Club Championships 100 and 200s - 2019

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Our longer distance club championships are taking place on the 6 July 2019 at Eckington Sports Centre. Information for the 2019 100/200 club championships is available here


The gala warm up is at 4:30pm. Races will start at 5:00pm and if everything goes to plan we will be finished by 8:30pm. 

There will not be a raffle.

Spectators are encouraged and entry is £3.00 per adult £1:00 per child. The seating will be full so please do not leave empty seats at your side or attempt to save seats by placing coats or bags on seats.

The sports centre have requested that swimmers do not arrive prior to 4:15pm and access to the spectator area will not be available until 4:25pm.

Photography is only permitted where parents have registered and signed the photography book on entry. If you do register for photography please refrain from use at the start of races where swimmers can be distracted by flashes, indeed false starts can be induced as the swimmers look for the starting light as well as the sound.

Further information will appear as we approach the event.



How old is your child
So you think you know! Well in the world of swimming it varies. The Club Championship and the County, Regional and National competitions all take the swimmer's age to be that swimmer's age at 31 December in the year of the swim. Many open galas take the swimmer's age to be their age on the last day of that gala, some league competitions use the swimmer's age at the last round of the league competition. Confused! Well don't be just ask your coach or a committee member and they will help explain.
How the competition works
Each swimmer is competing against swimmers in their age group. The age groups start at 9 and awards for each year group are made until 18 and over which is the final age group. However, the swimmers swim in heats which are seeded based on the swimmer's entry time. For example a 10 year old swimmer may swim in heat 2 of an event and win that heat in 45.89 seconds but in heat 4 another 10 year old swimmer might swim 41.20 seconds to win the award for that age group. The only way to be sure where a swimmer finishes is to check the results posted on the wall or check online using the link above.