QUALIFICATION CRITERIA FOR TEAM ENTRIES INTO THE BRITISH GAS ASA NATIONAL YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012
As the date of the British Gas ASA Regional Youth Championships 2012 clashes with the opening ceremony for the National Childrens Games in London an additional opportunity will be provided for ASA registered club Youth Teams to qualify for the British Gas National Youth Championships at the ASA Zonal Championships in January.
As a result the following criteria will apply to the qualification of teams for the 2012 National Youth Championships.
Qualification will be based on team swims at the following Championships:-
• ASA Zonal Championships, Corby, Millfield & Sheffield, 28th & 29th January 2012
• Scottish Gas National Age Group Championships, Sunderland, 31st March – 5th April 2012
• British Gas Swim Wales Age, Youth & Senior Championships, Swansea, 6th – 9th April 2012
• British Gas ASA Regional Youth Championships, 5th & 6th May 2012.
In order to be added to the National Team Qualifiers List the following conditions must be complied with:-
1. Teams must swim as age at 26th July 2012.
2. The final qualifier for Youth Teams will be the British Gas ASA Regional Championships and no teams can achieve selection after this date.
3. A swimmer may only compete for one club for the purpose of seeking to qualify a team for the British Gas ASA National Youth Championships 2012.
(N.B. The conditions for the British Gas National Youth Championships require that a swimmer competing in a team event must compete for the same club in their Individual events)
4. Once a team has competed in a qualifying meet the named members of that team may not compete as members of a different team in any other qualifying meet. The same four swimmers may compete as a team, in more than one qualifying meet, with the intention of securing a faster time.
5. Clubs can swim as many teams as they wish at both the Zonal Championships and the Regional Youth Championships but conditions 3&4 above will apply to all teams.
6. Clubs who achieve qualification for the National Youth Championships may swim different swimmers to those who swam in the Zonal/Regional Championships providing that they comply with the conditions of entry for the National Youth Championships.
7. The compilation of the list of qualifying teams shall be the responsibility of the National Entries Administrator.
The decision as to the presentation of medals at the Regional Youth Championships is not affected by these conditions, which merely refer to National Team Selection.
Explanatory Note.
The purpose of these conditions is to ensure that all clubs & swimmers have the same opportunity to qualify for the National Youth Championships and to prevent clubs from mixing swimmers between teams and competitions in order to qualify additional teams for the National Championships without having the required depth of swimmers.
Barry J Saunders, Competition Manager,
ASA Technical Swimming Committee
November 2011.