Spectator Information Pack Thank you for supporting the athletes at this year s British Championships 2015. Please read the below information carefully as it contains important information about the event. BRITISH SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP VENUE London Aquatics Centre Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London E20 2ZQ Tel 0208 536 3150 http://londonaquaticscentre.org/ PUBLIC TRANSPORT There is no parking available at the London Aquatics Centre. Parking can be found at the nearby Westfield Shopping Centre. There is no street parking available. It is strongly advised that you travel to the venue via public transport, please visit the transport for London website to plan your journey: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/ SCHEDULE EVENTS Tuesday 14 April Wednesday 15 April Thursday 16 April Friday 17 April Saturday 18 April M 400m Freestyle M 200m Butterfly W 200m Ind Medley W 50m Freestyle W 400m Ind Medley W 100m Freestyle W 400m Freestyle M 200m Backstroke M 50m Freestyle M 200m Freestyle M 100m Backstroke M 100m Freestyle W 100m Backstroke W 100m Butterfly W 200m Backstroke W 200m Butterfly M 200m Breaststroke W 1500m Freestyle (TT) M 50 Butterfly (TT) W 200m Breaststroke M 200m Ind Medley W 50m Butterfly (TT) M 50m Backstroke (TT) M 1500m Freestyle (Slow Heats) W 800m Freestyle (Slow Heats) M 400m Ind Medley W 100m Breaststroke M 100m Breaststroke M 800m Freestyle (TT) W 50m Backstroke (TT) M 100m Butterfly W 200m Freestyle M 50m Breaststroke (TT) W 50m Breaststroke (TT)
Finals 18:30 Finals 18:30 Finals 18:30 Finals 18:30 Finals 16:00 M 400m Freestyle JF M 400m Freestyle JF M 400m Freestyle M 200m Butterfly JF M 200m Butterfly JF W 200m Ind Medley JF W 200m Ind Medley JF W 100m Butterfly JF W 100m Butterfly JF W 400m Ind Medley JF W 400m Ind Medley JF W 100m Freestyle JF W 100m Freestyle JF W 100m Freestyle M 100m Backstroke JF M 100m Backstroke JF M 100m Backstroke W 200m Butterfly JF W 200m Butterfly JF W 200m Butterfly M 200m Butterfly W 400m Freestyle JF W 400m Freestyle JF W 400m Freestyle M 200m Ind Medley JF M 200m Ind Medley JF M 200m Ind Medley W 200m Ind Medley M 200m Backstroke JF M 200m Backstroke JF M 200m Backstroke W 100m Backstroke JF W 100m Backstroke JF W 100m Butterfly M 50m Freestyle JF M 50m Freestyle JF M 50m Freestyle W 50m Freestyle JF W 50m Freestyle JF W 50m Freestyle W 400m Ind Medley M 200m Freestyle JF M 200m Freestyle JF M 200m Freestyle W 200m Backstroke JF W 200m Backstroke JF W 200m Backstroke M 200m Breaststroke JF M 200m Breaststroke JF M 200m Breaststroke W 200m Breaststroke JF W 200m Breaststroke JF W 200m Breaststroke M 100m Freestyle JF M 100m Freestyle JF M 100m Freestyle W 100m Freestyle M 1500m Freestyle Fastest Heat W 800m Freestyle Fastest Heat M 400m Ind Medley JF M 400m Ind Medley JF M 400m Ind Medley W 100m Breaststroke JF W 100m Breaststroke YF W 100m Breaststroke M 100m Butterfly JF M 100m Butterfly JF M 100m Butterfly W 200m Freestyle JF W 200m Freestyle JF W 200m Freestyle M 100m Breaststroke JF M 100m Breaststroke YF M 100m Breaststroke
SESSION TIMES Date Venue doors opening times Tuesday 14 th April Heats: 08.30 Wednesday 15 th April Heats: 08.30 Thursday 16 th April Heats: 08.30 Friday 17 th April Heats: 08.030 Saturday 18 th April Heats: 08.30 Finals: 14.30 Session Start Finals: 16.00 Session Finish (approx) Heats:12.20 Heats:12.20 Heats:13.00 Heats:12.20 Heats:12.30 Finals: 17:35 VENUE FACILITIES Spectators are allowed to bring in their own bottled water into the venue but will not be allowed to bring food into the venue. Drinks and snacks will be available to purchase at the venue concession stands in the spectator seating area. The downstairs cafe will not be open to spectators for the duration of the event. There is no cash machine at the venue, the closest one being in the Westfield shopping centre, a short walk away. There are toilets and first-aid facilities inside the venue. In addition, the information point for all competition and venue information will be at the British Swimming Front of House desk in the upper welcome zone. Please be aware, that spectators will be asked to park any buggies in dedicated areas in the upper welcome zone as they will not be allowed in the venue. The British Swimming front of house desk will be located in the upper welcome zone of the main concourse. The opening times are: Training day Competition days 13 th 14 th 15 th 16 th 17 th 18 th 0900 12:00 07:00 18:30 13:45 17:00
TICKETS If you have purchased tickets through Ticketmaster don t forget to print your ticket before you arrive at the venue. Tickets will be available on the door at the London Aquatics Centre from Monday 13 th April 2015. The Ticketmaster Box Office will be open next to the Front of House desk in the upper welcome zone at the following opening times: Training day Competition days 13 th 14 th 15 th 16 th 17 th 18 th 07:00 07:00 12:00-18:30 13:45 17:00 Please note that some sessions have now sold out. Tickets for remaining sessions will be available on a first come first served basis at the event. Please visit the Ticketmaster website to check availability before travelling. Ticket prices on the door will be as follows: Heats Adult: 12 Heats Concession: 10 Finals Adult: 16 Finals Concession: 14 SPEEDO Visit the Speedo pop-up store in the London Aquatics Centre upper welcome zone. They will be retailing official event merchandise, training and racing aids and a selection of Fastskin products including the brand new LZR Racer X. Be sure to visit the Speedo store at the London Aquatics Centre during the event to receive a personalised fitting consultations and body scanning experience to find your the perfect size Speedo racing suit. LUMIE 20% discount on all Lumie products with British Swimming Lumie Bodyclock is a wake-up light that can help you get up for early morning training and improve your energy and productivity. A Lumie lightbox can then give you a quick boost during the day. The two products used together can also help you recover from jet lag if you re travelling overseas for events.
Lumie s products are medical devices and backed by over 20 years of rigorous research, currently in collaboration with Liverpool John Moores University, into light therapy and sports performance. Light therapy is totally safe, drug-free and easy to use. Lumie is proud to be a partner to British Swimming and is pleased to offer all its members a 20% discount using the discount code WATER26. Visit the Lumie stand on Saturday 18 th April for your chance to win 1 Lumie Bodyclock Active worth 99.95! www.lumie.com SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THOSE YOU THAT WANT TO TWEET / FACEBOOK ABOUT YOUR IN INVOLVEMENT AT THE EVENT (PRIOR AND DURING), THE TWITTER HASH TAG WHICH WE WOULD ASK YOU TO USE IS #BSC15 THIS WOULD ALSO WORK ON FACEBOOK AS WELL. VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY POLICY British Swimming are becoming increasingly concerned about the new wave of mobile telephones with a photographic capability, enabling the capture of both static & moving images. Used responsibly, such devices are perfectly safe, but sharing images widely may betray a confidence or even an identity & such information may help those who might want to harm children. The use of such equipment is difficult to control but we can all be vigilant & if you have any concerns in this area, please bring them to the attention of someone responsible. This event will be photographed and videoed. Static images will be displayed on the website www.swimming.org at the venue and used to promote the sport at this event and events in the future. Moving images will displayed at the venue and used as part of a highlights package and live streaming which will be uploaded onto www.swimming.tv. British swimming work closely with our experts to ensure that in making these images available to enhance the presentation of the event; we are not putting any children at risk in any way. If you have any concerns please refer to ASA Wavepower document, section 6, pages 60-62. The document can be found at www.swimming.org The following is taken from the Data Protection notice and relates to photography and video images for all events. Recording images: British Swimming may record the competition events in which you participate and general images of swimmers will form part of the information we hold and use. In addition to the purposes for general information set out above, British Swimming may use these recordings and images for the purposes of education and training, swimmer analysis, performance, development, selection and event promotion.
If Parents/Guardians have any concerns with their child being photographed at our events please complete the Refusal of Consent Form, which can be found at the British Swimming desk in the upper welcome zone. We wish you an enjoyable time at the British Swimming Championships 2015!