- Swimming South Africa Rules
apply.
- Only swimmers registered with
Swimming South Africa and Eastern Province Aquatics 14
days prior to the gala will be allowed to compete.
- A swimmer's age is taken as on
the day of the gala.
Individual Events:
Age
Groups: 10 & Under, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 &
Over.
A swimmer may ONLY compete in his/her age group.
Long Distance Events:
200m Butterfly, 400m
Individual Medley, 800m and 1500m Freestyle.
Age
Groups: 12-14 and 15 & Over.
11
& Under may participate in these events, but their times
will not be submitted to
SSA.
Relays:
Age Groups: 10 &
Under, 11-12, 13-14, 15 & Over.
Swimmers
may swim up in age and only in one age group per event.
Teams
must be finalised 1(one) hour prior to the event.
Swimmers must swim
in order as entered.
Only registered swimmers
may compete in relay teams.
- All events will be swim as
timed finals with heats mixed (boys and girls together),
unless specified in the programme. They will be seeded
according to entry times.
Heats will be swim SLOWEST
to FASTEST.
- Entries
All entries must be done on Team Manager. No faxed
or individual entries will be accepted. Gala Secretaries
must ensure that all entries, reach the Provincial Data
Officer (PDO), Mrs Jill Plumstead, on a date that will
be submitted to the Gala Secretary.
- Fees
The relevant fees must be sent to the Treasurer on or
before the closing date or deposited into the Eastern
Province Aquatics banking account and the deposit slip
faxed to the Treasurer at 086 654 9967 or 041 - 364
0487.
Please ensure that you
quote a reference on your deposit slip or fax message.
Individual Events: R 12.00 per event
Relays: R 30.00 per relay
Friday 20h00 +/- one(1) week before
the gala - Normal Entry Fee.
Wednesday 17h00 +/- 3 days before the gala - 3 x Normal
Entry Fee.
At the gala - ONLY IF A LANE IS AVAILABLE - 10 x Normal
Entry Fee.
- Scratchings
Swimmers wishing to scratch from events may do so up to
HALF AN HOUR (30 minutes) before the start of the
RELEVANT SESSION, by completing the official "scratching
form" at the Records Office.
Only Team Manager /
Coaches will be allowed to do the scratchings.
- Races will be announced but no
swimmer will be called individually to report for an
event.
- Swimmers wishing to claim
records MUST do so immediately after the race at the
Record Office. Swimmers / Managers / Coaches are urged
to notify the Chief Timekeeper and the Referee if they
feel that a record time may be swum. In doing so this
will avoid the disappointment of a record not being
ratified due to the fact that there were not three (3)
Registered timekeepers on the lane in the event of the
ETD malfunctioning.
- The ONE START rule will apply.
- Only registered swimmers
already entered in individual events at the meet may
compete in relay teams. The swimmers age and South
African ID number must be submitted on the relay entry
form. Failure to swim in the order listed may result in
disqualification. Substitution may be made up to the
start of the relay event only in the case of a team
member becoming ill and at the discretion of the Gala
Referee.
- The Referee's decision is final
and in accordance with FINA rules.
- Protests must be submitted in
writing with the R100.00 deposit to the Meet Referee
within THIRTY (30) minutes of the incident in question.
The Meet Referee's decision will be final.
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