WEST COAST OPEN LONG COURSE DATE May 1 st & 2 nd, 2010 Swim BC SANCTION # VENUE Watermania Pool, Steveston Highway & No. 6 Road, Richmond. 604-275-7946 SETUP 8 lane - 50m pool, 2 warm down lanes. Electronic timing AMENETIES Snack bar in pool, Subway & Coffee shop Old Spaghetti Factory, Big River Brew Pub Restaurant, Stanley s Sports Bar Movie theatre & Bowling lanes on site. West Coast Open is a meet designed for clubs to bring a large group of swimmers together and have a great team experience. The meet is also designed as an early season LC racing opportunity that will allow coaches to select events that are not always offered to swimmers of all levels. WARM-UP TIMES Saturday May 1 st Session 1 Warm-up 8:00am-8:50am Start 9:05am Session 2 Warm-up*** ~2:30pm 3:00pm Start 3:10pm Sunday May 2 nd Session 3 Warm-up 8:00am 8:50am Start 9:05am *** Warm-up for session two will be 90 minutes after the end of Session # 1*** and will last 30 minutes. This meet is financially supported by the Government of British Columbia, Sports Services and Gaming Branch.
Meet Management Team Meet Manager: Pam Gosel pgosel9342@shaw.ca 604-275-7946 Referee(s): George Vishniakoff Officials Coordinator: Jennifer McCord: jennifermccord@shaw.ca Meet Secretary: Carrie Murray Head Coach: Robert Pettifer rapidrob@richmondrapids.com Cell: 604-250-0847 FEES $8.00/individual event Swim BC splash fee $4.00 One cheque per club AWARDS Ribbons for 1 st -8 th in individual events o Age Groups 10 & under; 11-12; 13-14; Open $250 Team Spirit Award o Awarded to the Team that shows the most in the following categories o Team Uniforms; Team Unity; Team Spirit and Parental Participation The judging of this award will be completely subjective and will be done by the Meet Manager and Rapids Head Coach. The award will presented at the end of the Meet. DECK ENTRIES Must be submitted at least ½ hour prior to start time. DE s will be placed in empty lanes no new heats created For a swimmer to be deck entered, the coach must provide the swimmers ID number (9 digits), as well as their correct date of birth. $10.00/individual event NT will not be accepted except for relays and will not be refunded. Entry deadline: Wednesday April 22 nd, 2010 (8pm) Entries to: Meet entries must be uploaded prior to the entry deadline to the Swimming Canada www.swimmeet.ca website. Entries sent directly to the meet manager will not be accepted. Cheques should be made payable to the Richmond Rapids Swim Club. Associations must submit one cheque only; no individual cheques will be accepted from members of the association. Proof of times on word format must accompany all meet entries. Please submit times to the Rapids office rapids@shaw.ca Last Chance to scratch deadline Monday April 26 th, 2010 8pm. All changes & scratches should be re-uploaded to the Swimming Canada www.swimmeet.ca website.
Meet Rules 1. All events are TIMED FINALS & SENIOR SEEDED. 2. All swimmers must be registered with Swim BC; another FINA affiliated organization and or an IPC affiliate. 3. Swimmers with a disability (SWAD) must be entered with their classification numbers and actual times for each event. 4. 2010 IPC Rules will apply to all SWAD s in the meet. 5. Awards will be awarded to each gender in the following age groups. 10 & under; 11-12, 13-14 and Open. 6. Age group is based on the swimmer s age as of May 1 st, 2010. 7. 10 & under swimmers are limited to 4 hr competition time-excluding warm-up. Coaches are to ensure that their 10 & U swimmers are meeting these guidelines. 8. SNC rules and the Swim BC Tech Guide will be in effect. 9. SNC warm up protocol will be in effect. The FINA one-start rule is in effect 10. Qualifying Times will be as listed in the attached events list. Proof of time required for all entry time events. 11. Entries with no time attached will be not be accepted. All entries must have a time attached. 12. To assist meet management and officials, scratches the day of the meet must be submitted to the Clerk of the Course 30 minutes prior to end of the warm-up period. 13. Deck Entries will only be taken to fill empty lanes on a first come first serve basis. 14. The meet management reserves the right to limit the number of entries in all events to fit the goal time lines. 15. All participating clubs are required to have a minimum of 3 timers available during sessions 1,2 and 3. Please contact the Officials Chair with a list of the timers you are supplying. 16. 400 Freestyle will be limited to 12 or fewer double-laned heats composed of swimmers who meet the minimum qualifying time (MQT). 17. 400 IM will be limited to 10 or fewer heats composed of swimmers who meet the minimum qualifying time (MQT). 18. The meet will accept up to 1800 swims providing the sessions each day are of reasonable length. The Rapids reserve the right to limit entries in specific events in the meet, to meet the target time lines. 19. A coaches meeting will be held 10 minutes prior to the start of timed finals on Saturday morning and then as necessary 20. All coaches and clubs will be notified via email about the timelines and any modifications to the meet once final entries have been received. 21. The host club reserves the right to enter swimmers not meeting the QT.
Saturday May 1 st Session #1-8:00am Warm-up Start 9:05 am 1 6:03 12 & U 400 Free 2 6:12 5:31 14 & U 400 Free 5:29 5:20 Open 400 Free 5:09 3 1:40 12 & U 100 Back 4 1:40 1:30 14 & U 100 Back 1:30 1:28 Open 100 Back 1:24 5 3:57 12 & U 200 Breast 6 4:02 3:30 14 & U 200 Breast 3:30 3:20 Open 200 Breast 3:10 7 1:26 12 & U 100 Free 8 1:26 1:19 14 & U 100 Free 1:16 1:17 Open 100 Free 1:12 Session #2 Warm-up ~2:30pm 9 3:50 12 & U 200IM 10 3:50 3:30 14 & U 200 IM 3:20 3:10 Open 200IM 3:00 11 3:40 12 & U 200 Back 12 3:45 3:20 14 & U 200 Back 3:15 3:05 Open 200 Back 3:00 13 2:00 12 & U 100 Fly 14 2:00 1:45 14& U 100 Fly 1:45 1:30 Open 100 Fly 1:30 Sunday May 2 nd Warm up 8:00am 8:50am Start 9:05 am 15 4:00 12 & U 200 Fly 16 4:00 3:50 14 & U 200 Fly 3:45 3:40 Open 200 Fly 3:35 17 3:20 12 & U 200 Free 18 3:20 3:00 14 & U 200 Free 2:55 2:55 Open 200 Free 2:45 19 1:52 12 & U 100 Breast 20 1:55 1:44 14 & U 100 Breast 1:42 1:38 Open 100 Breast 1:35 21 6:36 12 & U 400IM 22 6:47 6:13 14 & U 400IM 6:03 6:00 Open 400IM 5:44