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ORINDA-MORAGA
POOLS ASSOCIATION
Year-Round Exemption
Date: December 10,
2007
To: OMPA
Member Pools
From: OMPA Board of
Directors
Re:
Temporary Addendum to Rules and Regulations Effective January 1,
2008
This is to notify
all OMPA member pools that the OMPA Board of Directors has voted to
temporarily modify its Rules and Regulations to allow a swimmer a one-time
exemption to train with and compete for a USA Swim team from
January 1st through the last day of competition of the Far Western
Short Course Championship swim meet (usually the last weekend in
March or the first weekend in April) of that same calendar
year.
This addendum only
applies to those swimmers that will be competing in the 11&12 and the 13&14 age
groups for the same calendar year’s OMPA swim season
(i.e. a swimmer who is 14 years old through this exemption period
but turns 15 before June 15th of the same calendar year would not
be eligible.) These
swimmers may not have
previously trained with or competed for a
USA
swim team during any period of
time from January 1st through August 15th.
Swimmers that elect to exercise this
one-time exemption will retain their OMPA eligibility for that
calendar year swim season but will not be eligible for
County. The Exemption
will be considered “used” for any swimmer that
continues to train with a USA Swim team during the period
regardless of the length of time (i.e. one day or 3 months).
Please
note that this addendum is intended to allow swimmers who are
seriously interested in swimming year round a
“one-time” opportunity to try
USA
Swimming for up to 6 or 7 months to see if that
type of program is right for the swimmer without having to give up
their OMPA team if it is not. It is not intended to be used for
additional training opportunity for swimmers competing in the OMPA
with no serious interest in swimming for a
USA
Swim team.
The OMPA Board of
Directors requests that any swimmer considering using this onetime
exemption have a meeting
with the swimmer, parents, OMPA team coach and USA team coach to
discuss what is best for the swimmer. This addendum does not permit or
allow any OMPA member club to organize and/or offer any workout
during this Exemption Period, as this would violate Section
1.01(d).
This addendum
precludes any OMPA member club from organizing their own (or
jointly organizing) USA Swim Club to offer training for their
member swimmers. As with all OMPA Rules and Regulations, it is the
responsibility of the OMPA member club coaching staff and the OMPA
families to make sure all swimmer eligibility rules are complied
with.
This temporary
addendum will expire with the end of the OMPA swim season
2010.
Please notify your
team members of this addendum to the OMPA Rules and
Regulations. Any
questions can be addressed to the OMPA Board through your team
representative.
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