Burnett Fraser / South Burnett combined club challenge Saturday 18th October 2014 WIDE BAY REGIONAL SWIMMING ASSOCIATION, TOGETHER WITH MARYBOROUGH SWIMMING CLUB, INVITES ALL CLUBS FROM THE SOUTH BURNETT AND BURNETT FRASER TO THE INAUGURAL 2014 CLUB CHALLENGE TO BE HELD AT THE MARYBOROUGH AQUATIC CENTRE. WIDE BAY SWIMMING ARE PROMOTING TEAM SUPPORT AND A SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE IN PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CLUBS, SMALL AND LARGE, TO COMPETE IN A DAY OF FRIENDLY COMPETITION WHERE POINTS AWARDED WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE CLUBS OF THE SWIMMERS. HANDICAP PROVISIONS WILL BE IN PLACE ALLOWING CLUBS OF ALL SIZES TO COMPETE ON AN EQUAL FOOTING FOR PRIZEMONEY. TEAM SPIRIT AWARDS WILL ALSO BE AWARDED ON THE DAY. ELETRONIC TIMING WILL BE IN OPERATION SO TIMES CAN BE USED AS QUALIFYING TIMES FOR REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL MEETS. The meet is a recognised qualifying meet sanctioned by Swimming Queensland. --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Date : Saturday 18th October 2014 Where : Maryborough Aquatic Centre Time : Warm up from 8.00 am - 8.45am Competition to start at 9.00 am Entry: Non swimmers $3.00 Swimmers and children under 10 – free --- --- --- --- Nominations : Individual Nomination Fee $ 3.00 / event Relay Nomination Fee $10.00 / team th Close: Monday 13 October 2014 - NO LATE NOMINATIONS will be accepted All nominations to be submitted through the Club Race Secretary and forwarded by Team Manager file. Team Manager entries to be emailed to [email protected] Enquiries to be emailed to the Meet Director, Rob West - [email protected] Hard copy of nominations to follow payment made to Wide Bay Regional Swimming Association (Direct Deposit preferred – see below for bank account details), to be received prior to the meet – or alternatively return cheques and declarations to : Treasurer, Wide Bay Regional Swimming Association PO Box 4309, Bundaberg South, QLD 4670 Bank Details: BSB - 034122 ACCOUNT - 554007 Team Manager event file etc , can be downloaded from www.widebayswimming.org.au Rules Governing the Burnett Fraser / South Burnett Club Challenge The Burnett Fraser / South Burnett Club Challenge Meet will be conducted according to Australian Swimming and Queensland Swimming Rules. All participating clubs must be affiliated, and all swimmers must be registered with Swimming Queensland and Wide Bay Regional Swimming Association. The Referee has the power to control events at his / her discretion. Events will be called in advance at the discretion of the host club by public address and / or visual display. Competitor’s names will be not called. No person shall enter the water between events. Timed finals will be swum for all events. Swimmers must compete only in their age group as specified in the program, or Open events where applicable. Swimmers who do not report to the marshalling area, or who leave the marshalling area before being told to do so, will be disqualified. Swimmers must swim in the lane allocated by the check starter. Heats may be consolidated at the discretion of the Referee, but will not be reseeded. Swimmers must be ready to take their position on the starting blocks when signalled to do so by the Referee. The “One Start Rule” will apply throughout. “Over the Top” starting will apply at the discretion of the Referee. Feet first entry for all Backstroke events will apply on the day. Junior Rule Tolerances will apply to all 7yrs & Under events No individual medals will be awarded on the day. All points won will be awarded to the club aggregate for the day. Cash prizes of $400.00 (1st) $250.00 (2nd) $150.00 (3rd) will be awarded to the clubs based on aggregate points and the handicap system applied. Handicap procedures will be in place to assist smaller clubs attending in competing equally with larger clubs. Points will be allocated per heat in each event for first three place getters. Points allocated will be 10 points (1st), 5 points (2nd), and 3 points (3rd). All other swimmers in each heat will earn 1 point for their respective club. Handicap points will be determined by the simple method of dividing the number of nominated swimmers from a club into the number of points earned for that particular club. ie. If a club has earned 50 points and has 10 swimmers, then that club’s overall points for the day will be 5. Cash prizes of 3 x $50 will also be awarded for team spirit awards on the day. A Team Representative must submit protests to the Referee in writing, together with a deposit of $50 and within 30 minutes of the posting of result. Where two or more age groups are combined, there will be records for all age groups 8yrs and over. Competitors aged 7 years and under will be awarded participation certificates or ribbons only - no medals will be awarded. No individual age champions will be awarded on the day. Clubs must provide time keepers as per the roster in the meet program. Event No. Event Name Boys Girls 1 2 12 & Over 400m Freestyle (no points Event No. Event Name Boys Girls 49 50 7 & Under 25m Freestyle awarded toward club aggregate) 3 4 9 & Under 25m Butterfly 51 52 8 years 50m Freestyle 5 6 8 Years 50m Butterfly 53 54 9 years 50m Freestyle 7 8 9 years 50m Butterfly 55 56 10 years 50m Freestyle 9 10 10 years 50m Butterfly 57 58 Open M/D 50m Freestyle 11 12 Open M/D 50m Butterfly 59 60 11 years 100m Freestyle 13 14 15 & Over 200 IM 61 62 12 years 100m Freestyle 15 16 11 years 100m Butterfly 63 64 13 years 100m Freestyle 17 18 12 years 100m Butterfly 65 66 14 years 100m Freestyle 19 20 13 years 100m Butterfly 67 68 15 & Over 100m Freestyle 21 22 14 years 100m Butterfly 69 70 11-12 years 200 IM 23 24 15 & Over 100m Butterfly 71 72 7 & Under 25m Backstroke 25 26 7 & Under 25m Breaststroke 73 74 8 years 50m Backstroke 27 28 8 years 50m Breaststroke 75 76 9 years 50m Backstroke 29 30 9 years 50m Breaststroke 77 78 10 years 50m Backstroke 31 32 10 years 50 Breaststroke 79 80 Open M/D 50m Backstroke 33 34 Open M/D 50m Breaststroke 81 82 11 Years 100m Backstroke 35 36 11 years 100m Breaststroke 83 84 12 years 100m Backstroke 37 38 12 years 100m Breaststroke 85 86 13 years 100m Backstroke 39 40 13 years 100m Breaststroke 87 88 14 years 100m Backstroke 41 42 14 years 100m Breaststroke 89 90 15 & Over 100m Backstroke 43 44 15 & Over 100m Breaststroke 91 92 10 & Under 200m Freestyle Relay 45 46 9-10 years 200 IM 93 94 12 & Under 200m Freestyle Relay 47 48 13-14 years 200 IM 95 96 14 & Under 200m Freestyle Relay 97 98 Open 200m Freestyle Relay Psych Sheets will be displayed on the WB website once nominations close. Please email errors within 24 hours of psych sheets being displayed.