THE TAMILNADU STATE AQUATIC ASSOCIATION AFFILIATED TO SWIMMING FEDERATION OF INDIA G2, Jegashree Apartments, 17, Rettai Pillayar Koil Street, Velachery, Chennai 600 042; Phone 044 42185819; Mobile 97915 28636 www.tnsaa.net; admin@tnsaa.net Dr. Sadayavel Kailasam President T. Chandrasekaran Secretary November 14, 2018 To All affiliated Members and Clubs in Tamil Nadu State (Actively participating) 31 st State South Zone Selection Aquatic Championship 2018 The Tamilnadu State Aquatic Association will conduct its 31 st State South Zone Selection Aquatic Championship 2018 from 7th to 9th December 2018 at Velachery Aquatic Complex, Chennai, (subject to the permission from SDAT) for selecting the Tamilnadu Swimming and Water Polo team to participate in the South Zone Aquatic Championship to be held at SIR VIZZY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SWIMMING POOL, Gandhi Nagar, Vijayawada, from 27 th to 29 th December 2018 conducted by Andhra Pradesh Amateur Aquatic Association 1. Age Group Category Group Age Born in the year Swimming I 17, 16 and 15 years 2001, 2002 and 2003 Swimming II 14 and 13 years 2004 and 2005 Swimming III 12 and 11 years 2006 and 2007 Swimming IV 10 and 9 years 2008 and 2009 Swimming V 8 years 2010 Swimming VI 7 years 2011 Water Polo On or after 2000
2. Swimming Events Group(s) Freestyle I and II 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 Back Stroke 50, 100, 200 Breast Stroke 50, 100, 200 Butterfly Stroke 50, 100, 200 Individual Relays Medley 200, 400 4 x 100 Free 4 x 200 Free 4 x 100 Medley III 50, 100, 200 50, 100 50, 100 50, 100 200 4 x 50 Free 4 x 50 Medley IV 50, 100 50 50 50 200 4 x 50 Free 4 x 50 Medley V 50 50 50 50 100 4 x 50 Free 4 x 50 Medley VI 25 25 25 25 100 There will be no selection for the South Zone Aquatic Championship for the Groups V and VI since these events are not conducted in the South Zone Aquatic Championship 3. Water polo events Water polo matches will be held for both Boys and Girls categories. The matches will be played once the morning session is over. One unit from each district can submit maximum of thirteen players per category. 4. Maximum number of Events - Swimming Group I and II III IV, V and VI No. of events Maximum of five individual events Maximum of four individual events All events 5. Timing for Seeding - Swimming Seeding will be done based on the best timing clocked by the swimmer in the preceding last State meet conducted by our Association viz., Sub Junior and Junior State Selection Meet 2018 Swimmers who have not participated in the preceding last state meet or for any of the events in which he or she is participating in this Championship seeding will be at Random. 6. Entries Entries shall be submitted online through our Association website. Online option will be available from 23 rd of November 2018. Swimmers who are participating for the first time, concerned Clubs have to register them by providing the requisite details. The submitted details will be approved by the Association thereafter the Clubs can submit their event participation details.
Last date for submission of entries through online is 30 th November 2018. Entries will be not accepted after the due date. Entry forms along with the entry fees payable needs to be submitted to Mr. T. Chandrasekaran, Secretary, Tamilnadu State Aquatic Association, G2, Jegashree Apartments, 17, Rettai Pillayar Koil Street, Velachery, Chennai 600 042, between 11 AM and 4 PM During the course of the event, Relay forms will be issued and the same shall be submitted duly filled with the Full name of the Swimmer written legibly in Capital letters. Certificates for relay events will be issued based on the relay form only. Correction in terms of spelling for relay certificates will not be entertained. 7. Age Proof Swimmers who have obtained the ID Cards from the Association need not submit their Age proof certificate. Swimmers who have not obtained the ID Cards from the Association need to submit an attested copy of their Age proof certificate. 8. Entry Fees Particulars Swimming Individual event Swimming Relay event Water Polo Entry Fees Rs. 100 per event per swimmer Rs. 300 per relay event per team Rs. 1,000 per team Entry fees shall be paid in cash or by way of Demand Draft along with the entry form. Demand Draft shall be drawn in favor of The Tamilnadu State Aquatic Association, Payable at Chennai. 9. Accommodation Dormitory Accommodation shall be provided to out station team / competitors on request. Request for the accommodation shall be sent to the Secretary on or before 30 th November 2018 along with the number of Boys and Girls. One official shall be allowed for one unit, club or district. 10. Protest No Age protest shall be entertained against any swimmer who have already faced medical and has been cleared by the Tamil Nadu Aquatic Association. Protest if any should be given in writing by the manager of the concerned club or District with a protest fee of Rs.500/- within 30 minutes after the event. The protest shall be referred to the jury of appeal whose decision is final.
11. Affiliation No transfer is permitted after the last date for submission of entry. The transfer fee is Rs. 500 per swimmer. The transfer fee should be paid along with the entry fees. 12. Mode of selection Swimming Swimmers who have secured first and second place in this Championship other than Group V and VI, shall be selected to represent Tamilnadu. However, Association reserves the right in selection of Swimmers and allocation of events for the selected swimmers. Any swimmer fails to represent the state in the forthcoming South Zone Championship after being qualified then the swimmer be debarred from participating in the next three state meets and their place secured in the state meet shall stand withdrawn. The only exception is for medical reasons in which a Chennai swimmer has to get medical certificate of their illness only from Ashwini Soundarya Hospital and the district swimmers have to get their medical certificate only from government hospital and that certificate has to be accompanied by a letter from the district secretary. Swimmer will be fined for an amount of Rs. 1,000 per event for not reporting for the events qualified. Swimmers who do not wear the colors provided by the Association during the victory ceremonies of the above referred National Championship will be fined with an amount of Rs.3,000/- Water polo Post to this Championship, Trial matches will be played to select the players. Trial Match dates will be announced later. Players shall be allowed to play the trial match from Best performed player in each of the matches he / she played in this championship. Best performed player will be identified by the Water Polo Committee of the Association. Independent player from the clubs who have not submitted their water polo entries in this championship
13. Points for Individual Championships For individual events points shall be awarded as 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 for the first six places respectively. Only if there is a tie in the score, bonus points shall be awarded to swimmers who have scored equal points as follows: 5 Bonus points shall be awarded for establishing a State Record or 10 Bonus points shall be awarded for establishing a National Record. 14. Points for Group and Overall Championships For individual events points shall be awarded as 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 for the first six places respectively and for relay events points shall be awarded as 14, 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 for the first six places respectively. 15. Medal Ceremony Medal ceremony will be as per the schedule given in the order of events. Medal winners must report for the medal ceremony as and when called for. Otherwise, the swimmer will not be allowed to participate in the remaining event of the Championship otherwise in the next championship conducted by the Association. Relay medals and certificates will be handed over to the Coach/Managers of the respective clubs. 16. Event Timing Events of Morning session shall be started at 7.00 AM on all days and the reporting time shall be 6.30 AM. Events of Evening session shall be started at 4.00 PM on all days and the reporting time shall be 3.30 PM. Water Polo matches will be conducted after completion swimming events in the morning session.
17. Others The swimmers participating in the championship can do the warm up in the racing pool and must clear the racing pool 15 minutes before the start of the Morning / Evening session. Start List will be uploaded in our website www.tnsaa.net on December 5, 2018 Order of Events is appended herewith. Yours sincerely Sd/-- T. Chandrasekaran Secretary
ORDER OF EVENTS Day 1, 7 th December 2018 Morning Session 1 2 I 400 m Freestyle 3 4 II 400 m Freestyle 5 6 III 200 m Freestyle Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 1 to 6 of First day's Morning events 7 8 I 200 m Individual Medley 9 10 II 200 m Individual Medley 11 12 III 200 m Individual Medley 13 14 IV 200 m Individual Medley Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 7 to 14 of First day's Morning events 15 16 I 100 m Back Stroke 17 18 II 100 m Back Stroke Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 15 to 18 of First day's Morning events 19 20 IV 4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay 21 22 III 4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay 23 24 II 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay 25 26 I 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Day 1, 7 th December 2018 Evening Session 1 2 I 200 m Back Stroke 3 4 II 200 m Back Stroke 5 6 III 100 m Back Stroke Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 1 to 6 of First day's Evening events 7 8 I 100 m Freestyle 9 10 II 100 m Freestyle 11 12 III 100 m Freestyle 13 14 IV 100 m Freestyle Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 7 to 14 of First day's Evening events 15 16 I 200 m Breast Stroke 17 18 II 200 m Breast Stroke Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 15 to 18 of First day's Evening events
Day 2, 8 th December 2018 Morning Session 1 2 I 800 m Freestyle 3 4 II 800 m Freestyle 5 6 III 50 m Breast Stroke 7 8 V 50 m Breast Stroke Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 1 to 8 of Second day's Morning events 9 10 I 50 m Freestyle 11 12 II 50 m Freestyle 13 14 IV 50 m Freestyle 15 16 V 50 m Butterfly Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 9 to 16 of Second day's Morning events 17 18 I 100 m Butterfly 19 20 II 100 m Butterfly 21 22 III 100 m Butterfly 23 24 VI 25 m Freestyle Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 17 to 24 of Second day's Morning events 25 26 VI 25 m Butterfly 27 28 V 4 x 50 m Medley Relay 29 30 IV 4 x 50 m Medley Relay 31 32 III 4 x 50 m Medley Relay 33 34 VI 25 m Back Stroke Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 25, 26, 33, 34 of Second day's Morning events 35 36 II 4 x 100 m Medley Relay 37 38 I 4 x 100 m Medley Relay Day 2, 8 th December 2018 Evening Session 1 2 I 100 m Breast Stroke 3 4 II 100 m Breast Stroke Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 1 to 4 of Second day's Evening events 5 6 I 200 m Butterfly 7 8 II 200 m Butterfly Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 5 to 8 of Second day's Evening events 9 10 I 200 m Freestyle 11 12 II 200 m Freestyle 13 14 V 50 m Freestyle 15 16 III 50 m Back Stroke 17 18 IV 50 m Breast Stroke Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 9 to 18 of Second day's Evening events
Day 3, 9 th December 2018 Morning Session 1 2 I 1500 m Freestyle 3 4 II 1500 m Freestyle 5 6 IV 50 m Back Stroke Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 1 to 6 of Third day's Morning events 7 8 I 400 m Individual Medley 9 10 II 400 m Individual Medley 11 12 III 100 m Breast Stroke 13 14 VI 25 m Breast Stroke 15 16 V 100 m Individual Medley 17 18 VI 100 m Individual Medley Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 7 to 18 of Third day's Morning events 19 20 I 50 m Back Stroke 21 22 II 50 m Back Stroke 23 24 V 50 m Back Stroke 25 26 III 50 m Freestyle Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 19 to 26 of Third day's Morning events 27 28 V 4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay 29 30 II 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay 31 32 I 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Day 3, 9 th December 2018 Evening Session 1 2 I 50 m Butterfly 3 4 II 50 m Butterfly 5 6 III 50 m Butterfly 7 8 IV 50 m Butterfly Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 1 to 8 of Third day's Evening events 9 10 I 50 m Breast Stroke 11 12 II 50 m Breast Stroke Medal Ceremony for Event Nos 11 to 12 of Third day's Evening events