1. THE COMPETITION WILL BE HELD UNDER A.S.A. LAWS.
2. OFFICIALS WILL BE FROM THE MIDLAND DISTRICT LIST.
3. EVENTS WILL BE SWUM AS THE PROGRAMME, HEAT DECLARED WINNERS.
4. ALL ENTRY CARDS MUST BE POSTED IN THE BOXES PROVIDED 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE START OF EACH GALA. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED
5. GALA TIMES:
GIRLS WARM UP 9.45-10.05 A.M.
BOYS WARM UP 10.05-10.25 A.M.
THE FIRST SESSION WILL START AT 10.30 A.M.
GIRLS WARM UP 3.00-3.20 P.M.
BOYS WARM UP 3.20-3.40 P.M.
THE SECOND SESSION WILL START AT 3.45 P.M.
6. SWIMMERS SHOULD REPORT TO THE COMPETITORS STEWARD AT LEAST ONE EVENT BEFORE THEIR SWIM.
7. AN AWARD TO BE PRESENTED TO THE FASTEST 8 IN THE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS.
8. A PERPETUAL TROPHY WILL BE AWARDED TO THE TEAM AMASSING THE MOST POINTS THOUGHOUT THE TWO GALAS. POINTS WILL ONLY BE AWARDED TO SWIMMERS IN THEIR OWN AGE GROUP EVENTS. A CASH PRIZE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE TOP TEAM.
9. A PERPETUAL TROPHY WILL BE AWARDED TO THE SWIMMER AMASSING THE MOST POINTS THROUGHOUT THE TWO GALAS, IN THEIR OWN AGE GROUP EVENTS ONLY.
10. AN ANNUAL TROPHY WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE WORCESTERSHIRE SWIMMER AMASSING THE MOST POINTS THROUGHOUT THE TWO GALAS, IN THEIR OWN AGE GROUP EVENTS ONLY.
11. COACHES PASSES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE DAY FOR £5.00
12. NO PERSON WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE POOLSIDE WITHOUT A PASS.
13. SPECTATORS ADMISSION PRICE £4.00 PER PERSON PER DAY.
PROGRAMME: £1.00 EACH.
14. THE DEFINITION OF JUNIOR AND SENIOR SWIMMERS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:-
JUNIOR 11yrs - l4yrs - SENIOR 15yrs AND OVER
15. AGES AS AT DECEMBER, 31st 1998.
16. POINTS WILL BE AWARDED IN THE OPEN EVENTS TO COMPETITORS AGED 17 AND OVER. (THIS REFERS TO CONDITIONS 8,9 & 10).
17. ANY POINTS NOT COVERED BY THE ABOVE WILL BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE PROMOTERS.
SESSION 1 WARM UP 09:45 AM START 10:30 AM EVENTS NO'S GIRLS 1 SENIOR 200 m I/M 3 13/14 yrs 100 m BUTTERFLY 5 11/12 yrs 100 m BACKSTROKE 7 15/16 yrs 100 m BREASTSTROKE 9 OPEN 100 m FREESTYLE BOYS 2 SENIOR 200 m I/M 4 13/14 yrs 100 m BUTTERFLY 6 11/l2yrs 100 m BACKSTROKE 8 15/16 yrs 100 m BREASTSTROKE 10 OPEN 100 m FREESTYLE PRESENTATIONS FOR EVENTS 1-6 GIRLS 11 JUNIOR 200 m BREASTSTROKE 13 SENIOR 200 m BUTTERFLY 15 13/14 yrs 100 m BACKSTROKE 17 ll/l2yrs 100 m BUTTERFLY BOYS 12 JUNIOR 200 m BREASTSTROKE 14 SENIOR 200 m BUTTERFLY 16 13/14 yrs 100 m BACKSTROKE 18 11/l2yrs 100 m BUTTERFLY PRESENTATIONS FOR EVENTS 7-14 GIRLS 19 15/16 yrs 100 m FREESTYLE 21 OPEN 100 m BUTTERFLY 23 JUNIOR 200 m FREESTYLE 25 SENIOR 200 m BREASTSTROKE BOYS 20 15/16 yrs 100 m FREESTYLE 22 OPEN 100 m BUTTERFLY 24 JUNIOR 200 m FREESTYLE 26 SENIOR 200 m BREASTSTROKE PRESENTATION FOR EVENTS 15-26 SESSION 2 WARM UP 3.00 PM START 3.40 PM EVENTS NO'S GIRLS 27 JUNIOR 200 m I/M 29 15/l6yrs 100 m BUTTERFLY 31 OPEN 100 m BACKSTROKE 33 13/14 yrs 100 m BREASTSTROKE 35 11/l2yrs 100 m FREESTYLE BOYS 28 JUNIOR 200 m I/M 30 15/16 yrs 100 m BUTTERFLY 32 OPEN 100 m BACKSTROKE 34 13/14 yrs 100 m BREASTSTROKE 36 11/12 yrs 100 m FREESTYLE PRESENTATIONS FOR EVENTS 27 - 32 GIRLS 37 SENIOR 200 m BACKSTROKE 39 JUNIOR 200 m BUTTERFLY 41 15/16 yrs 100 m BACKSTROKE 43 OPEN 100 m BREASTSTROKE BOYS 38 SENIOR 200 m BACKSTROKE 40 JUNIOR 200 m BUTTERFLY 42 15/16 yrs 100 m BACKSTROKE 44 OPEN 100 m BREASTSTROKE PRESENTATIONS FOR EVENTS 33 - 40 GIRLS 45 13/14 yrs 100 m FREESTYLE 47 11/12 yrs 100 m BREASTSTROKE 49 SENIOR 200 m FREESTYLE 51 JUNIOR 200 m BACKSTROKE BOYS 46 13/14 yrs 100 m FREESTYLE 48 11/12yrs 100 m BREASTSTROKE 50 SENIOR 200 m FREESTYLE 52 JUNIOR 200 m BACKSTROKE PRESENTATIONS FOR EVENTS 41 - 52 JUNIOR l4yrs AND UNDER SENIOR 15 AND OVER ENTRY FEE £2.25 per Individual Event, AGES AS AT 31st DECEMBER 1998, ALL EVENTS ARE H.D.W.