Our masters club has our first scheduled meet on March 17th.
I don't know how to stir interest to get people to come.
We have 3 entries and may have to cancel. This will be the last and only attempt at a masters meet from our club(which is a USA driven board and hold 3 USA meets a year, one is the biggest in the lsc). I know I have support from my club(the kids parents esp.).
I have emailed a lot of folks on our LMSC privately. And some have pasted it on(thanks Jim).
I've attend a meet at a local LMSC and brought meet invites.
It's on the calender of events.
I'm from Allegheny Mountain LMSC, if you want to check it out...
I have to attend our board meeting in a week..ekkss..
I hate to cancel, I have a month...any ideas?!?! HELP
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Former Member
As has been mentioned here, masters swimmers tend to leave meet entries until the last moment. So don't worry too much.
Several years ago, I took over the organising of a masters meet in which swimmers had been losing interest over previous years. We had the idea of giving a fantastic prize which could be won by even the slowest swimmer at the meet - with the proviso that every swimmer must take part in the event.
I had a colleague who worked for a cruise line and his company donated the prize of a 7-day cruise for two. The interest was phenomenal. We were three times over-subscribed. We advertised it well and swimmers contacted us from all over the country pleading with us to accept their entries.
The special event was 50 metres freestyle. The winner had to swim exactly 46.00 seconds (or the closest to it) - a time achievable by all - no faster, no slower. This time, being relatively easy, wasn't easy for swimmers to judge. I remember a lady in her 60s winning the prize in 46.02 secs.
As has been mentioned here, masters swimmers tend to leave meet entries until the last moment. So don't worry too much.
Several years ago, I took over the organising of a masters meet in which swimmers had been losing interest over previous years. We had the idea of giving a fantastic prize which could be won by even the slowest swimmer at the meet - with the proviso that every swimmer must take part in the event.
I had a colleague who worked for a cruise line and his company donated the prize of a 7-day cruise for two. The interest was phenomenal. We were three times over-subscribed. We advertised it well and swimmers contacted us from all over the country pleading with us to accept their entries.
The special event was 50 metres freestyle. The winner had to swim exactly 46.00 seconds (or the closest to it) - a time achievable by all - no faster, no slower. This time, being relatively easy, wasn't easy for swimmers to judge. I remember a lady in her 60s winning the prize in 46.02 secs.
