ACT Swimming Events.

If your child is interested in being considered for the ACT State Championships, please read below. Please note that verifiable times need to be submitted to the school by March 2^nd. Please also be aware that even if students have a qualifying time that they many not be accepted due to the condensed format of the championships.

For 2022 only, due to the inability to conduct School and Regional Swimming Carnivals as qualifying events, SSACT is planning for the SSACT 12&U and 13&O ACT Swimming Championships to be conducted as a State Team Selection Trial for 10-19 year olds as well as determining ACT Champion for all age groups including, 8 and 9 year olds.

The SSACT Swimming Program will once again be open to 8 and 9 year olds. They are not eligible for state team selection but are competing to achieve ACT Champion in their event.

Students will be competing to gain a position on the SSACT Swim Team to represent the ACT at the School Sport Australia Championships currently scheduled in Brisbane in August. For this reason, the qualifying number of entries per school, in place for a typical operational year, will not apply, the nomination process is open to all students for whichever events they choose to nominate, regardless of other entries from their school.

Verifiable Times

The times submitted must be verifiable. Eg. Swimming ACT Meet Results, Swimming Australia National database etc.

• The SSACT Swimming Program will once again be open to 8 and 9 year olds. They are not eligible for state team selection but are competing to achieve ACT Champion in their event.

The 2022 12&U and 13&O ACT Championship Program of events available to each age group, can be found on the Swimming page of the School Sport ACT website.

To broaden the opportunity for students to qualify, 2021 SSACT Regional Carnival and ACT Championship results can be utilised for students’ verifiable times.

The timeframe utilised to determine performance will be from 1 January 2021 to 4 March 2022, except for nominated students that obtain a verifiable time after March 4 and before 18 March from an opportunity they have previously indicated they intend to use.

No times will be required at this stage as Swimming ACT will independently verify each student’s performances.

As a guide, the SSACT State Team Selection Qualifying Times can be located on the Swimming page of the SSACT website.

As in previous years, expressions of interest to nominate for events that are not available in the ACT Championship Program due to time constraints but are in the School Sport Australia Championships e.g. some 200m events, can be submitted utilising the 2022 Swimming Team Selection Criteria & Process information document and 2022 State Team Representation Request for Event Consideration Form, both of which can be found in the Resources section and Swimming page of the SSACT website.

Qualifying Time Opportunities (verifiable times) Students who are new to the sport of Swimming, or who have not been able to obtain a verifiable time in the most recent Swim Season, can obtain a verifiable time through the following mechanisms;

• Tuggeranong Vikings Swim Club are kindly offering a School Clinic for stroke development and an invitation for students to attend their Club Night on afternoon/evening of Sunday 27 February at Lakeside Leisure Centre, to obtain a verifiable time. Times TBC, please contact Adele Gow adelegow@hotmail.com.au (TVSC Committee Member) for more information.
• Swimming ACT is offering an invitation for students to attend a time trial from 2pm Sunday 13 March at the AIS. Entry request would need to be supported by a statement of capability from their swim coach or swim instructor giving an approximate time for each event. Students wishing to take up this opportunity must contact Lorraine Wuth school.liaison@swimmingact.com.au prior to the 4 March deadline. There will be limited spaces available and not guaranteed.
• Contact an ACT Swim Club and request to join one of their Club Night’s or other especially arranged opportunity to obtain a verifiable time from a Club Official in their specific event(s).

Please email Gwen.Tarleton@cg.catholic.edu.au with your required times and events.