Visiting Team Information
Welcome!
We are scheduled to compete at our Lakes on Eldridge pool in the near future. The information below is designed to answer common questions, as well as cover the rules and regulations. Please pass this information onto your team.
Parking:
Pool and Clubhouse Address*: 12750 Lake Center Run, Houston TX 77041. The Lakes on Eldridge Homeowners Association is pleased to host our swim team. However, they are concerned that congestion is minimized for residents and that safety is maximized for everyone in the development. Therefore, please park in designated areas only. See the map below with the arteries marked in green where parking is available and in red where it is not. Parking is allowed on the LAKE SIDE portion of Lake Center Run and Lakeshore Ridge only (leaving the other lane for cars to drive on). During swim meets, the recreation center parking lot is limited to parking pass holders only. Do not park within 15 feet of fire hydrants, 20 feet or a crosswalk or intersection, or within 30 feet of a stop sign - these are all standard Texas laws. Please observe the 25 MPH speed limit please. We will allow you entrance through the Visitor lane (left side) of the LOE main gate off Eldridge (circled in Yellow) on meet days - please inform the guard that you are participating in the swim meet if asked. A "Drop Off Zone" is available for you near the pool (dark blue area along curb near pool) to allow you to unload your gear before parking. Parking is not allowed on side streets. Cars may be towed if parked in the red "No Parking" zone.
Pool:
Our pool is a 6 lane regulation 25 yard pool. We use a Colorado Infinity starter coupled with a Dolphin timing system. We utilize 3 wireless watches per lane and three backup manual stopwatches per lane. We request that you bring 12 stopwatches to the meet (9 for lanes and three as alternates) as well as your starter (as a backup to ours) and your computer (again, as a backup to ours). Our Dolphin timing system is also connected to a scoreboard which will supply unofficial times and places for each heat. We have Paragon starting blocks on the deep end of the pool only. Coaches tents are located next to each other on the south side of the pool, directly facing the scoreboard. The kiddie pool will be blocked off during the meet and is off limits. The restrooms are poolside and air conditioned. Results will be posted, as available, on result boards in a breezeway between your team setup area and the ready bench.
Team Set-up:
Parents may drop off gear at the pool in the designated drop-off area before parking. The visiting team area is a large space, just outside the side gate to the pool area. This area is adjacent to the drop-off area. This area is very close to the ready bench and a speaker will be provided for music and announcements for your area. We will provide parking passes for 4 cars in the lot adjacent to the clubhouse for your team's use. These passes must be displayed to gain entry to the lot. The lake is off limits. The tennis courts are also off limits. Please have parents supervise their children if they are playing in the sand volleyball pit or on the playground near the tennis courts.
Computers:
Exchange may occur either via the swim-team.us website per NWAL rules or manually via exchange of meet manager files, as needed. We would like you to bring your computer as a backup.
Officials:
The meet referee will be Michelle Evans. Please have your head referee contact Michelle regarding officials for the meet by Tuesday the week of the meet via [email protected]. We prefer to know who is available to work the meet so that we may pre-prepare the duty schedule prior to the day of the meet, if possible.
Volunteers:
We will divide the meet into two shifts, using event numbers 1-40 for the first shift, and events 41-80 as the second shift. The announcer will call these shift changes.
We prefer that the shift change occurs seamlessly, with your volunteers making the change around event 40-41 without stoppage of the meet. We remind teams that the timers and ready bench personnel are acting in an official capacity at the meet during their shift(s), under the supervision of the meet referee, and must maintain objectivity and impartiality.
Visiting Team Volunteers
Visiting team is to provide the following volunteers for each shift:
Scribe/Timer - 3 per shift
Timers - 6 per shift
Ready Bench - 2 per shift
Runner - 1 per shift
Time Verifier - 1 per shift
Ribbons Volunteer - 2 for second shift
Timeline:
Home warm-ups start at 7:15 am. Visiting team warm-ups start at 7:45 am. Scratches need to be presented by your Clerk of Course to Computers by 7:30 am. The officials meeting will begin at 7:45 am and the Timers meeting will begin at 8:00 am. The meet is scheduled to start at 8:30 am.
Heat Sheets:
We do not sell heat sheets at our meets - teams are welcome to distribute the sheets via email/PDF to members of their team to print or view electronically at the meet.
Concessions:
We will have a concession area open for breakfast, lunch and snacks throughout the meet.
We make every effort to have a fair and efficiently run swim meet. If you have any concerns or suggestions, we welcome you to present them!
