Club Sport Tidalwaves

Fun Activity Volunteers

Thanks to these ladies we have a fun season planned for the Tidalwaves

• Sheryl Meagher
• Samantha Studebaker
• Beth Gallagher
• Nicole Lowrance
• Beth Louderback
• Heather Torres
• Gigi Anderson

Volunteer information

Swim Meet Volunteers

A parent from each family is required to work at 4 dual swim meets during the season.
If you sign up to work at a meet and do not show up to cover your shift or have someone cover it for you, your child will become ineligible to swim in the next meet.
One or both parents will also be required to work at the Championship meet.Volunteers responsibilities are outlined below.

Volunteer schedules for 2010 Season

Please review the volunteer schedules below by clicking on the meet links below. If you are unable to make your committment please Debbie at Debbie Day

• 06/26 Briar Hill host at CSP
• 07/03 DBAC @ CSP
• 07/07 Del Prado @ Del Prado
• 07/10 FAST @ Foothill High
• 07/17 Pleasanton Meadows @ CSP
• 07/24 Ruby Hills @ CSP

Meet Manager

The meet manager is responsible for running the software to manage the meet and therefore the meet. After the coaches have made the team selections in the team manager software and transferred the data to meet manager the meet managers job begins.Using the software the meet manager will manage scratches from individual events and relays from both teams.(swimmer no shows on the day, final changes by coaches and relay changes.) Where possible opportunities to combine events to help speed the meet up will be taken.The meet is then seeded and reports required to run the meets generated; Meet schedule, timers sheets and score updates throughout the meet. The Meet manager is also responsible for the scorers, making sure that they know how to enter the results into the computer and progressing any querries about times or DQ sheets highlighted by the scorer.

Announcer

Introduce the swimmer’s team, first name of swimmer, lane they will be swimming in, stroke, age group, and other pertinent information while keeping the meet moving at a smooth, but rapid pace.

Starter

In charge of getting the swimmers to their marks and sounding the horn. In case of a false start, the Starter is in charge of sounding the horn again to stop all swimmers. The Starter will work in conjunction with the Head Timer assuring that all lane timers are ready to begin each heat. Two starters are needed per meet each working a half.

Head Timer

In charge of overseeing lane timers. Head Timer will carry extra stopwatches in case of a lane timer watch malfunctioning or other unforeseen problems. Will hold a meeting before each meet to explain lane timer procedure and clarify any questions that exist. Works hand in hand with Starter in making sure all Timers are ready for each race.

Timers

All Timers will meet prior to the meet with the Head Timer to make sure that all Timers are present and to answer any questions Timers may have. In each lane there will be one Timer from each team. Timers will time the swimmer in their lane and then give the average time to the Recorder/Runner. If one watch fails then use one of the Head Timers back up watches. Twelve Timers are needed for each meet and each Timer will be expected to time for half the meet. Timers will switch following the Butterfly events.

Ribon Writter

Once the scoring has been completed the Tri Valley League Sheet pages will be given to the Ribbon Writers. The home team will provide the ribbons for individual 1st through 4th place and 1st and 2nd place relay teams. . Fill out all of the information on the back of ribbon. When a single page has been completed, wrap all of the ribbons for that page inside the page and bind with a rubber band. Then place the page and ribbons in a box that has been supplied by the coach. Two Ribbon Writers are needed for each meet. Ribbon Writers will work only the second half of the shift.

Stroke and Turn Judge

A Stroke and Turn Judge will be provided by each team, Judges must watch all swimmers to make sure that swimmers touch the edge with two hands during all breast stroke and butterfly turns, during relays so that no swimmer enters the water before their teammate touches the wall, and to check for proper stroke technique. High school definitions of strokes will apply except as rated by the league rules. If a disqualification occurs, it should be recorded and submitted to the scoring table. Slips are turned over to coaches at the end of a meet. Two Stroke and Turn judges are needed for each meet. Each judge works half the meet. The Tri-Valley Swim league will provide training for all Stroke and Turn Judges.

Age Group Coordinator

Kathy Jetter is our age group coordinator leader.Each age group parent will be given a black apron, and a full copy of the league meet forms. Children should be gathered five to six events before they are due to swim their event. Any line up problems should be directed to Kathy or the coaching staff. Once children are gathered, escort them to their lanes and line them up for their event.Remind the younger swimmers of the stroke they will be swimming. They often forget or get confused in the excitement. Age group coordinators work for half the meet

Runner

Runners will collect the timing sheets from the timers and the Disqualification (DQ) sheets from the stroke and turn judges as often as possible.These sheets are then delivered to the scorer at the computer table who will ,manually imput the times and DQ info in the meet manager program.

Scorers

The scorers enter the results from the timers into the computer. They work in pairs; one reading the time information from the time sheets, the other typing the results.Scorers must highlight any anomolies they see in the timer sheets before entering the data into the computer to either the Meet Manager, headtimer or coach.

Set up and Take Down

Assists in setting up or taking down of equipment (table, chairs, EZ-ups, etc.) at home swim meets.