2020 NSW Senior State Age Championships

Despite the current NSW Health restrictions due to COVID-19, Swimming NSW is aiming to host its regular Summer season events to provide important competition opportunities for as many swimmers as possible and to also have their parents and guardians be able to come and watch their children race.

To achieve this we have had to make changes to how our events will be run, including changes to the running order of events, event qualifying times and meet procedures on the day. Any decision is being made with deep consideration given to the multitude of factors involved in balancing the vast differences of individual circumstances across our attendees whilst also complying with Venue and Public Health related orders.

As restrictions may ease or tighten in the lead up to our event, we ask for your understanding if we need to make additional changes.

• Long Course and Short Course times achieved since 1st May 2019 can be used to enter this meet
• An approved qualifying time must have been achieved, uploaded and approved by the specified closing time and date of the meet
• It is the responsibility of the person processing the online entries to ensure that all times listed in the system are legal and valid to the swimmer.
• Only athletes who are aged 12 years (female) and 13 years (male) or older are allowed to compete at these Championships in the Able Bodied events
• The minimum age for MC Events is 11 years
• Manual Entries will not be accepted
• Payment for online Individual and online Relay entries must be completed online via credit card at the time of processing in order to be accepted
• Individual Entries - $19
• Relay Entries - $38
• Swimming NSW does not take any responsibility for entries processed via AnotherPB or any other external avenue. Please ensure you have checked that your entries and payments were successful with these companies prior to the entry closing date to ensure your entries will be accepted on time

Please note that you can only Swim in one (1) Metropolitan Championships & one (1) State Age Championship. The information below is provided to assist Swimmers and Coaches with deciding which events to enter for Boys currently aged 12 to 13 years.

BOYS CURRENTLY AGED 12-13 YEARS

1. If you are 12 in November and don’t turn 13 before the 2021 National Age Championships, we recommend you swim the Junior Metropolitan & State Age Championships
    
2. If you are 12 in November, you can swim at the Junior Metropolitan Championships. If you turn 13 before the Senior State Age Championships you can decide whether to swim at Senior State Age Championships or the Junior State Age Championships, remembering that you can only swim at one State Age Championship.
    
3. If you are 13 in November, you can swim the Junior Metropolitan Championships. If you stay 13 until the 2021 National Age Championships we recommend swimming at the Junior State Age Championships. However if you turn 14 before the Senior Metropolitan Championships in March we recommend swimming at the Senior Metropolitan Championships and Senior State Age Championships.

Please note that you can only Swim in one (1) Metropolitan Championships & one (1) State Age Championship. The information below is provided to assist Swimmers and Coaches with deciding which events to enter for Girls currently aged 11 to 12 years.

GIRLS CURRENTLY AGED 11-12 YEARS

1. If you are 11 in November and don’t turn 12 before the 2021 National Age Championships, we recommend you swim the Junior Metropolitan & State Age Championships
    
2. If you are 11 in November, you can swim at the Junior Metropolitan Championships. If you turn 12 before the Senior State Age Championships you can decide whether to swim at Senior State Age Championships or the Junior State Age Championships, remembering that you can only swim at one State Age Championship.
    
3. If you are 12 in November, you can swim the Junior Metropolitan Championships. If you stay 12 until the 2021 National Age Championships we recommend swimming at the Junior State Age Championships. However if you turn 13 before the Senior Metropolitan Championships in March we recommend swimming at the Senior Metropolitan Championships and Senior State Age Championships.

Relay Functionality is now available in Swim Central. Instructions on how to enter relay teams- Download Here

Where a club enters three (3) or more relay teams, all teams must meet the qualifying time to be eligible.

Should you wish to make any changes to your relay team, an updated relay form must be submitted to the Chief Recorder on race day prior to the start of the session in which the event will be contested. If you are adding new swimmers, you must include their DOB. Relay forms are not required if you are not making any changes.

In Club relays a maximum of one (1) swimmer from a younger age group may participate, however at these championships only male athletes who are aged 13 years or older are allowed to compete.

In Club relays a maximum of one (1) swimmer from a younger age group may participate, however at these championships only female athletes who are aged 12 years or older are allowed to compete

A swimmer may only appear in one (1) relay team list for that event.

MC Swimmers are required to email their Classification to meet.entries@nsw.swimming.org.au

Multi Class events are championship events and qualifying times apply. Whilst the OME system will allow MC swimmers to enter all MC events – please ensure you read the MC Qualifying Times and only enter events for which you qualify. Entry times will be checked and any swimmers who do not have the correct entry time for their entries, will be withdrawn and no refund will be given.

Junior MC Swimmers may enter this event in the MC events only as there are no MC events available at Junior State Age Championships

Multi-Class Support 
Multi-Class Swimmers are permitted to have one support person/carer on the athletes side of the venue with them at this event. Support persons must have a valid WWCC and apply in advance. Please email greta.brodie@nsw.swimming.org.au to apply.

With the recent government increase in venue capacity in NSW we are pleased to announce that we can now add the 10x50m Relay Events back into the program! These events will be swam at the end of the Finals Session on Day 6 (Events #135 Girls & #136 Boys).
 

Entries for this event will be via this 10x50 RELAY ONLINE ENTRY FORM. Entries must be placed by club coaches or race secretaries only, no later than 4pm Sunday 13^th December.

Relay Athlete names will need to be placed via a relay change form to the R&R room at SOPAC on or before the day. 

Due to capacity limits, not interstate competitors are permitted at this years NSW Senior State Age Championships. 

SPECTATOR TICKETS

• Tickets must be pre-purchased and will be available online throughout the duration of the event
• Spectators must have a ticket for each session they will be attending- this includes Finals Sessions
• If Spectators show the wrong days ticket upon entry, they will be denied until the correct day is shown
• Heats Sessions: $7 
• Finals Session: Free
• Tickets will have allocated seat numbers 
• There is no limit to how many spectators can attend, due to the lift in venue capacity restrictions
• Entry into venue for all competitors and accompanied children 18 years & under is free.

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE: 

• Please note: for 1500 & 800 Freestyle Events, as well as Multi-Class Events, these will be swam as timed finals. The fastest 10 swimmers for these events will swim in the evening finals session- this is indicated in red in the heats program (link above)
   
• The top 10 swimmers in the timed final events (i.e. those only swimming in the evening), still MUST advise the Clerk of the Course of their intention to swim the event, during the heats session- at least two events prior to their event. A coach or another club representative (i.e. another swimmer) can do this on the swimmer’s behalf. Failure to report to the Marshall by this time will result in withdrawal from the event.

Merchandise will be available for sale at this meet  & online for pre-sale.

We recommend purchasing online as early as you can as products sell out very fast.

ONLINE MERCH AVAILABLE NOW: BUY NOW

*All products subject to availability. Stock and prices may vary*

Nominate to Volunteer or Officiate at this meet

We are seeking nominations from volunteers and Technical Officials to assist at this meet.

Submit your nomination on this page.

Nominations close on Monday 16th November at 5:00pm

Working With Children Check

As of January 1st, 2015, it has become a requirement of the Sporting Organisation that all our staff, officials and volunteers have applied for a Working With Children Check.

If you have not yet completed this, you can apply for a WWC number HERE.

Please note: for volunteers (including volunteers and technical officials), this is free to obtain.

All coaches are required to pre-register their intention to attend this event via this form

Coaches will be required to show ASCTA accreditation to the door staff on arrival & will be required to wear this accreditation on a lanyard around their neck at all times whilst present in the venue. Failure to show ASCTA accreditation will result in denied entry.

When present in the venue, coaches are only permitted access to pool deck & the Athlete/Coaches grandstand and cannot enter the Spectators grandstand or other parts of the venue.

Coaches are not permitted entry to the Athlete bathrooms and must use the Coaches or Officials bathrooms ONLY. 

Spectators are entitled to 4 hours free parking and every hour after that will be $6. Spectators will receive a parking validation ticket upon exiting the venue and will need to process this at the parking station. 

We ask that you please be aware of the following safety information in relation to the event. This advice may change prior to the meet and any changes will be communicated directly with you.

• If you or any member of your household are feeling unwell or have any symptoms of COVID-19, please do not attend the event.
• If you or any member of your household have tested positive for COVID-19, please do not attend the event.
• If you or any member of your household have visited any of the locations listed on the NSW Health website here, https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/latest-news-and-updates or Victoria in the last 14 days, please do not attend the event. Please note that this page is updated daily, so we ask that you check back regularly to this page prior to the event.
• If you are unable to attend due to the reasons above, Swimming NSW will provide you with a full refund for your entries.
• All swimmers and spectators will need to register their details with a Swimming NSW staff member prior to entry into the venue.
• Please practice proper hygiene whilst present at the event and if you do begin to feel unwell during the day, please leave the venue. There will be several hand sanitiser stations available throughout the venue as well as fully stocked bathroom facilities.
• Swimming NSW encourages the wearing of masks at the event for spectators and competitors when they are not swimming, although this is not mandatory.
• Please be mindful of social distancing at all times, particularly for spectators
• There will be COVID Marshalls and Swimming NSW staff in attendance at the Aquatic Centre and respectfully ask for your compliance and cooperation with complying with instructions from these individuals.
• We ask that you minimise your time at the venue and only attend for the period that you need to swim. We encourage all competitors to shower at home after the meet.
• Swimming NSW encourages competitors to bring any food or drink they require with them  and do not share this with others. 
• Please bring with you, all of your own equipment that you need to compete and please do not share this with others.
• Swimming NSW staff will ensure that any equipment that does need to be shared to ensure the smooth running of the meet is cleaned at regular intervals throughout the event.
• If you have not already done so, we encourage you to download the COVIDSafe app.

The 2020-2021 Summer Meet Schedule can be found here