Canteen: yes
Equipment required: see rules for swimsuit regulations
Additional information:
*Officials must report to the Convenor by 9:00am at the latest.
*Competitors should aim to be at the venue by 8:30am.
*Warm-Up from 7:30am.
*First marshalling call at 9:15 am.
*Heats of Trials will commence at 9:30am.
Programs: $3.00 (inc GST). Programs will be provided for sale and will detail the students’ name and lane number in seeded heats.
Authority to Publish
Meet Manager Mobile will be used at the WSSA carnival. Names of students who do NOT have authority to publish must be communicated to the convenor with the submission of entries.
It is requested that districts notify Amanda as soon as possible who will be entering their district entries and who the team manager will be.
Please note that para-athlete swimmers must attend these trials to be selected for Western SSA representation. Information and entry form is attached. Entry time will be taken on the day. Multi-Class Athletes are required to have a classification prior to competition and must be on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming Classification Master List (http://www.paralympic.org/swimming/classifiswimawd.docM:\PSSA\SPORTS\WEBSITE\SWIMMING\SWIMAWD.DOCcation)
IMPORTANT: Athletes who fail to meet this requirement will be ineligible to compete at the NSWPSSA Swimming Championships.
Officials: Relief will be paid from Western School Sport at the DoE Casual Primary rate and paid directly to your school account. Please indicate if relief is required.
The application for an Official Position can be downloaded from the link at the bottom of the page.
Due to the number of officials required to operate electronic timing each District is required to supply at least ONE official for the day.
District Team Managers: Each district must have a team manager. Relief is NOT available for District team managers.
Competitors: Please note that these are Trials for selection of an Area Team, NOT a carnival with point scores. All events are timed finals and place ribbons will be issued to competitors with the fastest 3 times. All competitors who enter these trials are available for WSSA selection. Students who are not available to represent Western SSA at the State PSSA Carnival should NOT attend this trial. Children selected in the WSSA team are responsible for their own travel and accommodation arrangements in Sydney.
Limitations: Any competitor may enter any number of individual events. No competitor may compete in more than one division, excepting all age events. Maximum entry for the districts is two competitors except for Bathurst, Orange, Lachlan, Cowra, Dubbo & Cudgegong who have a maximum of three swimmers.
Ages:
8 years – born in 2011
9 years – born in 2010
10 years – born in 2009
11 years – born in 2008
12 years – born in 2007
13 years – born in 2006
Junior: 8yrs 9yrs 10yrs
Senior: 11yrs 12yrs 13yrs
Relays: Junior - 8 years, 9 years, 10 years. Senior - 11 years, 12 years, 13 years.
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 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.
Qualifying Times: There are no qualifying times for the carnival. Please use your discretion with medley events. Selected swimmers should be competitive at this level.
WSSA team: 1st, 2nd and 3rd placegetters (individual events and relays) will be included in the Western Team.
Entry deadline: Monday 26th Feb 2019
Entry requirements: Entries will only be accepted from Meet Manager. Entries emailed from Meet Manager are to be sent to the convenor by Monday 26th of February 2019. The WSSA shell will be sent to district secretaries week 1 of term 1, 2019. Times must be included for each nomination to enable heats to be seeded. Swimmers without times will be placed in the slowest heat.
State carnival venue and dates: Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, 11th and 12th April 2019
Associated forms:
Primary Swimming - Permission Note (doc 50KB),
Para-athlete Information (doc 355KB),
Rules and Info for Competitors (doc 66KB),
Application for Official Position (doc 66KB).