RSC Weekly Update

RSC SC Meet Info


4th August

Just a few more days to go!

 

You can access the meet program, session report and athlete roster on our website: Events for July 2024 (swimmingclub.org.au)

 

A few tips:

  • Arrive early to get a parking spot. The meet is quite large and Learn to Swim lessons will also be on so parking will be at a premium!
  • Unless you are helping with the meet, please sit in the stands rather than on pool deck near the swimmers. Coaches will be available to help your swimmer with marshalling etc. Parents lingering on pool deck create congestion and make it difficult for our check starter and officials to do their job. Swimmers will all sit together on the cement steps, opposite the grandstand, with the coaches.
  • Make sure your swimmers bring plenty of water and healthy snacks to have throughout the meet to keep hydrated and energized. The morning session is almost 5 hours so swimmers will need to be prepared!
  • Help your swimmer to write their event information on their arm with a sharpie before arriving at the meet so they have the information available and know what events, heats and lanes they are in and can show a coach if necessary. Example: you have booked your child to swim in the following events:
  • Event 2, 50m Freestyle
  • Event 8, 50m Backstroke
  • Even 12, 50m Breaststroke

Go to the meet program, look up these events, find your child’s name and write down the following information: Event, Heat and Lane.

It will look something like this…   

50 Free E2  H3  L4

50 Back E8  H2  L1

50 Breast E12  H1  L6  ⇐ This what you can choose to write on arm.

**If you’ve never done this before your swimmer can ask one of the more senior swimmers to help them or a coach!

 

AM Session

Arrival time:  7:00am or at least 2 hours before your first event

Dryland warm up: 7:00am

Pool warm up: 7:30am

Meet commences at 8:30am

Coaches on deck: Andrew and Brendan

 

**We have 2 Team Managers for the morning session. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to get in touch with them as the coaches may be busy watching races or speaking with swimmers. They will be happy to touch base with the coaches if needed and provide feedback. 

Team Managers: Nicola Colgate-Jones & Kay Yates

 

PM Session

Arrival time: 12:45pm or 2 hours before your event

Pool warm up: 1:15pm

Meet commences at approximately 2:00pm

Coaches on deck: Andrew and Brendan

 

Uniforms

Swimmers should arrive in club uniform, as advertised in our new uniform expectations. Please do not arrive in non-club hoodies, or polos. If you don't have an RSC hoodie, please wear your RSC polo over a black hoodie. Black track pants or shorts can be worn on the bottom.

 

Swimmers are also expected to compete in their purple caps, not their silver or black caps. Please see the new uniform standards released last week via Operoo and in the weekly update for more information. 

 

Selina, our Uniforms Officer, will be in the clubroom on Saturday from 7-10am if you need to purchase any items.

Timekeeping Roster

We are running 10 lanes and each lane needs 3 timekeepers in order for the times to be official. We have asked other clubs attending to cover some of the lanes, but RSC will have to cover the majority of them with.

 

For Session #1: We have enough swimmers attending to allow for 2 shifts of 2.5 hours each. 

For Session #2: We only have enough parents in attendance for 1 shift of just under 3 hours. 

 

I understand that the shifts are on the longer side, but we will have RSC volunteers walking around to provide you with water and refreshments throughout the meet. Timekeeping gives you the best seat in the house, and seats in the grandstand will be in short supply! We currently have 350 swimmers entered in session one and 218 swimmers entered in session two! This is a great turn out and it will be a very busy day!

 

The RSC SC Meet is one of our 4 annual fundraising events, and we really need as many people to help out as possible. We have a team of volunteers that have already put in many hours organizing the meet as well as a team that will be running the meet, organizing catering, marshalling and check starting as well as awarding medals. Running a meet of this size is quite a large undertaking and we appreciate your help in ensuring that our swimmers and swimmers from visiting clubs have a great time and that the event runs smoothly.

 

Never done timekeeping before? No problem! It’s not hard and there will be someone there to explain what to do. You will be in teams of 3 so there will always be someone who has done it before who can help out. 

 

We don’t have any back ups to fill the timekeeping slots so it’s really important that everyone attends for their timekeeping shift. If there is a reason that you can’t attend, please let me know as soon as possible so we can try to make other arrangements. 

 

Thank you to everyone who has responded that they can do their shift. The roster is below: