TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORT – MARCH 2019
Diane Guignard (Chair), Marta Belsh (Chair of Coach Education), Brian Woods (Chair of Swimmer development), Mohammed Rachidi (Chair of Calendar/standards), Marcel McLaughlin, (Chair of HP)
All TC business was done by exchange of emails from November – February 2019
Athlete Development committee meeting was held at the NB Open, Chaired by Brian Woods. See meeting minutes attached.
General Coaches meeting held at MLTC, Chair by Diane Guignard.
See meeting minutes attached.
This following report summarises the main actions undertaken by the TC for November-February 2019
Meet sanctions
Sanctioning of meet packages
Meet packages were approved for the following meets:
Saint John Premier #2: December 1st:
Meet sanctioned as presented.
MLTC – Dec 13-15th 2018.
Sanctioned with minor changes to fun relay on Saturday and Sunday relays moved to end of AM session.
Invitational #3 – February 16,17th.
Meet sanctioned as presented.
Spring Champs: March 22nd – 25th, 2019:
Approved and sanctioned with changes to scoring, 12 & under finals and final eligibility.
NES Distance Meet: January 12th, 2019
Approved as presented. Sanctioned
LES 10 &UNDER MEET: February 10th
Approved as presented. Sanctioned
FAST 10 &UNDER MEET: February 10th
Approved as presented. Sanctioned
Blast Premier #4 – March 16th, 2019
Approved as presented. Sanctioned
Swrd Premier #4 – March 16th, 2019
Approved as presented with open age time trials if time permits.
Sanctioned
SSC Premier #4 – March 30th, 2019
Sanctioned with date change due to pool availability and organizing committee commitments.
FAST Flying Fins 10 & Under – April 14th, 2019
Approved as presented, Sanctioned Feb 1st, 2019
Meet sanctions requests: received by not yet sanctioned
Ellen Waters memorial pentathlon & relay meet
Maritime Cup & Open water event, July 4,5,6,7th 2019
Other TC Business
NEXT GEN & HP CAMP held in Saint John on Saturday November 24th in Saint John:
Brian Woods: Lead Coach
See attached report.
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORT –
SUB-COMMITTEES
Meet & standards sub-committee
No meeting of this sub-committee took place.
High performance sub-committee
Marta presented a proposal for a High-performance camp with Ken McKinnon, SNC Development coach. See attached report.
Diane prepared a list of eligible athletes, Eastern QT, age 15 & up. See attached details.
Swimmer development sub-committee : Brian Woods
(February 2nd notes attached)
A meeting was held and chaired by Brian Woods at NB Open cup. Notes and minutes attached.
Coach continuing education sub-committee
No meeting of this sub-committee during October.
Courses currently available:
Swimming 101 English : June 7th,8th & 9th, Moncton NB
Swimming 201 English : May 10,11,12th, Fredericton NB
Swimming 101 French: May 3,4,5th Bathurst NB
Respectfully submitted
March 15th, 2019
Diane Guignard ChPC
Technical Committee Chair
