What about the Weather?
Cobb Summer Swim League has very specific guidelines when it comes to weather. After all, it is summer in Atlanta, which means that conditions can change very rapidly and several times during the course of a meet. Safety of all is the primary goal for every meet and practice throughout the season. The following are the weather guidelines form the 2020 CSSL season manual:
1. When lightning or thunder occurs, the pool and deck area around the pool is unsafe and must be cleared.
2. Visiting teams should be advised to wait in their cars if there is no safe covered area to wait.
3. Coordinators should review with their team the weather procedure at home and for away meets.
4. During a weather delay, the coordinators from each team (NOT COACHES) will discuss and agree upon the postponing, cancelling, forfeiting, or rescheduling of the meet until 9:00 PM. If they have come to an agreement, the referee will contact a member of the executive board for final approval and/or confirm reschedule date and time. Teams should not inform their members until receiving confirmation from executive board. If no agreement has been made by 9:00 PM, the referee will help to make the final decision by contacting a member of the executive board. Once the decision has been made, the referee will inform both teams to deliver the message to their members.
5. If the deadline arrives before all events are finished, it will be considered a finished meet if event 46 Heat 1 has been completed.
6. In the event inclement weather is forecast, the coordinators should agree ahead of the meet on a weather contingency plan. Exhibition heats shall not be scratched due to impending weather.
7. All meets cancelled due to weather should be rescheduled. No meet can be submitted as a draw or double forfeit. The team that is unwilling/unable to make up/reschedule the meet will forfeit the meet and receive a score of 0. The non-forfeiting team will be given the average of all of the points from the winning teams in their current zone.
IHCC will utilize the Alert Function of the SwimTopia mobile app to provide timely updates in the event that any meet or practice may be impacted by weather. For more information on downloading and installing the SwimTopia app, see the information at the bottom of this page.
