Rules & Regulations

1 The Championships shall be held according to the latest Rules of the FINA Handbook (2009 - 2013)  and the rules as adopted by the Singapore Schools Sports Council. These rules are to be read in conjunction with the Council's general rules and regulations for all sports / games.
   
2
Division Age Group
A Division Born in 1995, 1994, 1993 and 1992
B Division Born in 1997, 1996, and 1995
C Division Born in 1998, 1999 and 1 Jan 2000
   
  In general, all pupils shall take part in their respective age group with the exception of:
JC & CI All pupils MUST compete in A Division
IP &
Thru Train
Year 1 to Year 4 shall compete in their respective age group.
Year 5 to Year 6 (equivalent to JC) must compete in A Division
  All Students in Secondary Schools must compete in the B' or C' Division according to their year of birth.
All students in Secondary Schools not born in the stipulated year for B' or C' Division must compete in the A' Division.
All students in the 'C' Division will not be able to opt to represent the school in the 'B' Division, in all individual and team sports/games from 2012.
  Kindly refer to the General Rules and Regulations for all Sports and Games (2012) issued by the Singapore Schools Sports Council for details.
   
3 EVENTS & QUALIFYING TIMES
 
 
Boys
Girls
No Event
A Div
B Div
C Div
A Div
B Div
C Div
1 50m Freestyle
00:30.00
00:30.00
00:32.00
00:37.00
00:37.00
00:40.00
2 100m Freestyle
01:10.00
01:12.00
01:12.00
01:24.00
01:22.00
01:24.00
3 200m Freestyle
02:48.00
02:40.00
02:54.00
03:22.00
03:20.00
03:20.00
4 400m Freestyle
06:20.00
06:14.00
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06:30.00
06:30.00
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5 800m Freestyle
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13:00.00
13:00.00
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6 1500m Freestyle
24:50.00
23:50.00
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7 50m Backstroke
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00:41.00
00:44.00
00:43.00
00:49.00
8 100m Backstroke
01:29.00
01:25.00
01:32.00
01:44.00
01:52.00
02:10.00
9 200m Backstroke
03:19.00
03:10.00
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10 50m Breaststroke
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00:40.00
00:46.00
00:46.00
00:48.00
11 100m Breaststroke
01:26.00
01:24.00
01:29.00
01:46.00
01:46.00
01:50.00
12 200m Breaststroke
03:18.00
03:09.00
03:25.00
04:05.00
03:55.00
04:13.00
13 50m Butterflystroke
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00:41.00
00:48.00
00:46.00
00:49.00
14 100m Butterflystroke
01:26.00
01:20.00
01:48.00
01:58.00
02:02.00
01:52.00
15 200m Butterflystroke
03:32.00
03:29.00
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16 200m Individual Medley
03:04.00
03:04.00
03:15.00
03:25.00
03:46.00
03:51.00
17 4x50m Freestyle
02:13.00
02:05.00
02:19.00
02:51.00
02:44.00
02:44.00
18 4x50m Medley
02:35.00
02:20.00
02:41.00
03:05.00
03:09.00
03:04.00
   
4 QUALIFYING RECORDS
  Entries submitted by a school may be based on times achieved at:
  - SSA Meets
- Schools' Meets
- Organised Times Trials
- SSA Affiliated Club Meets
- Organised Meets
  Times submitted must be based on the current year.
   
5 Participation of Events
 
a In the Individual Events, each school may submit a MAXIMUM OF SIX entries per event. These entries must meet the stipulated qualifying times.
b Each competitor may participate in only TWO INDIVIDUAL EVENTS and any number of Relay Events in his / her Division.
c In the Relay events, each school may submit only ONE TEAM PER EVENT.
d In Relay Events, all swimmers entered in the Championships can be used in relays.
e The composition of the relay team may be changed between heats and finals of an event. The team must swim in the order listed in the submission.
f Any events with less than 3 entries will not be swum off and the participants will be informed of the cancellation.
g All entries are subject to verification by the Swimming Sub-Committee.
   
6 FINAL
 
a The fastest eight timed swimmers will qualify for the Final.
b In the event of a tie for one or more positions in the qualifying rounds, the referee will decide to swim off to resolve such a tie.
   
7 CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS
  Points will be awarded to individual / team events as follows:
 
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Points
9
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
  Should there be a tie in points accumulated amongst any teams finishing in the overall top 4 position, a medal count will be taken to decide the position.
 
This will begin with a medal count for the tied teams concerned, starting with the team with the most number of Gold medals, followed by Silver medals, and Bronze medals. The team with a better medal tally will finish in the higher position. 
 
If there are still no winners after taking the number of bronze medals into consideration, a winner will be decided by counting the number of records broken.
   
8 ENTRY FORMS / ON-LINE REGISTRATION
 
a Only On-Line registration will be accepted. More details will be given at the briefing for Teachers in-charge on 29 Feb 2012, at 2.15 pm, ACJC, HUB2, CPA, Room G03.01.
b Schools are to print a hard copy of the Official Registration Form and Official Summary Reports (TWO Reports) for their own records. You do NOT need to submit them. For any discrepancies, you shall use these reports as reference.
c Incorrect and incomplete entries may lead to disqualification of participants.

 

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