BARNSLEY MINORS SWIMMING LEAGUE

 

LEAGUE RULES

 

 

 

GALA PROGRAMME                        SHALL BE AS SHOWN IN APPENDIX A( PROGRAMME) WHERE A POOL IS OF AN IRREGULAR SIZE THE NEAREST EQUVALENT DISTANCE SHALL BE SWUM.  THE PROGRAMME MAY BE VARIED BY THE COMMITTEE TO SUIT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LEAGUE.

 

 

AGE GROUPING                                    THE AGE GROUP  SHALL BE AS AT DATE OF 30TH SEPTEMBER, EXCEPT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS WHICH IS AGE ON DAY OF GALA .  A SWIMMER CAN SWIM IN HIS OWN AGE GROUP AND ALSO SWIM UP ANY ONE OTHER AGE GROUP IN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS WITH NO RESTRICTIONS IN TEAM EVENTS.

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ELIGIBILITY                                         ONLY CLUB SWIMMERS MAY COMPETE IN THE LEAGUE, EVIDENCE OF MEMBERSHIP MAY BE REQUESTED BY THE COMMITTEE.  A SWIMMER SHALL HAVE JOINED THE CLUB 28 DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST ROUND OF THE CURRENT YEAR, EXCEPT FOR A SWIMMER WHO HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN A MEMBER OF AN AFFILIATED CLUB OR HAS MOVED INTO THE AREA.

                                                                ANY SWIMMER WITH DUAL MEMBERSHIP (BELONGING TO MORE THAN ONE CLUB IN THE LEAGUE) SHOULD NOMINATE WHICH CLUB THEY WILL SWIM FOR AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT SEASON.

                                                               

 

                                                                NO SWIMMER, WHO HAS FINISHED IN THE TOP EIGHT OF A COUNTY OR ABOVE INDIVIDUAL EVENT UP TO AND INCLUDING 200 METRES, MAY SWIM THAT STROKE IN ANY EVENT FOR THE REST OF THAT SEASON AND THE FOLLOWING SEASON. THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO MASTERS EVENTS.

 

                                                                ALL CLUBS SHALL SUBMIT A LIST OF THEIR INELIGIBLE SWIMMERS AND THE STROKES IN WHICH THEY GAINED A TOP EIGHT OR ABOVE INDIVIDUAL PLACE TO THE LEAGUE SECRETARY BEFORE THE FIRST ROUND OF THE COMPETITION.

 

                                                                ANY CLUB FOUND TO BE SWIMMING SUCH INELIGIBLE SWIMMERS WILL LOSE THE POINTS FOR THAT RACE AND A FURTHER TEN PENALTY POINTS.

 

 

SCORING                                              THE WINNER OF EACH DIVISION WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE CLUB SCORING THE MOST LEAGUE POINTS.

                                                                THE MIXED CANNON SHALL BE SWUM FOR DOUBLE POINTS.  IF A TIE OCCURS IN A DIVISION THEN FINAL PLACES WILL BE DECIDED BY THE NUMBER OF 1ST PLACES ADDED UP FROM ALL 4 GALAS, THE TEAM WITH THE MOSTPOINTS BEING DIVISION CHAMPIONS.

 

 

GALA OFFICIALS                              VISITING CLUBS TO PROVIDE TWO TIMEKEEPERS AND A JUDGE.  THE HOME CLUB TO PROVIDE THE REMAINING OFFICIALS OR THEY MAY REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER CLUBS.

                                                                .TIMEKEEPERS SHOULD NOT TIME THEIR OWN CLUB SWIMMERS.

 

 

GALA RECORDS                                 ALL CLUBS SHALL PROVIDE A COMPLETE TEAM SHEET TO THE HOST CLUB AT THE END OF A GALA.  THE HOST CLUB SHALL ISSUE A COPY OF THE RECORDING SHEET TO EACH CLUB AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE GALA.

                                                                ALL TEAM SHEETS AND A COPY OF THE RESULTS TO BE FORWARDED TO THE LEAGUE SECRETARY WITHIN 7 DAYS OF THE GALA.

 
 

 

 

GALA ATTENDANCE                       FAILURE TO ATTEND A GALA WILL INCUR A £50 PENALTY WHICH WILL BE PAYABLE TO THE HOST CLUB, THIS MUST BE PAID BEFORE THE CLUB CAN PARTICIPATE IN ANY FURTHER LEAGUE GALAS.

 

 

 

LEAGUE FIXTURES                           ANY CLUB WISHING TO CHANGE THE TIME, DATE OR VENUE OF THEIR HOME GALA SHOULD NOTIFY THE CHANGE IN WRITING TO ALL CLUBS IN THAT DIVISION, AND THE LEAGUE SECREARY, AND ALL CLUBS SHOULD CONFIRM IN WRITING THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THE CHANGE, AND SEND A COPY OF THEIR AGREEMENT TO THE CHANGES TO THE LEAGUE SECRETARY.