{"id":5096,"date":"2024-07-08T16:30:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/?p=5096"},"modified":"2024-07-13T10:37:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T09:37:58","slug":"national-county-team-championships-2019-selection-criteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/?p=5096","title":{"rendered":"Selection criteria for National County Team Championships 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

These selection criteria represent the principles and policies which will guide the county team coach and selection panel in the selection of swimmers for the National County Team Championships on Sunday 6 October. It is published for the benefit of clubs, parents and swimmers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aim<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe aim is to select the best possible team to represent the county in the discipline of competitive swimming within the confines of the rules, the programme and the availability of swimmers for this event. It may be necessary for swimmers to swim a stroke which is not their best in order to obtain the best possible team. The panel reserves the right to decide which stroke will be swum by each swimmer.<\/span><\/p>\n

General<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe selection criteria are based upon current National County Team Championship rules and are subject to review and change at any time. There will be no automatic right to selection.<\/span><\/p>\n

The selection panel will be made up of current members of Surrey County ASA, its age group sub-committee and the county team coach.<\/span><\/p>\n

Criteria<\/strong><\/span>
\n1. Following the Surrey County ASA Age Group Championships, the top 4 swimmers in each 100m event will be considered for team selection to represent the county at the National County Team Championships.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Swimmers who have not swum in an event at the Surrey County ASA Age Group Championships will still be eligible for selection, providing they have not swum in any other county\u2019s age group championships during the same calendar year. The selection panel will use the Aquatics GB rankings database to form this selection. Qualifying swims must have taken place after the previous year’s National County Team Championships.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Only swims achieved from licensed level 1-4 meets will be considered that appear on the Aquatics GB rankings database. No splits will be considered.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Swims from both short course and long course meets are eligible.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Long course times will be converted to short course, using Swim England conversion tables. This is for comparison purposes only.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Where a long course time is achieved and the conversion matches the short course time, the selection will be decided by the selection panel.<\/span><\/p>\n

7. The swimmer must be in regular training before the National County Team Championships and will be asked to sign a declaration along with a ‘fitness of health’ statement before the event. For the avoidance of doubt, regular training means more than six hours per week during September leading up to the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Any swimmer who develops an injury during September and October must notify the county team coach and team manager immediately, where further discussions will take place concerning their ability to participate.<\/span><\/p>\n

9. The swimmer must be a member of a club affiliated to Surrey County ASA at the time of pre-selection, i.e. during the Surrey County ASA Age Group Championships and must be a current member of Swim England.<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Final team selection will take place following the National Summer Championships. The final team will be published on the Surrey County ASA website no later than Sunday 18 August. Swimmers will be notified by email (via their home club) by Sunday 25 August. However, this is reliant on club availability during this time \u2013 so please keep an eye on the website.<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Initial responses and acceptances are requested by Sunday 1 September. Where no response has been received by this date, a reserve may be selected.<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Any challenge to the team selection must be received in writing to the team manager no later than Sunday 1 September.<\/span><\/p>\n

13. The criteria above provide the guidelines for county team selection, but the selection panel retains the responsibility to use its discretion in the final selections.<\/span><\/p>\n

Swimmers\u2019 information<\/strong><\/span>
\n\uf0d8 Swimmers may be selected for a maximum of 2 individual events, 1 relay and the squadron. Swimmers may be selected for relay swims only, and it is highlighted that this is a valuable contribution to the county and your swim will count to the overall county score.<\/span><\/p>\n

\uf0d8 Swimmers will be expected to travel to the event with the team and may travel back with parents if they wish. Transport and accommodation with food for one night will be arranged for the swimmers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\uf0d8 There will be a team-bonding event held where all swimmers are encouraged to attend. The tentative time and date for this event is the afternoon on Sunday 15 September.<\/span><\/p>\n

Team Manager<\/strong><\/span>
\nHannah Davies <\/span>
\nEmail: hannah@familydavies.co.uk<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Selection criteria now available for the National County Team Championships in Sheffield in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":71,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15,14,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news","9":"category-swimming","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5096"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10821,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5096\/revisions\/10821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}