THEWINCHESTER CITY PENGUINS GRAND PRIX SERIES 2018
Objective
This series is designed to provide regular racing opportunities for swimmers in Foundation, Development, Junior Challenge Squads at Winchester City Penguins in addition to other invited time trial swimmers at the discretion of the Promoter.
The Grand Prix series is structured as one big competition split into a series of 5 smaller meetsover seven months.Dates for this year’s event:
GP 1 Saturday 25th November 2017
GP 2 Saturday 20th January 2018
GP 3 Saturday 3rd March 2018
GP 4 Saturday 21st April 2018
GP 5 Saturday 19th May 2018
The program series is intended to give swimmers the opportunity to compete in a wide range of events and encourage them to try new events.
Each of the 5 meets will have a restricted program of only a few eventsof varying strokes and distances. They will be held at St Swithuns from 2-5pm.
Each Gala will be ran as 2– 2.15pm 1stWarm Up, 2.15-2.30pm 2nd Warm Up with Racing to commence at 2.40pm.
Swimmers are encouraged to attend all five meets and swim every event on the program…. but they don’t have to! The idea is to score as many points as possible so it is best to aim to do all events with the top 9 of the 14 events scoring towards the swimmer’s final tally. It is a great opportunity for swimmers to attempt events that they have never swum before. All swimmers in Development & Junior Challenge are more than capable of attempting every event but it is recommended that you seek advice from your coach about how many events to swim at GP4.Foundationshould check with their coach before entering 400m free, 200 IM or distance fly.
The Program
GP No.1 200m freestyle,100m breaststroke, 50m backstroke
GP No. 2 200m backstroke, 100 Individual Medley, 50m breaststroke
GP No. 3 200m breaststroke, 100m freestyle, 50m butterfly
GP No. 4 200 Individual Medley, 100m butterfly,50m freestyle, 100m Backstroke
GP No. 5 400m Freestyle and 400m Individual Medley( not included in the GP series just TT only)
Age groups will be:
8 yrs & undermixed boys & girls:
9 yrs boys & girls:
10 yrs boys & girls:
11yrsgirls & boys
12 yrs girls & boys
13 yrs & over girls & boys
NOTE:Age being as at the date of the last meet of the seriesie age on Saturday 19th May 2018.
*At the discretion of the Promoter, additional swimmers may race as time trials in events. These swimmers will not be included in the awards.
Scoring
Scoring is designed to reward participation and excellence.
Point scores will be as follows for each age group:
1st 10 points
2nd 8 points
3rd 7 points
4th 6 points
5th 5 points
6th 4 points
7th 3 points
8th 2 points
All other participants will receive 1 point for completing the event without disqualification.
An additional 2 points will be awarded for every individual who betters their entry time (pb held in our club pb system). Swimmers who have never swum an event before may enter with NT (No Time).They will automatically be awarded 2 points (if they complete the swim without disqualification).
There will be a discard of 5 events, if a swimmer swims every event, with their top 9 events scoring to their final total.
We will aim to publish the resultswithin 48 hrs after the conclusion of each meet.An ongoing cumulative score will also be maintained. At the end of the series the top 3 swimmers in each age group(with the highest point scores from any 9 events) will receive a medal and all swimmers that participate during in the Series will be presented with a certificate at an awards presentation evening.
Entries
All events will be swum as mixed girl/ boy heats, including all age groups, swum in order of entry times. Those swimmers with No Time will be allocated a time according to age and squad for placing in heats. This will not affect their PB points. PLEASE NOTE SWIMMERS RESULTS WILL BE CATEGORISED IN THEIR AGE GROUPS.
Entries for the Grand prix series must be submitted by the following closing dates:
GP 1 Saturday 25th November closing date for entries 14/11/17
GP 2 Saturday 20th January closing date for entries 5/1/18
GP 3 Saturday 3rd March closing date for entries 16/2/18
GP 4Saturday 21st April closing date for entries 6/4/18
GP 5 Saturday 19th May closing date for entries 4/5/17
No late entries will be accepted
Once entries have been accepted no change of events will be accepted
Entry fee for the Grand Prix Series will be £50 for all 5 galas in the series, or £15 per gala.
Swimmers moving squads having completed GP 1 may continue and complete the remaining events in the series.
Promotor of the Series is Vicky Harrison