2015 MSABC Provincial Swim Meet

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Registration Schedule

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Facility: Nanaimo Aquatic Centre, 741 3rd St, Nanaimo, BC  V9R 7B2

Information: The competition pool will be set up for 8 lanes of 25 meter (short course) competition. There will be 4 lanes available at the opposite end of the pool available for warm up and cool down during the majority of the meet. All events will be timed finals.

Sanction:Sanction number SBCM1509

MSABC members meeting and AGM:  The MSABC Annual general Meeting will be held approximately 30 minutes after the final event on Saturday, April 18th in a meeting room at the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre. Room to be announced during the meet.

Information and meet check in:

• Swimmers must register in person before they are eligible to swim. Please register at the registration desk located either in the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre Lobby or on the pool deck (signage will be set up to confirm location day of).
• Operating hours: Friday 4:00pm-6:00pm, Saturday 7:00am-12:00pm
• Individual goody bags, including program and some other fun items must be picked up prior to athlete’s first swim and will be available at the registration desk

Meet entry standards: There are no qualifying standards to enter this meet

Eligibility:

• Open to any Canadian or international registered Masters swimmer 18 years and older as of April 17, 2015.
• Age grouping determined by age as of December 31, 2015

Entries:

• Entries must be made online via Club Assistant
• Please e-mail Kristin MacColl, meet manager, at ebbtides.meet.manager@gmail.com if you are unable to register online.
• Entry deadline- EXTENDED to April 17, 2015 at 11:59pm
• Deck entries will not be accepted
• All swimmers must provide governing body registration number (ie. MSABC, USMS or FINA)
• Each swimmer may enter a maximum of 7 events plus relays
• Entry times must be included for our seeding purposes.
• Entries with a “No time” or “N/T” will not be accepted

Rules: MSC rules and warm up procedures and the Swim BC Technical Guide will be in effect at this meet.

Para-swimmers: Para-swimmers, who are registered Masters swimmers, are welcome to compete in the meet.

Seeding: All events will be pre-seeded, timed finals. Seeding will be by time, slowest to fastest. Males and Females will be seeded together in the same events.

800m/1500m:

• The 800m and 1500m freestyle events will be deck-seeded and the heats will run from slowest to fastest.
• The 1500m freestyle will be limited to the first 40 entries (5 heats).
• The 800m freestyle will be limited to the first 48 entries (6 heats).
• Counter boards will be permitted for use if provided by the swimmer but swimmers are responsible for and finding volunteers to operate them.

Relays:

• No swimmer may swim more than once in any relay event.
• Relay teams that include swimmers under the age of 25 will not be eligible for Masters World Records
• Mixed relays must be composed of two men and two women from the same club or affiliation
• By registration deadline, clubs/affiliations must submit the number of relay teams they will be entering for each event to Kristin MacColl at ebbtides.meet.manager@gmail.com.
• Relay card submission deadlines will be announced throughout the meet
• Please refer to the meet package for detailed relay information

Meet start times:

	Warm up in competition pool	Meet start time
Friday	4:15pm-5:15pm	5:30pm
Saturday	7:00am-7:45am	8:30am
Sunday	7:00am-7:45am	8:00am

Awards:

• Lapel pins will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers of individual events in each age group. Lapel pins will be awarded to the first place relay team in each age group for relays.
• Please note that awards must be picked up in the awards area (location to be announced at the meet) and awards will not be mailed to participants.

Results: Meet results will be posted at the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre throughout the meet. Location of results posting will be announced during the meet.  There will be no published results booklet.

Records: Swimmers looking to challenge a current record (provincial, national or world) are required to notify the referee, starter and head timer prior to their race. This is in order to ensure adequate timers are available to meet record requirements.

Participation fees: Registration is $80.00 per swimmer

Refunds: No refunds will be issued after April 3rd, 2015 and will only be issued with valid medical reason.

Deadlines: Individual and relay entry deadline have been extended to April 17, 2015 at 11:59pm

Relay team confirmation: For relay events, each club must submit final names, ages, gender and order of swimmers for each team to the clerk of the course by 3:00pm the day prior to the event except for event 2 (4 x 100 Mixed Freestyle Relay) which has a confirmation deadline of 4:30pm Friday, April 24th.

Psych sheets: Psych sheets will be posted by April 22nd.

Mandatory positive check in:

• Mandatory in-person positive check-in deadline for the 1500m freestyle event is 4:15pm on Friday, April 24th at the clerk of the course. Mandatory in-person positive check-in deadline for the 800 freestyle event is conclusion of event 12 (100 Backstroke) on Saturday, April 25th.
• Swimmers that do not check in by the check in time for their 1500m and 800m freestyle events will not be permitted to swim these events.

Scratches: Club coaches are to supply team scratches to the clerk of the course no later than 30 minutes after the meet begins.

Parking: Open air parking on site at no charge.

Lockers: Coin operated lockers are available in the change rooms. Lockers must be cleared out at the end of the day.

Banners: Team banners are welcome.

Merchandise:

• No meet merchandise will be for sale at the event. All merchandise will be available online.
• Until April 1st, 2015
  • A limited number of clothing options will be available at deeply discounted prices if ordered by April 1st, 2015. These items will be available for pick up at the swim meet and no shipping costs will be charged to the swimmer. The following is the link for orders placed up until April 1st, 2015: 
    http://urstore.ca/sports/ca/british-columbia/nanaimo/msabc-provincial-championships-nanaimo-2015?no-cache
• From April 2nd, 2015 – May 8, 2015
  • A larger selection of clothing options will be available at a greater price if ordered after April 2nd, 2015. These items will be shipped directly to the swimmer and there will be charges for shipping. Please note that for orders to be delivered prior to the event, we have been informed that they must be ordered by April 9th, 2015. Please note also that for orders placed after April 2nd, embroidery will not be available.  The following is the link for orders placed from April 2nd, 2015 onwards: 
    http://urstore.ca/sports/ca/british-columbia/msabc-provincial-championships-nanaimo-2015?no-cache

MSABC Annual general Meeting: The MSABC Annual General meeting will be held approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of competition on Saturday, April 25th in a meeting room (to be announced) at the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre.

Awards Banquet on Saturday, April 25th:

• A buffet dinner and awards ceremony will be catered by and held at the Vancouver Island University in the upper cafeteria of building 300 (900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo BCs). Doors will open at 5:30pm and dinner will be served at approximately 6:30pmpm.
• Tickets are $15.00 per person to be paid for at the time of meet entry. Beer and wine will be available for purchase at the dinner and may be purchased with your registration. A maximum of 250 tickets are available for purchase. Banquet tickets must be purchased prior to April 15th at 11:59pm as we ust provide final numbers to our caterers.
• Please note that there is pay parking available at VIU. Please see this website for information on parking as well as a map of the campus (building 300 is mid-campus and adjacent to lotN where general pay parking is available). https://www2.viu.ca/eventservices/parkingmap.asp
• There will be both a vegetarian and vegan option available in the banquet menu. Please notify the meet manager through a note on Club Assistant when registering if you have additional dietary restrictions for this meal. Please email Kristin with Dietary Restrictions required for the banquet no later than 11:59pm, April 9th, 2015 at ebbtides.meet.manager@gmail.com
• This will be a licensed event, all attendees must be 19 years of age or older.

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "Masters Swimming Assoc of BC."