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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ And let’s  not mention the unsafe diving conditions at Pinecrest too![/quote]

Well Pinecrest is passing the torch for next year. So can’t wait for all the pools with safe diving conditions (and enough field space)(and enough deck space)(and enough parking space)(and a fast pool)(and enough volunteers who haven’t already left for summer vacations) to step up! [/quote]

NP: I can appreciate how there was plenty of space and it was well run and they stepped up. That doesn’t change the fact that it is too shallow of a pool for hundreds and hundreds of swimmers to be diving in. If Aunt Mary offers to host Tgiving when no one else offered - and serves improperly refrigerated turkey bc she doesn’t have a working fridge - and no one gets sick, it does not mean the turkey wasn’t a safety issue and doesn’t mean people can’t complain.

The diving depth is a safety issue. I still appreciate Pinecrest stepping up, but this doesn’t negate the previous sentence.[/quote]

If you knew her refrigerator was broken, why didn’t you offer to bring the turkey yourself? Further, why did you still eat it if you were informed of the risk? Sounds like you just wanted someone else to do all the heavy lifting so you could sit back, relax and watch football. I bet you didn’t even help with the dishes afterwards. [/quote]

You need help.

- my kid didn’t know about the shallow diving until we arrived.

- what would you have an individual do? Tell me what you think an individual parent can do?

Just like a pool doesn’t step up when there is insufficient parking, Pinecrest should not step up bc of this safety issue. It works fine, until it doesn’t.[/quote]

Maybe you should be talking to your pool about hosting instead of complaining about the pool that has been willing to host. Have a chat with your board and be willing to shut your pool down for 2 days and overwhelm your neighborhood with cars and visitors. Because right now, you are complaining without offering an alternative.

This is not an easy event to host, The pool is closed for 2 days to prepare. People who don't have kids swimming, or even on swim team, volunteer their time to make the event happen. I have no idea how much money to provides the pool but I do know that paying the water bill to overflow the pool is expensive. But the entire pool in inconvenienced to host an event that most of our swimmer don't participate in.

I am fine with Pinecrest hosting it and then I read posts here about how our pool is an awful choice, and it makes me want to just tell the board to not host it. We have been members for 10 years, maybe longer, and have not heard of anyone who has been injured diving into the pool. I have not heard of injuries at swim meets that the pool hosts or at the practices or at the general pool use. There is a rule about not diving because it is the shallow end. Swim team kids dive in, but they learn how to do so safely. Is there room for injury? Yes, maybe even more room because of how shallow the pool is. You know that in advance, feel free to not allow your child to participate. Better yet, stop complaining and have your pool step up.

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