News and Updates

21 July 2010

Telkom SA Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg from the 6th – 9th August

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Download Psych Sheets

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19 July 2010

Information regarding the Sasko 1st ‘A’ League Gala

The 1st SASKO ‘A’ League gala will take place on Friday 13th August and Saturday 14th August at the Newton Park Swimming Pool.  

The Friday evening session will commence at 18:30 and the Saturday session will commence at 10:00.

Downloads:

Information Letter

Programme

'A' League Rules and Procedures

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14 July 2010

Aquabear Spring Gala InvitationClick Me

Aquabear Swim Club invites you to their Spring Gala taking place at the newly renovated Newton Park Swimming Pool on 24-26 September 2010.

Please find all relevant information here.

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09 July 2010Adrienne Wilson

Swimming South Africa announces SA Diving Team to participate at the 18th FINA World Junior Championships in Tuscan, Arizona, USA from 1-6 September 2010.

Danielle WilsonWe are extremely proud of Danni Wilson who has been selected and Adrienne Wilson who will be going as the FINA Judge.

Congratulations and well done Danni and Adrienne!!!

See the full team here

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08 July 2010

Criteria for World Short Course Championships in Dubai - December 2010

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08 July 2010

Selection Criteria for Cana Zone 3 & 4 Gala in Botswana - January 2011

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08 July 2010

Selection Criteria for the Africa Senior Championships 2010

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28 June 2010

SSA anounces Synchronised Swimming Team - 12th Fina World Cup

Swimming South Africa announces Synchronised Swimming Team to participate at the 12th FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup, CHANGSHU, China.  

Congratulations to the EP Synchro swimmers Kerry Beth Norden, Jessica Broughton and Moira Norden, (Judge) who have been selected to the team.

Well done and congratulations!!!!   Keep the EP Flag flying high!!!

The full team can be viewed here

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18 June 2010

Eastern Province's Paul smashes 400m IM World Record

Law student Kevin Paul is a man on a mission. Already the owner of the world record in all breaststroke races in the SM 10 category, Paul smashed the 400m individual medley World record on his first attempt at the German Championships in Berlin on Thursday 17 June, 2010.

The Paralympic Gold Medalist in the 100m Breaststroke touched the wall in 4:53.23 – taking 2 seconds off the previous record of 4:56.24 which stood behind the name of Canada’s Benoit Huot.

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17 June 2010

Records

How to claim a record information can be downloaded here.

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17 June 2010

Officials' Courses

Eastern Province Executive will be conducting a number of officials’ courses this season.

The provisional dates were forwarded to the Clubs recently.  I can now confirm that the   courses will be held at the Newton Park Committee Room (behind the Grand Stand).  

The dates are as follows:

►  Saturday, 26th June 2010
►  Saturday, 24th July  2010
►  Saturday, 21st August 2010
►  Saturday, 18th September 2010
►  Saturday, 16th October 2010

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11 June 2010

Le Clos retains Silver, Van Der Burgh claims Bronze

In 2009 Chad Le Clos made his name by winning Silver in the 400m individual medley in the Mare Nostrum in Barcelona. Tonight he repeated that feat by clocking 4:20.23 for the 8 lengths of the pool.

This after Cameron van der Burgh secured Bronze in the 50m Breaststroke with a time of 28.30sec bringing the Bronze Medal tally for South Africa to four. Olympic and World Championship 100m Breaststroke swimmer Kosuke Kitajima (a training partner of Van der Burgh) was rampant going under 28 second for the win, touching the wall in 27.96sec ahead of Dragos Agache of Romania (28.01).

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03 June 2010

Telkom SA Short Course Championships 6-9 August 2010 - Pietermaritzburg

Please find the information regarding the TELKOM SA Short Course Championships to be held in Pietermaritzburg from 6 – 9 August 2010.

It must be noted that the names of the officials must accompany the entries when the entries are sent to the PDO.

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02 June 2010

TRAINING SWIM AT MARINA MARTINIQUE

It’s been a long tough stretch since our last open water swim and with a long winter still ahead, the Kouga Swim Club will be hosting a TRAINING SWIM at Marina Martinique on Saturday 12 June 2010.

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02 June 2010

Commonwealth Games - New Dehlhi, India



to Mrs Moira Norden, our Synchro Convenor, and Mrs Adrienne Wilson, our Diving Convenor, who have been selected to judge in their respective disciplines at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India during October 2010.

Well done and congratulations to Moira and Adrienne.

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31 May 2010

Zone 6 Games - Swaziland - December 2010

Eastern Province Aquatics are extremely excited to have 4 swimmers in the team namely:
Clint Felkers, Wesley Morris, Christopher van de Sande and Frank Greeff.  

We congratulate these 4 swimmers and wish them the best of luck.

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20 May 2010

SSA announces squads for Commonwealth and Youth Olympic Games

Herewith the squads, team staff and support staff that will travel to Europe to compete in various events as well as a training camp.

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07 May 2010

Officials Courses

EPA will be holding +- 5 Technical Officials courses in the next few months.

More information will follow soon.

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10 March 2010

Time is running out to enter the water sports events at the 20th MTN Nelson Mandela Bay Splash Festival, which will take place at Hobie Beach in Port Elizabeth from April 2 to 5.

The organisers have issued a reminder to prospective local, national and international participants that entries are due in by Sunday, March 14.

People who still wanted to enter, could merely follow the link on the Splash Festival website, or by clicking here.

The water sports events do not require any special affiliations and are therefore “open” to everyone. Participants of all ages are welcome to enter.
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09 March 2010

Fast times are on the cards as South Africa’s young talent prepares to race for A qualifying times at the Telkom SA Level 3 Swimming Championships, taking place at the Joan Harrison Swimming Pool in East London from 12 to 16 March 2010, in an attempt to qualify for the Youth Olympic Games.
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01 March 2010

The following SSA ruling regarding the FINA rules must be used in conjunction with the FINA swimsuit ruling. This applies to both pool and open water swimming.
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24 February 2010

Squad selection 2010 Commonwealth Games

To be eligible for squad selection a swimmer must participate at the SA National Swimming Championships that will take place in Durban from 12th - 17 April 2010.
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11 January 2010

More medals for Molepo as SA swim youngsters achieve waves of success in Kenya.
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10 January 2010

Molepo continues to shine as SA team keep the medal challenge on course in Kenya.
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06 January 2010

Fina Swimsuit rules for 2010
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Registration Procedure

Registration Information for the 2010 - 2011 Season

Every person who participates in any event organised under the auspices of  Swimming South Africa, whether that person be a competitor, coach, official, team official, (Club or Provincial Team Manager or Chaperone) member of a Provincial Board, Executive Member of a Club MUST be registered with SSA through their Province and in turn through a Club.

Each member must therefore be registered with a Club that is affiliated to the Province who in turn is affiliated to SSA.

Registration documents can be downloaded here but must be returned to your swimming club.

Do not fax form to the EPA offices

●  2010-2011 SSA Athlete Capitation (registration form)

●  Registration Procedure Information Letter (pdf. format 196 kb) (xls. format 36kb)

●  Registration Fees