Masters Competitions

Sunday, 12 September 2010 (pool booked from 10am to 6pm. Meet runs from 10.30am* - 5.30pm) - Horfield Leisure Centre, Bristol

This meet for Master and Senior (18 to 24 years) Swimmers will be held under ASA Laws and ASA Technical Rules and is defined by the ASA as a low-level competition. Competitors must be on the list of registered members of an ASA-affiliated club but may have paid only Category 1 Registration and need not to have paid the higher competitive registration fee (Category 2)

Attention swimmers aged 18 to 24 years!

Not doing enough training, can't make qualifying times, not getting to open meets or making team selections, not seeing your mates at meets? Is this what you're looking for? This competition is open to swimmers in the above age-frame - to quote Herbie Adams: too old to be an age-grouper, too wise to be a youth and yet not old enough to have "mastered" the sport!

Herbie adds "Sooner, or later, you will become too old, too busy, or too realistic to want to keep up with the increasing horde of younger, and younger, swimmers. Now might be a good time to take a look at Masters' Swimming. And to ease your passage into the Masters' Ranks, why not enter this year's County Masters' Championships, Senior Section? Set in September, it means that you don't have to worry about not being at the peak of conditioning; there are no long races and everyone is a bit laid-back. "

This meet is good preparation for the premier event in Masters' swimming - the National Masters' Intercounty Event in November.

Click to download and then unzip file for entry form and notice and forward this information to anyone you think may be interested or wish to take part.

The British Masters Rankings list best swimming performances for each gender, age group and event, in both long and short course formats. The Rankings System maintains the best performances on a Calendar year basis, and is published and updated throughout the year on the British Swimming website.

Download file below to see criteria for entries and simple guidelines for competitors and the meet administrators to ensure that all performances are accurately included. Click for Masters results declaration and Masters meet declaration form.

Sunday 25 April 2010 - Millfield

Following the postponement of the 800m / 1500m time trial on 10 January 2010 due to inclement weather, we have been able to incorporate the trials with the Masters Distance event at Millfield on Sunday 25 April 2010.

Timetable:

12.00 - 12.30 Warm-ups for Masters and 800m swimmers
12.300 - 1.30 Masters 400m Freestyle, 200m Breaststroke and 200m Butterfly
1.300 - 2.30 800m time trial for those who entered on 10 Jan 2010
2.300 - 3.30 Masters 200m Backstroke, 200m Freestyle and 400m Individual Medley
3.300 - 4.00 Warm-up for 1500m time trial
4.000 - 6.00 1500m time trial for those who entered on 10 Jan 2010

The small pool will be available for warm-up and swim down at all time other than warm-up sessions.

Hopefully this arrangement will enable the Masters swimmers to get a break between their events and possibly enter more events.

Will those who have entered the 800m / 1500m time trial please confirm to Robert Margetts (rmargetts@wcasa.co.uk) that they are either still entering or are withdrawing in which case he will destroy their entry fee cheques.

Download new Masters entry form

Following recent changes by FINA attention is drawn to the attached ASA Announcement regarding swimsuits that will be posted on its website in due course.

With effect from 1 January 2010, the ASA rules on swimwear/costumes shall be changed. The current wording in Regulation 411 (“Costumes”) will no longer apply and instead the below shall come into force:

Regulation 411 (amended) Costumes
411.1 The swimwear (swimsuit, cap and goggles) of competitors in all competitions shall be in accordance with the FINA General Rules and Bylaws on swimwear, in force on the date of the competition.

The above rule applies to swimming, open water swimming and masters swimming competitions.

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7/8 November 2009 - Hutton Moor, Weston-super-Mare

To enable the event to run smoothly we need some volunteers to assist Chris Tremellen and Robert Margetts. We require a Trophy Steward to get all the Cups and plaques ready for the presentations. Some help is also required with recording duties which will include assisting with signing in before and during warm-ups (all events will be signed-in), dealing with withdrawals from finals and posting of results. Any offers of assistance would be gratefully received - click to email Robert Margetts or Chris Tremellen.

Club Meet Officers
Please follow this link to a new version of Sportsystems entries and download and install the program on your computer. You should then be able to use it.

Once on, Meet officers using the new version of sportsystems can download this entry file and use it to complete entries, and email back. The new version is significantly easier and quicker to use. click for details of how to use the Sportsystem entry method. Once you have made the entries and emailed them back to Robert Margetts (rmargetts@wcasa.co.uk), please print a copy to attach with your entry fees.

Entries close 19 October 2009

Click to download 800m / 1500m Qualifying Times

Click to download other Qualifying times and the Programme below