Parent Volunteering

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 all types of duties that can be learned on the job. The Mock meet gives us the opportunity to train new parents for many of these duties. Some require a few hours of formal training, which is provided by the RSL, dates and locations will be posted on the welcome page. Listed here are the positions required to run a meet or other team functions and a description of the responsibilities.

 
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 a heat to ensure their strokes and turns are legal according to USA swimming rules for home and away meets.
clerk of course Assembles all the swimmers into there 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.
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 (3) 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 (3) 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.cpseahawks.com
ribbons parent to distribute heat ribbons at home meets and/or affix labels to award ribbons during home and away meets.