DATE : 30th October 2021

TIME : Warm up 12 noon  Start 1:00 pm

VENUE: University of Limerick

   

CLOSING DATE:   20th. 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 *

2 rounds per season with each round consisting of 2 meets

  • Round 1 – October (Short Course), December (Short Course)
  • Round 2 – January (Short Course), March (Optional Long Course)

 

Awards: No medals will be awarded.

Team awards will be given to the top 3 highest scoring teams on completion of Round 1 and Round 2 and most improved team on completion of Round 2. Please refer to the Scoring System below

 

Events:

  • 10yrs swim 4 x 50m, 100m IM, 25m Free Kick
  • 11yrs swim 3 x 100m, 1 x 50m Butterfly, 200m IM, 25m Free Kick 12yrs swim 3 x 100m, 200m Free, 200m IM, 25m Free Kick
  • Mixed 4 x 25m MTR – must be at least 1 female and 1 male and 1 athlete from each age group on the team and all swimmers must be competing in the competition
  • 6 x 25m FTR – 1 male and 1 female from each age group (10, 11, 12yrs) and all swimmers must be competing in the competition

 

Entries: No qualifying times will be published, and the meet will be open to all athletes aged 10 to 12 years registered as competitive members. Regions may decide to limit the number of entries per athlete and/or the number of relay entries per club

Meet 1 & 3 Age
Mixed 4 x 25m MTR
100m IM 10, 11,12
200m Freestyle 12
100m Freestyle 11,12
50m Freestyle 10
100m Breaststroke 11,12
25m Free Kick 10,11,,2
Mixed 6 x 25m FTR

 

 

Meet 2 & 4 Age
Mixed 4 x 25m MTR (4 x 50m in Meet 4 if LC)
200m IM 11,12
50m Backstroke 10
100m Backstroke 11,12
50m Fly 10,11
100m Fly 12
50m Breaststroke 10
Mixed 6 x 25m FTR (6 x 50m in Meet 4 if LC)
  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. Future Challenger Series
      1. Top three highest scoring teams (€100, €75, €50) on completion of Round 1 and Round 2 and most improved team (€100) between Round 1 and Round 2 (male and female combined)
      2. Winning teams will receive a certificate to present on their club notice board and competing athletes will receive a wrist band, pin badge or key ring

 

  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. Future Challenger Series
      1. Individual Events – 10, 11, 12 years
      2. Relay Events – 10-12 years

 

  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 the swimmers 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.