2014 MSABC Masters Swimming Championships

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Registration Schedule

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COMPETITION INFORMATION

Facility: H2O Adventure & Fitness Centre
4075 Gordon Drive
Kelowna, BC V1W 5J2
Tel: (250) 764-4040

Information: One 25-metre, 8 lane, 2.5-metre wide lane, competition pool
Keifer lane ropes. 6 warm up/cool down lanes always available in non-competition tank except during the 1500m swim (Friday)

Timing system: Omega electronic timing equipped with 8 touch-pads and an electronic display board.

Sanction: SBCM1403

MSABC Members Meeting and AGM: The MSABC Annual General Meeting will be held approximately 30 minutes after the final event on Saturday April 26, 2014 in a meeting room at the H20 Adventure & Fitness Centre.

Information and Meet Check in: Note: swimmers must register in person before they can swim. Registration desk in H2O entrance lobby. Operating hours:
Friday: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Saturday: 7:00 am - noon
Individual goody bags including program and pre-ordered merchandise must be picked up prior to the athlete’s first swum.

Meet Entry Standards: There are no qualifying standards to enter this meet.

Eligibility:

• Open to any Canadian or International registered Masters swimmer 18 years old as of April 25, 2014.
• Age grouping determined by age as of Dec. 31, 2014.
• Canadian and US swimmers must indicate their Provincial or State registration number (or USMS #) and club affiliation (or status as unattached) with their entries.
• Other International swimmers must send in proof of affiliation with their National FINA affiliated Master organization.

Entries and Limits:

• Entry deadline is April 15, 2014. All entry fees must be received by the deadline date.
• Cheques payable to 'Okanagan Masters Swim Club'
• Deck entries will not be accepted
• All entries must be accompanied by the swimmer’s Masters BC registration, MSA (Province), USMS or FINA registration number.
• Each individual may enter a maximum of 7 events plus relays.
• Entry times must be included for seeding purposes. Entries with N/T will be rejected

Rules: MSC rules and warm up procedures and the Swim BC Technical Guide will be in effect at this meet. For those athletes attempting to break National and World Records, please be advised that the competition pool has a moveable bulkhead. To mitigate any concerns about the length of the lane in which a record is broken, the competition pool was measured by a certified land surveyor in January 2014 and found compliant with the FINA standards. The pool will be measured again at the conclusion of any session in which a World Record is broken (reference FINA rule SW 12.5.1). In addition, the pool will be measured by a senior Competition Official at the beginning and end of each swim session.

Para-swimmers: Para-swimmers, who are registered Masters swimmers, are welcome to participate 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 800 and 1500 metre freestyle events will be deck-seeded and the heats will run slowest to fastest. For the 1500 metre event, two pools will be running simultaneously. At the discretion of the meet manager, the 800 metre freestyle may be swum two (2) per lane. In this case, males and females will not be seeded in the same lane.

Please note that if double-laned (800m), front crawl is the only stroke permitted. Counter boards will be provided but swimmers are responsible for 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 are not eligible for Masters World Records.
• Mixed relays must be composed of two (2) men and two (2) women from the same club or affiliation.
• Clubs need only submit the number of relay teams per event. Relay card submission deadlines will be announced throughout the meet.

Awards: Each swimmer will receive a certificate of participation with their time and placing for each event on the back of the certificate. Please note that awards will not be mailed to participants.

Results: Meet results will be posted on the far south wall (adjacent to warm-up pool). Electronic results will be posted on the OMSC website (http://okmasters.com/liveresults/) as soon as possible after each event has been signed off. There will be no published results booklet.

Participation Fees: Registration $80.00 per swimmer + $4.00 for all processing fees.  The base fee was reduced from Provincials 2013. Individual entry fee includes a commemorative souvenir and certificate of participation.

Refunds: No refunds will be issued after March 31, 2014. Refunds will only be issued due to a valid medical reason.

Mandatory Positive Check in: Mandatory in-person positive check-in deadline for the 1500m Freestyle event is 5:00 pm Friday, April 25, 2014 at the clerk of course. Mandatory in-person positive check-in deadline for the 800m Freestyle event is 3:00 pm Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the clerk of course.

Scratches: Club coaches are to supply team scratches to the Clerk of Course not later than one-half hour before the meet begins. Positive check-in for the 800 and 1500 metre free swimmers will be as follows:

• 1500 Metre Free: prior to 5:00 p.m. Friday
•  800 Metre Free: prior to 3:00 p.m. Saturday

Swimmers who do not check-in prior to these deadlines will not be permitted to swim in these events.

Merchandise A long-sleeved commemorative T-shirt can be pre-ordered for $25.00. There will be no T-shirt sales at the event. Please order when you register!

Social Events
Sat : Apr 26 Approx 5:00 pm MSABC Annual General Meeting
In a meeting room at H2O Adventure & Fitness Centre

Sat: Apr 26 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm Evening Buffet Dinner Entertainment and Awards Ceremony at The Sandman Hotel “The Okanagan” Banquet Room. 2130 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna, BC Canada V1Y 6G8. Fully licensed (alcohol will be available for purchase).
Cost: $15.00 per person.

Accommodation

Check our website http://www.okmasters.com for further details.

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