INVITATION
Invitation to the international Finnish Open competition in finswimming
Competition is a Finnish Divers´ Federations 60th anniversary celebration competition.
Finnish Divers´ Federation is pleased to invite your swimmers to participate in the international Finnish Open competition in Finswimming. It is to be held in Tampere during 13.-14. February 2016.
The competition Pool
Tampere Swimming center, address Joukahaisenkatu 7.
Pool 50 meters, 8 lanes, depth 1,2 - 4,2 m, water 27 degrees, electronic scoreboard.
Participation
Only club teams are eligible to participate in Finnish Open Championship. Every club team should enter not more than four (4) competitors for each individual event and not more than one (1) team in each relay event.
Each club team should comply with the rules of the safety conditions set by the Organizer and the CMAS Rules and Regulations.
Competition categories
A categories – men and women born in 1998 and earlier
B categories – boys and girls born in 1999 - 2000
C categories – boys and girls born in 2001 - 02
D categories – boys and girls born in 2003 and after
Events
Surface50m, 100m, 400m, 800m, 1500m
Bifins50m, 100m
Apnea50m
Relay4x50m mixed, 4x100m
Swimming100m freestyle, 100m breaststroke, 100m backstroke
Rules
CMAS international 2015-01 rules concerning finswimming.
( Finswimming Rules Version 2015/01).
FINA rules apply for freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke.
Needed documents for verification
Personal identification card or passport.
Prices
The three best swimmers in each event will get a medal.
Fees
Starting fees: 10 euros/start in categories A, B and C, 8 euros/start in category D. Relay 20 euros/start/team. Starting fees must be paid at the latest 6th of February 2016 to the account of
Finnish Divers´ Federation. Bank: Danske Bank, account number IBAN: FI8380001300541514 and BIC code:DABAFIHH.
Protests
Protests must be presented in written form within 60 minutes after the results are declared. Fee is 60 euros.
Accommodation
The following accommodation is recommended:
Hotel Kauppi, Pho. +358 32 535 353, fax +358 32 534 611
Email:,
The organizer has booked 25 twin rooms for participants. The booking is valid untill 13th
of January with code "finswimming".
Original Sokos Hotell Villa. Pho. +358 20 1234 600 or +358 20 1234 633. Email: ,
The organizer has booked 25 twin rooms for participants. The booking is valid untill 15th
of January with code "finswimming". The hotelis located rightnear the train station.
If you come without own car, the other alternative is Omenahotels Tampere II. The hotelis located rightnext to the train station. You can take the bus nr 17 or 25 to nearby Tampere Swimming center. Reserve by internet:
On Saturday before the competition and on Sunday after the competition there will be a lunch for all participating teams at a cost of 8,00 euros per person. Reservations must be included in the final entry form by email: .
Registration
The registration must be done byemail to or
Entry dates:
Preliminary entry form: 22th of January 2016
Final entry form: 6th of February 2016
Notice: The organizer has the right to limit the total number of foreign participants in order to be able to run the competition within the available pool hours.
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact Kalevi Turkka: email:
Program of the Finnish Open Championships
The Championships will be carried out in a period of two days and two sessions. All heats are swum in direct finals (heats with time classification all gategories together).
The program of the competition will be the following:
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INVITATION
Time table and the program
Saturday February 13th in the evening
16:00Meeting in swimmingpool.
16:05 – 16:50Warm up
16:05 – 16:30Equipment control
16:20Team Leader Meeting
16:55Opening of competition
17:00 – 21:00Competition
150 BFmen/boys A-D
250 BFwomen/girls A-D
350 BFwithaus licensB-D
4800 SFmen/boys/women/girlsA-C
5100 SFmen/boys A-D
6100 SFwomen/girlsA-D
Awarding Ceremony 1-6
7100 FreestyleboysB-D
8100 FreestylegirlsB-D
950 APmen/boys A-C
1050 APwomen/girls A-C
Awarding Ceremony 7-10
114x50 SF A-mixed
There must be at least two women in relay team.
Awarding Ceremony 11
Sunday February 14thin the morning
8:00Meeting in swimmingpool.
8:05 – 8:55Warming up
9:00 – 12:50Competition
12100 BFmen/boys A-D
13100 BFwomen/girls A-D
141500 SFmen/boys/women/girlsA-B
15100 breaststrokeboysB-D
16100 breaststrokegirlsB-D
Awarding Ceremony 12-16
1750 SFmen/boys A-D
1850 SFwomen/girls A-D
19100 backstrokeboysB-D
20100 back0,1strokegirlsB-D
21400 SFmen/boys A-C
22400 SFwomen/girls A-C
Awarding Ceremony 17-22
234x100 SFA-men
244x100 SFA-women
Awarding Ceremony 23-24
Closing of the competition
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