Micro League of the North West

 

Competition Rules

 

1.                All Member Clubs may, subject to the discretion or the Executive Committee, enter any number of teams into the Competition.

 

2.                Each team wishing to take part in the League must register their intent with the Hon Secretary at or before the Annual General Meeting and must have paid their entry fee to the Hon Treasurer before 31st January in the year of competition.  The current entry fee is £20.00 per team entered.

 

3.                        Swimmers may only represent one Club in this League or the National Junior Speedo Competition during the year of competition and each Club shall register their teams using the lists provided for that purpose.  The completed lists shall be sent to the Hon Registration Secretary no later than the last day in February in the year of competition.  The Hon Registration Secretary, providing that confirmation of registration has been received by post or e-mail seven days before the next match takes place, will accept additional registrations.

 

3a.             A swimmer registered for a Club’s B team at the commencement of the season can be re registered during the season if required to swim for the Club’s A team. Swimmers are not allowed to register for the B team during that years competition after being registered as an A team swimmer.

 

4.                        Swimmers may only represent the Club for which they are first registered with the ASA in the year of competition, if applicable.

 

4a.              A swimmer changing Clubs during the year may swim for their new Club providing that they have not represented their previous Club, or any other Club, in the National competition in that year, subject to the agreement of the executive committee of the League.

 

5.                The programme of events will be the same as that for the National Junior Speedo Competition, which is currently:

 

                     9yrs               4 x 25m Freestyle and Medley Team. Individual 25m races for Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly.

 

                   10yrs               4 x 25m Freestyle and Medley Team. Individual 50m races for Freestyle, Backstroke and Breaststroke. Individual 25m race for Butterfly.

 

                   11yrs               4 x 25m Freestyle and Medley Team. Individual 50m races for Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly.

 

                   12yrs               4 x 25m Freestyle and Medley Team. Individual 50m races for Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly.

 

                                            Mixed 8 x 25m Freestyle Cannon (1Girl and 1 Boy from each age group, swum in order - Girl/Boy from youngest to oldest)

 

6.                Points shall be awarded on a reverse winning order basis according to the number of teams allocated to compete in the gala.  The winning team will be the one with the most points. No points will be awarded for the non-submission of a swimmer, a disqualification or ineligible swimmer already registered with the Referee.

 

7.                Each competitor is limited to 2 swims in their own age group plus one in an age group above in individual events, except 9 year olds who are limited to 2 individual swims in their own age group.  Swimmers aged 10/over may swim in any number of team races except 9 year olds who shall be restricted to team races for 9 and 10 year olds only.

 

8.                Any team swimming an ineligible swimmer according to the above rules whose eligibility has not been registered with the Referee shall have 12 points deducted from the final points for that gala, in addition to any points achieved in the races swum.

 

9.                All galas will be held under A.S.A. Laws.

 

                               


Competition Rules

 

10.             The Home Team will be responsible for the organisation of the gala and should provide the following officials:

 

                                Referee (from the district list of officials)

                                Starter (not required if the Referee is prepared to do this)

                                Announcer

                                Recorder(s)

 

                   The Home Team will be responsible for the organisation of a Raffle including all Prizes.

 

                   Each team attending the Gala will supply the following:

 

                                Team Manager

                                Competition Stewards

                                Timekeepers to be delegated lanes by the referee/starter

                                Registered Official (for judging duties as required by the Referee)

 

11.             The format of the Competition will be as follows:

 

                   The League will be divided into divisions of approximately equal numbers of teams.  The number of teams entering the League will determine the actual number of teams in each division.

                  

                   Division 1 will consist of the teams coming 1st to 4th from the previous year’s Division 1 with the teams coming 1st and 2nd in the swim off between the teams coming 5th and 6th in Division 1 and those teams coming 1st and 2nd in Division 2.

 

                   Division 2 will consist of the teams coming 3rd and 4th in the swim off between Division 1 & 2, the teams coming in 3rd and 4th place in Division 2 and the teams coming 1st and 2nd in the swim off between the teams coming 5th and 6th in Division 2 and the teams coming 1st and 2nd in Division 3.

 

                   Division 3 will consist of the teams coming 3rd and 4th in the swim off between Divisions 2 & 3 and the teams coming 3rd to 6th in Division 3.

                  

                   All positions within the League Tables will be based upon Race points achieved during the gala.

 

                   The teams from Division 1 coming in 1st to 4th places in the league will then compete in a final to determine the Leagues representative to the Regional Final.

 

                   The finalists will be placed into lanes according to ASA law using the number of points awarded in the league tables to determine the final positions. The Executive committee of the Micro League will arrange the venue and organise this gala.

 

                   All new entrants to the League will commence in Division 3, with the proviso that multiple new entries may require the seeding into divisions to be reviewed by the Executive Committee.

 

                   There will be trophies for the winners of each Division to be returned plus a trophy to retain along with trophies for the winners of the final.

                  

12.             All competing teams shall give notice at the Fixtures Meeting of the date, time and venue for the fixtures being organised by them.  All galas shall start within 15 minutes of the notified time. Any team causing the gala to start late shall be reported to the League Executive by the Referee. The offending team may, at the discretion of the Executive Committee, be subject to a fine not exceeding £10.00

 

13.             A team failing to compete at an appointed gala shall forfeit all points for that gala and may, at the discretion of the Executive Committee, be subject to a fine not exceeding £10.00

 

14.             The Hon Secretary or Micro League Representative of the home team should send the results sheets, team sheets and any other relevant paperwork to the Hon Registration Secretary within 3 days.

 

15:             All trophies must be returned to the Hon Secretary prior to the date of the swim off galas.