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if interested: 1st Annual WCWC Masters Mini Meet Sunday, January 23, 2011 Workout Club and Wellness Center, Salem, New Hampshire New England LMSC Sanction # xxx-xxx-xxxx Contacts: Meet Director/Entry Chair: Paul Bennett Primary Contact: Jack Duffy jmduffy@us.ibm.com Schedule: Warm-Up 1pm; meet start 2pm. Anticipated end time is 5pm. Deck entries must be in by 1:15pm. No deck entries will be accepted after this time. Location: The Workout Club and Wellness Center (WCWC) is located on address 16 Pelham road, Salem NH. Directions located at the bottom of this document. The WCWC is located off I-93 Exit #2 in Salem NH. Facility: The WCWC pool is a 25 yard pool, eight 6-foot wide lanes with a wide gutter flush and low chlorination UV filtration system. Minimum depth is 4 feet maximum depth is 9 feet. The club also has a full weight room, rock climbing wall, over sixty aerobic training equipment including treadmill, elliptical, cycling and stair climbers. The pool also has a kid’s slide and therapy pool that will be closed during the meet. A men’s and women’s locker room is available with the ability to lock up your belongings. Representatives of the WCWC will be available for questions regarding membership. Parking: WCWC has asked that Master Swimmers park on the far side of the parking lot in consideration of its membership. Local Area: The WCWC is just over the NH border at exit 2 off I-93, minutes from the Rockingham Mall, Ice Center and Salem Rt-28 business district, offering a host of restaurants and home shopping needs. Local restaurants: (No food in the pool area) Margaritas (Mexican) Dunkin Donuts Black Water Grill (American) Tuscan Grill (Italian) Sal’s Pizza Chateau Restaurant (off I-93 in Mass) Local Hotels: Red Roof Inn (Salem, NH) La Quinta Inn (Salem NH) Marriott (Massachusetts off I-93) Eligibility: The meet is Open to all USMS registered swimmers 18 and older. Age of the swimmer will be the age at the date of the meet for Short Course Yards (SCY). Please include a legible copy of your 2011 USMS registration card with the entry form. Entry Times: This is a Short Course Yards (SCY) meet for all events. Online time conversion is available at: www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../conversions.asp If you do not enter a seed time you will be seeded with “No Time” and placed in the first heat of that event. Seeding: All events will be seeded slow to fast regardless of age or gender. Entry Fees: $25 entry fee and $3 per event (Max 5 events) Mail Entry to: (ensure signature is not required for overnight service) Jack Duffy 13 Westfall Rd N. Pelham, NH, 03076 RULES: Current USMS rules for Masters Swimming will apply. No one will swim alone. Swimmers will be seeded in heats according to times; heats will run slowest to fastest, regardless of age or sex. No equipment is allowed at any time. No diving during warm-up except in designated lanes. No splash entry to be conducted at deep end of the pool during warm-up period. There is no entry from shallow end of pool for safety reasons. Two sprint lanes will be open during the last 20 minutes of warm-up. Starting blocks can be used at that time. DIRECTIONS: From Boston; take I-93 north into New Hampshire and take Exit #2. At bottom of exit ramp take left. Go back under I-93 and through two lights. WCWC is on your right. Turn right into the parking lot. (You will see WCWC on your right as you come to the set of lights) From Manchester; take I-93 south to Exit #2 in New Hampshire. At end of ramp turn left. WCWC will be directly in front of you. Turn right into the WCWC parking lot. From Portsmouth; take I-495 south to Rt-213 in Methuen. Follow to end and bear right into I-93 North to Exit #2 in New Hampshire. At bottom of ramp turn left back under I-93 and through lights. WCWC is on your right. Turn right into the parking lot. From Worcester; take I-495 north to I-93 north. Take New Hampshire Exit #2. At end of ramp turn left back under I-93 and through lights. WCWC is on your right. Turn Right into the parking lot. Google Maps: (note green arrow) maps.google.com/maps 71.248035&sll=42.776755,-71.248087&sspn=0.006528,0.016512&ie=UTF8&ll=42.77574,- 71.24754&spn=0.006529,0.016512&t=h&z=17 Order and Entry of Events: (Please Circle and place seed time next to event) Seed times should be for SCY (Short Course Yards) #1 ______________ 200 Individual Medley #7 ____________ 500 Freestyle * #2 ______________ 100 Backstroke #8 ____________ 100 Breastroke #3 ______________ 50 Freestyle #9 ____________ 50 Butterfly #4 ______________ 200 Freestyle #10 ___________ 200 Backstroke #5 ______________ 100 Butterfly #11 ___________ 100 Freestyle #6 ______________ 50 Breastroke #12 ___________ 50 Backstroke * Please provide your own counter for this event LIABILITY RELEASE: “I, the undersigned participant, intending to be legally bound, hereby certify that I am physically fit and have not been otherwise informed by a physician. I acknowledge that I am aware of all the risks inherent in Masters Swimming (training and competition), including possible permanent disability or death, and agree to assume all of those risks. AS A CONDITION OF MY PARTICIPATION IN THIS MEET OR ANY ACTIVITIES INCIDENT THERETO, I HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO CLAIMS FOR LOSS OR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ALL CLAIMS FOR LOSS OR DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, OF THE FOLLOWING: UNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING, INC., THE LOCAL MASTERS SWIMMING COMMITTEES, THE CLUBS, HOST FACILITIES (Workout Club and Wellness Center), MEET SPONSORS, MEET COMMITTEES, THE TOWN OF SALEM NH AND ANY INDIVIDUALS OFFICIATING AT THE MEET OR SUPERVISING SUCH ACTIVITIES. In addition, I agree to abide by and be governed by the rules of USMS.” Signature: ___________________________________________ Date: _________