PLEASE RSVP FOR THE MARCH 6 DINNER BY THURSDAY. JANE NEEDS TO KNOW THE COUNT FOR THE RESTAURANT. WE KNOW MOST OF YOU WILL BE THERE - PLEASE CONFIRM WITH JANE!

Long Island Swimming Officials Association

Annual Recognition Dinner Banquet

Monday, March 6, 2023

 Domenico’s

of Levittown

Sit-Down Dinner

 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Awards

Rising Star

Team Player

Rock Star Rookie

Member of the Year

Honoring the 2023

Scholar-Athlete Award Recipient

Noah Giunta, Comsewogue

Team Sportsmanship Awards

South Side-Lynbrook - VIII

Northport - XI

Featured Speaker

Andrew Parton, President Cradle of Aviation Museum

Installation of LISOA Officers

 Raffle Auction

No charge for LISOA members

 $40.00 for spouses or guests

Raffle Tickets

20 for $20.00

 5 for $10.00

 50/50 Tickets

$5.00

Please RSVP

reillyz4@verizon.net or 516-541-1989

LISOA Thank yous

Doug Virkus for again doing a great job of hounding us and gathering all the sportsmanship votes and determining the two teams with the best sportsmanship on Long Island.

Chairman Kerry Fallarino and her outstanding Scholar Athlete Committee (Stu Plosky, Jane Reilly, and Walter Gustafson) for choosing another unbelievable recipient!

Bob Kersch for ordering and delivering all the plaques for our championship presentations.

Walter Gustafson for creating a beautiful presentation certificate for our Scholar Athlete recipient.

Nelson Gonzalez for getting 100 of us to give him $20.00 for the football pool.

Chairman Laurette Tekverk and her Nominating Committee of Alyson Lamonte and Peter Hugo for presenting the new slate of LISOA Officers.

Mentoring Chairman Jane Reilly with Geoff Tripp and Cathy Smith for getting our three new members off to a great start.

CONGRATULATIONS

These 11 officials served as either/and a Swimming Referee, Swimming Starter, Diving Referee or Diving Assistant Referee during the 2023 Championships. That's almost a quarter of our members holding a key leadership position in a championship meet!



Bob Kersch, Doug Virkus, Frank Dowd, Cyna Buckley, Geoff Tripp, Cathy Smith, Jacky Spierer, Barbara Wendt, George Fleckenstein, Chris Hugo, Stu Plosky.

LISOA Calendar

Recognition Dinner Banquet Meeting - March 6, 2023 



Things Every Diving Judge Should Know...

·   It is important for a diving judge to know the meaning of the dive numbers so they can begin to prepare to judge the dive when it is announced. The dive number and position define the dive to be performed.

·   Position designations:

o  Straight or layout position = “A”

o  Pike position = “B”

o  Tuck position = “C”

o  Free position = “D”

·    For forward, back, inward and reverse dives:

o  The first number indicates the direction of travel;

o  The second number indicates whether the dive utilizes the flying position

·    The third number indicates the number of half somersaults;

·     For twisting dives:

o  The first number indicates the dive will be from the twist group;

o  The second number indicates the direction of travel;

o  The third number indicates the number of half somersaults;

·    The fourth number indicates the number of half twists to be performed.

Any dive from a group may be designated as a voluntary dive. It will receive its assigned degree of difficulty through 1.8. Any voluntary dive with a degree of difficulty greater than 1.8 will be assigned a degree of difficulty of 1.8.

Each LISOA official rates every Boy's Swimming and Diving team that they officiate, in both Section VIII and XI, on their team sportsmanship.

The team, in each section, that displays the best sportsmanship, based on our rankings is presented the TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD during the Sectional Swimming and Diving Championships.

CONGRATULATIONS !

2022-23 TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD

SOUTH SIDE-LYNBROOK

Section VIII

NORTHPORT

Section XI

The NFHS has launched a #BenchBadBehavior campaign. It’s designed to be edgy and it’s designed to be a clear and direct toolkit. See one of the flyers below.

SECTION VIII CONFERENCE C

SECTION XI LEAGUE 2

SECTION VIII FINALS

Boys Swimming and Diving Championships

March 3rd - 4th, 2023 

Ithaca College    

The National Association of Sports Officials (NASO) is excited to conduct the most comprehensive officiating study ever attempted. This anonymous survey is collecting more data than has ever been accessible before regarding sportsmanship, recruitment and retention, compensation, controversial issues in officiating, and a wide variety of topics highly valuable to the industry.

Be Part of Officiating History!

• It only launched just two weeks ago, but already more than 20,000 sports officials from across the country have taken the most comprehensive sports officiating survey in history.
• Your participation will allow YOUR VOICE to count toward positive changes in the officiating industry.
• Results will give greater vision to all levels of the industry and positively impact national, state and local officiating associations.

The study requires a commitment, just like your officiating. It is comprehensive and may take 30-40 minutes of your time. BUT it does not all have to be completed in one session. As long as you’re using the same computer or tablet, you can start, stop and come back to it as many times as needed until you have finished. If you only have 5-10 minutes at a time, that is no problem. The deadline to complete the survey is March 15, 2023.

The bottom line is that YOUR input is vital to the success of this effort. Thank you.

CLICK HERE for the survey

NYSPHSAA Announces Centennial Celebration Plans for 2023

This year marks the 100th anniversary for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) which will culminate in a centennial celebration during the annual Central Committee meeting at Turning Stone Resort on Tuesday, July 25th.

The event will feature a panel of special guests to help reflect on the association’s 100 years. Individuals currently and previously in leadership roles with the association will share their stories and perspectives during the evening. NYSPHSAA also plans to display artifacts and photos over the last several decades demonstrating the growth of the organization over the years. The celebration will conclude with the induction of the NYPSHSAA Hall of Fame Class of 2023 (announced in May) on Wednesday, July 26th at Turning Stone.

“Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association is an exciting time for all of us involved in interscholastic athletics in New York State,” said Dr. Robert Zayas, NYSPHSAA Executive Director. “So many people have played a part in the long history of this association and we are thrilled to be able to highlight some of the accomplishments over the coming months. We look forward to the centennial celebration in July and all the exciting things we have coming up to honor the association’s 100 years of service.”

The association has already begun recognizing its centennial and plans more initiatives leading up to the July 25th event. Last summer, NYSPHSAA designed a special centennial logo and placed it on a commemorative coin then provided one to each member athletic administrator and to Central Committee members. At fall championships, the logo was prominent in digital and traditional signage in championship venues as well as on athlete/coach credentials and in championship programs.

 Starting this month, the association will honor its 100-year history with social media posts every week noting “this day in history” or unique facts about the organization leading up to the centennial celebration on July 25th.

A major project the association has taken on in recognition of its 100 years is the editing and writing of its history book. In 2012, former NYSPHSAA Assistant Director Walter Eaton wrote and published the history of NYSPHSAA from 1923-2011. This year, the book will get revisions in addition to an extra 50 pages highlighting 2012-2023. The book is due to be published this spring in time for the centennial celebration.

“Our staff is engaged in the planning of many initiatives to celebrate this momentous occasion,” said Zayas. “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity and we are excited to promote all the great moments, historical events and people that this association has impacted and received contributions from.”

NYSPHSAA was formed on December 30, 1922 and saw the first ever New York State championship conducted in May of 1923. That year, the NYSPHSAA Track and Field Championships were held at Union College in Schenectady. Currently, NYSPHSAA is made up of 787 member schools across the state, divided into 11 sections.