Bluefish Swim Club

2006 Summer Invitational

Proudly hosted by
C&C Swimming, Inc. and the Bluefish Swim Club
Sanctioned by New England Swimming
Sanction #
NE-06-52 and NE-06-52 TT

 

DATES AND LOCATION
Saturday, May 27, 2006 and Sunday, May 28, 2006
McDermott Pool, Warwick, Rhode Island

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

CONTACTS
Meet Manager:              Paul Mangili      (508) 341-3517            email:  Paul Mangili
Referee:                       Paul Maker       (508) 384-8480           email:  Paul Maker
For ABF Team information, warm-up schedules, timing assignments, 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 (781) 209-3333.

SESSSIONS
May 27
Warm-up Start

Morning Session: 8:00 AM 9:15 AM
Afternoon Session: 2:00 PM 3:15 PM

May 28 Warm-up Start
Morning Session: 8:00 AM 9:15 AM
Afternoon Session: 2:00 PM 3:15 PM

FACILITY
McDermott Pool, Sandy Lane, Warwick, Rhode Island is a 50-meter 6 lane covered pool with non-turbulent lane lines, Colorado Timing System and touch pads, limited interior seating but with access to outdoor patios spaces.  Failure to abide by rules defined in this notice, posted at the facility or determined by the Meet Referee or Meet Director may result in ejection from the facility.

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 control office.  

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 required 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 must be submitted to Paul Mangili and will not be accepted any earlier than Saturday, April 29, 2006 or any later than Saturday, May 20, 2006. All entries arriving on or before April 29 will be counted as arriving on April 29.  If a swimmer does not have an official time for a particular event, a coach’s time must be used instead.  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 pmangili@verizon.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.

Entry Limits: No swimmer may enter more than 5 individual events per day.   Open age groups will swim in the morning sessions while 12&under age groups will swim in the afternoon session.  All age groups will swim in combined heats separated only by gender, but awards will be given to 10 & under, 11-12, 13-14, and 15 & over age groups.  

Entry Times: All entry times must be submitted in yards.  The meet will be seeded in yard times.  NT or "no time" entries are not allowed and will be scratched immediately upon receipt of the entry.

Entry Fees: The entry fee is $3.50 per individual event when submitting entry in with a standard SD3 data file as defined by US Swimming. In accordance with the entry rules specified by New England Swimming, if an entry is not submitted on computer diskette in a standard SD3 format, the entry fee is an additional $0.50 per individual entry (e.g. $4.00 per event). The swimmer participation fee is $4.00 per swimmer.  Please mail the hard copy of your entry to:

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

PROCEDURES FOR CUTTING THE MEET
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.

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.

OFFICIALS AND TIMERS
All teams are asked to volunteer an appropriate share of officials.  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@comcast.net before the meet. 

SAFETY AND IMPORTANT RULES TO NOTE
No smoking is permitted inside the building or patio areas.  The Bluefish Swim CLUB, the Attleboro Bluefish Booster Club, and the CITY OF WARWICK are NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST OR STOLEN ITEMS.

 

1.          Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes.  There will be no diving in the warmup and warmdown areas at any time

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.

 

AWARDS
Ribbons for 1st through 6th will be given in each individual event in each age group (10&Under, 11-12, 13-14, and 15&Over).  There will be no high point or team scoring.  Awards will not be mailed or saved and must be picked up by the end of the Sunday afternoon session.

ADMISSION
Admission: $1.00 per session
Programs: $2.00 for each session.

CONCESSIONS & VENDOR
Refreshments will be available.  A swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories for the duration of the meet.

DIRECTIONS
From the North: Take 95 South into Rhode Island and get off at Exit 12A (Main Street) Route 113 East.  Follow Route 113 East until the end (Route 117).  Take a left at that light and bear to the left.  Take a left at the next light onto Sandy Lane.  The pool will be on the left approximately 300 feet after the light. (Mickey Stevens Complex).