12th Masters Open Meet

General Conditions

• Meet to be held under FINA Rules, the British Swimming Judicial Code and any additional conditions detailed within.

• Ages as of 31st December in the year of competition & age groups for individual events will be: 18-24, 25-29 and then 5 year age groups as necessary.

• Entries may only be accepted from competitors registered as members of the ASA, SASA or WASA, or competitors from one of the countries affiliated to FINA.

• A competitor may compete in the name of one club only.

• There are no restrictions on the number of swims entered by each individual.

• There is no restrictions on number of swims entered by each individual.

• The closing date for entries is the last day in October in the year of competition.

• No entries will be accepted after this date.

• Over the top starts will be used where possible.

• 25m events will be seeded at the discretion of the Referee.

• All 100m events will be swum with men and women seeded together, but there will be separate men’s & women’s results.

• Relays – Swimmers may swim in only one team in any relay event. 18-24 year olds may only swim in the 72+ & Cannon

• Relays – Combined ages will be: – 72+ / 120+ / 160+ / 200+. Teams must be 2 male and 2 female swimmers and can swim in any order.

• Teams for Mixed Freestyle Cannon Relay will consist of six swimmers (3 Female & 3 Male swimmers) with a combined age of 210 years or over.

• A prize of 1 free relay swim in next years competition will be awarded to each winning team in the relay events.

• A prize will be made to the top 3 male & female swimmers achieving the most points in each age group. The sum of the points from each individual’s best results in each of the four strokes plus the Individual Medley to decide the top swimmer, in the event of a tie, the result from the Individual Medley will act as a “tie breaker”.

• The prizes this year will be: Swimmer achieving the highest number of points in each age group (Male & Female): 5 free swims in next years competition, second highest points scorer: 3 free swims and third highest points scorer 1 free swim.

• To check for eligibility to claim discounts as a prize from the previous years competition refer to the ‘top swimmers’ on the results, click here to access the results. (All prize winners will also receive a certificate).

• The top visiting club award will go to the club with the highest total of points from the gala and points will be awarded for individuals and relay teams.

• Points to be awarded as follows :- 1^st 6 points / 2^nd 5 points / 3^rd 4 points / 4^th 3 points / 5^th 2 points / 6^th and any swimmer or team who legally finishes their event 1 point.

• A top ‘non midland’ club award will also be presented.

• The Paul Alderson trophy will be awarded for the best swim in the 50m fly, judged on the basis of British Swimming Decathlon Points.

• A trophy will be presented to the individual who breaks a meet record by the biggest margin (in percentage terms). For the current meet records click here.

• Entries will be accepted on a first come first serve basis & restrictions on numbers will be applied if required.

• All entries must be on the official entry form or using the on-line entry form (on-line entry is only considered received once payment has also be received).

• Late entries may be accepted at the discretion of the promoter, however please note maximum numbers have been reached in previous years.

• Confirmed entries will be published on www.icklepeoplesoftware.co.uk website soon after the closing date. Confirmation of entries will be by e-mail, unless no e-mail address is provided and an SAE is included.

• Warm-up for both sessions will be split, session one will be 9:00am – 9:30am Mixed, 9:30am – 9:50am Female, 9:50am – 10:10am Male. Session two will be advised.

• Anything not covered in the above to be at the discretion of the promoter.

Invitational Skins Conditions

1. This ‘Skins Event’ will be a continuous competition commencing with 6 competitors and over a continuous series of races over a distance of 25m. One competitor to be eliminated in each round until a winner is determined. Races in each competition will take place following an interval of 2 minutes from the start of the previous race.

2. Separate Skins competitions will be held for Male and Female swimmers.

3. Prizes will be awarded to the Male and Female winners.

4. The competitors for each Skins event shall be the SIX swimmers with the quickest recorded times from the 50m Breaststroke (events 4 & 5), these will be the 6 quickest swimmers regardless of age.

5. Should a qualifying swimmer not wish to compete in the Skins event then the next quickest swimmer from events shown is 4. above will be invited to compete and so on until all 6 places have been allocated.

6. Lanes will be allocated on the basis of ‘spearheading’. Swimmers are required to swim in their allocated lane whilst they remain in the competition until the final race. The remaining two swimmers will occupy the centre lanes.

7. The stroke for each individual race will be by random draw from a choice of Freestyle, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Backstroke. The draw for the stroke to be contested in the first round to be undertaken by the Referee. Draws for subsequent rounds will be by the swimmer eliminated from the previous round.

8. Each race will commence in accordance with ASA Swimming Rules governing the Start of the selected stroke. Each race shall be over a distance of 25m.

9. Subsequent rounds will start at the starting end of the pool, following an interval of 2 minutes from the previous Start. For Backstroke rounds competitors will start in the water with both hands holding the starting grips.

10. In all races swimmers are required to comply with the FINA Swimming Rules regarding Stroke and Finish conditions – failure to do so will lead to elimination by disqualification.

11. The slowest competitor in each round shall be eliminated – unless a competitor has been eliminated by disqualification, in which case the slowest competitor remains in the competition.

12. Any times achieved by swimmers will not to be used for any other purpose at the competition. Determination of the slowest swimmer will be by the Referee utilising manual Finish Judges.

13. In the case of more than one swimmer being disqualified, or a dead heat for the slowest swimmer all affected swimmers are eliminated.

14. Should for any reason the competition have to be halted before its conclusion it shall restart with a re-swim of the round halted.

15. In the case of a dead heat in the final race, it will be re-swum as an additional round in accordance with the Skins event conditions.