There is now a new system where all swimmers entry times for galas must be achieved in a licensed meet and must be from the ASA rankings. Previously coaches were allowed to conduct time trials to enter swimmers into meets such as B Grade's, however most meets are no longer accepting this method of entry. Due to this there is now a problem where some swimmers have no time to enter a meet, so therefore cannot achieve qualifying times e.g Yorkshire's. This will mainly effect the younger swimmers in the group who have never swum 200's before and also the swimmers who were rejected from the B Grade next month.
To solve this problem The City of Leeds Swimming Club will be providing an opportunity for swimmers to get entry times by running 200m events in all 4 strokes at the next Development meet. This will enable swimmers to achieve times that will then be listed on the ASA rankings so they can enter meets in the future.
This Development meet is open to
- swimmers 8-12 years old.
- swimmers who are within 8 seconds of a Yorkshire time, and we deem it reasonable that the swimmer can achieve it.
- swimmers who do not have a 200m time in a particular event (this been the main priority).
Swimmers can only do 200's, no 50's in C group. 50's will only be for E and D group swimmers. There will be no prizes in the gala for 200m swims, the 200's are designed strictly for time only. Due to the time slot the Development meet has, the Club cannot guarantee all swimmers will swim, there will be 2 heats for each 200m time trial and the fastest swimmers (closest to Yorkshire times) will be picked to swim first.
If you think you meet the above criteria or have any questions please don't hesitate to ask one of us this week. All entries for this event must be in by the end of this week.
Yours,
C Central Coaching Team
Yours,
C Central Coaching Team
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