Date

Saturday June 9 and Sunday June 10, 2007

Location

Maple Ridge Leisure Centre
11995 Haney Place
Maple Ridge B.C.

Pool

Indoor, 25 meter, 6 lanes

Facilities

Separate 4 lane 25 meter teach pool for warm ups and cool downs (must be supervised by coach).
Snack bar with healthy snacks located on site.
Numerous restaurants located within walking distance from the pool

Camping available at the west end of the pool.     
Spaces for RV’s will be designated by a first come first serve basis for a charge of $10.00.
Campers please do not arrive before 5:00 Friday evening. RV’s will be arranged on the 224th side of the camping area
Camping also available at a Provincial park area at Maple ridge Park.
Day tents can be set up on area west of pool by the Zellers parking lot. Tents are not to be set up on other than designated are due to underground sprinkler system.

Speakers are only on the west side; day tenters on the south side of the pool by Zellers will be responsible for keeping track of the calls to marshalling.
There is plenty of deck space around teach pool inside for “hanging out.”

Meet Manager

Kevin Davies
604-467-8747 (h)  604-466-9993 (w)
10350 Slatford Place    
Maple Ridge B.C.
V2W 1G3

Meet Referee

Heather Stein

Chief Meet Recorder

Sue Roberts

Clerk of the Course

Joie Kotylak

Parking

Parking is available in the underground (keeps car cool) lot for a cost of $3.00 per day. No over height vehicles. Parking for over height above ground across from the Courthouse (off Edge Street) for $3.00 per day. Please do not park in the Zellers parking lot. The Neptunes are not responsible for any parking tickets acquired during the meet. There is no parking in the City Vehicle spaces on the west side of the pool.

Meet Objective

To have fun while encouraging participation and consistent personal accomplishment in the sport of competitive swimming.

Times

Warm-ups:                                6:30 - 7:30am
Scratches and Deck entries:       7:30am
Officials Meeting:                      7:30am
Marshalling:                              7:45am
Coaches Meeting:                     7:45am
Meet Begins:                             8:00am
Relays Due:                              10:00am

Events

Each competitor may enter 6 individual events and 2 relays.

Meet Entries

Deadline for entries is May 30, 5:00 pm. Could all clubs please include a contact person and phone number. Please use the meet entry file provided on the web site.

Send entries via email to: Yvette Yeo at: aloyve@shaw.ca

Entry Fees

$3.00 per individual event and $4.00 per relay event. Deck Entries will be accepted at the discretion of the Clerk of the Course at $5.00 per event. Early scratches and late changes will be accepted by Sunday June 3, 5:00pm by email or by leaving a message at 604-466-5168 between 7:00 and 8:00pm.

“O” Category Swimmers

“O” category swimmers can only compete in “O”cat events. There will be “O”cat relays in the meet package, or the division 8 relays are open events to all swimmers. One “O”cat swimmer may swim per each divisional relay and must be clearly identified in the entries.

Scratches/Deck Entries

Please have deck entries/scratches handed in to the Clerk of the Course by 7:30am each day and relays in by 10:00am each morning. Depending on time and volume limits acceptance of any deck entries is at the sole discretion of the Clerk of the Course.

Rules

All BCSSA rules will apply.
All events will be swum as timed finals.
No DQ’s for 6 & under events.
Relay teams may use swimmers from lower divisions as long as one team member is from the entered division.
“O” cat swimmers will be entered in to the appropriate event (see “O” Category). Division 8 relays are an open event.
At this early meet in the swim season it is important to make these events as enjoyable a possible. Please enter as many new members and young swimmers as possible. The more the merrier.

Starts

No false start rule in effect. Should a false start occur the race will continue and the swimmer will be disqualified at the end of the race.

Officials

Volunteers are required from all clubs. A 4 shift sign-up sheet will be posted and should be completed prior to 7:30 am.
Each club is required to supply:

• 1-2 place judges per day

• Timers and Recorders as per lane assignments (tba)

• Stroke & Turn and Senior officials

We encourage all new parents to shadow our officials

Scoring

Individual events
1^st through 6^th place       7,5,4,3,2,1
Relay events
1^st through 6^th place       14,10,8,6,4,2

Awards

Race results will be posted on the north facing outside wall of the building. (near main entrance)
Individual aggregates and runner-up winners in the “A”, “B” and “O” categories will be recognized with trophies.
3rd, to 8th place ribbons will be awarded for A & B
6 & unders will receive goodie bags and participation ribbons.
Relay ribbons 1st to 3rd will be awarded.
Most Sportsmanlike Club trophy will be awarded to the club displaying the strongest attributes that would be termed as sportsmanlike.
Team trophy for most points.

Direct questions to Kevin Davies: Home:  604-467-8747