ASA Week 1 Recap

Week 1 Full Newsletter

Week 1 Scores and Rankings

Week 2 Referee Schedule

Whoever is in charge of the weather is on notice, not the greatest welcome to the 2025 season, but hopefully this will be our only foul weather week. Congrats on making it to the fun part of the season, thankfully we did not need a wetsuit and parka to get through swim practices in May, getting geared up for the season. There was a little rust to shake off but teams seemed to get off to a great start. We had a great week of swimming in week 1, thank you for your patience in dedication in making this summer swim season a reality. I appreciate the feedback from our teams and will share as much as I can to help smooth the road to travel for the next few weeks. Scores from this week are at the end of this newsletter. If you notice your score missing, please e mail it to me ASAP and I will make sure it gets posted on the league website. Don’t forget, please communicate your score in as soon as your meet gets done.

No rainouts last season at all means karma moves quickly this year. Please familiarize yourself with the league policies on what to do in the event of bad weather, always have a plan for what to do with a crowd in the event of bad weather. Use your pre-meet planning conversation with the other team several days before the meet:

• Communicate the home team’s safety plan in the event the deck needs to be cleared.
• Possible make-up dates in advance of your meet.
• Plan out how long both teams are willing to wait for weather to clear before moving onto rescheduling or calling your meet.
• Refer to rule 22 on page 16 of the rule book for rules governing weather impacted meets and how to handle a number of solutions.
• Further info on how to manage this in Swimtopia is listed later in the newsletter.

In doing so you can communicate with your families before they get to the meet so they know what to expect. This will help minimize the stress of bad weather the day of the meet and will avoid a possibly contentious discussion about what to do if weather hits. Also, don’t forget to keep your referee in the communication loop with your plans. Teams did a great job with this in week 1. Your original ref is your first option for any rescheduled meets, check with them before they leave that night to see if they can work your rescheduled meet. If they are unavailable, please notify Franke and/or Evan ASAP to arrange for a replacement.

Teams are becoming old pros using the Swimtopia Meet Maestro software. Things went incredibly well for a number of first time users and we received a lot of feedback that I will pass along to everyone. Your feedback is important and will allow the league to better use the software to run its meets. Good or bad, please let us know how it goes with your team’s use of the software goes so we can learn from everyone’s experience. Thanks to everyone for communicating your scores in a timely fashion as soon as your meet is done

Referee Notes – Ref Schedule and Pay

Please remember to confirm with your meet ref, no later than 6 pm the night before the meet. The weekly officials schedule will be posted each week at ASA Referee Schedule Teams, please remember, the refs get paid $100 per meet ($50 per team) and that overtime pay applies to any meet running longer than 3 ½ hours. Referee payment must be completed before the official leaves the pool that night, not tomorrow, or next week. Overtime pay is $10 per team for each 20 minutes a meet runs past the 3 ½ hour mark, this even applies in weather delayed meets, like Tuesday night. Referee payment must be completed before the official leaves the pool that night. Please make sure this is taken care of each week.

Please click on Week 1 Full Newsletter to view information about the ASA Championship, lots of useful rules reminders and Swimtopia notes. as well as meet scores and team standings.

Please click on Week 2 Referee Schedule

Thanks and Good Luck This Season,

Franke Marsden - ASA

404-664-3975

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