MSSP Year 4 / 5 / 6 Borough Swimming Gala 2017 - Heat 2

Heat 2 - 10.45am – 12.45pm - Tuesday 23rd May 2017 *** FULLY BOOKED ***

Teams Entered: Benedict, Bishop Gilpin, Bond, Dundonald, Garfield, Holy Trinity, Singlegate, Stanford, St Mark's, St Teresa's, The Priory, Wimbledon Park.

Closing Date: Friday 31st March 2017

Schools entering this event will be expected to attend the Swimming Gala Finals on Friday 23rd June 2017, 19:30pm  21:30pm if any of thier pupils qualify from the Heat Stages. The event consists of three Heats, schools only attend one Heat. In order to qualify pupils must come in the top six fastest swimmers from all three heats.

Rules

Competitors may only swim in 1 individual event and 1 open relay event.

Only 1 child from each school can enter an individual event.

Your relay team must be selected from the individual competitors you bring for the event.

There will be a limited amount of spaces for schools to enter.

Swimmers must be tested before they come to the heat, this is up to the school to check that they are capable of swimming the required distance.

The heats and final will be held at Morden Baths.  The length of the pool is 33.3 metres long.

It will be each schools responsibility to double check with parents that the child competing is able to swim this distance and will be available on the heats date and final date.

The age groups for all competitors will be based on their current year group at Primary School in June 2017.

In order to have a full team you would need to bring 8 girls and 8 boys.  However if you do not have enough swimmers for a complete team you can still enter a smaller team.

The children need to be informed before the heats date exactly what events they will be competing in.

The fastest 6 swimmers (based on times) from the heats overall will be invited to compete in the final.  

If you have any questions regarding the Swimming Gala then please feel free to contact Kath Bennett, event organiser: k.bennett@malmesbury.merton.sch.uk