2010 Swim Team Registration. Saturday, April 24th,

12:00 to 2:00 p.m. at Crooked Creek Pool.

Swimmer Minimum Requirements:
Everyone must be able to swim 25 yards unassisted.

Parent Minimum Requirements:
Download two copies of the registration form(Click Here to Download Form), complete a copy for each child participating, and turn in on registration day. Please pay special attention to make sure your e-mail address and child's name and birthdate are legible. If you are unable to attend, please send all items (along with your check or cash) with a friend. On registration day, you will need to sign up to work a minimum of three swim meet jobs. Descriptions of volunteer opportunities are listed below. If, for any reason, you are unable to work your assigned meet position, you must provide your own substitute.
**LAST DAY FOR EXISTING POOL MEMBERS TO REGISTER IS FRIDAY, MAY 14.**

Cost:
$80 PER SWIMMER (Plus swimsuit - Samples will be available for order at registration.)

Swim Meet Job Descriptions:
Every job is easily learned, requires no prior experience, and you don’t have to do it alone. On the job training is provided! Thank you for helping out!
1) MEET DIRECTOR – Assures all meet positions are filled for home meets and serves as focal point for operational issues before, during, and after meets.
2) CLERK OF COURSE – Lines up our swimmers in the order that they swim. The announcer calls for each gender/age group for each event to report to the clerk of course. You will organize the swimmers according to the event sheets and lineup prepared in advance by the coach. You will be located at the starting end of the pool.
3) ASSISTANT CLERK OF COURSE – Assists the Clerk of Course by assuring that each of our team’s swimmers get up on the blocks to begin their event.
4) RIBBON WRITER – Records the swimmer’s name and event on the back of each place ribbon. You will receive the results on the main event sheets after the scorer has recorded the necessary information. You will have a supply of ribbons, a roster of each team and you sit at the ribbon table. You do not pass these ribbons out to swimmers. The coach will do that.
5) HEAT RIBBON DISTRIBUTOR – Passes out ribbons to heat swimmers and commends them as they come out of the water. The winner receives a Heat Winner ribbon and all other swimmers in that heat receive a Fast Swim ribbon. You will be located at the finish end of the pool.
6) PLACE JUDGE/TIMER – Observes the finish order for the point-scoring main events. First and second place use stopwatch to maintain pool records. You will communicate the finish results to the recorder. You do not have duties during non-scoring heats. You will be moving about the pool deck throughout the meet. Each team supplies three judges/timers at each meet.
7) PERSONAL BEST TIMER – Times all of our team’s swimmers at dual meets. Records times on event sheet provided. We always use 3 timers and a back-up timer.
8) RECORDER – Completes event sheets for each main event by recording the order of finish and times according to the place judges.
9) RUNNER – Takes event sheets from the recorder and disqualification sheets from stroke and turn judges and carries them to the scorer’s table. The runner must deliver the sheets directly to the scorer’s table and not allow coaches or other interested parties to see them in transit. This position is mobile (wear comfortable shoes).
10) STROKE & TURN JUDGE – Observes the main event swimmers looking for disqualifying motions. These judges must learn what to look for and disqualify swimmers in point-scoring events who commit violations. Heats are not judged. This judge stands on the side of the pool. Required to attend a two-hour class. Each team provides one judge per meet.
11) STARTER – Furnished by the home team. The starter has complete control of swimmers delivered to the starting blocks by the clerk of the course. Script of commands is provided for starting each race. This position is located at starting end of pool.
12) ANNOUNCER – Communicates to swimmers, officials, and observers over the public address system. Welcomes the visiting team to our pool, announces the officials for the evening, calls each event so the meet flows smoothly, and announces team scores throughout the evening.
13) CONCESSIONS – Sets up and operates concession stand at home meets. Need at least 4 workers at each meet, and volunteers to prepare hot dogs, nachos, etc.
14) KID PUSHER – Supervises an age group of boys or girls during the meet and delivers swimmers to the Clerk of Course according to the meet lineup sheets prepared in advance by the coach showing each swimmer’s events. Assists with writing swimmer’s name and number on their back, prior to start of the meet.
15) SCORER – Keeps a running total of points earned by each team. You will work with the other team’s scorer. Your will receive results for each main event and give 5 points to first place, 3 points to second, and 1 point to third (relays receive points for 1st place only). You use a preprinted scoring sheet that is easy to understand. You will be seated at the scoring table.
16) KID KEEPER- During meets, hang out in the younger kids’ tents in order to keep them together and ready to line up to swim.
17) WATER HOSTESS – During home meets, carry water around to timers, officials, and coaches, as necessary.
18) STAR BOARD COORDINATOR – Requires pre-meet design of a matrix showing swimmers times for their individual races and weekly update after each meet. Times will be provided. This person will not be working the evenings of the meets.
19) PARKING COORDINATOR – Direct traffic during home meets to the parking area next to the side of the pool and off the road. Requires individual to be at the pool 30 minutes prior to warm-up.
20) LIGHTING COORDINATOR – If we can use lights, responsible for setting up and taking down portable lights at home meets.
21) VOLUNTEER CHECK-IN COORDINATOR– Responsible for checking-in all workers at home and away meets. Requires individual to be at pool 30 minutes prior to warm-ups.
22) SWIMMER CHECK-IN COORDINATOR – Responsible for checking in all swimmers at home and away meets. This individual will have help from the older swimmers to put names on swimmers’ backs. Requires individual to be at pool 30 minutes prior to warm-ups.
23) CONCESSIONS SET-UP – Requires individual to meet at the CC pool by 3:00 pm or earlier on home meet days. You will coordinate acquisition of coolers, ice, soda, water, and food, set up tables for concessions and put all drinks on ice by 3:30 – 4:00 pm.
24) REGIONAL MEET COORDINATORS – Two individuals (one for morning session, one for afternoon session) are needed to man the CC tents, taking responsibility for overseeing kid keeping, kid pushing, lining up swimmers for events, etc. These individuals are not responsible for all jobs, just soliciting and coordinating other parents/older swimmers to help.