Surrey County ASA

Surrey Aquatic Sport

Surrey Age Group Championships 2026 – Relay Gala

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Relay Gala:

This year’s relay gala will be held again at the London Aquatics Centre.  It will be held on Sunday 13 September 2026 and will be run short course.

Following Key dates are as follows:

  • Competition date: 13 September 2026
  • Closing Date: 26 August 2026
  • Age at date: 31 December 2026

Meet Entry Documents:

Accepted Entries:

  • Accepted Entries by Team
  • Accepted Entries by Swimmer by Team

Merchandise:

Fine Designs will be providing merchandise for purchase on site at the LAC.

Official Photographer:

We will be using an official photographer again this year, Simon Roe.  He will post the photos taken to his website from which purchases can be made.  You will be able to access the gallery of photographs through this link. (Not yet active)

Meet Programmes:

  • Session 1
  • Session 2

Results:

The full results can be found on the results page at this link.

Spectators:

Entry to spectate the meet will cost £10.00 (regardless of arrival/departure time) for all adults (12 years old and over).  Entry to spectate the meet shall be free-of-charge for all children (11 years old and younger) when accompanied by an adult.

Tickets for both adults and children need to be pre-purchased before the start of the gala by using the following link:

No tickets will be available from the door marshalls under any circumstances, but you will be able to wait outside the venue while you purchase tickets on your phone.  A QR code will be available at the door for this purpose.

There will be no printed programme available for this meet – we encourage all attendees to download and print the online programme at home prior to your arrival.

Awards:

We have decided, with regret, that we cannot accommodate the formal presentation of medals into the timeline.  All medals will be available for collection at the medals desk and there will be a space available for swimmers to have photographs taken with representative trophies and any dignatories attending on the day.  We hope to have an Official Photographer attending this weekend.

Volunteers:

We would greatly appreciate both technical and non-technical volunteers to help us run the gala. Please can you volunteer at one of the following links.  If you are a club with a larger number of entries, we do expect that you will encourage your parents to volunteer to make this event viable.

Technical Officials may register your willingness to volunteer your time for this event at this link.

Field of Play volunteers may register your willingness to volunteer your time for this event at this link.

Poolside Passes:

Coaches, team managers and chaperones:

We are using the Swim England poolside pass system, that is used for National competitions, for coaches, team managers and chaperones.  The pass should be downloaded at home and brought with you to the meet.  We will provide wallets and lanyards.  All coaches, team managers and chaperones must be registered with Swim England and have recorded their relevant qualifications in the Swim England systems.  We would recommend that passes are applied for early to ensure any missing data is provided ahead of the meet.  No-one will be admitted to poolside without a pass.  You cannot re-use the pass issued for the individual championships in January/February as these were date specific.

  • Chaperones:  If a chaperone pass is required, the club (Chairman/Secretary)  needs to email Martyn Hudson at Swim England (martyn.hudson@swimming.org) with the members details (name and number) and request they be added to the list of Chaperones. Once added they remain on the list until removed.
  • Coaches, Team Managers, Chaperones:  The pass can be accessed through the member’s individual page on the Swim Engalnd website.  Log on using the following path www.swimmingresults.org > members > English/Welsh Member Options and enter your user ID and password to access your membership page.  Once onto your individual membership page, select the option “Purchase accreditation for events click here.”  You will then see a list of all the events using the on-line pass system.  Select the event for the Surrey County Relay Gala and print your pass at home.  You will pay £5 online for the day.  If any of the requirements are in red, you must correct the data in the relevant Swim England system before you can print your pass.  Please allow enough time to do this.

L2 Teachers and Field of Play volunteers should submit their poolside pass request by completing the form at this link.  Clubs will be charged after the gala for L2 applications. The cost is £5 for the day.

Technical Officials must show their licence to gain access to the venue.  Any technical officials in training must apply for a Field of Play pass.  Field of Play volunteers who have retained their passes from the Individual Championships earlier this year may reuse them.

Catering:

Catering is complimentary for technical officials and volunteers who attend both sessions in the day.

Dates and Locations:

The date and venue is as follows:

Date Venue Events
13 September 2026 London Aquatic Centre, Stratford (25m) See Schedule of Events

Qualifying Times:

There are no Qualifying times for this meet but “No Time” entries will not be accepted.