Munster Future Challenger Series Round 1 Meet 2 – it’s been cancelled
DATE : 30th January 2022 TIME : Warm up 9am Start 10:00 am
VENUE: University of Limerick
FEES ; €5 per individual event, €16 per relay . Fees must be paid at least one week prior to the
competition. Changes CANNOT be made after fees have been paid.
CLOSING DATE ; 10th. January 2022 Late entries will NOT be accepted.
ALL SWIMMERS MUST BE REGISTERED WITH SWIM IRELAND
Age Up Date 31st. December 2022
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.
Relays & Withdrawals:
Clubs are permitted to enter more than one relay team per event, but only one team per club will be awarded points. The names of the four relay team members swimming in the race and the order of swimming must be declared on the official Team Declaration Sheet and submitted to the Swim Office Table no later than 60 minutes before the start of the session in which the race takes place. Failure to do so will be subject to a fine of €50 (without exception) and disqualification of the relay team. All athletes competing in relays must be entered in the meet (even if they are not swimming in individual events). Relay teams that swim in an order that is different from the declared order of swimming shall be disqualified Withdrawals must be made as directed by the Meet Organiser.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEET MAY BE CANCELLED AT SHORT NOTICE DEPENDING ON COVID
RESTRICTIONS
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)
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
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.
a. Future Challenger Series
i. Individual Events – 10, 11, 12 years
ii. Relay Events – 10–12 years
2. Swimmers can only score in two individual events per meet
3. Swimmers who have achieved a qualifying standard for the Super Series may not score in that same event
4. 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 time.
5. 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.
