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.

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

Take note of the fee structure below

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

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.