Entry and Eligibility
11. Clubs and their swimmers will be invited, by the host club, to enter the meet.
12. Individual entries are not permitted.
13. All swimmers must belong to their club of entry, be Swim England registered as Club Compete and have
their Swim England membership number included on the entry file submitted.
14. All entries must not be faster that the Upper Time Limits and appear on Swim England Rankings on the
date the entry file is submitted. Qualifying times are short course but long course conversions to short
course will be accepted.
15. No Time entries are not accepted. Entries submitted with no time on British Rankings will be rejected.
16. Once the club entry file has been submitted, no changes will be made to the times that have been
included.
17. Entries may be restricted to ensure the smooth running of the meet and to keep the session times within
appropriate timescales. Slowest times in each age group will be rejected in oversubscribed events.
Acceptance into all events applied for cannot therefore be guaranteed.
18. A secondary strobe will be available to swimmers requiring one.
19. Over the top starts will be used at the Referees’ discretion.
20. The female category is for birth sex females in accordance with Swim England’s Transgender and Non
Binary Competition Policy. By entering the “Female” category, a swimmer confirms that their birth sex is
female.
21. Age is at midnight 31 December 2025
22. Age Groups: 10/11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16/over

Events
23. The events are 50m, 100m & 200m in all 4 strokes – Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Freestyle,
400m Freestyle and 200m & 400m Individual Medley.
24. The 400m Freestyle and 400m Individual Medley events may be limited to a maximum of 4 heats each in
total across both genders.
25. Awards will be given to the first 3 in each age group, open/male and female, in each event.
26. Skins Finals will be swum based on the 200m Individual Medley events for 14/under and 15/over age
groups. Skins will comprise of 4X50m races, of random stroke selection and regular interval in which the
slowest two competitors in each round is eliminated until a winner is left standing. Awards will be given to
the winner and runner up.
27. An award will be given to the top visiting club, using WA points scored.

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HSC Fast and Festive Meet 2025