KENT SCHOOLS' SWIMMING ASSOCIATION
The next Kent school championships and provisional dates are Secondary Individuals Sunday 12th Jan 2025 and Primary Individuals and Relays March 2025 tbc
The next Kent Primary School Championship Gala is on March 16th at Hartsdown Leisure Centre, Margate CT9 5QX from 2pm Warm Up, 2.30pm start to 5pm or 5.30pm finish, Margate, kindly hosted by Thanet SC.
It will consist of relays ( Free and Medley) and individual events ( 50m Fr, 50m Ba, 50m Fly and 50m Breast) in one session starting at 2pm.
The School Entry form is above via the black button. Please send the completed form to johngking119@live.com by March 11th
Relays are for pupils in years 5 and 6 only (4x25m): Boys Open Free and Medley; Girls Open Free and Medley; Medium Schools (mixed gender) Free; Medium Schools (mixed gender) Medley; Small Schools (mixed gender) Free; Small Schools (mixed gender) Medley.
1. Small schools - up to 60 pupils in yrs 5&6 combined
2. Medium Schools - between 61 and 100 pupils in yrs 5&6 combined
3. Open Schools - any size (but usually large).
Note - a school may only enter relay events in ONE of the categories above. EITHER 1, 2 OR 3
Please read the ESSA medley relay regulations (as the medley relay events are not necessarily back, breast, fly and then free)!
Details of the KSSA Primary Schools' Championship Gala at Hartsdown Leisure Centre Margate CT9 5QX on March 16th 2024 WU 1.30pm, Start 2pm End about 5.30pm, are below.
Both relays and individual events will be held. The top 4 or 5 relay team times in each category will be sent to ESSA for possible consideration for the divisional/regional round in May in Guildford. Kent medals are awarded to the top 3 relay teams and the top 6 individual swimmers in each category/race.
Races are all HDW:
1. Free and medley relays for single sex boys, and girls separately for "big" primary schools and mixed gender ( eg 1 boy and 3 girls) relays for medium and small primary schools. All relays are 4x25m. Relay swimmers must be bona fide pupils of year 5 or year 6 BY AGE - no swimmers are allowed from younger or older years (ESSA rules).
2. 50m all strokes for boys and for girls, each swimmer can swim up to 2 races each and 2 swimmers max per school per event swimmers may come from year4,5 or 6 for the individual events only BY AGE. Results are decided by HDW.
An entry form is available above, via the black button at the very top of the page..
Please send any questions/queries to johngking119@live.com but only after kindly reading the form, and the other regulations on the 3 black buttons above. Please send the completed form to johngking119@live.com by March 11th. Please now read the contents of the 2 black buttons above and the blurb below - really appreciated!! Thank you so much.
NB. Pupils "kept back" a year, or in a year group above the one they would normally be in BY AGE, will be counted as being in the age group they would normally be in BY AGE and not as being in the year group they are taught in. Please kindly check your swimmers dates of birth before making any entries.
WU at 1.30pm
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Racing schedule - Relays first, individuals second
Start 2pm
Session 1
Relays HDW
Open Boys Free
Open Girls Free
Intermediate Schools Free
Small Schools Free
Open Boys Medley
Open Girls Medley
Intermediate Schools Medley
Small Schools Medley
End about 2.45pm
15 min Break for officials
Session 2 Individuals HDW
Start 3.15pm approx
Boys 50m Fly
Girls 50m Fly
Boys 50m Back
Girls 50m Back
Boys 50m Br
Girls 50m Br
Boys 50m Free
Girls 50m Free
Finish about 5.30pm or earlier
Results will be on The Thanet SC website
