Written by: Kanne

Category: Uncategorized

Published: June 10, 2019

Our first meet of the summer is next Tuesday, June 18!  As Sharon will explain, these meets are “organized chaos”.  It may seem like things are crazy, but we actually (mostly) have it under control!  Our first 2 meets are away meets, followed by 2 home meets at our pool here in Broadway.  For home meets, we need a lot more volunteers than for away meets.  If you are a first year swim parent, don’t worry about volunteering these first few meets.  Just watch your kids, have fun and take it easy.  We’ll hit you up next year.  Which brings me to…… Hey second year swim parents, guess what?  We need you! (and third, fourth, fifth year….)

We still need a lot of volunteers for our first meet. You can sign up here: 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084fabad2baafd0-broadway4

If you have not used signupgenius before, you will need to create an account.  Then you can sign up for anything year after year.  If you are having trouble and want me to sign you up, just let me know and I can do that for you.

Please sign up early.  In fact, click on the link and sign up now while you are thinking of it!  This helps keep my stress levels down as we get closer to our first meet. 

Here is a description of the positions that we need to have filled:

Timers: We need 6 timers for each half of the meet.  This is a front row seat to see all of the action!  No experience necessary.  We use ipods and cell phones as timing devices. You may use your own cell phone. You just need to stop the device when the swimmer in your lane touches the wall and check the swimmer number.  You are free to cheer as much as you want!

Relay Take Off Judges: This is a nice easy job.  You only need to work for the relay events.  There are relays at the start of meet for the first half, and then 2 sets of relays in the second half at the end of the meet.  We need 2 for each half.  No experience necessary.

Clerk of Course: Are you good at herding cats? Do you like to work with excited, sometimes nervous children?  Then this is the job for you!  In all seriousness, this is a fun job getting the swimmers in the right order and to the right lane for their swim. No experience necessary.  We need 2 for each half.  You can watch your child swim.

Stroke and Turn Judge: This is the one position that requires extra training.  If you missed the previous training’s but are still interested in this position, let me know.  We might try to schedule one more. This is good knowledge to have even if you don’t end up judging.  Certified judges, please sign up now!