REMINDER: SPRING MEET - THIS SATURDAY 12TH APRIL - NO MORNING OR EVENING TRAINING
The Spring Meet is on this Saturday 12th April.
Saturday morning
Saturday morning training will NOT be running
Saturday evening
There will be no training for Transition or Development on Saturday evening.
50m Training
This will be running as normal, however, there will not be a coach present.
Gala Details
Details for warm ups, timeline and roles for volunteers are all available here.
The first Winsford warm up will be from 1:05pm. Please try and be poolside 5 minutes before your warm up starts.
If you volunteered to help, we do need you - please check the list (subject to change if people drop out!)
If you are helping set up the pool or are on the balcony please arrive at 12pm.
All other volunteers please be there from 12:15pm.
Withdrawals by 8:30am Saturday 12th April - if you know you are injured or unwell and cannot swim, or no longer wish to swim this weekend please let us know asap. You can withdraw using the "my events" section of Swimming Events up to 8:30am on the day of the gala. After that, please still let us know by emailing wingalateam@gmail.com and we will swim with empty lanes - or may reseed if it takes out a heat.
Please don't just not show up.
Spectators
Spectators will need to buy a ticket for the balcony. This will cost £4 per session and are available from Swimming Events at https://swimming.events/meets/458. One per swimmer due to balcony capacity. If you have an accompanying child, please email wingalateam@gmail.com for a free child ticket allocation.
Cakes
If you can, please bring a donation for the cake stall. This will be upstairs near the entrance to the balcony.
Raffle
if you can, please bring a donation for the raffle. We are a little short on prizes at the moment.
Swim Shop and Medal Engraving
There will be a swim shop and medal engraving available (£2.50 per medal).
Gala Reminders
Please read the following to ensure the best Gala for everyone.
• Changing rooms - cubicles should be left clear. There are around 30 cubicles and over 200 swimmers so Winsford swimmers - please use the group changing rooms!
• Swimmers should remain on poolside throughout the Gala. If you need to leave for any reason you should let a Marshall know. It is considerably harder to send swimmers up for their races if we are having to search the building for them first - please do not stay in the group changing room.
• There will be approximately 30 minutes between session 1 and 2. Swimmers can use this time to leave poolside, have some food, go for a walk, buy Michael a present etc.
• Spectators should remain on the balcony and not view from the changing rooms.
• There will be the opportunity for Medals to be engraved. There will be a big rush during the break. If you can please take a few during session 1 to beat the traffic. You can collect them from the changing room entrance or Michael can act as a courier.
• NO phones on poolside (No, Really - it is very tiresome for Team Managers to constantly be reminding swimmers to put their phones away)
• Swimmers and spectators should respect the officials' decisions - which are final. We do not go searching for reasons to disqualify anyone and every decision is verified by multiple people. As disappointing as disqualifications are please consider them a learning experience to find out what mistake you made and how to avoid it in the future.
Looking forward to seeing you all there.
Michael
