Championships 2017 Keynsham Leisure Centre, 25m Short Course Pool Saturday 2 nd & Sunday 3 rd December (4SW171029) First warm up at 1:30pm & all finished by 6 pm each day Licenced with the ASA as a Level 4 meet, to qualify for entry into the County Championships (Under ASA Laws and Regulations and Technical Rules of Racing) All strokes 50m, 100m; 200m Free; 100m IM; 200 IM; 25m Fly Overall junior and senior top boy and top girl awards Entries close Friday 18 th November 2017
Meet information Session 1: Saturday 2 nd December Warm up 1:30pm Session 2: Sunday 3 rd December Warm up 1:30pm 1. All events will be swum separately for males and females, with the exception of the Masters 50m freestyle event which may be combined males and females 2. Age as on 3 rd December 2017. 3. All events are heat declared winner. For each event, all age groups will swim together, the heats being seeded by times on the club website. Swimmers without a time for an event will be entered in the slower heats according to age. 4. For each event there will be awards for the top six in each age group (top three males and top three females for the masters event), these swimmers also being awarded points (6 points for first place, 5 points for second place, etc within their age group) towards the junior and senior top boy and top girl awards (presented at the Christmas disco). 5. The age groups for awards will be: 25m fly: 8 yrs & under 50m events: 8 yrs & under (not fly), 9 yrs, 10 yrs, 11 yrs, 12-13 yrs, 14 yrs+. 100m events: 12-13 yrs (see below), 14 yrs+. 100m IM: 8 yrs & under, 9 yrs, 10 yrs, 11 yrs 200m IM: 12-13 yrs, 14 yrs+ 200m Free: 8 yrs & under, 9 yrs, 10 yrs, 11 yrs, 12-13 yrs, 14 yrs+. Masters 50m freestyle event: 18 years+ 6. The 100m single stroke events are open to swimmers aged 12 yrs and above. In addition, Gold and Silver Squad swimmers who will be age 11 yrs by 31 December 2018 may enter one or more 100m single stroke events. This younger group of swimmers will compete for medals in the 13 years and under age group, and will not receive points towards the top boy and top girl competitions in these events (the top six 12-13 yrs old swimmers in these events will receive points as usual).
7. Swimmers may enter one IM event. For swimmers aged 11 yrs & under this will be the 100IM; swimmers aged 12 yrs & above will enter the 200IM. 8. The entry fee is 4 per event. A swimmer entering six events will pay 20. A swimmer entering seven or more events will pay 24. 9. ALL ASA category 2 members (and younger ASA category 1 members) of KASC are encouraged to enter at least two events in the Championships. Masters swimmers are welcome to enter any event with a 14 yrs+ age category, and are particularly encouraged to enter the Masters 50m freestyle event. 10. Results will be issued to the ASA rankings as per license conditions Programme of events SESSION 1: Saturday 2nd December 2017, warm-up starts at 1:30pm, races start 2pm 101 100 Back Girls 12-13 yrs* 14 yrs+ 102 100 Back Boys 12-13 yrs* 14 yrs+ 103 50 Free Girls All 104 50 Free Boys All 105 50 Free MASTERS MASTERS Medal presentations (approx 3 to 3:30pm) 106 100 Fly Girls 12-13 yrs* 14 yrs+ 107 100 Fly Boys 12-13 yrs* 14 yrs+ 108 50 Breast Girls All 109 50 Breast Boys All 110 200 Free Girls All 111 200 Free Boys All Medal presentations and finish by 6pm *Gold & Silver Squad swimmers who will be age 11 yrs by 31/12/2018 may enter 100m single stroke events
SESSION 2: Sunday 3rd December 2017, warm-up starts at 1:30pm, races start 2pm 201 100 Breast Girls 12-13 yrs* 14 yrs+ 202 100 Breast Boys 12-13 yrs* 14 yrs+ 203 25 Fly Girls 8 yrs & under 204 25 Fly Boys 8 yrs & under 205 50 Fly Girls All (not 8 yrs & under) 206 50 Fly Boys All (not 8 yrs & under) Medal presentations (approx 3 to 3:30pm) 207 100 Free Girls 12-13 yrs* 14 yrs+ 208 100 Free Boys 12-13 yrs* 14 yrs+ 209 50 Back Girls All 210 50 Back Boys All 211 100IM Girls 8 yrs & under, 9, 10, 11 yrs 212 100IM Boys 8 yrs & under, 9, 10, 11 yrs 213 200 IM Girls 12-13 yrs* 14 yrs+ 214 200 IM Boys 12-13 yrs* 14 yrs+ Medal presentations and finish by 6pm *Gold & Silver Squad swimmers who will be age 11 yrs by 31/12/2018 may enter 100m single stroke events Meet rules This competition is licensed by the ASA for entry into the County Championships, and so is conducted according to ASA Laws and Technical Rules. All swimmers entering the competition must have joined KASC no later than 1st November 2017. All club and ASA membership fees must be paid up to date.
All swimmers should have made themselves available, if selected, for Junior League and National League teams, or they may not be allowed to take part in the Championships. Swimmer s entry information will be held on a computer solely for the purposes of administering this competition. Consent, as required by the Data Protection Act 1998, to the holding of personal information on computer will be deemed to have been given by the submission of an entry. Personal Data will be available for inspection during the Meet on application to the Promoter. These details may be made public before, during or after the meet for the purposes of confirming entries, producing the programme, and releasing results. The organisers reserve the right, with the agreement of the referee, to alter the programme if this is necessary to ensure the meet runs to time. As much notice as possible will be given of any changes. Entries close on Friday 18th November. No late entries will be permitted. No refunds will be made for withdrawals after the closing date, other than due to obvious injury, or illness supported by a doctor s note. Please can all attendees read the information on photography as set out in our Meet Programme and displayed in poster form at the meet entrance table. It is requested that mobile phones are switched to silent during the competion. Please do not use flash photography at the start of the races. Masters swimmers will be provided with a separate lane for warm up. Spectators Entry fee will be 2 for adults, 1 OAPs, 18 and under free. Promoter Chris Metcalfe: cnametcalfe@blueyonder.co.uk