The RWB is a fun, family team. When your children join the team, the whole family becomes Barracudas. As such, everyone must participate and volunteer.
During swim meets, our parents take on many different roles that are all essential to running a meet. Whether timing, running, scoring, recording, concessions, officiating, or holding a seat on our Board of Directors, each summer season provides multiple ways to call yourself a Barracuda!
Volunteer Requirement
Each registered family must complete at least 10 volunteer assignments or shifts before the end of the season. Families with swimmers only in the Lil' Cudas developmental program do not have to fulfill the volunteer requirement. Volunteer requirements will be managed through your TeamUnify account and positions will open two weeks prior to a swim meet. You will be able to select designated events and choose a position you would like to sign-up for.
More information on how to sign-up, manage, and complete your volunteer assignments will be provided before the start of the season. Each missed assignment will incur a $25 penalty. This penalty can be paid immediately or at the end of the season. No swimmer will be allowed to register for the following year if there are outstanding penalties.
Board Opportunities
There are occasionally board positions available during the swim season. Please see the Board Position Descriptions for further information about serving on the Board. Contact Suzi Welch, Board President at [email protected] if you’re interested in getting involved through a board position.
Volunteer Position Descriptions
| Easy positions with a good view of the pool |
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| Timer |
Great for first time volunteers. Use a stopwatch to time the swimmers. 2-3 timers per lane. |
| Recorder |
Make sure the correct swimmer is in the right lane and record the swimmer's time (as reported by the lane timers) on the card at the completion of the race. 1 recorder per lane. This position gets a seat! |
| Heat Ribbons |
Stands poolside and awards heat ribbons to each heat winner. |
| Marshal |
Controls traffic flow in and around the pool deck to prevent injury or interference with meet operations. |
| Clerk of Course Volunteers |
Helps to organize swimmers before their events, |
| Positions to get your steps in |
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| Runner |
Collect time cards from the recorders and deliver them to the scorers after each heat. |
| Concessions |
Set-up, sales, and clean up of the concession area. |
| Set Up |
Prepare the deck for the meet. Must be at the pool by 6AM but this is only a 1 hour shift. |
| Take-Down |
Removing lane lines and backstroke flags, returning tables, chairs, and lounges to their original spots, and disassembling temporary pavilions and picking up all lost and found items. By approximately 12:30 pm the pool should be ready to re-open to the public. This is a one hour shift! |
| Trash |
Monitors and collects trash during and after the meet and places it in the proper receptacle. |
| Other Positions |
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| Concessions Donations & Friday night Concessions Preparations |
Each family may donate food or beverages one time per season that will count as 1 volunteer shift. This also includes concessions preparation support on the Friday evening before the meet. |
| Officials Shadow |
Interested in becoming an official? Spend a meet or two shadowing one to learn about the job. |
| Computer support, verifier, scorer |
These are seated positions in the shade!! Help score, verify and enter the swimmers times as they come in. |
Seasonal Volunteer Positions
These position occur at each meet for the entire meet and count as all of the volunteers hours for the season. Please talk to a member of the board if you are interested in one of these positions.
| Position |
Description |
| Announcer |
Call swimmers to the Clerk of Course area; provide periodic score updates & other required messages. Plays music to motivate and entertain. |
| Computer Operator |
Responsible for electronic meet entries prior to the swim meet and data entry of meet results at the meet. The biggest part of this job is done the week prior to a swim meet; getting all meet entries entered into the computer and printing event cards for the Clerk of Course. |
| Official |
Stroke and Turn Judges are responsible for ensuring swimmers comply with the rules relating to each stroke/turn. Minimum of four required for each meet. Training for Stroke and Turn Judges will be held before the season begins. |
| Referee |
Referees and Starters are volunteers with at least 2 - 3 years’ experience as Stroke and Turn Judges. One each per home meet, one each as backup for away meets. Stroke and Turn Judges, Referees, and Starters require training at the league certification clinic. |
| Clerk of Course and Assistants |
Responsible for all of the paperwork at the meet prior to the swimmer's event. The clerk seeds each swimmer in each event to a heat and lane according to their submitted entry time. Swimmers report to the clerk prior to their scheduled event to receive a time card with their heat and lane assignment for that event. Clerk of Course requires training at the league certification clinic; assistants do not require training. |
| Head Timer |
Coordinate timers and recorders for each meet. This includes assigning lanes and holding a brief meeting before the meet begins. |
| Griller |
Operates the grill in the concession area during home meets |
