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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I don't know if it would be the same for your area, but since switching to primarily online entry I rarely get more than a few entries for a meet more than a couple weeks before the entry deadline.
Actually, even when we did it all paper we STILL rarely got more than a few entries for a meet more than a couple weeks before the entry deadline.
Thank you so much and this is all good to know. I know is early, but time seems to just flyby.
I use every suggestion!
And it's good to know generally people wait till the last minute.
Thank you!
Thank you so much and this is all good to know. I know is early, but time seems to just flyby.
I use every suggestion!
And it's good to know generally people wait till the last minute.
Thank you!
I can assure you, they thought of that scenario. The pace clock was switched off during the swims.
:D Sorry, James! But, that was a good idea of yours. I would hope watches were also forbidden, as well as help from spectators on deck!
Update, the meet is today.
And everyone was right 90% of entries received 2 days prior.
It's a nice crowd for our first meet and I appreciate the support from our LMSC and I utilized all your ideas!
Thanks so much, have a great St Pattys Day, we will at the Lucky Lepruchaun meet!
Update, the meet is today.
And everyone was right 90% of entries received 2 days prior.
It's a nice crowd for our first meet and I appreciate the support from our LMSC and I utilized all your ideas!
Thanks so much, have a great St Pattys Day, we will at the Lucky Lepruchaun meet!
I'm glad all went well with the entry forms. Good luck with the meet.
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.
That one could be interesting. If I knew it was a 46 second winning time, I'd be willing to sprint for 48 meters or so, and stop short of the finish, watching the timing clock to attempt to sync up with the seconds, and finish as close to 46.00 as possible.
A better way to do it was how a meet in Utah did it a couple years ago. 50 Free, again was the winning event for the prize, but you had to be the closest to your entry time to win it, so again, fast or slow could be the winner, but it was how well you could guess your actual speed to determine the winner.
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.
That one could be interesting. If I knew it was a 46 second winning time, I'd be willing to sprint for 48 meters or so, and stop short of the finish, watching the timing clock to attempt to sync up with the seconds, and finish as close to 46.00 as possible.
I can assure you, they thought of that scenario. The pace clock was switched off during the swims.
