GMSC 2007 Winter Specialty Meet

Proudly host by the Greenwood Memorial Swim Club

Saturday & Sunday, January 20 & 21, 2007

At Mount Wachusetts Community College (MWCC), Gardner, MA

Sanctioned by NE Swimming NE-07-03 & NE-07-03 TT

Schedule of Events

Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)

Warm-Up Schedule

Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager

Results

Results (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager

CONTACTS

Meet Director: Walt and Carol Pryor (pryorw@town.jaffrey.nh.us) (603) 532-5997

Meet Referee: Walt Meissner (wcm@bu.edu) (978)-203-6982

Entry Chairperson: Rosemarie Meissner (remecon@comcast.net) (978-827-4580)

For GMSC Team information, warm-up schedules, timing needs, and/or “day-of-the-meet” weather or emergency notices, access the GMSC web page at: http://www.greenwoodswim.com/index.html

FACILITY: The Mount Wachusetts Community College (MWCC) Pool is a 6-lane, 25-yard indoor pool with 7’-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines, with separate spectator seating above the pool deck. The pool is located within the MWCC Fitness and Wellness Center, 444 Green Street, Gardner, MA 01440. Directions may be found later in this document. Fully-automatic Colorado Time Systems electronic timing with touch pads at the finish end of the pool with single-line electronic scoreboard display. There are no touch pads at the turn end of the pool. 25-yard events will use three stopwatches to establish the official time. 8 and Under swimmers have the choice of starting from the blocks or the wall. Only entered swimmers and members of New England Swimming with proper credentials who are working the meet will be permitted on the pool deck and in the locker rooms (exceptions made for volunteer timers). Spectators are restricted to the spectator seating and concession area above the pool deck. Meet attendees will not be permitted in other parts of the MWCC Fitness and Wellness Center, such as the weight room, and are expected to observe and abide by all rules and regulations as posted or as announced by building and meet officials.

MEET FORMAT: All events will be swum as timed-finals and will be seeded after the positive check-in deadline before the start of the competition the session. Coaches and swimmers must check-in with the Clerk of the Course no later than 45 minutes before the meet is scheduled to start (i.e., by 7:45 AM for morning sessions and 1:45 PM for afternoon sessions). Heat and lane assignments will be posted and handed out to coaches prior to the start of competition. There will be no bullpen. Swimmers are to report directly to their assigned lane before their event and heat is called. Coaches are responsible for ensuring their swimmers are in the correct heat and lane. .

SESSIONS

	Warm-up	Start
Morning Sessions:	7:15 AM	8:30 AM
Afternoon Sessions:	1:15 PM	2:30 PM

COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards).

EVENTS: See included list.

ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2007 USA Swimming registered athletes and must be registered before the entry is submitted. In accordance with NE Swimming rules, teams that enter unregistered swimmers will be subject to a fine of $100 per unregistered swimmer. New England teams are required to check their entries with the on-line registration check tool on the New England Swimming website. 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. Age eligibility is determined by the age of the swimmer on the first day of the meet and must be shown on the entry form. All coaches on deck must be registered with US Swimming and present their coach membership cards.

ENTRY INFORMATION: Entries will be accepted beginning Monday, November 27, 2006. Entries received before December 4 will be considered received on December 4, 2006. Entries must be received no later than Tuesday, January 9, 2007. Make checks payable to “Greenwood Memorial Swim Club,” and mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Rosemarie Meissner at PO Box 886, Ashburnham, MA 01430. All entries must be typed or printed legibly, be complete and accurate 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 refunds will be given for entries that are accepted or for entries that are rejected due to improper entry (i.e., meet fees will not be returned or credited to new entries for scratches or errors). 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. Greenwood Memorial Swim Club will reserve 75% for its own team and any other teams (New England and/or out of district) that it may want to invite to this meet. The other 25% of the swims will be open to other teams to submit entries. If on the first day of acceptance, those meet entries exceed the 25% still available in the meet, there will be a lottery of those teams. The lottery will be run by the New England Office. In order to make sure that the meet is neither oversubscribed nor undersubscribed, all teams included in the 75% must submit their entry and check at least one week before the date of first acceptance. Deck entries will only be accepted if the meet is not designated as full on or before January 9, 2007 and then only if permitted by the meet director and/or meet referee. Please include the email address of your team’s contact(s) so all future meet correspondences can be sent to this email address.

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 remecon@comcast.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: Athletes may enter and swim in a maximum of 5 events per day.

ENTRY FEES: Electronic entries: $3.50 for individual events. Non-electronic entries: $4.00 for individual events. The Swimmer Participation Fee is $2.00.

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 TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated through 6pm on Tuesday, January 17, 2007. No new updates will be accepted after that date. (New entries will be automatically excluded). Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson and must be sent as Hy-Tek format CL2 files with updated times.

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. 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.

OFFICIALS AND TIMERS: Volunteer officials and timers from each team would be appreciated. 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 Walt Meissner and volunteer officials are encouraged to contact Walt at (603) 357-9638 or email at wcm@bu.edu before the meet. Team warm-up lane assignments will be emailed to team contacts prior to the meet, posted at the meet, and included in the coach’s packet.

PROGRAMS: $2.00 for each session; $5.00 for entire meet (4 sessions)

ADMISSION: $1.00 per adult (non-swimmer over 14 years).

WARMUPS: The pool will open for warm-ups at 7:15 AM for the morning session and at approximately 1:15 PM for the afternoon session. Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes after all entries are received, and a warm-up schedule will be posted and distributed prior to the day of the meet. The pool will be cleared approximately 10 minutes before the beginning of each session.

SAFETY, BEHAVIOR, IMPORTANT RULES & SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. Diving is prohibited during warm-ups with the exception of one-way sprint lanes when announced.
2. All swimmers must enter the pool at the starting end of the pool. Jumping into the pool is prohibited at all times during the competition.
3. No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
4. Glass containers are prohibited within the facility, especially in the pool area and in the locker rooms.
5. 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.
6. No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker rooms.
7. No flash photography at the start of any race.

Failure to abide by these rules and any other rules that may be announced or posted by meet officials during the meet may result in ejection from the facility. Meet officials will watch for swimmers or meet spectators who violate facility regulations. Horseplay will not be tolerated. Parents must supervise younger children in attendance at the meet. Meet and building officials have the authority to dismiss swimmers and spectators from the facility. Coaches are responsible for communicating this to both swimmers and parents. No pets of any kind are permitted within the facility. The Greenwood Memorial Swim Club and Mount Wachusett Community College are not responsible for lost or stolen items.

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.

TIME TRIALS: Time trials will be offered at the discretion of the meet referee if time allows at the end of each session. Time trials are $5.00 for individual events.

DECK ACCESS: Only athletes, coaches, officials, and official meet staff are permitted on the pool deck. All non-athletes on the pool deck must display their USA Swimming registration card at all times. Individuals without their USA Swimming registration card will be removed from the pool deck, and will be subject to a fine by New England Swimming.

SCORING AND AWARDS: This meet is a “last chance” meet providing an opportunity to improve times before the February short course championship meets. Therefore, the event schedule has been revised to offer swimmers and coaches the flexibility to swim a greater variety of events, particularly for the 12 & Under events. There is no ‘high point’ awarding. Ribbons will be awarded for the first 6 places in the individual events for each event.

FOOD & EQUIPMENT VENDOR: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet, and possibly, a swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories at times during the meet if arrangements can be made.

PARKING: There is ample free parking available in the College grounds, adjacent to the MWCC Fitness and Wellness Center and pool facility.

DIRECTIONS: From the North and South: Follow Route 128 or 495 to Route 2 West. Take the first Gardner exit (#23). The end of the ramp feeds into a rotary and take the first right passing underneath a railroad bridge, following the sign to Rte 140. At the first traffic light, turn right onto Elm Street and follow until you come to another rotary. Enter the rotary and take the second exit (at 12 o’clock) with signs towards Rte 140, Winchendon, and MWCC. This is Green Street and MWCC is approximately one mile on your right. Take the second entrance and the first building on your left is the Fitness and Wellness Center. After the Center, take the second left into the visitor parking area or a right into the student parking area if the visitor parking area is full.

From the East: Take Route 2 West and follow the above instructions.

From the West: Take Route 2 East; get off at the second Gardner exit (#23), and follow the directions from North and South.

LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:

Super 8 Motel, 22 Pearson Blvd, Gardner, MA 01440, Tel. 978-630-2888 (At exit 23 off Rte 2.)

Wachusett Village Inn, 9 Village Inn Rd., Westminster, MA Tel. 978-874-2000 (Off Rte 2 at exit 27)

Clarion Colonial Hotel, 625 Betty Spring Rd, Gardner, MA 01440, Tel. 888-214-4991 toll-free or 978-630-2500. (Leave Rte 2 at exit 24, take Rte 140N, then take the third left after about a mile.)

Rodeway Inn, 183 Main St., Westminster, MA Tel. 978-874-5951 or toll-free at 800-286-5951

Sheraton Four Points, 99 Erdman Way, Leominster, MA Tel. 800-325-3535

The Maguire House, 30 Cobb Rd., Ashburnham, MA Tel. 978-827-5053

MainFare Bed & Breakfast, 82 Main St. Ashburnham, MA, Tel. 978-827-6005