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(Amended 2006)
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5.14.1 |
Refer to General State Carnival Rules. |
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5.14.2 |
ENTRIES |
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Each Region/ Association may nominate three (3) competitors per event. The maximum number of entries per Region / Association team for the multi-disability events at the NSWPSSA Swimming CHampionships be three (3) per event. These entries must be submitted with the able bodied entries. |
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(b) |
Should there be a desire for additional entries, the special circumstances are to be stated when lodging entries. |
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Substitutes may be allowed by the Carnival Manager at the recommendation of the relevant Senior Education Officer or Team Manager prior to the commencement of the carnival. |
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(d)
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Entries are to be forwarded to the Swimming Convener by the closing date. |
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5.14.3 |
PROGRAM OF EVENTS
The following individual events will be conducted:
100 metre Freestyle
50 metre Freestyle, Breaststroke, Backstroke and Butterfly
4 x 50m individual medley
In the 100 metre freestyle and 50 metre events, heats will be conducted in the morning session and finals in the afternoon session. Heats of the individual medley will be conducted on Day 1 and Finals on Day 2.
The following events will be held for competitors with a disability:
50 metre Freestyle, Breaststroke, Backstroke and Butterfly.
These events will be conducted in senior and junior divisions for boys and girls. These events will be multidisability timed finals with one event conducted in each session of the program.
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5.14.4 |
QUALIFYING TIMES
Shall be issued by the Convener each year. |
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5.14.5 |
SECTIONS
The meet shall be conducted in sections for boys and sections for girls. The exception is the small schools relay, which is open to any pupil in that school. |
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5.14.6 |
AGE GROUPS |
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(a) |
INDIVIDUAL 50 METRES FREESTYLE EVENTS
8 years, 9 years, 10 years, 11 years, 12 years, 13 years.
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FORM STROKE 50 METRE EVENTS
Junior: 8 years, 9 years, 10 years.11 years,12/13 years
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(c) |
ALL AGE EVENTS
100 metres freestyle. (8 years to 13 years.
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(d) |
MEDLEY EVENTS
Senior 4 x 50 metres Individual Medley 11-13 years.
Junior 4 x 50 metres Individual Medley 8-10 years.
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A competitor whose significant birthday occurs during the current year is eligible for that age event only. No competitor shall compete in more than one division except for all age events. |
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5.14.7 |
RELAYS |
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The following relay events shall be held:
Boys Senior
Girls Senior
Boys Junior
Girls Junior
The Earl MaGee Trophy
The Peter Dobson Trophy
Girls All Age 5 x 50m Freestyle Relay (Area / Association Teams Only)
Boys All Age 5 x 50 m Freestyle Relay (Area / Association Teams Only)
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(b) |
In each school based relay event a school may enter one team. |
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Age groups for relays shall be: |
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Senior - 11 years, 12 years, 13 years. |
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Junior - 8 years, 9 years, 10 years. |
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A Region / Association may nominate a composite team in the boys and/or girls relays. A composite team may be entered from a Zone providing the total enrolment of the schools involved does not exceed two hundred and fifty (250) (K-6) pupils. |
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The Earl MaGee Trophy
The Small Schools Relay team must include students from schools with a total school enrolment not exceeding twenty five (25). The combination of boys and girls to form is the schools responsibility. ALL children in the team must be enrolled at the same school.
The classification of the enrolment will be determined by the February Staff Return.
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The Peter Dobson Trophy
The Peter Dobson Relay must include students from schools with a total school enrolment of more than twenty five (25) pupils but not exceeding fifty four (54) pupils. The combination of boys and girls in each team to be decided by the individual school but all the children must be enrolled in the same school.
The classification of the enrolment will be determined by the February Staff return.
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Rules for all age 5 x 50m Freestyle Relays: |
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Team to comprise one (1) swimmer from each of the following age groups 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12/13 years age group. |
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The events be run as timed finals. |
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5.14.8 |
METHOD OF STARTING
Competitors shall be placed in their lanes and one half pace behind the starting position by the Check Starter.
The procedure will then be:
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(a) |
A whistle blast, at which the competitors take their position on the back of the blocks - in backstroke competitors enter the water. |
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The starter's command 'TAKE YOUR MARKS' competitors step forward and assume starting position - in backstroke competitors assume starting position immediately on the command. |
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(c) |
Gun blast. |
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A one (1) start rule be used. |
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After command (b) the competitor shall remain stationary until the gun blast. |
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5.14.9 |
FINISH
Competitors must remain in their lanes at the finish of each event until told to leave the water. |
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5.14.10 |
FINALISTS |
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Progress from Heats to Finals.
For Finals all available lanes be utilised.
Ten (10) lane pool - ten fastest times through to finals
Nine (9) lane pool - nine fastest times through to finals
Eight (8) lane pool - eight fastest finals through to finals.
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5.14.11 |
PLACEGETTERS |
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Placegetters in events will be awarded medallions at the conclusion of each event. |
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The Harold Hardwick Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the Boys 100 metres Freestyle Champion. |
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The Bill Finlay Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the Girls 100 metres Freestyle Champion. |
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The Outstanding Swimmer Award will be awarded to the competitor with the best overall performances in individual events. (Consideration will be given to the number of records broken.) |
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The Gregson Trophy
At all NSWPSSA Swimming Championships a trophy be presented to the Outstanding Disability Swimmer of the Meet. The determination of the recipient of this trophy will be the same as for the Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet. ie Swimmers are awarded points from 20 for first place on a sliding scale down to 1 point for tenth place for each disability event they compete in. |
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5.14.12 |
WITHDRAWALS
All withdrawals from finals must be notified in writing to the Meet Director within fifteen (15) minutes of the conclusion of the heats session. Withdrawals after this time, without documented medical evidence, may result in the withdrawal of the competitor from all other finals. This decision is left to the discretion of the Meet Director. |
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5.14.13 |
COACHING
Once competitors are in the hands of the officials controlling the event they are not to receive any coaching or advice.
PENALTY: Disqualification. |
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5.14.14 |
PROTESTS
Protests shall be dealt with by the Disputes Committee, comprising the Carnival Manager, referee and relevant sectional official. No protest shall be considered unless lodged by the Team manager (who must be a teacher). |
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5.14.15
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TOUCHING THE WALL
In all events other than backstroke or butterfly stroke, a swimmer when TURNING shall make physical contact with the end of the pool or course. The turn must be made from the wall and it is not permitted to take a stride or step from the bottom of the pool. |
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BREASTSTROKE
In breaststroke when touching at the turn a simultaneous uneven touch is permitted but the shoulders must remain in the horizontal plane. The touch may be made at, below or above the water level.
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BACKSTROKE
Any competitor leaving his/her normal position on the back before his/her head, shoulder, foremost hand or arm has touched the end of the course for the purpose of turning or finishing shall be disqualified.
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BUTTERFLY
When touching at the turn or on finishing a race the touch will be made with both hands simultaneously on the same level and with shoulders in the horizontal position. The Touch may be made at, above or below the water level. |
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FREESTYLE
When turning or finishing a race the swimmer is required to touch the wall of the pool or course with any part of the body, not necessarily the hand. However, at the finish of the race its is necessary for contact to be made with the wall of the pool. A hand touch is not obligatory.
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5.14.16 |
SELECTION OF STATE TEAMS
With the exception of the years when the Pacific Schools Games are to be contested, where specific selection criteria apply, the following selection procedures for School Sports Australia Exchange shall apply. |
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(a) |
All children selected to represent the NSWPSSA at School Sports Australia Exchanges must be turning ten (10), eleven (11), or twelve (12 in the year of competition. |
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The first four placegetters in Age 50 metre freestyle and first three placegetters in all other events will be automatic selections in the NSWPSSA Team. In the case of dead heats for the third place the team management will determine who will be selected for the third position. |
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All additional swim places (i.e 100 metres Backstroke, Butterfly, Breaststroke, 200 metres Freestyle and 11 years 200 metre Individual Medley) will be determined by team management taking into account times from NSW ASA state, metropolitan, and country carnivals and NSWPSSA Carnival only. |
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'A' Division relay teams will be the four fastest available swimmers in each age group in the Medley and the four placegetters in the Freestyle at the PSSA Championships. |
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Any competitor withdrawing from a Final at the NSWPSSA Championships for a reason other than documented medical reasons be precluded from selection in that relevant age event at the School Sport Australia exchange that year.
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5.14.17
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RECORDS
A swimming competitor equalling or bettering an existing record in a heat/final will be awarded a Record Certificate. |
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5.14.18
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EVENT INDICATOR
The event number and heat will be displayed for each event. |
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5.14.19
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REGION / ASSOCIATION SEATING
All competitors and spectators must sit in the allocated place. Each Region / Association sign will be attached to the rail on the grandstand. Offenders in out of bounds areas may be removed from the venue. |
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5.14.20
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ORDER OF EVENTS
The Carnival Manager reserves the right to alter the program should it be considered necessary. |
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5.14.21
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DIVING |
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SPRINGBOARD
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Springboard Diving shall be conducted in the following categories
8/9 Years Boys
8/9 Years Girls
10/11 Years Boys
10/11 Years Girls
12/13 Years Boys
12/13 Years Girls
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Dives may be performed from either the 1m and/or the 3m springboard. |
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8/9 Years Boys and Girls - 3 dives |
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1 dive @ 1.5 degree of difficulty or less
2 dives with no limit on degree of difficulty |
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10/11 Years Boys and Girls - 3 dives |
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1 dive @ 1.6 degree of difficulty or less
2 dives from 2 groups with no limit on degree of difficulty |
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12/13 Years Boys and Girls - 4 dives |
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2 dive from 2 groups @ 3.6 degree of difficulty or less
2 dives from 2 groups with no limit on degree of difficulty |
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PLATFORM
Platform Diving shall be conducted in the following categories
12 Years and under Boys
12 Years and under Girls
Dive Requirements
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12 Years and under - 3 dives |
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1 dive @ 1.6 degree of difficulty limit
2 dives with no limit on degree of difficulty
Dives may be performed from 5m platform only.
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