Cheshire County Masters Sprint & 400m Freestyle Entry Info - 18/03/2010

*** Including Senior Age Group Male & Female 17-24 Age Group ***

 
Date                                  2nd October 2010, warm up from 5.30pm for 6:00pm start
Closing date                      Strictly 18th September 2010, early entries appreciated
Venue                                Macclesfield Leisure Centre, Priory Lane, Macclesfield, SK10 4AF
Entry requirements           Open to ALL Registered Members of Clubs affiliated to ASA North West Region. Open to those in full time education at colleges, universities or similar in the North West that are members of the British Colleges or British Universities & Colleges Sports.
Swimmers should hold Category 1 or 2 registration with the ASA.
**** This is a Low Level Competition *** (for ASA registration purposes)
 
Held under ASA Laws and ASA Technical Rules
Provisional Programme
1.    Women’s 400m Freestyle
2.    Men’s 400m Freestyle
3.    Novice Women’s 50m Race (Freestyle, Breaststroke or Backstroke)   
4.    Novice Men’s 50m Race (Freestyle, Breaststroke or Backstroke)                    
5.    Women’s 50m Backstroke
6.    Men’s 50m Backstroke
7.    Women’s 50m Breaststroke
8.    Men’s 50m Breaststroke
9.    Women’s 4 x 25m Individual Medley
10. Men’s 4 x 25m Individual Medley
11. Women’s 50m Butterfly
12. Men’s 50m Butterfly
13. Women’s 50m Freestyle
14. Men’s 50m Freestyle
15. 4 X 50m Women’s Medley Relay 5 age groups swum together
Min Age   72 to 99 years
Age Min 100 to Age Max 149
            Age Min 150 to Age Max 199
            Age Min 200 to Age Max 249
            Age Min 250 to no upper age limit
 
16. 4 X 50m Men’s Medley Relay 5 age groups swum together      
Min Age   72 to 99 years
Age Min 100 to Age Max 149
            Age Min 150 to Age Max 199
            Age Min 200 to Age Max 249
            Age Min 250 to no upper age limit.
 
17. 4 X 50m Women’s Freestyle Relay 5 age groups swum together          
Age Min   72 to 99 years
Age Min 100 to Age Max 149
            Age Min 150 to Age Max 199
            Age Min 200 to Age Max 249
            Age Min 250 to no upper age limit.
 
18. 4 X 50m Men’s Freestyle Relay 5 age groups swum together   
Age Min   72 to 99 years
Age Min 100 to Age Max 149
            Age Min 150 to Age Max 199
            Age Min 200 to Age Max 249
            Age Min 250 to no upper age limit.
 
19. Novice Mixed Relay 4 X 50m Race 2 Men + 2 Women’s (Any Stroke)
 
20. Mixed 8 X 50m Freestyle Relay                          
            Age Min 144 to no upper age limit
Age Min 200 to Age Max 399
            Age Min 400 to no upper age limit
 
Entry Fee £4.50 per individual event, Relays £6 per team
 
NB: Swimmers under the age of 25 as at 2-10-2010 may only take part in the 72-99 years senior age group relays and in Event 20’s 144+ age group. Sorry, but as yet they do not qualify as Masters.
 
Medals to winners in all individual events + Top Team Trophy
 
 Points 1st =6pts, 2nd = 5pts, 3rd = 4pts, 4th = 3 pts, 5th = 2 pts, 6th = 1pt.
 
**Relays earn double points.**                      
** BONUS points for novices (individual and relays): 1st place 50 points,
                         2nd place 25 points,
                         3rd place 10 points
 
Novice competitors can swim in races other than novice events.
 
Entry cards will NOT be issued, events will be swum as per the start lists displayed around the pool on the day.  A draft programme will be available on the web at www.swimcheshire.org approximately 7 days before the event. Therefore in order to save time on the day, please let me know any withdrawals ASAP.
 
Promoters Conditions for the novice events
 
A novice shall be any swimmer who has not competed as a junior/age-grouper or master swimmer in any County or Regional swimming event.  Internal club competitions do NOT bar a swimmer from entering this section.
 
There shall be no age groups for this category. Instead an age adjusting formula will be applied to the swimmer’s actual time to arrive at a theoretical time. The formula to be applied is: -
 {Square Root of [(98-age) x (98+age)]} / 95
 
The object of this event is to encourage those club swimmers who would not usually enter competition to do so in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. Since there is no real effective way of vetting entries to this event, the promoters are relying on the integrity of swimmers and clubs to observe rule 1 above.
 
Most important rule of all is to have FUN.
 
Anything not covered in these conditions will be at the discretion of the Promoter.