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WHY SHOULD YOU
BECOME A SWIM OFFICIAL?
It’s
the best “seat” in the house!
MAY
swimmers attend both YMCA Swimming meets and USA Swimming meets. Officials at YMCA meets are required to be
certified YMCA officials and officials at USA Swimming are required to be USA
Swimming certified. Although YMCA
Swimming adopted the USA Swimming technical rules on September 1, 2006 USA
Swimming certified officials will not automatically become YMCA officials nor
vice versa.
YMCA Officials
You
will need to attend a YMCA official’s certification clinic. Take the test (open
book) and get on deck as much as possible for experience. Recertify every three years. Starting in the 2007/08 season, YMCA
officials are certified on two levels:
Current YMCA officials will be
grandfathered into YMCA Level II officials.
Current YMCA officials who are
coming up to the end of their certification period will take the Level II
course and use a shorter Level II recertification test
Certification will remain at 3
years, but each level will be required to officiate at least 12 sessions within the three years (Up
to six USA sessions will count for those officials that are dual
certified).
New
officials (who are not USA certified) are required to start at Level I.
They can move to level II certification after 1 year and a minimum of 8 worked
sessions.
A list
of upcoming Officials classes in 2007 can be found at www.ymcacompetitiveswim.org
- left hand menu, menu option Official Classes under For YMCA Officials or by
following this link: YMCA Officials training
Two
clinics are planned at the Madison YMCA (please reserve a seat with the
instructors, Peter Madley or Brian Keating, ASAP):
1.
October 8th (6:30 PM) – Madison YMCA –
Level II – Peter Madley & Brian Keating (navypilet@att.net)
2.
October 9th (6:30 PM) - Madison YMCA –
Level I – Peter Madley & Brian Keating (navypilet@att.net)
You are also welcome to attend any of the other clinics. Here is a list of all the YMCA officials’
clinics (as of September 14th).
Please contact the instructor at least three days in advance to reserve
a seat:
|
Date |
Level |
Location |
Instructor(s) |
Contact information |
|
Sept. 30 (8:00 PM) |
I |
Red Bank YMCA |
Judy Sharkey |
|
|
Oct. 6 (8:30 AM) |
I |
Hunterdon County YMCA |
Paul Gondek |
|
|
Oct. 6 (8:00 AM) |
II |
Somerset Valley YMCA |
Steve Sawin & Jodi Siegal |
|
|
Oct. 7 (9:00 AM) |
I |
Raritan Valley YMCA |
Al Wieczorek |
|
|
Oct. 8 (6:30 PM) |
II |
Madison Area YMCA |
Peter Madley & Brian Keating |
|
|
Oct. 9 (6:30 PM) |
I |
Madison Area YMCA |
Peter Madley & Brian Keating |
|
|
Oct. 9 (6:00 PM) |
I |
Somerset Valley YMCA |
Steve Sawin & Jodi Siegal |
|
|
Oct. 13 (7:30 AM) |
I |
Ridgewood YMCA |
Ed Miller & Jim O'Neill |
|
|
Oct. 13 (9:30 AM) |
II |
Ridgewood YMCA |
Ed Miller & Jim O'Neill |
|
|
Oct. 13 (8:00 AM) |
I |
Raritan Valley YMCA |
Al Wieczorek |
|
|
Oct. 13 (10:30 AM) |
II |
Raritan Valley YMCA |
Al Wieczorek |
|
|
Oct. 14 (8:00 AM) |
I |
Bayonne YMCA |
Jim O'Neill |
|
|
Oct. 15 (6:30 PM) |
II |
Somerset Hills YMCA |
Brian Keating & Peter Madley |
|
|
Oct. 16 (6:30 PM) |
I |
Summit YMCA |
Brian Keating & Peter Madley |
|
|
Oct. 20 (7:30 AM) |
I |
Burlington County YMCA |
Ed Miller, Henry Waldron & Kevin Corker |
|
|
Oct. 20 (9:30 AM) |
II |
Burlington County YMCA |
Ed Miller, Henry Waldron & Kevin Corker |
USA Swimming
Official
You
will need to attend a NJ Swimming certification clinic followed by a test (open
book). Once you pass the test, if you
are an experienced YMCA Official, you will become a USA Level 5 (Stroke and
Turn Official). If you are new to
officiating, you will be an Apprentice S & T (stroke and turn) official and
must complete on deck mentoring for 5 meets before certification as a Level 5 S
& T official. Recertification is
every two years.
Click
on the link below for the OFFICIALS page on USA Swimming New Jersey
Swimming. You will be able to find
requirements, clinics and other useful information here: http://www.njswim.org/njswimmingofficials.html
New S&T
candidates will attend classes designated as New S&T while existing S&T
officials will attend the re-certifying S&T courses.
Re-certifying
starters will attend the re-certifying S&T classes.
New
Starters will have their clinics conducted at an intra-squad or club dual
meet. New starter candidates must be
sponsored by a NJS starter or referee.
The
following clinics have been scheduled. Officials and new candidates must
pre-register with the instructor since space is limited. Kindly contact the listed instructor if you
are planning to attend a clinic.
|
Date / Time |
Type |
Instructor(s) |
Location |
|
Sat. 9/22 8:30 AM |
Recert S&T and Starter Individuals with USAS and /or YMCA Experience of 2 or more years |
Jim O’Neill 973.625.5846 |
Round Valley Branch of Hunterdon County YMCA Administrative Offices 1410 Route 22 West Annandale, NJ 08801 |
|
Sun. 9/30 8 AM |
New S&T YMCA and USAS Combined |
Judy Sharkey jmsharkey@aol.com 732.225.4067 |
Red Bank YMCA 166 Maple Avenue Red Bank, NJ 07701 |
|
Mon. 10/1 7 PM Address Correction |
New S&T |
Bruce Petersen 973.921.2990 |
Berkeley Aquatic Club 649 Springfield Avenue Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 |
|
Tues. 10/2 7 PM Address Correction |
Recert S&T and Starters |
Bruce Petersen 973.921.2990 |
Berkeley Aquatic Club 649 Springfield Avenue Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 |
|
Sat. 10/6 8 AM |
Recert Referee / Starter |
Jim O’Neill 973.625.5846 |
Somerset Hill YMCA 140 Mount Airy Road Basking Ridge, NJ |
|
Wed. 10/10 7 PM |
New S&T |
Bruce Petersen 973.921.2990 |
John Witherspoon Middle School 217 Walnut Lane Princeton, NJ |
|
Thurs. 10/11 7 PM |
New S&T |
Jim O’Neill 973.625.5846 |
Morristown Beard School 70 Whippany Rd Morristown, NJ 07960 |
|
Thurs. 10/11 7 PM |
Recert S&T and Starters |
Ed Miller 201.387.1696 |
Ridgewood YMCA 112 Oak Street Ridgewood, NJ 07450 |
|
Sun. 10/14 9:30 AM TIME & INSTRUCTOR CHANGE |
New Starter Must have a sponsor to take this course |
Sid Berkowitz sid0o0@aol.com |
Berkeley Aquatic Club 49 Springfield Avenue Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 |
|
Sun. 10/14 12 PM |
New Starter Must have a sponsor to take this course |
Jim O’Neill 973.625.5846 |
Lincoln Elementary School 208 Prospect Ave Bayonne, NJ |
|
Sun. 10/14 8 AM |
New S&T YMCA and USAS Combined |
Jim O’Neill 973.625.5846 |
Lincoln Elementary School 208 Prospect Ave Bayonne, NJ |
|
Thurs. 10/18 7 PM |
New S&T |
Ed Miller 201.387.1696 |
Ridgewood YMCA 112 Oak Street Ridgewood, NJ 07450 |
Contacts
Contact
Eduard Mostert for further information: emostert@att.net
…and the best
reason to become a certified official is:
YOUR
SWIMMER WILL REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION!
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