To all Hudson Valley North officials and Metro Area Chair

This is a note I have hoped to delay. Corinne Cody has been the leader we have all looked up to. She has given so much of her time for over a dozen years both to the Metro board and on deck as a referee and area chair leader.

 

A few weeks back she asked to step down as Hudson Valley North officials Area Chair, not an unreasonable request considering her younger daughter has not been swimming in the LSC for two years, but a request I knew was coming but hoped would come later and not sooner. Corinne is our first winner of the Maxwell award the highest award given to a swim official.
 I know we will still see her on deck as a referee, after April 15 of course.

 Effective the end of the month Corinne will step down as HVN area chair, but as further tribute to Corinne and her strong team to take up her role. I am pleased to announce that Mark Amodio will assume the role of HVN area chair at the start of 2013,  assisted by David Cavotti.

Please join me in thanking C

Bruce Brooks
Metro Officials Chairperson

Three parents from the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club completed the Swim Officials'  Stroke and Turn training at White Plains  YWCA on Tuesday 12/11

Join me in welcoming Liza, Jessica and Barbara on deck !
 We still need a lot more officials, the number of swimmers in Metro is close to 10,000 !

Please contact Bruce Books for training at your location
email found on www.metroswimming.org

 

NEED YOU HELP

 The Long Beach Aquatics' pool was damaged during the hurricane. Three Village Swim Club will be hosting the LBA Snowball Mini Meet on January 6th at Ward Melville High School, Old Town Rd. East Setauket.

 All proceeds will go to help Long Beach Aquatics recover from Hurricane Sandy. There will be raffles with prizes during the meet. Anyone wishing to volunteer or donate please contact Lynn Pozmanter:  sunkistmom@aol

All Metro Officials are strongly encourage to support this Meet and the Long Beach Aquatics, Coaches, Parents and Swimmers. See you there.  7am warmup please contact Jacky if you can help.

Meet Referee Jacky Spierer : musi0939@aol.com 

Will start posting more information for Metro Officials

Mike Morrissey

 

I copied Robet Fizsimmons email .

 

We have two meets this coming weekend:

Condor 9 & under Penguin Plunge Invitational, Dec. 8, Mark Twain Pool, Yonkers, NY, meet referee Mike Natale (mfnnc45@optonline.net)

Session 1: 8 am warmup, 9 am start

Badger Open Knockout Meet, Dec. 9, Lehman College Pool, Bronx, NY, meet referee Phil Johanson (Philip.a.johanson@citi.com)

Session I – 6s, 8s &10s – 8:00 am warmup, 9:00 am start

Session II – 11 & Over – 1:00 pm warmup, 2:00 pm start

Please contact the meet referee as soon as possible if you will be in attendance and are able to assist on deck.

Administrative Matters

2013 membership renewals are under way. Temporary cards will be issued, pending completion of renewal background checks. Metro will once again be reimbursing the cost of background checks for active officials. However, it is requested that you wait until after January 1, 2013 to renew your background check, as the rates drop from $39 to $19 on January 1. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Tip of the Week

Situation: A swimmer in the 100 yard butterfly takes a simultaneous two-arm pull, kicks several times with her arms at her sides, brings both arms simultaneously forward over the water, keeps her arms stretched out in front of her for several kicks and then does another simultaneous two-arm pull. She repeats this process throughout the swim. Should she be disqualified?

Recommended Resolution: There should be no disqualification. There is no rule requiring an arm stroke between leg kicks. The swimmer may kick as many times as desired between strokes as long as both legs kick simultaneously.

Applicable Rules: 101.3.2, 101.3.3

With all the 8 & under swimmers last weekend, we saw quite a few unusual strokes. But unusual is not illegal as long as it does not violate the rules of the stroke.

Thanks to all who worked at last weekend’s meets – we had a great turnout and everything ran smoothly as a result. Have a great week and I hope to see everyone on deck soon!

Proposed changes to the rule book

 Proposed Amendments to the Rules and Regulations for consideration at the 2011 House of Delegates Meeting. 
    Follow the link below

http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1528&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en


Please send comments to me.

First Metro meet 42 days away

Top Eastern Officials on Olympic Team

Congratulations to Mr. Paul Memont of New England

 Swimming  and

Mr. Jim Sheehan of New Jersey Swimming .

Both  men are on the 2012 Olympic officials team

Paul will be part of the starter's team 

and Jim will be part of the referee's team

Paul has been a regular to Metro as part of the

Paul & Paul team perform evaluations and mentoring

our starters and referees to N2 and N3 certifications.

We wish Paul and Jim all the best.

End of Season update

    Thank you, to all of the

 Metropolitian Officials

 for the past year of growth.

The teams with the largest and recent growth are:

Patriots

Long Beach Aquatics

Three Village Swim CLub

The teams with the most officials are:

B& G Club Marlins  20

Condors 16

Long Island Aquatics Club 12

Thank You to the teams and coaches for supporting our goal of  360 officials.

 Now thinking about next season, just around the corner.

September 24 following the HOD meeting at Lehman College.

There will be a training and review sesssion for

 Meet Referees attendance is required.

Please contact Bruce Brooks for information.