Volunteer
This sport requires parents to be participants, not just spectators.
In order for our meets to run smoothly, we need at least one parent from each family to work a minimum of three meets during the regular season and to help with the finals if their swimmer is selected to swim in finals.
It takes approximately sixty Curtis Park parents to run a home meet.
There are many volunteer positions that can be learned "on the job" and "The Mock Meet/Time Trials" gives us the opportunity to train new parents for many of these duties.
Some duties require a few hours of formal training provided by the RSL. (Dates and locations for training will be posted on Facebook, Home page and Events).
The positions required to run a meet or other team functions and a description of the responsibilities are listed below.
Positions requiring training
Referee - The referee is an experienced official that authenticates disqualifications and determines if a heat is ready to begin for home meets.
Starter - The starter signals the start of each race for home meets.
Stroke & Turn - Observes the swimmers during each heat/event to ensure their strokes and turns are legal according to USA swimming rules for home and away meets. (Bring your training certificate from http://strokeandturn.com)
Clerk of Course - Assembles all the swimmers into their correct lane/heat and distributes deck cards to each swimmer for home and away meets.
Scoring - Review the 3 times entered on the deck cards for each swimmer to determine the median for home and away meets.
Data Entry - Enter the swimmers times into the computer and produce scoring reports for the RSL at home and away meets.
LAST TRAINING SESSION: TUESDAY, JUNE 14, HOPYARD FARMS POOL
Directions to Hopyard Farms:
other Positions
Setup/Takedown - Arrive before the meet and set up all the equipment needed for the meet, OR stay after the meet to break the equipment down and put it way. For Setup be at the CP Pool no later than 4:45 pm on home meet evenings. ALL HOME MEETS
Announcer - Announces the upcoming events to the swimmers and also makes general announcements at home meets.
Timer - Uses a stopwatch to get accurate times for each swimmer to record on the deck cards at home and away meets.
Runner - Collects deck cards from clerk of course and delivers them to the timers or from timers/recorders after each heat and deposits them at scoring table. ALL (3) HOME MEETS.
Concessions - Preparation and distribution of items to sell during home meets to include setup and break down of area. ALL HOME MEETS.
Socials - Assist in organizing the team picnic and the year end banquet Must be available July 9th and August 9th.
Booster Sales - Duties could include raffle sales at home meets, CPST merchandise sales at home meets and practices.
Security - Parent to patrol the parking lot, pool and surrounding areas at random intervals during home meets.
Web Site Guru - Parent knowledgeable in web site design to maintain www.curtisparkseahawks.com
Ribbons - Parent to distribute heat ribbons at home meets and/or affix labels to award ribbons during home and away meets.
Referee - The referee is an experienced official that authenticates disqualifications and determines if a heat is ready to begin for home meets.
Starter - The starter signals the start of each race for home meets.
Stroke & Turn - Observes the swimmers during each heat/event to ensure their strokes and turns are legal according to USA swimming rules for home and away meets. (Bring your training certificate from http://strokeandturn.com)
Clerk of Course - Assembles all the swimmers into their correct lane/heat and distributes deck cards to each swimmer for home and away meets.
Scoring - Review the 3 times entered on the deck cards for each swimmer to determine the median for home and away meets.
Data Entry - Enter the swimmers times into the computer and produce scoring reports for the RSL at home and away meets.
LAST TRAINING SESSION: TUESDAY, JUNE 14, HOPYARD FARMS POOL
Directions to Hopyard Farms:
From Fredericksburg, Merge right onto Rt. 3 East towards King George. Go straight through the light at Ferry Farms. Go straight through light at Sealston/Fletcher's Chapel Road. Take a right at the next light, Port Conway Rd (approx. 4 miles from Sealston light). Take the second right, onto Hopyard Rd. Continue straight until you reach the Hopyard Farm Club House, pool is behind the Club House.
other Positions
Setup/Takedown - Arrive before the meet and set up all the equipment needed for the meet, OR stay after the meet to break the equipment down and put it way. For Setup be at the CP Pool no later than 4:45 pm on home meet evenings. ALL HOME MEETS
Announcer - Announces the upcoming events to the swimmers and also makes general announcements at home meets.
Timer - Uses a stopwatch to get accurate times for each swimmer to record on the deck cards at home and away meets.
Runner - Collects deck cards from clerk of course and delivers them to the timers or from timers/recorders after each heat and deposits them at scoring table. ALL (3) HOME MEETS.
Concessions - Preparation and distribution of items to sell during home meets to include setup and break down of area. ALL HOME MEETS.
Socials - Assist in organizing the team picnic and the year end banquet Must be available July 9th and August 9th.
Booster Sales - Duties could include raffle sales at home meets, CPST merchandise sales at home meets and practices.
Security - Parent to patrol the parking lot, pool and surrounding areas at random intervals during home meets.
Web Site Guru - Parent knowledgeable in web site design to maintain www.curtisparkseahawks.com
Ribbons - Parent to distribute heat ribbons at home meets and/or affix labels to award ribbons during home and away meets.