British Swimming Pathway Implementation · • Rebecca Adlington is responsible for 4 out of 11 medals in the last 6 Olympic cycles. In the previous 6 cycles we won more medals overall

British Swimming Pathway

Implementation

Barry J Saunders

Competition Manager

ASA Swimming Management Group

Background

• As a nation, Great Britain has produced a modicum

of success in the modern Olympic era. • Since 1998, the investment into Swimming of Lottery

Funding has amounted to a figure in excess of

£70million, and whilst there have been some notable

highlights, the hard fact is we have relied on supremely

talented individuals to win the few Olympic medals we

have claimed, as opposed to having created a system

that guarantees a production line of success.

The catalyst for change

• In the lottery funding era (1998>), British pool swimmers

have been no more successful at the Olympic Games

than the pre funding period.

• Rebecca Adlington is responsible for 4 out of 11 medals

in the last 6 Olympic cycles. In the previous 6 cycles we

won more medals overall.

The catalyst for change

• There has been a large investment of public money

made in the sport so far, and heightened levels of

scrutiny by Government (in these austere times) means

that these funds need to be fully justified now more than

ever.

• UK Sport has a clear 'no compromise' approach to their

financial support, which is designed to provide honesty

around the mission.

Pathway Implementation Group

(P.I.G.)

• British Swimming

• ASA

• SASA

• WASA

• BSCA

• UK Sport

British Championships - Trials

• To be confirmed on an annual basis, however

nominally planned for 2nd or 3rd week in April

every year until 2020

• 2015: 14th – 18th April – London Aquatic Centre

• Long Course

• Qualifying Times, with a 12 month qualification

period – Long Course only

• Age at 31st December in year of competition

British Summer Championships

• Calendar Weeks 30-31 (inclusive)

• (2015: 28th July – 2nd August – Ponds Forge, Sheffield)

• Long Course – 10 lane pool


• Minimum age 13 years in year of competition

• Age bandings:- 13/14, 15, 16, 17/18, 19 & over

• Entry drawn from British Rankings database


• Top 24 ranked individual British Swimmers, per

event and age band, identified from British ranking

list from a specified qualifying window – Long

Course only.

• (2015 – Friday 13th March – Sunday 31st May)

• Exemption granted to ASA Regions for 2015 only!


• Top 20 relay teams in the specified age groupings

invited based on the specific relay qualifying

competitions

• English Regionals, Scottish NAG’s and Welsh

NAG’s

EVENT / AGE 13/14 years 15 years 16 years 17/18 years 19 & over

50m Freestyle

100m Freestyle

200m Freestyle

400m Freestyle

800/1500m Freestyle

50m Backstroke

100m Backstroke

200m Backstroke

50m Breaststroke

100m Breaststroke

200m Breaststroke

50m Butterfly

100m Butterfly

200m Butterfly

200m I.M.

400m I.M.

4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 14-16 Years 17+ years


4 x 100m Medley Relay 14-16 Years 17+ years


• 50 – 400m events follow a Heat-Final format

• Morning Heats (9am) late afternoon finals (5pm)

• Combined age heats and specific age finals

• Last 3 heats (<200m) or 2 heats (400m) cyclically

seeded all other heats spearheaded

• 800/1500m events H.D.W. with fastest heat in finals session

• Para-Swimming MC events to be included

ASA Summer Meet


• (2015: 4th – 9th August – Ponds Forge, Sheffield)

• Long Course – 10 lane pool



• Age bandings:- 12/13, 14, 15, 16/17, 18 & over

• Entry drawn from British Rankings database

ASA Summer Meet

• Individuals identified from English Ranking List from

the specified qualifying window who have not qualified

in that event for the British Summer Championships –

Long Course only.

• Next 20 after those selected for the British Summer

Nationals

• Relay events

EVENT / AGE 12/13 years 14 years 15 years 16/17 years 18 and over

50m Freestyle

100m Freestyle

200m Freestyle

400m Freestyle

800/1500m Freestyle

50m Backstroke

100m Backstroke

200m Backstroke

50m Breaststroke

100m Breaststroke

200m Breaststroke

50m Butterfly

100m Butterfly

200m Butterfly

200m I.M.

400m I.M.




ASA Summer Meet


• Separate Heats & Finals session

• Combined age heats and specific age finals

• Last 3 heats (<200m) or 2 heats (400m) cyclically seeded all other heats spearheaded

• Discretion to combine Ages in heats and/or finals

• 800/1500m events H.D.W. with fastest heat in finals session


ASA Regional Championships (Scottish & Welsh NAG)


• Long Course



• Age bandings:- 11/12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 & over

• Qualification process and standards set by each Region

EVENT / AGE 11/12 years 13 years 14 years 15 years 16 years 17 & over

50m Freestyle

100m Freestyle

200m Freestyle

400m Freestyle

800/1500m Freestyle

50m Backstroke

100m Backstroke

200m Backstroke

50m Breaststroke

100m Breaststroke

200m Breaststroke

50m Butterfly

100m Butterfly

200m Butterfly

200m I.M.

400m I.M.




Further Relay Events As appropriate to the specific event.

ASA Regional Championships

• 50, 100 & 200m events follow a Heat-Final format

• 400m events H.D.W. as a minimum (prefer heats/finals)

• 800/1500m events H.D.W.

• Last 3 heats (<200m) or 2 heats (400m - if a final)

cyclically seeded, all other heats spearheaded


ASA Regional Championships

• Qualification event for relays at the British Summer

Nationals & ASA Summer Meet:

14-16 years & 17+ in the following events:

4x100m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle, 4x100m Medley

• Consideration to be given to individual or sub groups of

Ages in heats rather than 11-20 year olds in the same

set of heats

ASA County Championships (Scottish District & Welsh Regions)


• Long or short Course



• Age bandings:- 10/11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 & over

• Qualification process and standards set by each County


EVENT / AGE 10/11 years 12 years 13 years 14 years 15 years 16 years & over

50m Freestyle

100m Freestyle

200m Freestyle

400m Freestyle

800/1500m Freestyle

50m Backstroke

100m Backstroke

200m Backstroke

50m Breaststroke

100m Breaststroke

200m Breaststroke

50m Butterfly

100m Butterfly

200m Butterfly

100m I.M.

200m I.M.

400m I.M.

Relay Events As appropriate to the individual event. No specific requirement.

ASA County Championships

• 50 & 100 events follow a Heat-Final format

• 200m events H.D.W. as a minimum (prefer heats/finals)

• 400m + events H.D.W.

• Last 3 heats of events with finals to be cyclically seeded,

all other heats spearheaded

• Consideration to be given to individual or sub groups of

Ages in heats rather than 10-20 year olds in the same

set of heats

ASA Winter Meet (also SASA & WASA Meets)

• 2015: Thursday 17th – Sunday 20th December

• Ponds Forge, Sheffield

• Short Course


• Entry by achieving the Qualifying Time in a Short Course

Pool, at a meet Licenced at Level 2, in the year of the

competition

• No converted times accepted for the ASA Meet

ASA Winter Meet


• Separate Heats & Finals session

• Combined age heats and A & B Finals

• Last 3 heats (<200m) or 2 heats (400m) cyclically

seeded all other heats spearheaded

• Junior Age Group but no separate Finals (16 & under)

• 800/1500m events H.D.W. with fastest heat in finals

session

Licensed Open Meets

• The Open Meet Guidelines will be re-written to reflect the

new structure

• Clubs will have the flexibility to hold competitions using

‘age at day’ as at the current time

• However, the Regulations on minimum age of

competition must be complied with

Minimum Ages for Competition (Regulation 410)

‘For each category the age specified shall be the age

of the swimmer at midnight on the day of the event or

the final day of a series of events forming part of one

competition whichever is the later.’

410.5.3

Open events, other than in Regional and National

Competitions – 9 years

This includes Counties!!

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British Swimming Pathway Implementation · • Rebecca Adlington is responsible for 4 out of 11 medals in the last 6 Olympic cycles. In the previous 6 cycles we won more medals overall