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TRAFFORD METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
SWIMMING CLUB |
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POINTSCORE - MEET
COMPETITION RULES |
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OBJECT |
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Opportunity for swimmers to compete against their
own times on a
regular basis, under competition conditions. |
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Points are gained for improvement which count towards meet
awards and annual trophies. |
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The competition is open to all full Squad
training members of the club. |
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Training fees include entry into the Pointscore Competition,
except Masters who must pay £1.00 per Meet. |
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CONDITIONS |
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1. The competition will be run on a graded swim basis and all
swimmers will score points in |
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accordance with their own grade. By achieving Grade times in
a minimum of 3 events |
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on 2 different strokes, and 1 event must be of 100m or
greater (see Grading Tables) |
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2. A swimmer may compete in a maximum of three events at any one
Pointscore meet. |
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3. Swimmers compete against their Personal Best time as at 1st
January each year |
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(known as the standard time) and points will be awarded
for all swimmers |
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who better their standard time on the following basis. |
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Points |
NAT |
AA |
A |
B |
C |
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10 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1 |
per 50 swim |
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6 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
per 50 swim |
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Any improvement less than the above but greater than 0.09 |
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First time swim |
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N.B. The above times are per 50 swim, i.e a `B` grade swimmer
must better his\her 200m time by at least |
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3.2 sec in order to gain 10 points. |
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4. Entry into the competition will be based on the officially
recorded personal best time (PB) which |
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becomes the swimmers pointscore standard time. . |
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Every Jan 1st only, swimmers PBs will become their new
Pointscore PB |
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5. Where a swimmer is entering Pointscore or an event in
Pointscore for the first time and does not have the |
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relevant PB recorded, then he/she may only do so on the
recommendation of his/her Coach |
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6. For entry eligibility, Squad and minimum distance
requirements, please see individual entry forms. |
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7. Awards will be presented to the top boy and girl in each
grade who has gained the most points in |
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the previous Meet. In order to be eligible for these awards
a swimmer must have gained a minimum |
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of 10 points and have competed in the 3
prior consecutive Pointscore Meets,
unless competing for TMBSC |
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In the event of a tie the award will be decided on countback
of previous Meet points. |
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8. Awards will be made annually to the top 6 boys and 6 girls
gaining the most points over the Pointscore |
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year with the main Pointscore trophies (to be held for one
year) going to the top boy and girl. In order to |
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be eligible for these annual awards, swimmers must have
competed in a minimum of 4 meets. |
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9. All events will be swum under FINA law and all heats will be
seeded fastest to slowest. |
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10. Swimmers are encouraged to enter for all
Meets at the beginning of each year. |
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Entries must be posted at the Club Desk
not later than 7.30pm on the Sunday
before Pointscore. |
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11.Swimmers are expected to swim all events entered. Should
he/she be unable to swim any event |
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they must report this to the stewards. Swimmers who fail to
report without a justifiable reason will have
all |
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points deducted from their score that Meet. |
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12. NO LATE ENTRIES OR TIME ONLY SWIMS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNDER
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES |
