Founders Bridge Pool
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For visiting teams
Welcome to our pool! Below is some information that will be helpful for your team.
Our address:
601 Founders Bridge Boulevard, Midlothian, VA 23113
We're the gray building with the porches -- not the big white building! That's Independence Golf Course.
Parking
- Please don’t park in the Independence Golf Course parking lot or on Founders Bridge Boulevard
- Our parking lot is prioritized for the visiting team
- Two handicap spots are available in the pool parking lot
- Home team and overflow parking should be on residential streets near pool (Founders Bridge Road and Swallowtail Place)
Facility
- 25m pool, 6 lanes for racing
- Diving blocks set up at deep end (5 ft) with dive over starts
- 5 ft deep at start end, 3.5 ft deep at turn end
- All starts from shallow end are from the water
- Bathrooms available in pool house
- Baby pool and adult pool will be closed during meet
- Outside food/drink permitted, but NO GLASS ALLOWED ON POOL DECK
Meet schedule
- 5:15 Gates open
- 5:35 – 5:55 Founders Bridge warm ups
- 5:55 – 6:15 Visiting team warm ups
- 6:15 Timers and runners meeting (by timing table)
- 6:15 Strokes and turns meeting (by snack bar)
- 6:20 National anthem
- 6:25 Kickboard/fun race
- 6:30 Meet start
General
- Visiting team seating: in front of white columns and around adult pool
- Home team seating: on slide side
- Clerk of course: Under blue tent. All swimmers regardless of age should check in with clerk of course when their events are called
- Lane 1 is the farthest lane; Lane 6 is closest to the white columns
- Timing table: Next to Lane 6
- Computers/tables: On back deck of clubhouse (top of stairs)
- We will print heat sheets for visiting assistant clerk of course and strokes & turns judges
- Please share any special needs or accommodations for swimmers with the Electric Eels swim team director
Concessions
- Snacks, candy, water, drinks, frozen treats available for sale as well as a hot food item (usually pizza and/or Chick-fil-A sandwiches)
- Concessions accepts cash and credit cards
Volunteers requested from visiting team
- 2 strokes and turns judges (per half)
- 9 timers (per half)
- 1 assistant clerk of course (per half)
- 1 mite manager (per half)
- 1 runner (per half)
- 1 tables (per half)
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