Updated Info - CMK SC June Open Meet

Dear Team,

If your swimmer is attending the CMK June Open Meet on Saturday 1st and/or Sunday 2nd June 2024 at Bletchley Leisure Centre, MK2 2HQ, please see the attached accepted entries list so you know what events your swimmer has entered.  Please also make sure your child knows what events they have in each session.

On arrival – Please arrive in plenty of time to sign in 30 minutes before the warm-up time (sign in times shown as below).  This gives your child plenty of time to get changed, settled, complete their mobility and chat to their coach and peers and settle any pre-race nerves. (Parents are not allowed in the changing rooms at any time.)

SATURDAY sessions 1 & 2

Session 1   

• Please arrive to sign in at 12:30
• Warm up  13:00          
• Racing start time 13:50

Session 2

• Please arrive to sign in at 15:45
• Warm up 16:15
• Racing start time  17:05

SUNDAY sessions 3 & 4

Session 3

• Please arrive to sign in at 12:30
• Warm up 13:00
• Racing start time 13:50

Session 4                        

• Please arrive to sign in at 16:00
• Warm up 16:30
• Racing start time 17:20

The programme and schedule of events is also attached.

Spectators fees are: 

• All day £10 (Over 65 £8)  
• 1 session £5 (over 65 £4) 
• Children under 16 – free.

Meet mobile will be used for the programme and results. Electronic programme will be available to download from the CMKSC website.

Withdrawals :  If you no longer wish your child to swim in an event or a session/day, please let your coach or Team Manager know in advance or email [email protected] by Friday evening.  Withdrawals must
made at least 50 minutes before the start, failure to withdraw correctly, may result in a fine!

What does my swimmer need?

Swimmers should bring a small bag/drawstring bag poolside. They will need:

• A towel for poolside to keep them dry between races. (plus a separate one to keep in their main bag for after)
• Flip flops or easy poolside shoes
• Swim hat (and spare!)
• Goggles (and spare!)
• Club T-shirt or plain black t-shirt to wear poolside and to wear whilst waiting for the swim
• A zippy or hoody to wear if they get cold easily between races.
• Swimmers can bring a small folding camping chair/stool to sit on or a towel to sit on.
• Swimmers are not allowed mobile phones/cameras poolside. If caught they may be omitted from the meet.

Food & Drinks:
Your child will need enough food for the day. A meal e.g. pasta dish if they are staying for two sessions in one day and plenty of snacks to keep them going (they will be starving!) - some suggestions are fruit, cereal bars, popcorn, fruit bread, rice cake, jelly.  Please avoid chocolate and fizzy drinks as these raise sugar levels very high with a big drop just before a swim!  Lots of fluid like squash/water is needed as the humidity really does get to a swimmer.

If your child is swimming in more than one session, you will need to look after your child during the break between sessions – this then enables our volunteers to get a well-earned break themselves!

Health & Safety: All participants and spectators must observe the health & safety precautions in operation at the Bletchley Leisure Centre and must be aware that the changing rooms are a public area. The use of photography is not permitted by visitors, spectators or competitors. It is vital that stairs, walkways and thoroughfares must be kept clear of persons or bags; this includes the poolside. There are no expected Fire Alarms so should the fire alarm sound spectators and coaches should evacuate the building immediately. Swimmers have a two stage evacuation and if the alarm sounds swimmers should follow the lifeguard’s directions and queue up alongside the two poolside fire exits. Should swimmers need to evacuate then they will leave by the fire escapes at the shallow and deep ends of the pool having been given foil blankets. If a competitor has any known condition that may affect the swimmer during the meet then the meet promoter and the referee should be notified in writing before the meeting.

Swim Shop:

A Swim Shop may be present on both days by the main entrance to the leisure centre.

Photography: A professional Sports Photographers may be present for this event. This event, by its very nature, is in the public arena and when entering for the event the participant and their parents acknowledges this fact, which may result in the recording and publication of his/her image. All photographers and staff will have been CRB checked and the company shall operate a strict Child Protection Policy and Code of Ethics. Only coaches and officials will be allowed mobile phones or cameras on. NO OTHER PHOTOGRAPHY IS PERMITTED

Mobile Phones PLEASE NOTE:

Mobile phone use and all photography is banned in the changing areas Property of Neither the City of Milton
Keynes Swim Club nor Bletchley Leisure Centre can be held Swimmers & responsible for loss or damage to spectators’ or competitors’ property. Competitors are advised to Spectators use the lockers in the changing room (£1 coin needed which is refundable). The changing rooms are a public area. Large swim bags will not be permitted on the poolside.

After my child has raced:
It’s important that you say well done and praise your child, regardless of how the swim went.  Please do not coach or tell them what they can improve on, even if you are a swimmer yourself.  Leave this to the coaches, they’ll give the feedback where needed – parents should enjoy the praising opportunity.

Swimmers will swim in heats according to their entry time – meaning they may be in a heat with a child that is older, bigger, or younger than them – this doesn’t mean they are “racing older swimmers” – it means they are seeded according to time.  The results are published by age at the end of the event.

Good luck everyone, enjoy the experience.

COYCB!