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Home Ridings Gala @ EA Leisure Village- 21/5/2022

A month to go until our next Ridings Gala – here are the details and team sheet.

It’s at our home pool on Saturday 21 May 5pm warm up, 5:30pm start, and we are hosting so any help (timekeeping, raffle, taking admission, judging, etc) would be very much appreciated!

We have two extra teams joining us from the premiere division – Scarborough Swimming Club and Thirsk White Horse. It promises to be another night of fantastic racing!

Please confirm as soon as you can whether you are available if your name is on the team sheet. Happy fast racing team Kingos!

Bridlington Gala Refunds:

Hello all,

Refunds from entries made for the Bridlington meet will be credited back through Swim Manager accounts.

We have had to refund this way as we do not maintain a record of individual bank details therefore all payments received will be credited by credit note and should now show on your accounts.

If there were any on account outstanding Meet Entry invoices such as for an amended entry to another meet, the credit will have been applied in part to that, but is otherwise available for use against future invoicing.

Any parent wanting a refund by manual bank transfer will need to provide their bank account details to Brian @ admin@kingfishersswimmingclub.org.uk (before Thursday 31st March).

Payment will be processed after the April invoicing has been settled (about 11th April, excepting any hardship cases where the club will have to manually adjust earlier on individual request basis).

Many thanks for everyone’s understanding.

The committee

Barracudas’ County Qualifier – Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th September 2022

Entries for this event must be made in Swim manager – Closing date for your entries is Sunday 10th April

All swimmers must be 9 years & over & have paid the CAT 2 License

Enter Here: https://kingfscar.swimmanager.co.uk/meets/

Beverley Barracudas Swimming Club
(Affiliated to ASA NER Region)
Barracudas’ County Qualifier
Under ASA Laws & ASA Technical Rules
Licence Number Applied For
(For entry into Regional and County Championships)
Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th September 2022
Afternoon & Evening starts
Beverley Leisure Centre, Beverley

Events
All age groups – 50m &100m all strokes
9 & 10 years – 100m individual medley
11 yrs and over – 200m & 400m individual medley
Awards
9/10 Medals 1st – 6th 11 yrs & over 1st – 3rd
Top Boy & Girl in each age group
Top Club
Entries
£6 per individual entry (except 400 IM)
£8 per individual entry for 400 IM
Accepted on a first come first served basis
ALL SPECTATORS TICKETS PURCHASED ON THE DAY
Adults: £6 per session or £9 full day pass.
Children/OAP’s £3 per session or £5 full day pass
Promoter: John Stevens

Meet Conditions & Schedule

Members – Urgent action required – Please update your details in Swim Manager

Recently it has become apparent that we only have one phone number as an emergency contact for some swimmers.

If something happens we rely on this information. Please don’t presume that the club volunteers will know which other members you are friends with and would trust with your child in an emergency.

For safeguarding we will only contact those people who you give us the details for. Therefore please check your swim manager account and ensure there are at least two named emergency contacts with numbers. For families with more than one swimming member please check each individual swimmer. Thank you

To all members, 

First of all thank you for being a member of Kingfishers Swimming Club and for training with us during the past year. As a club we have worked through the pandemic when rules have allowed us to and we are now in a position where we have returned to competition as well as a full training programme.

Annual Membership

We extended the last membership year which ran from January 2021 until March 2022. This was in recognition of the pandemic and the difficulties it had brought.

The committee are pleased to announce the annual membership for this year (1^st April 2022 – 31^st March 2023) will remain at £100 per swimmer including Swim England Cat 1 Membership (now called Club Train).

The club are absorbing the increase in Swim England fees again this year for Club Train members.  For Club Compete members (Cat 2) the upgrade will be an additional £18.80.

You can further elect to support the club by completing a Gift Aid mandate. This helps to keep membership increases to a minimum.  You can be do this by logging in to Swim Manager and ticking the box on the account page.

Monthly Training Fees

There has not been an increase in training fees since we moved to the new facility in 2017. As a registered charity we do not make a profit from the membership or training fees.

We announced last year that we would be reviewing the monthly training fees. The aim of the review was to continue to cover lane costs by training fee income in a fair and equitable manner with annual membership and other income covering overheads, affiliation fees, volunteer training, equipment, club events etc.  A working party made of existing committee members was set up to review fees and their findings were put to a full committee meeting on 10^th March 2022.

As a result the committee has agreed to increase the monthly training fees. The training fee is dependent on the amount of training hours and takes into account the varying needs of the members as well as the club. Swim Manager accounts will be updated and the new training fees will take effect from 1^st April 2022.

‘swimmers competing in the 9/10 years age group MUST BE AT LEAST 9 YEARS OLD on the day of the Championships (27th February 2022)’

Yorkshire Swimming Association Championships 2022 26^th & 27^th February 2022 Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield

FINAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE ATTENDING THE MEET – WEEK THREE

A Programme may be downloaded or printed from here.

We will not be selling programmes at the event. The Warmup Schedule is below.

IT DIFFERS EVERY SESSION

The Start of the Morning Warm Up is earlier than previously advertised.

There will be a NESS Swimwear shop in the Foyer. The Café should be open. Spectators should sit on the Omega side seats which are those on the right as you walk through the doors onto the Spectator Balcony. All seats to the left have been allocated to clubs.

Withdrawals

If a swimmer/team is not going to swim in a heat they must inform the Entry Manager of their intention to withdraw no later than 5pm on the Friday Evening for all events on the Saturday and 5pmon Saturday for events on Sunday. Seeded Heat Start lists will be produced. Notifications should be sent to entries@yorkshireswimming.org

Declaration Form for 800m Freestyle.

We will be using a Re-Entry System for the 800m Freestyle on the Sunday. The Re-Entry form must be delivered to the Timing Suite by 6pm on Saturday 26^th February or sent by email to entries@yorkshireswimming.org

Team Championships Sunday 27thFebruary 2022

Tickets for this date will be for one session only. The Spectator Balcony will be cleared between sessions. No ticket will be required to view the Mixed Sex 800m Freestyle swimsec@yorkshireswimming.org

This page lists requirements which must be met by all attending this meet. Swimmers are requested to only remain the building for as long as is necessary for them to complete their events. Once they have swum their programme, for a particular session, they are requested to vacate the building. Please ensure that you are met by a responsible person

1.Covid-19 is currently rife in our Schools. You are requested to undertake a Covid19Lateral Flow Test, within the 48hours before you are due to attend the Meet.

IF THIS TEST IS POSITIVE YOU MUST NOT ATTEND THE MEET AND MUST BOOK A PCR TEST IMMEDIATELY.

2.You must complete a ‘Return to Competition Health Declaration Form’ and deposit it with your Club before the competition. The form can be found on our Swim England Returning to Pool Resources here

3.It will be the responsibility of each Club to ensure that they have a copy of the form for each swimmer, or a similar record form produced by the Club. Many swimmers will have already completed such a form.

4.You are requested to wear a Face mask at all times when moving about in the venue. You may remove it when seated and before you enter the water.

5.Swimmers & Team Staff will enter the pool area through the Changing Village. They should then use the stairs from the pool deck to their allocated space on the seating area. They should ensure that they are wearing suitable footwear when using the Balcony stairs.

6.Spectators will access the Balcony through the doors in the Foyer. They will have to produce evidence of purchasing a ticket to the Stewards stationed at this point.

7.Coaches are requested to always remain with their swimmers, except during Warm Up.

8.Athletes should arrive, where possible, in beach wear ready to swim

9.The Marshalling area will be on the Pool Deck, Spectator Balcony side. Please social distance whenever possible.

10.The Diving Pit will be used for Swim Down. If the Swim Down Pool is not used in a sensible manner it will be closed.

11.All those attending should make frequent use of the sanitiser points round the venue.

12.Swimmers will be allowed to visit the Café or Swim shop. They should ensure that they are wearing suitable footwear when not swimming. Please maintain Social Distancing at all times

URGENT – YSA Championships Ticket Problems