The 2021 ACT Championships are being held at Stromlo on Saturday 30 January (following the Relay Champs) and Sunday 31 January.
The Championships are open to all swimmers registered with their primary entity club affiliated with Swimming ACT.
Age as at 30 January 2021.
Due to limitations imposed under the current COVID 19 restrictions prevailing in the ACT the Championships will be run as a closed meet. This means that spectators are excluded from attending the meet. The following individuals will be permitted in the pool area:
- Competitors
- Officials
- Coaches
- Team Managers
- Approved carers
The list of people allowed to enter the pool area for given session will be provided to the Reception Desk. If you are not on one of the lists provided to the pool staff you are not to enter the pool area.
Team Managers, appointed by the competing clubs, will care for the swimmers whilst they are participating in meet.
Carer Exemption: If your swimmer has a medical condition that requires a carer to be present during the meet you can seek a carers' exemption by contacting Lorraine Wuth (lwuth@hups.net) stating the reason and the name of the nominated carer. Approved carers will be added to access lists.
The Swimming ACT COVID-19 Return to Competition Safety Plan has been updated to reflect the current status. Here is a link to the document.
Championship documents
Timeline
Seeded program (by event) and entry list for Saturday
Seeded program (by event) and entry list for Sunday
Please print relevant pages of these documents for your swimmer(s) as there will be no printed programs for sale at the Championships.
Why are some events missing?
Multi-Class swimmers have been seeded into equivalent standard events due to the small number of entries in Multi-Class events. The MC events are not shown on the timeline nor in the seeded programs and entry lists. MC events will still be resulted separately.
Marshalling
Assisted self marshalling is being used at this meet. There will be a Clerk of Course to assist. Swimmers are responsible for marshalling three (3) races (heats) ahead of the heat currently in the water.
Some notes about the Championships
Entry times: Swimmers must have an official long course (LC) or short course (SC) time achieved since 1 October 2019 to enter an event. Specific entry qualifying times apply to events 400m freestyle and IM and 200m backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly (see flyer for details). Entries with NT have been deleted (and refunds will be issued).
MC Championship events: a swimmer must hold a current Multi Class classification for the given stroke and have an official time (LC or SC) recorded for that event achieved since 1 October 2019.
8 & under Championship events: The 8 & under Championship events 50m freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly) will be swum in conjunction with the Speedo Sprint heats on Saturday 6 February 2021.
For further details relating to 800m and 1500m freestyle, awards, age champions and Champion Clubs please refer to the meet flyer.