St. Charles County Family YMCA Stingrays

St. Charles County Family YMCA – Stingrays

Great Gobbler Games 2015

November 14th and 15th, 2015

MEET

DIRECTOR:Chrystal McCoy

314-323-7644

MEET Tina Medley

REFEREE:314-570-3988

ADMINISTRIVE

OFFICIAL:Patty Draves

ENTRY CHAIR: Andy Scanlan

618-917-6116

LOCATION:St. Charles County Family YMCA

3900 Shady Springs Lane

St. Peters, Mo 63376

DIRECTIONS:

• Take I-70 to St. Charles, MO (heading west)
• Exit at Cave Springs toward Truman RD. (0.2 mi or 0.3 km)
• Turn right onto Cave Springs Rd. (0.0 mi or 0.1 km)
• Turn left onto West Clay Street/ North Service Road (0.3 mi or 0.4 km)
• West Clay Street becomes North Service Road (0.0 mi or 0.1 km)
• Turn right on Shady Springs Rd. by U Haul Storage and go north (0.3 mi or 0.5 km)

COURSE:25 meter, 6-lane pool with non-turbulent lane lines, paragon starting blocks, The competition course has not been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4). Bleacher seating at poolside.

ELIGIBILITY: This is a closed YMCA meet and counts as one of the required meets. All swimmers must comply with the eligibility conditions of The Rules that Govern YMCA Competitive Sports. Each athlete must be a member in good standing of their YMCA for at least 30-days prior to participating in this meet.A swimmer’s age as of December 1st, 2014 determines the age group for competition.

RULES: YMCA Swimming Rules will govern the meet. Except where venue facilities require otherwise, changing into or out of swimsuits other than in locker rooms or other designated areas is not appropriate and is prohibited. Use of audio or visual recording devises, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms, or locker rooms.

ENTRIES: Swimmers may swim in 5 events per session. Email entries to: . Entry times must be in short-course meters, converted times are allowed. An entry report will be emailed back to each team; it is the teams’ responsibility to check their reports for accuracy. Entry fees must arrive at the YMCA by November 7, 2015. Fees must be paid with one check per team payable to “St. Charles County Family YMCA”.

ENTRY FEES:

$5.00 per swimmer plus; Regular Events - $5.00 per individual event, $20.00 per relay, Mini Games - $6.00 per partner swim, $12.00 per relay.

Mail to:

St. Charles County Family YMCA

Attention: Stingray Swim Team

3900 Shady Springs Lane

St. Peters, MO 63376

DEADLINE: Entries must be received no later than Sunday November 1st, 2015Meet size will be limited to the first 300 swimmers. No team entry will be split. 400 Free and the 800 Free WILL BE LIMITED.

SEEDING: Meet will be Pre-seeded; deck entries will be accepted if there is a lane open in the event and the entry fee has been paid. Cost for deck entry will be $28.00 per relay and $7.00 per individual event.

Saturday November 14th, 2015

Sunday November 15th, 2015

Actual times will be posted by November 5, 2015

Anyone without a coach needs to see the Meet Referee

AWARDS:

• Team Award and Mini Gobbler Games 1st through 3rd(excluding Host Team)
• Individual and Relay Awards: 1st through 6th will receive custom ribbons.

WORKERS:

Officials:For planning purposes, we ask each team to forward a list of YMCA certified officials that will be attending the meet during each session.

Timers: Each team will be asked to provide timers for each session.

A timer assignment sheet will be emailed to all coaches/entry chairmen by November 5, 2014.

HEAT SHEETS: will be available throughout the meet for $5.00. Psych Sheets will be posted on the website by November 12th, 2015

BULLPEN: Radios, CD/cassette, etc. will be permitted with headphones only. All balls and throwing type toys are prohibited. Running, horseplay and vandalism will not be permitted. Please keep trash picked up. There must be parental supervision of each team in the bullpen AT ALL TIMES. Lack of adequate supervision and discipline may result in disqualification of the swimmer or team involved.

CONCESSIONS:Full concessions will be available. A hospitality room will be available for coaches and officials.

RESULTS: Events will be posted outside the gym in the hallway. All teams will receive final results.

VENDOR: A full service swimming vendor will be available.

Gobbler Game Rules and Regulations

Many of the events at the Gobbler Games are Area qualifying events. However we have added extra events in a mini session format for the FUN of it. 11 & Older will get to swim 50’s, 9-10 year olds will get to swim 25’s. Events will be swum coed and results will be separated into boys/girls by each age group.

Relays teams will be same sex. However they will also swim coed. Each swimmer can swim a max of 5 events per session. The Team Score will not include the Mini Gobbler Game fun events.

The Limited events will include 24 swimmers 12 of each boy and girl, however if 12 swimmers are not available in one group then we will fill it with the other. (Example: if only 10 boys sign up and 16 girls then we will let the fastest 14 girls swim) If a swimmer signs up for a limited event, and does not make the top 24, we will allow that swimmer to select a new event.

Mini Gobbler Games Rule and Regulations

Aseparate session, including 3 unofficial/crazy events per age group.

1. Partner swim - will be done as freestyle. The first swimmer will do the pull and the second swimmer will do the kick, changing places halfway through.
2. Backstroke relay – All swimmers will swim the backstroke, they are allowed to dive off the block and turn over or start in the water.
3. Pumpkin Relay – All swimmers start in the water. For 12under
4. T-Shirt Relay – All swimmers will swim any stroke they want, however they will wear the same t-shirt. For 13 & over age groups.

Coed is allowed for all Mini Games

2 swimmers per partner swim, 4 swimmers for all other relays

The Mini Gobbler Games will be Team scored for a separate Team Award.

HOTEL INFORMATION

Country InnHampton Inn

3877 Veterans Memorial Parkway3720 West Clay Street

Saint Peters MO, 63376Saint Charles MO, 63301

855.873.6557636.947.6800

Drury Inn

170 Mid Rivers Mall Dr.

Saint Peters MO, 63376

800.997.5148

If these hotels don’t work for you or are full, please let us know as soon as possible. This way we can get out additional hotel information to help you find a room that is in our area and as close to the pool as possible.

Gobbler Brick Order Information

This year the Stingrays are offering the families of swimmers an opportunity to cheer their swimmer on in print. You can order a brick from our pool deck wall and have a message to your swimmer painted on it. It will remain on our wall for the duration of our swim season. Bricks are approximately 16 x 8 inches and messages will be hand painted.

Bricks will cost $7.00 each. Orders are due by November 1st. Please submit all orders for each team together. Please submit money with orders. Make checks payable to YMCA.

Example:

No trash talk will be accepted.

Chrystal McCoy, Gobbler Meet Director

SCCY Stingrays

3900 Shady Springs Lane

St. Peters, Missouri 63376

636-928-1928

Gobbler Brick Order Form

Parent Name: ______

Team Name: ______

Please PRINT all messages carefully so that they are easily read.

Message to be painted on brick #1:

(Keep in mind these are approx. 16 in x 8 in)

______

Message to be painted on brick #2:

(Keep in mind these are approx. 16 in x 8 in)

______

Message to be painted on brick #3:

(Keep in mind these are approx. 16 in x 8 in)

______

Total number of bricks ordered x $7.00 = ______

St. Charles County Family YMCA

Stingrays Swim Team

Great Gobbler Games 2013

November 8-9, 2014

Officials List

Team: ______

Head Coach: ______

Phone: ______

Certified Officials Willing to Work:Sessions (Please Circle)

Name ______13 4&56

Name ______13 4&56

Name ______13 4&56

Name ______13 4&56

Name ______13 4&56

Name ______13 4&56

Name ______13 4&56

Name ______13 4&56

*REMINDER*

Coaches there will be a Thanksgiving Feast with all trimmings. This dinner will follow the completion of the swim meet on Saturday, November 8th.

Pilgrim Session 1- Saturday Morning Events

Warm ups: 7:00-8:00 am Meet Starts: 8:15 am

* Limited to the fastest 24 times (12 boys/12 girls)

Giblet Session 2 – “Mini Gobbler Games” Saturday Early Afternoon Events

Warm-up:TBA Meet Start: TBA

**1 person will do the pull while the other holds their ankles and does the kick, swimmers will change places halfway through. Coed allowed.

Natives Session 3- SaturdayAfternoon Event

Warm Ups:TBA Meet Starts: Not Before 1:30 pm

* Limited to the fastest 24 times

Harvest Session 4- Sunday Morning Events

Warm ups: 7:00-8:00 am Meet Starts: 8:15 am

StuffingSession 5- Sunday Afternoon Events

Warm-ups: After 200 IM Meet Starts: 30 Minutes after end of event 62

Cornucopia Session 6- Sunday Afternoon Events

Warm-ups:TBA Meet Starts: Not before 1:30pm