SEASON FORBES AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB INC MEMBER INFORMATION

2017-2018 SEASON FORBES AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB INC MEMBER INFORMATION Forbes Amateur Swimming Club aims to assist members to improve their swimming ability and confidence. The Thursday evening swimming meets are called Time Trials, as swimmers are aiming to improve their personal swimming times on a week-by-week basis. Families are encouraged to be involved in the club by becoming committee members or assisting with the operation of Time Trial evenings and Carnival. The FASC committee are looking forward to another successful and enjoyable season.we look forward to seeing both returning and new members and wish all swimmers the very best in the pursuit of their personal goals. CLUB CONTACTS Email: Website: swimforbes@westserv.net.au http://forbes.swimming.org.au Postal Address: PO Box 176, FORBES, NSW, 2871 PRESIDENT Sandy Phillips 0407-287-880 CLUB COACH/REFEREE Kay Playforth 0447 336 877 VICE PRESIDENTS Sonia Dukes CHIEF JUDGE Kay Playforth TREASURER Janelle McManus SECRETARY Kay Playforth (acting) RECORDER & REGISTRAR Narelle Shaw ASSISTANT RECORDER & Sandy Phillips CHIEF TIMEKEEPER COMMITTEE MEMBERS Jodie Mayo. Barbara Goodyer LIFE MEMBERS The FASC committee proudly acknowledge the valued contribution of Life Members: Kathy Bray, Denise Hodder, Deborah Maitland, Kay Playforth, Cathie Shatz, Bernadette Smith, G Uphill & Narelle Shaw Forbes Amateur Swimming Club Inc.: Member Information Page 1

REGISTRATION For insurance purposes ALL swimmers MUST be registered as a swimmer before taking part in any Swimming Club races, Carnivals or any training sessions in Forbes Swimming Club allocated lanes. Registrations are now open for the 2017-2018 swimming season. The cost of registration for swimmers is $75.00 (this is anyone who swims at Time Trials on a Thursday evening or NSW Swimming Carnival events, except Junior Dolphins members (7 & Under) whose fees are $0) and $30.00 for non-swimming members (this is anyone who wishes to be nominated as a committee member or adults who wish to be members of the club, but do not wish to swim). These fees register members with Swimming NSW (SNSW) until 30 September 2017. Credit card payment is the only option provided. All registrations are completed online through Swimming NSW. Instructions are provided in the Swimming NSW member s portal to guide you with your registration. Renewing Members: If you are already a member of NSW Swimming, you will have received an email from noreply@swimming.org.au with a subject Subscription Payment Letter on 1 st October 2017. Following is an extract from that email: Please click as instructed. This is a single use link. If you have problems or questions please email relleshaw77@bigpond.com Linked Families Most families previously registered with the Forbes Amateur Swimming Club Inc. will be linked in the system. In this case, the username and password you receive is that of your primary member. Use this to login and all your linked family members should appear. Forbes Amateur Swimming Club Inc.: Member Information Page 2

New Members If you have never been a member of a swimming club in NSW or in any other state, please go to the following web site, and click Join Now. http://forbes.swimming.org.au/ or go to http://nsw.swimming.org.au/ Select option to Join a swimming club, then Find and join a swimming club For further information see New Member Join Illustrated Help Guide Forbes Amateur Swimming Club Inc.: Member Information Page 3

CALENDAR Forbes Amateur Swimming Club Inc. CALENDAR 2017 2018 DATE EVENT DATE EVENT Thursday 19 October Time Trials (Program 1) Thursday 11 January Time Trials (Program 1) Thursday 26 October Time Trials (Program 2) Thursday 18 January Time Trials (Program 2) Thursday 2 November Time Trials (Program 1) Thursday 25 January Time Trials (Program 1) Thursday 9 November Time Trials (Program 2) Thursday 1 February Time Trials (Program 2) Thursday 16 November Time Trials (Program 1) Thursday 8 February Time Trials (Program 1) Thursday 23 November Time Trials (Program 2) Thursday 15 February Time Trials (Program 2) Sunday 26 November Forbes Carnival Thursday 22 February Time Trials (Program 1) Thursday 30 November Time Trials (Program 1) Thursday 1 March Time Trials (Program 2) Thursday 7 December Time Trials (Program 2) Sunday 4 March Club Championships Thursday 14 December Christmas Party Thursday 8 March Time Trials (Program 1) Thursday 15 March Time Trials (Program 2) Thursday 22 March Club Presentations Please see our website for updates to the above calendar on the Events page. Special program events will be published on the website 2 weeks prior to the scheduled date. Please go to http://nsw.swimming.org.au/ and click on the Calendar link to see all other NSW Swimming Event dates. Forbes Amateur Swimming Club Inc.: Member Information Page 4

TRAINING Squad training will be conducted by FASC Coach, Kay Playforth, and will commence Monday 10th October 2017. The Coach will determine which squad swimmers are allocated to; Beginner/Intermediate or Advanced. Swimmers can choose to attend all sessions available to them or choose particular sessions that suit. To develop swimming strokes a core level of swimming fitness is required, so it is recommended swimmers attend the maximum number of sessions they can. Morning training will be conducted if there is sufficient interest; trainers must have a current Forbes Olympic Pool Season Pass to enable entry to the pool. There is a training levy of $80.00 per child for the season, regardless of how many training sessions swimmers attend. A Training Registration form is attached to this Information This must be completed and returned, with full cash payment, before attending. Please ensure your child/ren arrive and depart at their squad training session on time; squad groups will not be mixed. Swimmers must report directly to the Coach when they arrive for training. Whilst at training, swimmers are under the direction of the Coach and are expected to train when using the club training lanes; if they stop swimming and disrupt those who are training they will be removed from the pool. Swimmers who are removed from the pool before the end of the training session will remain under the supervision of the Coach, until collected by a parent/carer. Swimmers who are at the pool but do not indicate their intention to participate in a training session will not be the responsibility of the Coach. Training will commence Monday 10 October 2017: DAY TIME LEVEL Monday 6:00 am - 7:00 am All Monday 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Beginner/Intermediate Monday 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Advanced Tuesday 6:00 am - 7:00 am All Tuesday 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Beginner/Intermediate Tuesday 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Advanced Wednesday 6:00 am - 7:00 am All Wednesday 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Beginner/Intermediate Wednesday 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Advanced Forbes Amateur Swimming Club Inc.: Member Information Page 5

TIME TRIALS FASC Time Trials will be conducted on Thursday evenings at the Forbes Olympic Pool. The club caters for beginners with 15m, 25m and 33m distances through to 50m, 100m and 200m distances for more experienced swimmers. All swimmers must have paid their SNSW membership fees before they swim, to ensure they are covered by insurance. This is with the exception of participation in two Time Trial evenings, which is an option available to those considering becoming a member of NSW Swimming for the first time. The age of swimmers for all Time Trials is their age as at 1 October 2017. One parent/carer from each family is to attend whilst their child/ren are swimming at Time Trials. Swimmers will be called no more than twice by the Marshall. After this point, it will be assumed that the swimmer has withdrawn from the event. Swimmers must be unaccompanied in the water. Swimmers are unable to return to 15m, 25m or 33m distances once they swim a 50m distance in a particular event. Where practical, swimmers will be notified of stroke irregularities and a resulting disqualification may be issued. When a swimmer is disqualified, no points will be awarded for that swim. Similarly, no points will be awarded to a swimmer who false starts. During Time Trials the Learn to Swim pool will be closed to all FASC members; this will be enforced strictly to ensure efficiency when requesting swimmers to attend the marshalling area. Entries for Time Trials from visitors may be accepted at the discretion of the Race Secretary, conditional on SNSW membership. Time Trial Programs: EVENT PROGRAM ONE EVENT PROGRAM TWO 1 200m Freestyle 1 100m Freestyle 2 15m Freestyle 2 15m Freestyle 3 25m Freestyle 3 25m Freestyle 4 33m Freestyle 4 33m Freestyle 5 50m Freestyle 5 50m Freestyle 6 15m Backstroke 6 15m Backstroke 7 25m Backstroke 7 25m Backstroke 8 33m Backstroke 8 33m Backstroke 9 50m Backstroke 9 50m Backstroke 10 15m Breaststroke 10 15m Breaststroke 11 25m Breaststroke 11 25m Breaststroke 12 33m Breaststroke 12 33m Breaststroke 13 50m Breaststroke 13 50m Breaststroke 14 15m Butterfly 14 15m Butterfly 15 25m Butterfly 15 25m Butterfly 16 33m Butterfly 16 33m Butterfly 17 50m Butterfly 17 50m Butterfly 18 100m IM 18 200m IM Forbes Amateur Swimming Club Inc.: Member Information Page 6

Time Trial entries: Entries can be made by completing an entry form and placing in the blue box in the pool entry foyer by 6:00 pm on the Wednesday afternoon prior to the time trials. Entry forms are available on the Events page of our website: http://forbes.swimming.org.au/page.php?id=7551 There will be no entries accepted on time trial nights. To assist in the smooth running of club nights, please do not complete entry cards for multiple weeks in advance. This often leads to many entered swimmers not turning up to races on club nights and delays the club racing schedule. As all entries need to be entered on the club s computerised event management system, this also creates unnecessary work. Races will commence at 6:00 pm. Should the time trial be cancelled for any reason, all entries for that cancelled time trial will need to be resubmitted. Point Score: Improvement points are awarded for club night events as follows: 7 points 2 seconds or more faster than best time 6 points 1.0-1.9 seconds faster than best time 5 points 0.1-0.9 seconds faster than best time 4 points first swim at distance or equal to best time 3 points 0.1-0.9 seconds slower than best time 2 points 1.0-1.9 seconds slower than best time 1 point 2 seconds or more slower than best time For the purpose of calculating points, best times are updated weekly. Swimmers who stroke incorrectly on Swimming Club nights may be informed of such verbally by an official club judge of stroke. This allows the swimmer the opportunity to work on correcting these flaws before Championship and school events where they may be disqualified. Forbes Amateur Swimming Club Inc.: Member Information Page 7

CARNIVALS FASC is affiliated with Mountains and Plains Swimming Association (MPS). Swimmers from clubs in the MPS region are invited to compete in a number of different events over three district championship meets during the summer season, a sprint meet (50m) held in summer and a winter short course meet. Swimmers who record good results at the district summer meets may be asked to represent MPS at the James Brophy Inter- District Invitational Meet held in Canberra in March. Further details can be found on the MPS web site at http://www.mountainsandplainsnsw.swimming.org.au/ There are many inter-club carnivals during the season; please see http://www.mountainsandplainsnsw.swimming.org.au/page.php?id=4478 for a list of dates of carnival s in the MPS district. Programs/entry forms for these will be posted on the club s website. All entries must be accompanied with the appropriate entry fee and given directly to Recorder Narelle Shaw, during a Time Trial evening, before the advertised closing date. Please contact Narelle Shaw relleshaw77@bigpond.com if you require clarification or further information. FASC will host our own district Qualifying Carnival on Sunday 26th November 2017. The committee would appreciate any assistance offered to conduct this Carnival. Please approach a committee member to volunteer to assist. Forbes Amateur Swimming Club Inc.: Member Information Page 8

CODE OF CONDUCT A. GENERAL CODE OF BEHAVIOUR FASC promotes the following Code of Conduct to all swimmers, parents/carers, service providers and Coaches; it is expected that they familiarise themselves with this Code of Conduct, which represents the principles and values of our club. It is expected that the following standards of conduct are maintained: Respect the rights, dignity and worth of others. Be fair, considerate and honest in all dealings with others. Be professional in, and accept responsibility for, your actions. Make a commitment to providing quality service. Be aware of and adhere to Swimming Australia standards, rules and policies. Operate within the rules of swimming including national and international guidelines that govern Swimming Australia. Specifically: Refrain from any form of abuse towards others. Refrain from any form of harassment toward others. Refrain from any form of discrimination toward others. Refrain from any form of victimisation toward others. Provide a safe environment for the conduct of activities. Show concern and caution toward others that may be sick or injured. Be a positive role model. B. CODE FOR COMPETITORS Never argue with an official. Always use the appropriate rules and guidelines to resolve a dispute. Control your temper; verbal abuse of officials or other competitors or deliberately distracting or provoking an opponent is not acceptable or permitted behaviour. Work equally hard for yourself and/or your team. Be a good sport. Applaud all good performances whether they are made by your team or the opposition. Treat all participants as you like to be treated. Do not bully or take unfair advantage of another competitor or training partner. Co-operate with your coach, team mates and competitors. Participate for your own enjoyment and benefit, not just to please parents and Coaches. Respect the rights, dignity and worth of all participants regardless of their gender, ability, cultural background or religion. C. CODE FOR PARENTS/CARERS Remember that children participate in sport for their enjoyment, not yours. Encourage children to participate, do not force them. Focus on the child's efforts and performance rather than winning or losing. Encourage children to always compete according to the rules and to settle disagreements without resorting to hostility or violence. Never ridicule a child for making a mistake or losing a competition. Forbes Amateur Swimming Club Inc.: Member Information Page 9

Remember that children learn best by example. Appreciate good performances and skill by all participants. Support all efforts to remove verbal and physical abuse from sporting activities. Respect Officials' decisions and teach children to do likewise. Show appreciation for Coaches, Officials and Administrators. Without them, your child could not participate. Respect the rights, dignity and worth of every person regardless of their gender, ability, cultural background or religion. D. CODE FOR REFEREES Must be polite and answer all questions, to the best of their ability, in a professional manner. Set a good example by the way they dress, speak and act towards Officials, swimmers, parents, Coaches and spectators. Make themselves accessible to Officials, swimmers, parents, Coaches and spectators who approach in a polite and civil manner. Remember that they are to adjudicate on rules only; to be consistent with their rulings. Respect the rights, dignity and worth of all participants regardless of their gender, ability, cultural background or religion. E. CODE FOR COACHES Should set a good example for swimmers. Only give constructive criticism to swimmers. Actively discourage foul language or any unsporting behaviour. Remove from the squad any swimmers whose behaviour in not acceptable. Develop swimmer respect for rules and authority. Never let race disappointment cause loss of control. Realise that foul and abusive comments can lead to being removed from the pool area and being suspended from all meeting run under SNSW rules. Teach swimmers that an honest effort is as important as a win. Develop respect for competitor s talent and ability. Respect the rights, dignity and worth of all participants regardless of their gender, ability, cultural background or religion. F. CHILD PROTECTION FASC committee will ensure that requirements under Child Protection Legislation are met. We encourage all parents/carers to assist with the operation of Time Trials and Qualifying Carnivals, however if you are a parent or carer and have face-to-face contact with children as a volunteer, in a club providing services for children, you must complete a Working With Children Check. All volunteers at Time Trial evenings and Qualifying Carnivals will be requested to complete this declaration; once completed, their name will be added to a register of approved volunteers. Queries about Child Protection matters or allegations of reportable conduct are to be directed to our President, Sandra Phillips, at swimforbes@westserv.net.au. Forbes Amateur Swimming Club Inc.: Member Information Page 10

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MEDIA PUBLICATION SEASON 2017-2018 MEDIA PUBLICATION CONSENT I consent to (insert name/s), member/s of Forbes Amateur Swimming Club Inc., being photographed/filmed/interviewed to promote the club s activities. I understand that this could include, but is not limited to, distribution of images on the club s website; general exhibition at club events; television; print and electronic mainstream media and other associated promotional material.... Swimmer (over 18) or Parent/Guardian Name... Swimmer (over 18) or Parent/Guardian Signature... Date Forbes Amateur Swimming Club Inc.: Member Information Page 13