Swimming South Africa Rules apply.

Only swimmers registered with Swimming South Africa may take part in the Eastern Province Championships, provided that:

They have swum the set qualifying times, as indicated on the programme next to the   event, for the event they wish to enter.

There will be no qualifying times for 10 & Under events.

Times swim in a 50m pool will be taken from 1 May 2010. No adjusted times will be accepted.

These times have been submitted to the PDO and are on the database and the provincial database will override the entry times.

A Swimmer's age is taken on the first day of the Championships - 10 December 2010.

Individual Events

Age Groups: 10 & Under, 11-12, 13-14, 15 & Over.

A swimmer may ONLY compete in his/her age group.

Under 14 & Open only - 2 teams per club in each relay.

All entries to 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, by no later than 20h00 on 20 November 2010.

Relays

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 15.00 per event

Relays

R 50.00 per relay

 Take note of the following

If entry fees are not received by the 12h00 on the 23 November 2009, entries will be returned.

Entries received between 20 November 2009 and 27 November 2009 will be liable to 5 times the normal fee.

No entries will be accepted after 27 November 2009. at 20h00.

No Entries will be accepted at the pool.

All events will be swum as seeded finals. They will be seeded according to times.

Scratchings

• a) 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 Managers will be allowed to do the scratchings.
• b) Swimmers who do not scratch and fail to swim an event will be disqualified from the next individual event he/she has entered OR have the option of paying a R50.00 fine. If the fine has been paid the swimmer will be permitted to swim the next event. If it is the swimmer's last event a R50.00 fine will be imposed.
• Presentation of a medical certificate or good cause shown will over-rule a & b above.
• Scratching will only be accepted if signed by the Team Manager or Coach.

Races will be announced but no swimmer will be called individually to report for an event.

Medals will be presented to the first three (3) swimmers in each event, providing their finishing times are with the Qualifying Time.

The Championship trophies will be awarded to the swimmer who has recorded the fastest time in a specific event, irrespective of his/her age group.

Swimmers wishing to claim records MUST do so immediately after the race at the Records 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 REGISTERED Timekeepers on the lane in the event of the ETD malfunctioning.

The ONE START rule will apply.

Medal winners must present themselves neatly attired in Club uniform and on time for all medal presentation.

Only registered swimmers already entered in the Championships may compete in relay teams. The swimmers age and SA Identity 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 cast 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 30 minutes of the incident in question.

The Meet Referee's decision will be final.