Swimming: Team Championships 2022-23

Ponds Forge, Sheaf Street, Sheffield, S1 2BP 

The schedule and heat/lane allocations can be found here

UPDATE: The Swimming Team Championships will be a one-day event.

Qualification

The fastest 10 first teams from qualification heats, based on points and positions, will qualify for the Championship. Therefore, should an institution have multiple teams within the fastest 10 positions after the qualifying heats, their first team will be allocated to the Championship and remaining teams to the Trophy & Shield.

The Trophy and Shield finals will consist of 10 teams each based on the team qualifying positions.

Finals

Results for finals will also be calculated using the points and positions.

The programme for each competition shall consist of the following events for men and women, with each competitor restricted to a maximum of three individual events per gala:

4 x 50m Medley Relay
4 x 1 Length Individual Medley
100m Freestyle
100m Butterfly
100m Backstroke
100m Breaststroke
200m Freestyle
50m Butterfly
50m Backstroke
50m Breaststroke
50m Freestyle
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay   

To withdraw from the event, please contact your Institution Administrator who should inform the event lead.

If an institution needs to withdraw any teams originally entered, you must notify BUCS ASAP.

Please refer to the Rules & Regulations for the withdrawal deadlines and fines.

Any swimmers not applied for the team on BUCS Play will not be allowed to participate in the BUCS Swimming Team Championships 2023. No late additions or substitutions will be allowed. For this reason, it is highly recommended that you submit a maximum number of swimmers, including reserves, to allow for injuries etc.

Teams will declare which members of their team are competing in each event on the day using a squad declaration sheet. A squad declaration sheet must be submitted for the qualifying heats and for finals for those who qualify.

You can access a squad declaration sheet for qualifiers here.

You can access a squad declaration sheet for finals here.

Team sheets can also be collected and completed at registration. 

All participating teams MUST provide a timekeeper equipped with a stopwatch for BOTH their Qualifying Round and Finals (if they have qualified). Points may be deducted from any teams failing to comply.

Timekeepers should then be declared on the team sheet at the event and must attend the timekeepers briefing in the Omega Suite 30 minutes prior to the start of each session.

Presentations for the Championship, Trophy and Shield will be held at the end of the day.

If you have any para-swimmers participating in your team who require specific requirements for competing, e.g. Strobe lights, use of ‘tappers’ etc. please advise the event lead of this in advance of the event. Any para-swimmers requiring the use of tapping devices, blackened goggles or starting devices MUST have these signed off by the Lead Referee before competition commences.

The rules and regulations can be found here.

Please see Appendix 1 for the BUCS Points available at this event.