ManorGate Marlins - Volunteer Position Descriptions

Volunteer Opportunity Descriptions

• Referee
  Has full authority over all officials and is responsible for enforcing all rules. Signals the starter that all officials are in position and ready for each race. This position requires stroke and turn judge and starter experience, and referee training.
• Starter
  Responsible for announcing each event. This position requires experience as a stroke and turn judge, and starter training.
• Stroke and Turn Judges
  Responsible for determining if the swimmers are doing legal strokes as defined by the USA Swimming Rules. This position requires stroke and turn judge training.
• Announcer
  Responsible for announcing the starting of the meet, playing the National Anthem, making sure the flag is displayed, and making any other necessary announcements during the meet such as breaks, results, etc.
• Runner
  Takes the time cards from the timers and brings them to the computer table. Assists clerk of course with distributing time cards.
• Clerk of Course
  Holds all the time cards and is responsible for calling out the kids names and lining them up for their events.
• Chief Timer
  Makes sure all timers are ready before each event and starts his stopwatch for each event as a backup if any lane timers have a problem.
• Chief Timer Assistant
  Helps the chief timer as necessary and also keeps a backup time.
• Ribbons
  Receives the time cards from the runners and orders/groups the time cards by event with any associated DQ slips and then gives them to the computer people. Once the entries are recorded and labels are printed, the ribbon people stick the labels on the appropriate ribbon and store them for their team.
• Computers (at meets)
  Responsible for merging the meet at the beginning of the meet, entering the times from the time cards into the computer, printing meet sheets and meet results, and printing ribbons to include place ribbons, participation, and personal best ribbons.
  
• Computers (in the week before/after meets)
  Responsible for setting up the meet in the computer, printing and processing the time cards, and bringing the time cards, the computer equipment, and the meet files to the meet.
  
• Set-Up
  At home meets, must set up the pool for the meet. For a Saturday meet, setup volunteers must arrive at the pool on the FRIDAY night before the meet at 7:45pm and on Saturday by 7:30am to set up concessions. For Wednesday meets, set up people must get to the pool by 4:00pm.
• Concessions Co-Chairperson
  Responsible for purchasing supplies, managing funds and overseeing selling, setup and breakdown the concessions.
• Concessions
  Responsible for selling and helping setup and breakdown the concessions.
• Awards Clerk
  For Wednesday home meets, responsible for giving out a "Heat Winner" ribbon to the swimmer that wins each heat.
• Doughnut Sale Chairperson
  Arranges the pick up, sale, and distribution of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.
• Doughnut Sale
  Helps with pick up, sale, and distribution of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.
• Glory Days Fundraising Chair
  Arranges with Glory Days to take receipts, promotes fundraiser to team, collects receipts, turns them into Glory Days.
• Banquet
  Helps with set up, clean up, and/or food preparation for end of season banquet.
• Fundraising Chair
  Contacts local businesses for prizes for the banquet raffle, runs the 50/50 raffle at all home meets and coordinates two additional fundraising efforts throughout the season.
• 50/50 Raffle
  Sells tickets at each home meet for 50/50 raffle.

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