Dear Parents and Swimmers
Thank you for attending the BISAC swimming parents meeting last night, for those of you who were unable to attend below are details of the information that was covered.
Firstly a big congratulations for being selected for the BISAC squad and for your continued commitment throughout the year to your training.
The BISAC Championships 2014 will be hosted at NIST international school on Sukhumvit 15.
NIST have produced a website available, where they are continually posting information about the weekend. It can be found at https://sites.google.com/a/nist.ac.th/bisac-swimming-2014
The meet will also be available on Meet Mobile, Please search for BISAC
Trophies and Awards
There will be a number of trophies available to win at the weekend. The most important being the team trophy. Swimmers who place 1 – 12th will score points towards this trophy, with the relay teams scoring double:
|
Individual |
Relay |
|
|
1st |
16 |
32 |
|
2nd |
13 |
26 |
|
3rd |
12 |
24 |
|
4th |
11 |
22 |
|
5th |
10 |
20 |
|
6th |
9 |
18 |
|
7th |
7 |
14 |
|
8th |
5 |
10 |
|
9th |
4 |
8 |
|
10th |
3 |
6 |
|
11th |
2 |
4 |
|
12th |
1 |
2 |
It is very important for every swimmer to complete every race they have been selected for. For those races where there are fewer than 12 swimmers entered it is very important that these swimmers do not get disqualified as they are guaranteed to score points for the team.
Trophies and Prizes Available:
Junior Team
Senior Team
Combined Team (Senior & Junior Points)
Under 8 Boys Team
Under 8 Girls Team
9 Years Boys Team
9 Years Girls Team
10 Years Boys Team
10 years Girls Team
11 – 12 Boys Team
11 – 12 Girls Team
13 – 14 Boys Team
13 – 14 Girls Team
15 + Boys Team
15 + Girls Team
Medals 1 -3 per Event
Ribbons 4 – 12 per Event
For the relays , double points are available it is especially important for the team to score as many points as possible, all members of the squad should be cheering on the team.
All swimmers competing in the afternoon session should remain at the venue until after the presentations have taken place, please do not go home before signing out with your coach.
Team Kit
The only kit to be worn to compete in is the Shrewsbury Team Swim wear:
No other kit is to be worn, swimmers may wish to wear a different suit to warm up in and then change into their team kit for their races especially if there is a long time between warm up and your first race.
Squad Coaches
All squads will have with them a coach to ensure they reach the marshalling area on time, to give important regarding their race and most importantly to provide feedback on the race. We ask that all swimmers go to their coach immediately upon exiting the pool.
| 8 Years | Head Coach – Coach Noon | Coach Sergio |
| Coach Mohammed | ||
| 9 Years | Head Coach – Coach Bank | Coach Danica |
| Coach PP | ||
| 10 Years | Head Coach – Coach Joe | Coach Mew |
| Seniors | Head Coach – Coach Mew | Freestyle – Coach Joe |
| Back Stroke – Coach Noon | ||
| Breaststroke – Coach Bank | ||
| Butterfly – Coach PP / Coach Mohammed |
All swimmers will sit with the team in the swimmers grandstand side of the pool, parents will be sitting opposite. All swimmers should have with them; sun screen, t shirt, hat, water bottle and water, light snacks such as bananas – excessive eating during a swim meet is likely to inhibit performance. Please bring a quiet activity such as a book to read or homework to complete.
Please do not bring valuable items to the venue.
All swimmers should arrive a minimum of 30 minutes before the allocated Shrewsbury warm up, this is too allow registration to take place, a dry land warm up any important information to be given and a team photo to be taken, any swimmers arriving late risk being withdrawn from the swim meet.
| Saturday – Morning Session | Sunday– Morning Session |
| #1 – #36 | # 7 – 42 |
| Arrival no later than 7am | Arrival no later than 7.30am |
| Saturday – Afternoon Session | Sunday |
| #37 – #60 | #43 – 72 |
| Arrival no later than 12.15 (please be aware of the risk of the warm up moving earlier, should the morning session finish earlier) | Arrival no later than 12.15 (please be aware of the risk of the warm up moving earlier, should the morning session finish earlier) |
Information regarding the Shrewsbury protocol for swim meets can be found in the Swim Meets section of the swimming blog.
There will be a school bus available for both days; the bus will leave SHB at 6.15am on Saturday and 6.45 on Sunday. Please sign up with the Sports and Activities office if you require a seat on the bus.
All swimmers will receive a free BISAC t-shirt kindly sponsored by the Shrewsbury Parents Association; parents may purchase a copy of this shirt at a cost of 350THB from Khun Monz.
Please see below an email send from Paul Hodgkinson the Director of Sport at NIST regarding the potential political situation this weekend:
Dear All,
NIST is looking forward to hosting the BISAC Swimming Championships this weekend.
As a point of reference the swim meet director will be Dr. Tony Amrish. There will also be an army of officials, parent helpers and NIST staff helping to make things go as smoothly as possible.
As per previous communication we have the goggle web site with all relevant information.
https://sites.google.com/a/nist.ac.th/bisac-swimming-2014
There are some changes to the psyche sheets. You will receive the final version later tonight (Weds)
There will be back up Event Booklets for your coaches and a limited number for parents.
Just a reminder on the coaches meeting, at an event as busy as this one it is important at least one representative from each competing school is present.
Please also remember to bring back trophies if you have previously won them, and give to Tony at the coaches meeting.
Parent Conduct – we are expecting lots of excited parents but would please ask you to brief them on polite protocol around the pool deck and listening to instructions given by our staff.
Update on the Security Situation.
Please be informed that on Sat 29th March from 09:30 am onward, PDRC Protest Group will be marching along the following route.
- Lumpini Park
- Wireless Road
- Ploenchit Road
- Petchaburi Road
- Asoke Montri Road
- Terminal 21 (Possible target for the group to break for lunch)
- Sukhumvit Road (Possible target for the protest group to break for lunch)
- Chidlom Road (Possible target for the protest group to break for lunch)
- Rajadamri Road (Possible target for the protest group to break for lunch)
- Lumpini Park
They will pass the NIST area around 12:00 – 14:00 hrs. We have received no indication of any violence in our area but would recommend to avoid the route during their marching period.
This should have no impact on the swimming event as teams will arrive before 8am and leave after 5pm. In our experience so far with the protests traffic is only blocked up in the times the marches are in our area.
Kind regards,
| Paul Hodgkinson Athletics & Activities Directorผู้อำนวยการฝ่ายกีฬาและกิจกรรมนักเรียน |
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The BISAC ruling for the junior swim meet was changed after the 2013 championships. To allow the junior swimmers to perform at their best, collectively within BISAC it was felt that four individual entries would be better for the junior swimmers, with a maximum of three swimmers per event. This is the reasoning behind allowing the junior swimmers to select only four events.
Unfortunately due to a miscommunication Shrewsbury was the only school who followed this new ruling, it was not until the program was made available to the Aquatic Directors on Monday that I became aware only Shrewsbury had followed this new ruling.
A solution was reached whereby Shrewsbury would be permitted to change the entries submitted allowing swimmers to compete in a maximum of 6 individual events. Unfortunately this means for some swimmers there will be more than the permitted three swimmers per event. Many swimmers have trained exceptionally hard for what will be their first BISAC, all swimmers who were initially entered into the BISAC championships may still participate in the swim meet. As only three swimmers may score points for the school, some swimmers will be an exhibition swimmer. An exhibition swimmer is unable to score points or receive a medal. The swimmers who will score points are those who placed 1st – 3rd in the BISAC selections swim meet in March. In some cases where the swim placed 1st – 3rd already has 6 selected events or did not want to select this event the swimmer placed 4th or 5th may be the points scoring swimmer.
I sincerely apologise for this occurrence and can assure you I tried everything possible to resolve the situation prior to the parents meeting yesterday and afterwards.
I hope any swimmer who has an exhibition event will still wish to compete in this event. The opportunity to still compete at this level provides excellent experience at a highly competitive swim meet and any personal bests recorded can still be used to progress to the next squad.
All swimmers who now have an exhibition event have been personally contacted via email.
For the full team lists please follow the links below:
All relay teams remain unchanged.
Swimmers may collect their BISAC shirts from poolside during Thursday training.
If you have any questions regarding BISAC this weekend, please do not hesitate to see me poolside this evening or contact me via victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th
Best Wishes
Vicki