Essex County ASA
- COUNTY RECORDS
Essex County Records
The following distances and strokes shall be
recognised for Essex County Records:
Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500
metres
Backstroke: 50, 100 and 200 metres
Breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200 metres
Butterfly: 50, 100 and 200 metres
Individual Medley: 100, 200 and 400 metres
Freestyle Relay Team: 4 x 200 (Open); 4 x
100 (Open) and 4 x 50 metres (Junior)
Medley Relay Team: 4 x 100 (Open) and 4 x 50
metres (Junior)
All Records shall be recognised for men and
women, for long and short course, and for
open and junior age classification. The open
classification shall have no age limits; in
the junior classification the following age
limits apply:-
(a) For individual records a swimmer shall
be under the age of 16 years at midnight on
the day of the swim;
(b) For team records all members of the team
shall be under the age of 17 years as at
31st December in the year of the swim.
The conditions following shall apply:
1. The Swimmers
1.1 For individual and team records, the
swimmers must:
1.1.1 be members of an affiliated Essex
Club; AND
1.1.2 be eligible to compete in Essex County
Championships; AND
1.1.3 EITHER:
1.1.3.1 have entered and competed in an
Essex County Championship Competition;
OR
1.1.3.2 have represented the County
in the twelve months prior to, but
including, the date on which the record time
is claimed.
1.2 Swimmers shall be eligible competitors
and registered in accordance with ASA Law.
2. The Pool
2.1 Short Course Records may only be made in
pools 25 metres in length.
2.2 Long Course Records may only be made in
pools 50 metres in length.
2.3 The start and finish shall be at ends of
the pool.
2.4 All Records shall be made in still
water. Any movement of water due to the
normal operation of the filtration system
may be disregarded.
2.5 The course shall be certified correct by
an appropriate qualified person.
3. The Event
3.1 A record may only be made in:
3.1.1 a scratch competition held in public
under ASA Laws & Technical Rules provided
that the Referee, Starter, Judges and
Timekeepers are registered with the ASA as
officials in the capacity in which they are
officiating; or
3.1.2 an unpaced individual race against
time held in public provided that the date
and venue have been fixed and advertised as
such before the day of the event and the
Referee, Starter, Judges and Timekeepers are
registered with the ASA as officials in the
capacity in which they are officiating; or
3.2 A swimmer in an individual event may
apply for a record at an intermediate
distance if he, his coach or his manager
requests the Referee that his performance be
timed at that distance which must be from
the start of the event. The swimmer must
complete the scheduled distance of the event
without disqualification.
3.3 The first swimmer in a relay event may
apply for a record over the distance of his
leg or an intermediate distance if he, his
coach or his manager requests the Referee
that his performance be timed at that
distance. Such performance shall not be
nullified by any disqualification of his
team or team members occurring after his leg
is completed.
4. Application and Approval
4.1 Records made at Essex County
Championships shall be considered
automatically by the Records Administrator.
4.2 Applications for Records made at
District, National, International and
Licensed Competitions shall be made by the
swimmer to the Records Administrator.
Production of a certified time card or the
relevant page from the official results is
sufficient evidence.
4.3 Records made at time trials or at
competitions not covered in Rule 4.1 shall
be claimed within 40 days by the swimmer on
the official form available from the Records
Administrator.
4.4 The Records Administrator shall advise
the Management Committee of all notified
Essex Records for its approval.
County Record Application Form - Individual
County Record Application Form - Relay
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