ETWALL EAGLES SWIMMING CLUB

Established 1980 – Affiliated to the ASA East Midland Region and Derbyshire ASA

Proudly present their

12thMasters Open Meet

Held under FINA Rules, the British Swimming Judicial Code and any additional conditions detailed within

Saturday 26th November 2016

Venue:

Alfreton Leisure Centre

Church Street, Alfreton Park, Alfreton. DE55 7BD

EVENTS

25m, 50m & 100m all strokes plus 100m Individual Medley

4x50m Mixed Medley & Freestyle Relays

6x50m Mixed Freestyle Cannon Relay (210+)

Full range of age groups for individual events in 5 year bands from 18-24yrs

Ages as on 31/12/16

Heat Declared Winners

  • 6 Lane Deck level Pool, ample Spectator facilities
  • Electronic Timing (for all events over 25m)
  • Results sent for GB Rankings & Decathlon
  • Prizes for top three Male / Female in each age group
  • Prize for top team in each relay category
  • Award for top visiting club and top non Midland club
  • Paul Alderson Trophy awarded for best swim in 50m Butterfly
  • Award for individual who breaks a meet record by the largest percentage
  • Invitational Skins event

Closing Date: 31st October 2016

On-line entry available via

All entries on a “first come first serve” basis to a maximum capacity

ETWALL EAGLES MASTERS MEET 2016

Programme of Events

SESSION 1 10:05 am start
Warm-up Ladies 9am-9.30am Men’s 9.30am- 10.00am / SESSION 2 start time TBA
Warm up details to be advised
# / EVENT / # / EVENT
1 / Mixed 100m Backstroke / 13 / Mixed 100m Individual Medley
2 / Women’s 25m Butterfly / 14 / Women’s 25m Breaststroke
3 / Men’s 25m Butterfly / 15 / Men’s 25m Breaststroke
4 / Women’s 50m Breaststroke / 16 / Women’s 50m Freestyle
5 / Men’s 50m Breaststroke / 17 / Men’s 50m Freestyle
6 / Mixed 100m Freestyle / 18 / Mixed 100mBreaststroke
7 / Women’s 25m Backstroke / 19 / Women’s 25m Freestyle
8 / Men’s 25m Backstroke / 20 / Men’s 25m Freestyle
9 / Women’s 50m Butterfly / 21 / Women’s 50m Backstroke
10 / Men’s 50m Butterfly / 22 / Men’s 50m Backstroke
11 / Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay / 23 / Mixed 100m Butterfly
12 / Mixed Invitational 25mSkins / 24 / Mixed 4x50m Free Relay
25 / Mixed 6x50m Freestyle Cannon Relay

CONDITIONS

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

Ages as of 31/12/16 & age groups for individual events will be: 18-24yrs, 25-29 yrsand 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.

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 yr olds may only swim in the 72+ band & Cannon.

Relay events: 11 & 24 combined ages will be: - 72+ years / 120-159yrs / 160-199yrs or 200+ years and will consist of four swimmers (2 Female & 2 Male swimmers, swimming in any order).

Teams for Mixed Freestyle Cannon Relay will consist of six swimmers (3 Female & 3 Male swimmers, swimming in any order) with a combined age of 210 years or over, (18-24 may be included in the Cannon).

A prize of 1 free relay swim in the 2017 event 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 IM 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 the 2017Etwall Meet, 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 2015 event refer to the ‘top swimmers’ on the 2015 results on

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

The Record Breaker Trophy will be presented to the individual who breaks a meet record by the biggest margin (in percentage terms). Current meet records are displayed on

All entries must be on the official entry form or via the on-line version and will be accepted on a first come first served basis. Late entries may be accepted at the discretion of the promoter, however please note maximum numbers were reached last year. The closing date for entries is the 31st October 2016.

Confirmed entries will be published on 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.

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

Invitational Skins (Event 12)

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.
  1. Separate Skins competitions will be held for Male and Female swimmers.
  1. Prizes will be awarded to the Male and Female winners.
  1. The competitors for each Skins event shall be the SIX swimmers with the quickest recorded times from the 50 m Breaststroke event (event number 4 &5), these will be the 6 quickest swimmers regardless of age group.
  1. Should a qualifying swimmer not wish to compete in the Skins event then the next quickest swimmer from the 50m Breaststroke event will be invited to compete, and so on until all 6 places have been allocated.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. In the case of more than one swimmer being disqualified, or a dead heat for the slowest swimmer all affected swimmers are eliminated.
  1. 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 Event conditions.

ETWALL EAGLES MASTERS MEET

Saturday 26th November 2016

Entry form (on-line entry is also available via

Event 2 3 / Event 910 / Event 23 / Event 78 / Event 21 22 / Event 1 / Event 14 & 15 / Event 45 / Event 18 / Event 19 20 / Event 16 & 17 / Event 6 / Event 13
25m Fly / 50m Fly / 100m Fly / 25m Back / 50m Back / 100m Back / 25m Breast / 50m Breast / 100m Breast / 25m Free / 50m Free / 100m Free / 100m IM

Note:- Please enter a recent time for each of the events that you wish to swim. All accepted entries that have no time submitted will be entered in the first heats of the event.

Name of Club / Male / Female
ASA Registration Number / Date of Birth
Surname / Forename
Address(inc Postcode)
Telephone Number / Email address
(will be used for confirmation of entry – see below)*
I certify that the above details are correct and that I will abide by the promoters conditions
Signed / Date
Event Fees / Completed entry form and cheque to be returned to:
Janet Briggs, 41 Belfield Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6JN
*Please include a SAE if you haven’t supplied an email address above.
£3.50 per individual event / £
Minus any free swims won from 2015(see conditions) / -£ / Contact email address:
Closing date: 31st October 2016
Total amount payable / £ / Cheques made payable to:
Etwall Eagles Masters

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Relay Entry Form

(on-line entry is also available via

Name of Club______

Event (number) / Number of teams Entered / Total age of Team / Total Cost
(11)
Mixed
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay / x £5.00 / 72yrs+ / £
x £5.00 / 120 – 159 yrs / £
x £5.00 / 160 – 199 yrs / £
x £5.00 / 200yrs+ / £
(24)
Mixed
4 x 50m Medley Relay / x £5.00 / 72yrs+ / £
x £5.00 / 120 – 159 yrs / £
x £5.00 / 160 – 199 yrs / £
x £5.00 / 200yrs+ / £
(25) Mixed 6 x 50m Freestyle Cannon Relay / x £5.00 / 210yrs+ / £

Less any free relay swims received as prizes from 2015 competition: (£5.00 for each prize) = -£

Grand Total £______

CONTACT NAME______TEL______Email______

I certify that all the members of the team are eligible to compete and that they will abide by the promoters conditions. SIGNED______

Completed forms and cheque to be sent to:-Janet Briggs, 41 Belfield Road, Etwall, Derby, DE65 6JN

All Cheques to be made payable to Etwall Eagles Masters

Closing date: 31st October 2016