DATE : 23&24 October 2021

VENUE: University of Limerick

TIME: Saturday, Warm up 9 am  Start 10:00 am, Sunday, Warm up 9am Start 10:00 am        

      

CLOSING DATE:  13th October 2021  Late entries will NOT be accepted.

ALL SWIMMERS MUST BE REGISTERED WITH SWIM IRELAND

Age Up Date 31st. December 2021

 

All competing clubs must provide at least one official per six swimmers per session up to a maximum of three officials per session.

CLUBS  MUST NOMINATE A MAXIMUM OF TWO SCORING SWIMMERS PER EVENT WHEN SUBMITTING THEIR ENTRIES.  FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN ALL SWIMMERS BEING MARKED AS  “exhibition”.  Please see below as how this should be done *

Awards: No medals will be awarded.

Team awards will be given to the top 3 highest scoring teams at each meet and most

improved team between the first and second meet.

 

Events:

  • 50, 100m, 200m all four strokes (50m Form Strokes 15&O) 200m, 400m Individual Medley
  • 400m Freestyle
  • Mixed 800m, 1500m Freestyle
  • Male, Female and Mixed 4 x 50m FTR & MTR (13-16yrs, 17&O)

 

Entries: No qualifying times will be published, and the meet will be open to all athletes aged 13&over registered as competitive members. National Squad athletes will not be permitted to swim in these meets. Athletes who achieve one or more qualifying standards for the Super Series may choose to enter those events in the Super Series. Swimmers may enter two events per day, but swimmers who are only swimming on one day may enter three events.

Swimmers who have achieved the cut off time in an event are not eligible to swim that event.

 

Scoring system for Aspiring Champions Series

  1. Awards – prize money is to be used by the winning clubs to contribute towards a social event for the competing swimmers. The following awards will be presented:
    1. Top three highest scoring teams (€200, €125, €75) on completion of Meet 1 and Meet 2 and the most improved team (€200) between Meet 1 and Meet 2
    2. Separate awards will be made to Age Group (13-16yrs) and Open (13&over) winners (male and female combined)
  • Winning teams will receive a certificate to present on their club notice board

 

  1. Each club is allowed to nominate a maximum of two scoring entries per individual event and one scoring entry per relay event per age group.
    1. Individual Events – 13/14, 15/16, 17&over
    2. Relay Events – 13-16, Open (13&over)

 

  1. Swimmers can only score in two individual events per meet

 

  1. Swimmers who have achieved a qualifying standard for the Super Series may not score in that same event

 

  1. Additional swimmers and relays will be designated exhibition which means they get a time and a place, but they do not score toward the team total. Exhibition swimmers and relays appear on the meet sheet with an “x” before their seed

 

  1. The top 8 individual and relay scoring places will be awarded points as follows:

 

Meet Scoring
Individual Events 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Relay Events 18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2

 

  • When entering the swimmer, enter them as normal in the events in which they wish to swim and then decide on the events in which you wish the swimmer to score.  On events where they are not to score tick the box marked “EXH” for those events.   Please remember that swimmers can only score in two events. This will also apply to relays but only one relay can score.
Day 1 Day 2
Male 4 x 50m MTR Female 4 x 50m MTR
Female 4 x 50m FTR Male 4 x 50m FTR
Male 200m Free Female 200m Free
Female 100m Breast Male 100m Breast
Male 100m Back Female 100m Back
Female 200m Butterfly Male 200m Butterfly
Male 50m Breast Female 50m Breast
Female 50m Back Male 50m Back
Male 200m Individual Medley Female 200m Individual Medley
Female 100m Free Male 100m Free
Male 400m Free Female 400m Free
Female 400m Individual Medley Male 400m Individual Medley
Male 100m Butterfly Female 100m Butterfly
Female 200m Back Male 200m Back
Male 50m Free Female 50m Free
Female 50m Butterfly Male 50m Butterfly
Male 200m Breast Female 200m Breast
Mixed 4 x 50m FTR Mixed 4 x 50m MTR
Mixed 800m Freestyle Mixed 1500m Freestyle

  

CUT OFF TIMES SC

 

Male
Born 2004 Born 2005 Born 2006 or Later
50m Freestyle 23.26 23.69 24.33
100m Freestyle 51.14 52.09 53.51
200m Freestyle 1:52.96 1:55.06 1:58.20
400m Freestyle 4:01.96 4:06.45 4:13.17
800m Freestyle 8:19.60 8:29.84 8:43.70
1500m Freestyle 15:55.70 16:15.08 16:41.80
100m Backstroke 56.66 57.71 59.28
200m Backstroke 2:03.82 2:06.11 2:09.55
100m Breaststr. 1:02.27 1:03.43 1:05.16
200m Breaststr. 2:15.82 2:18.33 2:22.11
100m Butterfly 55.45 56.47 58.01
200m Butterfly 2:03.78 2:06.07 2:09.51
200m I.M. 2:06.20 2:08.70 2:12.40
400m I.M. 4:28.35 4:33.32 4:40.77

 

Female
Born 2004 Born 2005 Born 2006 or Later
50m Freestyle 26.55 27.04 27.79
100m Freestyle 57.54 58.61 1.00.20
200m Freestyle 2:06.61 2:08.96 2:12.48
400m Freestyle 4:28.73 4:33.70 4:41.16
800m Freestyle 9:08.90 9:19.50 9:35.20
1500m Freestyle 17:25.74 17:45.23 18:16.49
100m Backstroke 1:04.65 1:05.85 1:07.65
200m Backstroke 2:19.87 2:22.46 2:26.34
100m Breaststr. 1:10.71 1:12.02 1:13.99
200m Breaststr. 2:34.74 2:37.61 2:41.91
100m Butterfly 1:02.56 1:03.71 1:05.45
200m Butterfly 2:18.57 2:21.14 2:24.99
200m I.M. 2:20.80 2:23.60 2:27.70
400m I.M. 5:00.20 5:05.77 5:14.10