Member Resources
RESC’s Rules and Regulations help us ensure that our community pool remains a safe and sanitary environment for fun. Click here to read RESC’s Rules and Regulations for 2012.
For lots of other things you should know about RESC, see our Fine Print here.
To read the Bylaws of Regency Estates Swim Club, click here.
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RESC Wristband Policy for 2012
To enhance the safety and supervision of our youngest members and guests, RESC has a wristband system for all children under the age of 16.
Those under 16 MUST wear a yellow RESC wristband – signifying that they have passed a basic swim test – to be allowed into the main pool area. The main pool area is the diving well and the other “laned” section of the pool that runs from 3 feet in the shallow end near the bathhouse to 5 feet on the opposite side of the pool.
Those under 16 who wish to enter the water but do not have a wristband must stay behind the rope in the lagoon area or the kiddy pool — unless they are with a parent/guardian or swim instructor who is in within an arm’s length of the child.
RESC recognizes that some of our youngest swimmers who have not been in the water since the previous summer might have some catching up to do with their swim skills at the beginning of each summer season. For this reason, every child 6 years of age and younger must take the swim test at the beginning of each season, even if they passed the test the previous year.
For visiting camps that have wristband policies and sufficient supervision, RESC will recognize their color-coded wristband rules. RESC lifeguards should enforce the rules as they would our own wristband policy.
Swim tests will be given by a lifeguard during the 15-minute “rest” periods that begin at 45 minutes after the hour, also known as adult swim. Those taking the test are required to swim one length (25 meters) and then tread water in the deep end for 30 seconds.
The office will keep a log of those who pass the test and earn a wristband. If a wristband is lost, a replacement may be purchased for $1. No cash is required: A family member will sign for the new wristband and the family will be billed.
Those who do not pass the swim test will not be allowed to take it again the same day and will be encouraged to take swim lessons, which are available from RESC lifeguards and swim coaches, and through various programs in Montgomery County. Among them:
**Montgomery Aquatics Center (240-777-8070)
**Rockville Swim Center (240-314-8750)
**YMCA of Bethesda/Chevy Chase (301-530-8500)
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A safety message for the 2012 season
Welcome back to your community pool for the 2012 season! Here are some things we’d like you and your family to keep in mind to help keep everyone safe at RESC this season:
Supervision of children
1.) Parental supervision is the most important factor in keeping our younger members and guests safe in the water. It is a parent or guardian’s responsibility to supervise their children during pool visits. Lifeguards are posted around the pool in case there is an emergency and to help prevent risky behavior, but parents and guardians are our first line of defense in keeping our kids safe.
2.) Those under age 16 who wish to enter the water but do not have a yellow RESC wristband (indicating they have passed the swim test) must stay behind the rope in the lagoon area or the kiddy pool – unless they are with a parent/guardian or swim instructor who is within an arm’s length of the child.
3.) Parents of young children should make sure they know their children’s whereabouts in the pool. Such parents also should have their kids wear brightly colored swim gear (rather than white, gray or light blue) that can be seen easily when the child is underwater.
On deck/lap lanes
1.) Kickboards should not be used as flotation devices.
2.) Diving is allowed only from the diving boards. Do not dive or attempt flips into shallower water, such as the lap lanes or the 5-feet-deep water on the side of the pool opposite the pool house.
3.) All members and guests should limit conversations with lifeguards who are in guard chairs, to avoid distracting the guards from watching the pool.
4.) Those using the lap lanes should be considerate of fellow swimmers and observe accepted rules for lap lane etiquette:
**If there are more than two people in the lap lane they should “circle swim,” which means swimming up on one side of the lane and back on the other side.
**When passing another swimmer in the lap lane, tap the other swimmer’s foot lightly one time. This will signal to that swimmer to stop at the next wall and let you pass. If you are the swimmer being passed, please make sure you stop at the next wall, not in the middle of the lane, and let the other swimmer pass. Do not try to speed up to prevent the swimmer from passing you.
**When the lap lane is in use, do not sit on the edge of the lane or stand against the wall, blocking swimmers from being able to do turns.
**Some swimmers like to jog or walk down the lanes, rather than swim. If you would like to “aqua jog,” please do so alongside (outside) the lap lane, which is designated for lap swimming.
Now that all that’s out of the way, here’s to a safe and fun summer at RESC!
