Old Bridge Breakers

We look forward to hosting your team - here is some information about swim meets at our pool:

Parking is available on Beaver Pond Road, outside the pool. Additional street parking is available on Catawba Drive and Valleyhill Drive, which intersect Beaver Pond Road immediately before and after the pool. Please do not park on pipestems or in townhouse areas; these are private roads and are not available for parking – towing is enforced. Also, please avoid blocking curb areas on Beaver Pond Road that are marked in yellow, or any area in front of a curbside mailbox. Our pool has a very small parking lot in which all the spots are reserved during meets. We’ve allocated two spaces in this lot for your coaches - please have them check in with the Parking Marshal upon arrival. Please let our PWSL Representative, Kathleen Bragdon, know if you have a family that needs a handicap spot (valid DMV handicap permit required) and send their name.

The meet will start at 7:00am. OBB has the first warm up at 6:10am with the visiting team warming up at 6:30am. The pool is cleared at 6:50am. As there are a number of residences very close to the pool, we ask that noise be kept to a minimum prior to the start of the meet (please no bull horns, noisemakers, loud radios, etc.).

There are two clerks of course areas: The clerk of course for 8 & under and 11/12 swimmers are on the deck area adjacent to pool house (accessible through the clubhouse bathrooms) and the clerk of course for 9-10 and 13-18 swimmers is diagonally across the pool adjacent to the half-moon at the shallow end of pool (accessible through the main gate, immediately turn left). Swimmers should report to the 9-10 clerk to swim their 10 and under IM. When events are announced over our public address system swimmers should proceed to their clerk of course areas. Our clerks do not support relays; team relays should form with their coaches (OBB on the clubhouse side of the pool; visitors on the half moon side).

The actual deck area of our pool is very small. Consequently, ONLY working officials, volunteers, coaches, and swimmers who have been called for their events are permitted on the main deck. When swimmers have finished their events and have reported for results to their coaches, they are asked to leave the deck area promptly. 

VOLUNTEERS PLEASE NOTE, no cameras (including cell phone cameras) or other recording devices are permitted behind swimmers during race starts. If your volunteer role is behind the blocks, please ask for relief and move to the side of the pool if you must use your cell phone during your volunteer shift. 

Parents can view their swimmers’ races (a) from the front of the team area on the tennis courts or (b) from the small viewing area on the streetside of the pool. PLEASE NOTE that NO PHOTOGRAPHY or RECORDING is allowed from (b) the small viewing area DURING RELAYS as swimmers will be starting from both ends of the pool. We ask that parents vacate (b) the small viewing and head back to the team area immediately after cheering for their swimmers’ race so that there is space for other families. 

If your team brings a team photographer that needs deck access, please ensure they wear an identifying tag. Please limit team photography on deck to one photographer volunteer at a time.

Meet entries must be ready by Thursday before the meet at 8:00 PM per PWSL By-Laws. In Swimtopia, this means by 8pm, each team must “Lock Out Entry Changes” (ensuring no other coach/admin can make changes to the team’s entries) and mark their team’s entries as “Ready to Merge,” so OBB can build the meet in Meet Maestro. Along with marking “Ready to Merge,” the visiting team should select record book to include in the meet . Each team should also send a PDF Entry report to each other as a backup. The meet will be set up and all meet reports will be available by both teams on their respective teams website as well as the Swimtopia app. Copies of the heat sheets will be given to all Stroke and Turn officials as well as the coaching staff. Please encourage your team families to download as many copies as they would like before coming to the meet or utilize the heat sheets within the app. 

The pool is a 6 lane, 25 Meter pool. The backstroke flags are not set to the proposed guidelines so please inform your coaches and officials. OBB will not mandate dive over starts. Please bring your Colorado Timing System fully charged, as a back–up. Additionally, please bring enough stopwatches for the timers from your team. A canopy and chairs will be provided and set up for visiting coaches.

Our fully stocked and staffed Concessions Stand will provide a variety of delicious hot and cold food and drinks for purchase throughout the meet beginning at 6:50am. We will provide your coaching staff with two concession vouchers. OBB concessions offers either cash or credit card - Note: using cash may be cheaper. Please share with your families.

In keeping with PWSL’s commitment to league-wide good sportsmanship, please know that such respectful behavior is something that the Old Bridge Breaker coaching staff, swim committee and parents seek to instill in each swimmer. Athletes are taught to encourage and motivate through cheers, positive focus, and praise. After a hard race, acknowledging the efforts of your opponent, win or lose, always speaks volumes in developing the character of our swimmers. We know that the competitive nature of sports often makes for emotional events. No matter the age, Breakers are encouraged, and shown by example, to be in control of their actions and exercise good sportsmanship at all times. We look forward to a friendly and respectful competition!

Team areas are on the tennis courts. Access will be available beginning at 5:45 AM on the day of the meet. The Visiting Team area is on the half of the court that is adjacent to the concessions stand, closest to Beaver Pond. Please do not use sharp-tipped objects, chairs, tents, etc. that can mar the court surface and only set up on the tarp covered area. Please no flying toys (balls, frisbees, etc.), and no pets are allowed on the tennis courts for the comfort and safety of all attending.

Elizabeth George Swim Team President 703.946.6106 [email protected] 

Kathleen Bragdon PWSL Representative 703.850.1368 [email protected] 

Shannon Zachariasen Meet Manager 703.772.3972 [email protected] 

Jeremy George Head Official 703.946.6105 [email protected] 

Adam Lucariello Computer Rep Mark McDonald [email protected]