THE LINCOLNSHIRE JUNIOR SWIMMING LEAGUE

CONSTITUTION 2011

1. The League shall be called the Lincolnshire Junior Swimming League, and shall be swum under ASA laws.

2. The Haighs Sports Shield shall be presented to the winning team on completion of the final gala.

3. All member clubs shall be affiliated to the ASA, and all competitors shall be eligible to compete as per ASA Law.

4. The Annual General Meeting shall be held during November each year. At least 14 days notice shall be given to each club. Any notice of proposed alterations to the league rules must be sent in writing to the secretary not later than the 30^th September in each year. Notice of such proposed alterations shall be included in the notice convening the Annual General Meeting.

5. The officers shall be Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer who will be elected annually at the Annual General Meeting.

6. A simple majority shall decide all decisions made at any General Meeting. The Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, with one vote each, and TWO delegates from each member club shall have voting rights. The chairman shall have a casting vote. The quorum shall be at least 2 officers, and delegates from at least 6 member clubs.

7. An Extraordinary General Meeting may be called at any time by the Secretary or within 14 days of a written request by no fewer than 2 member clubs.

8. The officers shall form an Emergency Committee and shall deal with any matter, which may arise from this competition. The committee shall have the power to co-opt as necessary for a specific problem. Its decision shall be reported to a General Meeting. The quorum shall be 3.

9. The financial year shall be 1^st November to 31^st October. The audited accounts shall be presented for adoption at the Annual General Meeting. The position of Auditor shall be appointed at the Annual General Meeting.

10. Any new club seeking membership shall do so to the Secretary by 30^th September, in the year prior to the competition.

11. The formation of the competition for any year shall be decided at the Annual General Meeting, when clubs shall state how many teams they wish to enter.

12. The membership fee shall be set at the Annual General Meeting in the year prior to competition, and be payable before the first round gala.

13.Any club wishing to resign shall do so in writing to the Secretary by 30^t September in the year prior to the competition.

14.ln the event of the league ceasing to exist, its assets shall be distributed equally amongst the teams, as allowed by ASA Law.

15. (a) The league shall swim THREE rounds of two galas each round, taking place on the same date at different venues.

(b) The first round line up shall be drawn for at the previous AGM. (c) The second shall consist of the teams that finished 1,3 and 5 in gala A, and 2,4 and 6 in gala S, and vice versa.

(d) At each of the three rounds of galas, league position points shall be awarded on the basis of 6pts for 1^st place, 5pts for 2^nd place and so on.

(e) The third round shall consist of a winner's gala for the 6 teams, which have accumulated the most league position points from the previous rounds, and they shall be awarded 10 bonus league position points. The remaining teams shall participate in a consolation gala. All third round galas shall be swum in spearhead formation dependent on the league positions after the 2ⁿ round.

(f) Any team failing to compete in any round will receive zero points for that round, and have any bonus league position points previously awarded deducted from their total. Where practical the next placed team may take their position and any bonus league position points due.

16. The venues for rounds 2 and 3 to be decided by a sub-committee consisting of Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer.

17. Gala points shall be awarded as follows. If 12 teams competing in league, 1^st - 6 pts, 2^nd - 5 pts and so on for each gala. If 11 teams competing in league, then scoring to be as follows: 5 lane gala, 1^st_ 5 pts, 2^nd - 4 pts and so on: 6 lane gala, 1^st - 6 pts, 2^nd - 5pts and so on, but with the total gala points after each round multiplied by 5/6 to carry forward to the aggregate score. If 9 or 7 teams competing in the league then 4/5 and 3/4 will be the multiplying factors respectively.

18.lf a decision is needed between teams tying on league points, the total gala points will be the deciding factor.

19. When a club has more than 1 team in the league their actual precedence is decided by GALA points scored during the first round. Any swimmer appearing once for a league team is ineligible to swim for a team of lower precedence, excepting 9yr aids who may freely interchange between teams.

20.Age groups shall be 9yrs, 10yrs and under, 11yrs and under, 12yrs and under. Age for 9 yrs is AGE ON DATE OF LAST ROUND of Lincs Junior League in the year of competition(i.e.15^th Sep 2012)

Age for 10, 11 12 yrs age at 25^th November 2012 in line with National Competition

21. Swimmers shall be allowed to swim in 3 individual events with 2 in their own age group, plus any number of relays, except 9 yr olds who are limited to 2 individual races in their own age group. 9 yr olds can only swim in team races for 9 and 10 yr olds. Swimmers may not swim down an age group.

22. The host club of each round shall meet the cost of the pool hire.

23. Swimmers shall be registered with the league Secretary at least 7 days prior to each round. Any team swimming an ineligible swimmer shall have the gala points deducted for all events involving that swimmer.

24. Team sheets shall be presented to the gala recorder prior to the start of each gala.

25. Clubs shall provide 2 timekeepers and 1 judge. The obtaining of all other officials shall be the responsibility of the host club. The referee, starter and chief timekeeper, and any other necessary officials to be split between the competing clubs.

26. The league year shall be 1^st November to 31^st October. Any swimmer having swum for 1 club in he league cannot swim for another in the current competition.

27.Any official protest or complaint shall be dealt with as per ASA Law.

The promoter shall be the Lincolnshire Junior Swimming League. The host club shall act as an agent of the league, assuming the promoter's responsibilities for that particular gala.

Constitution 2011 MH/Jan 2011

Guidelines for operating the league with up to 18 teams, and 3 galas.

Round 1

Drawn at the AGM into 3 galas. A, B, and C.

Round 2

Based on the results of round 1 as follows: