu

 

Entry Fee:                  Entry fees for electronic entries (must be Hy-Tek or compatible) are $2.50 per individual event.  Entry fees for hand entries are $3.00 per individual event. Checks should be made out to Friends of the CCSC. 

 

Eligibility:                   All swimmers must be 2001 registered swimmers with USA swimming.  Registration number and age must appear on the entry form.  Contact New England Swimming, c/o Mary Riddell, 20 Cleveland Road, Needham, MA  02192.  Phone (781)449-7903.

 

Results:                      Results available on Hy-Tek Meet Manager format.  Bring a 31/2” 1.44Mb floppy for results at meet.  After the meet, copies of meet results will be forwarded to participating teams. 

 

Awards:                      CCSC ribbons and heat prizes will be awarded.

Procedure for             The meet will be cut by date of receipt of entry including e-mail entries (see Entry

Cutting Entries:          Fee note for e-mail entries). 

 

 

Special Instructions:  Swimmers are not allowed upstairs or in the Gym at any time inside the facility.  It is expected that swimmers will respect MMA property at all times.  No Smoking in the facility at any time.  All swimmers must be under the supervision of a USA registered coach in order to enter the pool.  No diving racing starts are permitted during warm-ups except in announced one-way sprint lanes so designated.  There will be no shaving anywhere in the facility.

 

Coaches Notes:          COACHES MUST WEAR APPROVED IDENTIFICATION AT ALL TIMES WHEN ON DECK.  THE MEET REFEREE WILL REFUSE ADMITTANCE ON DECK IF YOU DO NOT HAVE IT.

 

Directions:                  From the South – Take I-95 North to Providence, RI.  Take I-195 East to Rte. 25 East.  Take Exit 2 off Route 25.  Directions continue below.

From the West – Take I-84 to I-90 East (Mass. Pike).  Take I-495 South to Rte. 25 East.  Take Exit 2 off Rte. 25.  Directions continue below.

From the North – Take I-93 South to Rte. 3 South to Rte. 6 & 28 West to Buzzards Bay or take Rte. 24 South  to 495 South to Rte. 25 East.  Take Exit 2 off Rte. 25.  Directions continue below.

 

Follow MMA signs on rotary.  Once on Main Street in Buzzards Bay take a left at the only set of lights onto Academy Drive.  Proceed ¼ mile to MMA campus.  Turn right into parking lot just before gate.  Pool entrance is far left door in first building.

 

Accommodations:       Best Western (508)759-0800.  6 minutes to pool.

                                    Bay Motor Inn (508)759-3989. 3 minutes to pool.

                                    Buttermilk Bay Inn (508)743-0800.  Seasonal.  5 minutes to pool.

                                    Cape Cod Canal Region Bed & Breakfast Association (508)759-1458.

                                    Sandwich Motor Lodge (800)282-5353 or (508)888-2285.  15 minutes to pool.