Eight-year-olds in sanctioned competitions

31 October 2019

SWA Members are advised that further to the recent update on the participation of eight-year-olds in sanctioned competitions released by Carolyn Morrison on 27 September 2019 which can be found here;

https://wa.swimming.org.au/news-articles/8-year-old-swimmers-participation-competition

The SWA Board and SWA Management have taken a further step to also allow 8-year-olds to compete at Regional Championships under the same guideline of events set from the initial memo above.

For the sake of clarity, these guidelines are;

• All eight-year-old races are completed within a three (3) hour window, to minimise the expectation on young swimmers to be in attendance at a Meet for an extended period of time and ensure focus is on the enjoyment of the experience of competing

• Eight-year-olds are eligible to participate in the following races only:

     25m Freestyle

     25m Backstroke

     25m Breaststroke

     50m Freestyle

     50m Backstroke

     50m Breaststroke

• Eight-year-olds are eligible to record official times for the 50m events, to enable them to qualify for Meets where a qualifying time is required when they turn nine years of age, such as the Hancock Prospecting Junior Championships.

• Eight-year-olds are ineligible to receive medals or awards at Regional Championship Meets.

• The eight-year-old Membership fee to remain unchanged at $55.

Should you have any further questions, please call Brighton Pass (SWA Competition and Records Coordinator) on (08) 9328 4599.

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