ORCA are pleased to announce ORCA Club Championships 2022
The ORCA Club Champs 2022 will be held on Saturday 26th March – Starting at 2:15 PM.
Swimmers entering should plan to be ready to be poolside for a prompt start at 2:15 PM for Warm up and the Gala.
National Plan swimmers should enter the 25M events – coaches may upgrade them to 50M events if deemed suitable.
Group 1, Group 2 and ATS swimmers should enter the 50M events.
There will be no training on the day; as it is assumed that all swimmers will take part – All swimmers are encouraged to join no matter what training day they usually attend.
Swimmers who do one session per week on a Saturday can take up another session on a Monday or Thursday if they chose.
Paper entry form is here – online entry form is at the bottom of this page.
If time permits, we may also add in some Training / Distance sets in the event – which will be organised based on any remaining time in the session.
There will be a charge of £5.00 to enter the gala – whether you enter one or all four races. This is to cover additional pool hire and presentation night expenses.
Please complete this entry form below and place in an envelope – together with a cheque for £5.00 made out to ORCA SC – and place in the ORCA post box in the viewing area. Alternatively please make a bank transfer to the club and clearly identify the swimmers name and “CC” on the payment reference. In exceptional circumstances, a cash payment could be made but please hand this to a member of the committee and not use the ORCA box for any cash payments.
Conditions :
For any Swimmers that we do not have permission to use their name – these will be listed but their names will be concealed by using the first two initials of Surname and Family name only. If you wish to have the information removed, please request this through the AskORCA link on the website.
Age Groups
The Age Groups will be the swimmers age as of midnight on 31 December 2022.
Pool
Royton Leisure Centre pool – WE WILL BE USING A CERTIFIED ELECTRONIC TIMING SYSTEM (Colorado Dolphin) for the Gala – this does not use boards in the water.
Entries
Entries shall be accepted from correct entries received in the ORCA post box or handed to a committee member (in exceptional circumstances) by 5:00PM on Saturday 12th March 2022.
Spectator
Spectator Gallery will be open. Entry Fee is a donation to club of £1.00 per person.
The Competition
Over the top starts are be in operation from the deep end of the pool.
The heats shall be conducted in Age / Sex order.
If the swimmer has no entry time (based on latest Swim England swim times, or the ORCA Oldham Wakes Gala) then please enter “No Time” on the form against the event.
Awards
Presentation of awards will be at the next ORCA presentation evening.
Data Protection
Meet entries shall be managed on a computer. Your consent to the holding of personal information for the purposes of the Meet shall be treated as being given by the submission of your entries. Data containing the swimmers name shall only be published on the website following your consent using the link above – otherwise the swimmers names shall be “initialised”.
Consideration Times
No upper of lower limit – or need for any previous times. No need for Previous timings to be submitted.
Photography
No photography is permitted in the pool hall by any device including mobile phones.
Starts and technical infringements
Starts can be from Blocks, side of blocks or within the pool holding the wall – whichever the swimmer is most comfortable.
We do not plan to disqualify for technical infringements (stroke etc.) but the coaches will use this in Training sessions
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