Ocean Athletics Volunteer Opportunities

The club needs you!!! There are abundant opportunities for you to help make the Ocean Athletics program successful. We truly do not want to cash your $200 volunteer bond (although we do realize that some of you have extraordinary commitments and time limitations, and if you would prefer us to cash your bond – please let us know!!).

In addition to the areas listed below, there are volunteer opportunities that go year round that count as fulfilling all volunteer requirements:

·         Entries Chair – submit Ocean’s entries to the meet organizers of the various events. We will teach you how to do this. It is best to have two people for each Track and Field (Spring and Summer), and Cross Country (Fall). At the moment we require 1 more for Track and Field, and 1 more for Cross Country.

·         Fundraising – if this is an area of expertise or interest, you are needed!! Fundraising is a very important part of the club’s survival.

·         Uniforms – this position is currently filled by Alison Bruchet.

·         Volunteer Coordinator – presently filled by Brenda Keturakis

·         Board Members – if you wish to sit on the Ocean Athletics Board of Directors, please contact Marco Buccini, our club President at: “mbuccini AT shaw DOTca”

We would like everyone to help in each of the three following areas:

1. Practice Sessions (Mondays & Thursdays 6-7:15pm, Saturdays 10-11:15am):

o       help set up and take down equipment, rake pits, set up hurdles, check athletes in & out of practice

o       act as extra coaches and guardians when we go out on the trails to run

2.     Ocean hosted events:

a.     Event setup

                                                                           i.      Cleaning of stadium

                                                                         ii.      Setting up of equipment

                                                                        iii.      Hauling of equipment if it needs to be borrowed from another club

                                                                      iv.      Putting up tents, flagging

b.     Registration, awards

c.     Officiating: measuring, raking, recording, marshalling athletes

                                                                           i.      We will be offering a level one official course in early March. It is free, a one evening session, and it will give you the information necessary to help us with officiating

Concession

Cleanup

Ocean hosted events:

Wed., May 7 – World Athletics Day High School event 1-7pm

Wed, May 21, Thurs. May 22 – BC Summer Games trials 5 – 9pm

Sat., June 21 – BC Junior Development Pentathlon event 11am – 6pm

** in addition, the BC Masters Championships will be held at our track on Friday, June 20, middle of the day June 21 and on Sunday, June 22. This event is hosted by Semiahmoo Sun Runners and we will give them what assistance we can.

TBA August twilight meet

Sat. Oct. 4 – Festival of Cross Country, Crescent Park 9-noon

3. Away Competitions: clubs are expected to help out at other JD events. We usually try to provide assistance at the long jump event - raking, measuring, recording, but there may be another event you would prefer.

·         Eagles Classic, Maple Ridge – April 26, 27

·         South Fraser Junior Olympics - May 16 – 17

·         Jesse Bent Cheetahs invitational, Coquitlam – June 7 – 8

·         Langley Pacific, Langley – June 13 – 15

·         Jack Brow Invitational, Kelowna – June 27-29

·         JD Championships, Duncan – July 11 – 13

We would like to have our volunteer positions set up a minimum of 2-3 weeks in advance of the event. Please let Brenda Keturakis (“brennk AT shaw DOT ca”) know when you are able to volunteer. Your support is very much appreciated.