Swim Team

Our Swim Team competes in a local summer league and has an opening all-relays swim meet with all clubs in attendance, five dual swim meets, and a championship meet (with all teams attending) during the season.  Swim team practices are according to the schedule below.  Children on the swim team must have their badge and attend only one of the practices.  Schedules for the practices and meets are below.  Consult the dues and fees page at MyWBC for information about costs. Any member of the Club between the ages of 6 and 16 who has passed the badge test may join the swim team.

The expected practice schedule is as follows:

• 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Swimmers age 10 and over
• 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Swimmers 9 and under, and those who are novices
• 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Beginner Sailors and Junior Sailing Instructors

Practices are run Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. There are no practices on Wednesdays due to the swim meets on those days. Please remember that swim practices are an important time to learn and we ask that swimmers come prepared. Please come to your assigned swim team practice!!!!

Please note that bathing caps are MANDATORY for all female swimmers during swim practices and swim meets. We will provide 1 bathing cap per female swimmer at the beginning of the summer.

Dual swim meets generally have warmups starting at 3:00 pm and the meet starts at 3:30 pm. Consult the calendar for more information.

RELAY CARNIVAL

Each summer we kick off the swim team season with a Relay Carnival, hosted by one of the league participants. Warm-ups start at 8:30 am and the meet starts at 9:00 am.

DUAL MEETS

Dual meets are held on Wednesdays with warm-ups at 3:00pm and a start time of 3:30pm. There are five dual meets in all; Lexington Town Pool, Sun Valley, Winchester Swim & Tennis, Winchester Country Club and Belmont Hill. Swimmers are expected to provide their own ride to and from away meets.

Everyone will swim in each meet, but since we have by far the largest team in the league, it is not always possible for every swimmer to swim more than one event. Swimmers are guaranteed to swim 1 event per swim meet.

On Thursday of each week a new sign-up sheet will be posted for the following week's meet. Swimmers have until Sunday, 5pm to mark YES or NO next to their name. Only swimmers with a YES will be scheduled to swim in the meet.

PARENT VOLUNTEERS

There are several opportunities for parents to help out. In fact, we rely on you to make our summer season a successful one! Please review the opportunities below and consider lending a hand at one or more of the swim meets. The energy is terrific, and it's a great way to spend a summer afternoon.

Timers: For both home and away meets we are required to provide three parents to time swimmers. No experience is necessary, and all timers will get training before the start the each meet to make sure everyone is clear on how to time the lane. Each timer is assigned a lane of the opposing team. For each event, the timer clocks the swimmer in the lane, and records the finishing time on the cards that will be provided along with a stopwatch and clipboard.

Ribbon Writers: The home team needs to provide all ribbon writers. Usually, three volunteers are needed for this job. The scoring for the meet is also tallied at this table. Further instruction on how to score and write ribbons will be given before each meet, and there will always be someone available to answer any questions or concerns.

Bullpen Coordinators: It is characteristic of swim meets to have a lot of children in the same place at the same time as they await their events. We need volunteers to help coordinate the kids in the bullpen and usher them to the starting area for their events.

For questions and comments, contact our Swimming Director.

Old Broads Swim Team

Our Old Broads Swim Team meets on Tuesday evenings from 8:00 - 9:00 pm during the summer.