Online entries for the Colonies Zone SCY Championships opened today. The meet will be April 19-21, 2013 at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Entry Form, Timeline and Team Roster are available at:
www.patriotmasters.org/ColoniesZone2013.htm
When these two events fill up in 2 hours a full 2.5 months before the event, something is not right.
I love this meet and want to see it continue to be successful.
So the meet filling up so quickly is a sign the meet is not successful? If the events did not fill up, would that make the meet more successful in your eyes? Sorry, Betsy - I couldn't resist the softball you left us :)
Unfortunately I think what you mean is it didn't work out for you personally. I fail to see anything the host did wrong and think it is unfair that comments are being made to suggest the host failed us in some way. This is a Zone meet and protocol is set by the Colonies Zone committee. As I recall a few years ago, a Zone meet bid came in from a host that wanted to charge a higher splash fee for the distance events to cover his pool rental costs on Friday (something hinted at in this thread as a future suggestion). The Zone committee voted and said that was unfair and would not endorse the bid. The meet went on anyway with the higher splash fee on Friday but didn't have the Zone label. Since there were no other bids for that course we didn't have a Zone meet that year.
Jeff
When these two events fill up in 2 hours a full 2.5 months before the event, something is not right.
I love this meet and want to see it continue to be successful.
So the meet filling up so quickly is a sign the meet is not successful? If the events did not fill up, would that make the meet more successful in your eyes? Sorry, Betsy - I couldn't resist the softball you left us :)
Unfortunately I think what you mean is it didn't work out for you personally. I fail to see anything the host did wrong and think it is unfair that comments are being made to suggest the host failed us in some way. This is a Zone meet and protocol is set by the Colonies Zone committee. As I recall a few years ago, a Zone meet bid came in from a host that wanted to charge a higher splash fee for the distance events to cover his pool rental costs on Friday (something hinted at in this thread as a future suggestion). The Zone committee voted and said that was unfair and would not endorse the bid. The meet went on anyway with the higher splash fee on Friday but didn't have the Zone label. Since there were no other bids for that course we didn't have a Zone meet that year.
Jeff
