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 The five competitive swimming strokes are freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and individual medley.
Competition
Each swim meet offers a variety of events and distances, depending on the age group and classification. Each swimmer will have a limit to the number of events he or she may swim each day, depending on the meet rules.
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A Glossary of those strange and wacky words we use in the sport of swimming.
You may or may not find these words in the English Dictionary, and if you do,
their definitions will probably be radically different than the ones listed
in this Glossary. Relax and take your time reading. Soon you'll be understanding
and maybe even speaking some "SWIMSLANG".
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 The technical rules of swimming are designed to provide fair and equitable conditions of competition and to promote uniformity in the sport. Each swimming stroke has specific rules designed to ensure that no swimmer gets an unfair competitive advantage over another swimmer.
Trained officials observe the swimmers during each event to ensure compliance with these technical rules. If a swimmer commits an infraction of the rules that is observed by an offical, a disqualification (DQ) will result. This means that the swimmer will not receive an official time and will not be eligible for an award in that event. A disqualification may result from actions such as not getting to the starting blocks on time, false starting, performing strokes in an illegal manner, or unsportsmanlike conduct.
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Interested in Becoming a Certified Official?
 If you are interested in becoming a certified Virginia USA Swimming official, please contact one of your Official's Co-Chairs:
Bill Ross
379-3370
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or
Al Thompson
560-5488
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Poseidon will pay the annual membership fee ($50) for those officials who actively work on behalf of Poseidon at USA Swimming meets. You can get a copy of the registration form on the Virginia Swimming web site under "Registration." You are looking for the "non-athlete form." Print it out and turn it into the Poseidon Office for payment. Some forms are also available on deck in the first bin. Registrations should be turned in before the end of the year to keep membership current.
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Working bingo is one way our families can earn fundraising dollars. Games are held every Sunday afternoon - doors openat noon and Monday evening - 5:30 PM. There are 10 teams that rotate through out the year to run the games.
Bingo is held at the Bishop Ireton Center, 3300 Old Courthouse Road, Richmond, VA 23236, located across the street from Rockwood Park.
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Fund Raising
Poseidon has a per family fund raising requirement. To help you reach your required amount, we offer several ways that you can generate funds without having to give your own.
1. Work bingo, about 10 times per year.
2. Make use of the gift card program (scrip)includes Ukrop's Golden Gift.
3. Sell advertising for our home meet programs.
4. Participate in the annual “Splash for Cash” swim-a-thon (in February).
Information is distributed and kept on deck to get you started with the gift card program and advertising. Gift cards are ordered every Thursday morning after 9:00 AM. You can expect delivery by Monday afternoon. You can order using the paper forms found on deck or on line at www.shopwithscrip.com. Set up your account and the the Poseidon Enrollment Code 12818A3D1L8L7 to have earnings go to your account. If you ever have any questions, please call the office at 379-5480.
An advertising agreement is available here Advertisement Agreement 07-08 The prices for the different sizes of ads are listed there and you may make as many copies of this agreement as you need. Sample programs are available if you need them.
The swim-a-thon is a fun-filled morning and of swimming, music, food and prizes. Information on this event will be out about a month prior to the day of swimming.
Of course you may always choose to make a charitable contribution, Poseidon is a non-profit organization and it would be tax deductible. Also some companies have a corporate matching program that can be put toward your Poseidon fund raising requirement as well. There are often restrictions on this type of giving so read the rules carefully. Poseidon is a United Way agency and can be listed as a recipient of your United Way giving.
Poseidon Swimming hosts bingo games every Sunday afternoon and Monday evening at the Bishop Ireton Center, 3300 Old Courthouse Road, Richmond, VA 23236 . Here is the schedule through October 2007, new one will be posted soon.
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