Schedule
Fri Jul 28 2023 |
2023 Awards Banquet
Brighton Forest Pool
Start: 5:30 PM
End: 8:00 PM
Event details and RSVPs can be found on Facebook. We could use some help with setting up and cleaning up the party. Click here to let us know if you can help. |
Sat Jul 22 2023 |
TSA Championship - 11 and Up
Triangle Aquatic Center
Start: 1:30 PM
Warm-up: 12:30 PM
Host: TARHEEL SWIMMING ASSOCIATION Site: Triangle Aquatic Center 275 Convention Drive Cary, NC 27511 Site Information: Course include an 8-lane, 25-yard competition course with a variable depth ranging from 7 to 12 feet. The pool is equipped with state-of-the-art, anti-turbulent lane lines and Paragon starting blocks. A fully electronic, Daktronic timing system, digital scoreboards and stopwatches will be used in each competition lane. Hy-Tek Meet Manager software will be used.
Other Facility Information:
Facility Rules: 1) NO outside food, drinks or coolers are allowed inside the facility. 2) NO glass containers are allowed inside the facility. 3) NO smoking is allowed inside the facility. 4) NO chairs are allowed on the spectator level. Swimmers may have a chair on deck. Concessions: Food and refreshments will be available at the concession stand in the main lobby. Additional vendors may be located in the front parking lot. Waiver: A waiver for each swimmer will be required. Meet Schedule: Coach and Kid-Pusher check-in will start at 6:30 each morning. All other volunteers will check in after. Swimmers for the morning session must meet their coaches or Team Representative in a designated Team area in the parking lot at 6:45 am. They will then enter the pool as a team. Swimmers for the afternoon session will meet their coaches or Team Representative in a designated Team area in the parking lot. No afternoon swimmers will be allowed on deck before warm-ups. 10 and under Warm-Up: 7:30 – 8:15 a.m. 10 and under Start Time: 8:30 a.m. 11 and older Warm-Up: Not Before 12:30 p.m. (to be announced) 11 and older Start Time: Not before 1:30 p.m. (to be announced) Spectators may not enter the building until all teams have entered. Parents must meet their swimmer OUTSIDE at the end of the session – the lobby must be kept clear!! Spectators must clear the gallery and all belongings between the morning and afternoon sessions.
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Sat Jul 22 2023 |
TSA Championship - 10 and Under
Triangle Aquatic Center
Start: 8:30 AM
Warm-up: 7:30 AM
Host: TARHEEL SWIMMING ASSOCIATION Site: Triangle Aquatic Center 275 Convention Drive Cary, NC 27511 Site Information: Course include an 8-lane, 25-yard competition course with a variable depth ranging from 7 to 12 feet. The pool is equipped with state-of-the-art, anti-turbulent lane lines and Paragon starting blocks. A fully electronic, Daktronic timing system, digital scoreboards and stopwatches will be used in each competition lane. Hy-Tek Meet Manager software will be used.
Other Facility Information:
Facility Rules: 1) NO outside food, drinks or coolers are allowed inside the facility. 2) NO glass containers are allowed inside the facility. 3) NO smoking is allowed inside the facility. 4) NO chairs are allowed on the spectator level. Swimmers may have a chair on deck. Concessions: Food and refreshments will be available at the concession stand in the main lobby. Additional vendors may be located in the front parking lot. Waiver: A waiver for each swimmer will be required. Meet Schedule: Coach and Kid-Pusher check-in will start at 6:30 each morning. All other volunteers will check in after. Swimmers for the morning session must meet their coaches or Team Representative in a designated Team area in the parking lot at 6:45 am. They will then enter the pool as a team. Swimmers for the afternoon session will meet their coaches or Team Representative in a designated Team area in the parking lot. No afternoon swimmers will be allowed on deck before warm-ups. 10 and under Warm-Up: 7:30 – 8:15 a.m. 10 and under Start Time: 8:30 a.m. 11 and older Warm-Up: Not Before 12:30 p.m. (to be announced) 11 and older Start Time: Not before 1:30 p.m. (to be announced) Spectators may not enter the building until all teams have entered. Parents must meet their swimmer OUTSIDE at the end of the session – the lobby must be kept clear!! Spectators must clear the gallery and all belongings between the morning and afternoon sessions.
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Tue Jul 18 2023 |
2023 Bella Casa at Brighton Forest
Brighton Forest Silver Fins
Start: 6:00 PM
Warm-up: 5:00 PM
Review our home meet routine to learn what time you -- swimmers and volunteers -- need to arrive and how the day will go. Parking: Parking is limited and we would like to reserve as many spaces as possible for our guests. Please review the parking information. We ask that all Silver Fins families walk, bike, or carpool. When you arrive, please follow the directions of the parking attendant. Seating: Please leave the RIGHT side of the pool deck, near the slide, for Bella Casa. We try to utilize the left 2/3 of the pool deck and our guests take the right 1/3. We recommend bringing chairs from home because many of the pool chairs will be needed for volunteers and coaches. Concessions: Cash only, pizza, Chick-fil-A sandwiches, drinks, snacks, etc. Results: Times will not be given to swimmers. All results will be shared after the meet. Times will be available during the meet if you purchase the SwimTopia Mobile App Pro Subscription. All results are unofficial until after the meet and all meet administrators have reviewed them. Spectators: Please stay behind the yellow ropes at both ends of the pool at all times. The Swimmers, Kid Pushers, Clerk of Course, Timers, Judges, and other officials and volunteers will need to be able to move freely in these areas in order to fulfill their responsibilities. This will help us to keep the meet moving so everyone can get home at a reasonable time. Things to Bring:
Click the Meet Entry button to declare your swimmer. You must declare your swimmers by the deadline for them to swim. Click the Job Signup button to sign up to volunteer. Even consider sharing a role with another family. One family can sign up to volunteer at this meet and another family can sign up to volunteer at another meet. But split the job at both meets so you never have to work a full meet. Final Score: Brighton Forest 232 Bella Casa 269 Overall Record: 1-4-1, Division 8 Record: 0-3
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Tue Jul 11 2023 |
2023 Brighton Forest at Amberly
Amberly
Start: 6:00 PM
Warm-up: 5:30 PM
Parking: There is a large lot immediately behind the clubhouse that should offer plenty of parking. Arrival and Entry: Enter through the main entrance of the clubhouse. Important: Each family must complete a waiver to swim at this pool. Please complete this before the meet. If you forget, you will have the ability to complete it on site in the clubhouse. Waiver can be accessed here. Seating: The areas to the Northeast and Southeast of the deck are for our team to use during the swim meet. Due to the likelihood of a sunny, hot day, feel free to bring some pop up tents for your area to provide additional shade. Please stay in the section of the pool where the meet is occurring. Do not enter the other pool areas. Concessions: Concessions will be set up outside of the back gate. Most likely these will consist of Chik-Fil-A sandwiches, pizza, drinks, chips, & ice cream/popsicles. The concessions will be “cash-free” and will have options for electronic payments, i.e. Venmo, Apple Cash. End of Meet: Everyone must exit at the back gate as the clubhouse and front exit will be closed. Please clean up your area when leaving. Results: All results will be finalized after the meet. Unofficial times will be available during the meet if you purchase the SwimTopia Mobile App Pro Subscription. Things to Bring:
Click the Meet Entry button to declare your swimmer. You must declare your swimmers by the deadline for them to swim. Click the Job Signup button to sign up to volunteer. Even consider sharing a role with another family. One family can sign up to volunteer at this meet and another family can sign up to volunteer at another meet. But split the job at both meets so you never have to work a full meet. Final Score: Brighton Forest 144 Amberly 368 Overall Record: 1-3-1, Division 8 Record: 0-2
New Records:
Personal Bests: Amberly's pool is measured in meters. 25 meters is 27.34 yards. Not all swimmers had entry times and the result times were not converted from meters to yards when generating the report. Both of these circumstances made it difficult to determine who achieved personal records. Luckily, there are other post-meet reports that do convert the times, making it possible to identify personal bests -- with a little effort. The 6&U times are harder to compute. The distance swam was 14 meters as opposed to 15 yards. Times are not converted when the numerical values of the distances are not equal. For example, 14 and 15 are not equal so the 6&U times are not converted, while 25 and 25 are equal so the times for 7-18 year-olds are converted. Because 14 meters is 15.31 yards, we can make an unofficial estimate that any 6&U swimmer achieved a personal best if their unconverted time over 14 meters was faster than their personal best time over 15 yards. Once we had a list of personal bests relative to 2023, those times were cross-referenced against each swimmer's all-time personal bests. Look at all these improvements! (Note that all times have been converted from meters to yards.)
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Wed Jul 5 2023 |
2023 Kildaire Farms at Brighton Forest
Brighton Forest Silver Fins
Start: 6:00 PM
Warm-up: 5:00 PM
Review our home meet routine to learn what time you -- swimmers and volunteers -- need to arrive and how the day will go. Parking: Parking is limited and we would like to reserve as many spaces as possible for our guests. Please review the parking information. We ask that all Silver Fins families walk, bike, or carpool. When you arrive, please follow the directions of the parking attendant. Seating: Please leave the RIGHT side of the pool deck, near the slide, for Kildaire Farms. We try to utilize the left 2/3 of the pool deck and our guests take the right 1/3. We recommend bringing chairs from home because many of the pool chairs will be needed for volunteers and coaches. Concessions: Cash only, pizza, Chick-fil-A sandwiches, drinks, snacks, etc. Results: Times will not be given to swimmers. All results will be shared after the meet. Times will be available during the meet if you purchase the SwimTopia Mobile App Pro Subscription. All results are unofficial until after the meet and all meet administrators have reviewed them. Spectators: Please stay behind the yellow ropes at both ends of the pool at all times. The Swimmers, Kid Pushers, Clerk of Course, Timers, Judges, and other officials and volunteers will need to be able to move freely in these areas in order to fulfill their responsibilities. This will help us to keep the meet moving so everyone can get home at a reasonable time. Things to Bring:
Click the Meet Entry button to declare your swimmer. You must declare your swimmers by the deadline for them to swim. Click the Job Signup button to sign up to volunteer. Even consider sharing a role with another family. One family can sign up to volunteer at this meet and another family can sign up to volunteer at another meet. But split the job at both meets so you never have to work a full meet. Final Score: Brighton Forest 0 Kildaire Farms 0 Overall Record: 1-2-1, Division 8 Record: 0-1 The meet had to be postponed on Wednesday due to weather and could not be completed on Thursday, again due to weather. By rule the meet was declared a tie. |
Tue Jun 27 2023 |
2023 Oxxford Hunt at Brighton Forest
Brighton Forest Silver Fins
Start: 6:00 PM
Our first home swim meet of the 2023 season is against the Oxxford Hunt Swampfoxxes. It is also our first division meet of the season!
Click the Meet Entry button to declare your swimmer. You must declare your swimmers by the deadline for them to swim. Click the Job Signup button to sign up to volunteer. Even consider sharing a role with another family. One family can sign up to volunteer at this meet and another family can sign up to volunteer at another meet. But split the job at both meets so you never have to work a full meet. Review our home meet routine to learn what time you -- swimmers and volunteers -- need to arrive and how the day will go. Parking: Parking is limited and we would like to reserve as many spaces as possible for our guests. Please review the parking information. We ask that all Silver Fins families walk, bike, or carpool. When you arrive, please follow the directions of the parking attendant. Seating: Please leave the RIGHT side of the pool deck, near the slide, for Oxxford Hunt. We try to utilize the left 2/3 of the pool deck and our guests take the right 1/3. We recommend bringing chairs from home because many of the pool chairs will be needed for volunteers and coaches. Concessions: Cash only, pizza, Chick-fil-A sandwiches, drinks, snacks, etc. Results: Times will not be given to swimmers. All results will be shared after the meet. Times will be available during the meet if you purchase the SwimTopia Mobile App Pro Subscription. All results are unofficial until after the meet and all meet administrators have reviewed them. Spectators: Please stay behind the yellow ropes at both ends of the pool at all times. The Swimmers, Kid Pushers, Clerk of Course, Timers, Judges, and other officials and volunteers will need to be able to move freely in these areas in order to fulfill their responsibilities. This will help us to keep the meet moving so everyone can get home at a reasonable time. Things to Bring:
Final Score: Brighton Forest 199 Oxxford Hunt 305 Overall Record: 1-2, Division 8 Record: 0-1
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Tue Jun 20 2023 |
2023 Brighton Forest at Weldon Ridge
Weldon Ridge
Start: 6:00 PM
Warm-up: 5:30 PM
Parking: They have a parking lot that they will try to reserve for us. If the lot is full, then use the right side (the side without a sidewalk) of Wellbrook Station Road for street parking. Please make sure to park on only one side so there is room for emergency vehicle access. Seating: Visitors are encouraged to bring a folding chair. Our swimmers can set up under the large Funbrellas nearest the clubhouse. Please absolutely no permanent marker on swimmers other than swimmer numbers or events on arms. They have fabric chairs rather than plastic straps, and the permanent marker transfers onto their chairs. Concessions: They offer concessions where swimmers and families will be able to purchase pizza, subs, ice cream, and snacks. Cash, Venmo, and PayPal are accepted. Results: All results will be finalized after the meet. Unofficial times will be available during the meet if you purchase the SwimTopia Mobile App Pro Subscription. Things to Bring:
Click the Meet Entry button to declare your swimmer. You must declare your swimmers by the deadline for them to swim. Click the Job Signup button to sign up to volunteer. Even consider sharing a role with another family. One family can sign up to volunteer at this meet and another family can sign up to volunteer at another meet. But split the job at both meets so you never have to work a full meet. Final Score: Brighton Forest 243 Weldon Ridge 254 Overall Record: 1-1, Division 8 Record: 0-0
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Sat Jun 17 2023 |
Swim Team Photos
Brighton Forest Pool
Start: 7:45 AM
End: 9:50 AM
Please join us at the pool on Saturday 6/17/2023 for team and individual photos. We will have Michelle from Mama's Gonna Snap taking the team photo followed by individual photos. Schedule for the day is as follows: 7:45 am - Swimmers arrive for team photo 8:00 am - Team photo is taken 8:05 am - Begin individual photos by age group with remaining swimmers using the parking lot and common area for fun activities. Once photos are finished, we will move to the pool until ~ 9:50 am (if time allows). |
Tue Jun 13 2023 |
2023 Brighton Forest at Park @ West Lake
Park @ West Lake
Start: 6:00 PM
Warm-up: 5:30 PM
Parking: They have a parking lot that they will reserve for us and a grass lot beside the parking lot that is used for overflow parking during the meets. Additionally, parking is available on one side of Moneta Lane. They will have a parking attendant directing traffic. Seating: We will be seated in the splash pad area to the right of the pool entrance. This area is shaded, however, the splash pad will be turned off and we will expect swimmers to stay off of the slides, etc. The area we cannot be in will be roped off. Feel free to bring tents, canopies, and chairs. Concessions: Pizza and hot dogs as well as various snacks and drinks. Concessions is cash only. Results: All results will be finalized after the meet. Unofficial times will be available during the meet if you purchase the SwimTopia Mobile App Pro Subscription. Things to Bring:
Click the Meet Entry button to declare your swimmer. You must declare your swimmers by the deadline for them to swim. Click the Job Signup button to sign up to volunteer. Even consider sharing a role with another family. One family can sign up to volunteer at this meet and another family can sign up to volunteer at another meet. But split the job at both meets so you never have to work a full meet. Final Score: Brighton Forest 250.5 Park @ West Lake 248.5 Overall Record: 1-0, Division 8 Record: 0-0
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Tue Jun 6 2023 |
2023 Mock Meet at Brighton Forest
Brighton Forest
Start: 5:30 PM
End: 8:30 PM
Our first swim meet is one week away! In order to prepare, we will have a Mock Swim Meet here at Brighton Forest on June 6th.
The pool will remain open to all residents. Parking is limited, as always. You are encouraged to walk, bike, or carpool to the pool. We will not be able to park on the grass under the powerlines for this meet. Make sure to bring a heavy snack or dinner as there won’t be any concessions at this meet. We also recommend bringing water. We will not swim relays. All 6&U swimmers and families may leave after the 6&U breaststroke event. We ask that you help us to make the meet run smoothly and quickly. We would like to finish the meet as close to 7:30 PM as possible so that we can get all of the kids home – high school students have exams this week – and allow the lifeguards to close the pool on schedule. We need all swimmers at the pool and ready to swim by 5:00 PM. Coaches, please arrive at 4:15 PM. If you are part of the Setup Crew or Meet Administrator/Scorer, we need you at the pool at 4:15 PM. The coaches will install the lane ropes and flags first. The Announcer, Starter, and Timing Stations can be set up at the same time. Once the lane ropes are installed, the starting blocks and Clerk of Course area can be set up. The Swimmer Check-In volunteer will also be needed at 4:15 PM to be ready to begin check-in promptly at 4:30 PM. Once the lane ropes and flags are set up, the Junior Coaches will assist with check-in as needed until warmups begin. Announcers, Clerks of Course, Kid Pushers, Starters, and Timers should arrive by 5:00 PM so that we can begin the meet promptly at 5:30 PM. All members of the Cleanup Crew can begin once we have finished the last events. Our goal is to be out the doors by 8:00 PM. Click the Meet Entry button to declare your swimmer. You must declare your swimmer for them to be on the lineup for the meet. Click the Job Signup button to sign up to volunteer. If all volunteer slots are filled, then please still come prepared to share the volunteering load with others. For example, offer to be a Timer for 30 minutes to give someone a break or help with the Kid Pushers.
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Wed May 24 2023 |
Manhattan Pizza Spirit Night
305 Matthews Dr, Holly Springs, NC 27540
Start: 4:00 PM
End: 8:00 PM
Please join us at Manhattan Pizza in support of the Silver Fins. Present this flyer when making a purchase and 20% of the net sales will be donated to the Brighton Forest Silver Fins. You can also elect to place your order online for pickup or delivery. Simply enter BF Spirit in the comment screen so the team gets credit for the purchase. |