Competitive Racing is Back!
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28 October 2020 |
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It has been a long time coming, but competitive racing at TSC is back!
From 1st to 22nd of November, Tring Swimming
Club will be joining Swim England’s Level
X.
PLUS the Club is launching its very own
‘Tring Swimming Club League’.
Level
X
Level X will provide our swimmers with the
opportunity to get competitive and start racing again! During their
usual Sunday night sessions, swimmers will complete a series of
officiated races unique to their squad. Their times will be
recorded and submitted to a secure database that will be used to
generate the Level X Virtual Leader Boards! (The first of which
will be published on the 30 th of
November)
This will allow swimmers all across the
country to see how their times rank in their age group at a County,
Regional and National level for the first time since
March!
As
Level X swims won’t be licensed, they won’t show on
swimmers’ official list of PBs – but will give them a
great chance to make a competitive statement to themselves, the
coaches and other clubs in our
county.
Tring
Swimming Club League
(TSCL)
Inspired by the current International
Swimming League, the TSCL is our own exciting addition to Level X,
devised by our coaching team, where points mean
prizes!
During this club wide league event, swimmers
will be awarded points for the times they achieve in their Level X
swims, with added bonuses for PBs and Age Group Club Records! Based
on our recent assessment week and time trials, we’re eagerly
expecting lots of PBs! After each racing session, parents and
swimmers can track the progress on our social media with updated
weekly leader boards and posts about our top
performers.
After the four Sundays of racing, points
will be totalled to conclude the league and top point scorers in
each age group (age as of 31/12/20) will be handsomely rewarded!
There will also be special recognition for top performers in each
stroke discipline. To be in with a chance of winning, swimmers must
swim ALL their required events to the best of their
ability.
How will
swimmers be
scored?:
Swimmers will be scored using FINA Points,
which uses a universal algorithm created by the International
Swimming Federation to compare times to the current world record in
each event. Brilliantly, FINA Points eliminate gender bias,
allowing us to run a club wide league with no need to divide
swimmers up by gender. For example, a 1:05.00 100 free would score
a male swimmer 330 points, but score a female swimmer 462
points.
Entry
requirements?
Academy swimmers are not eligible for Level
X, but will be taking part in the club league. The only requirement
for participation in Level X and our TSCL is a flat fee of £5
that covers all events your swimmer participates in. This money
will all go towards funding cool prizes for our swimmers, and will
be added onto your monthly club membership payment for November
(unless you inform us by 7pm Friday 30 th that
your swimmer does not wish to take
part).
Our
first racing session is Sunday 1 st of
November! Email us for the race schedule so all the swimmers
know what events to expect.
We
can't wait to see some awesome swimming and great
races!
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