Summer Championships 2023

22nd & 23rd April

Winchester Leisure Centre

Girls 14 and Under
Boys 15 and Under

28^th April – 1^st May 2023

High Wycombe Leisure Centre

Ladies/Girls 15 and Over Men/Boys 16 and Over All team events

13^th – 14^th May 2023

Winchester Leisure Centre

Girls 14 and Under
Boys 15 and Under

Initial information

To qualify for the Summer Championships all times must have been achieved in a level 1, 2 or 3 licensed competition between 1^st June 2022 and the closing date (8pm on Tuesday 4^th April 2023).

There will be no automatic qualifying times. The number of swimmers for each event is fixed and the fastest submitted entries will be accepted. Base (consideration) times will be published. No entry will be accepted that has not achieved the base time or better. Please note that achieving the base time does not guarantee acceptance.

Long course or short course times may be submitted. Short course times will be converted using the Swim England conversion tables for the purpose of determining which entries to accept and for seeding.

Despite a significant increase in costs, the region has decided to keep entry fees at the same level as 2022.

Individual entries: £7
Team entries: £14

All entries (except those from classified disabled swimmers) must be submitted as team entry files via the entry portal. Individual entries will not be accepted.

The number of entries for each event will be as set out in the tables below.

To minimise the rejection of entries that would qualify for summer national competitions, 15 year old boys have been moved to the “age group” weekends (22^nd & 23^rd April and 13^th & 14^th May).

There will be more boys than girls swimming in the age group competition.
There will be more girls/ladies than boys/men swimming in the youth competition.

The number of entries to be accepted has been equalised across all age groups.

There are 2 age groups for boys/men in the youth competition: 16 years and 17 years & over. There are different entry quotas for 16 years, 17 years and 18 years & over, to ensure that sufficient 17 year old boys are accepted.

This means that there is a chance that men in the 18 years & over category who have times that would qualify for national competitions might be rejected. Swimmers in that age group are advised to ensure that they have an alternative opportunity to set a qualifying time; there are several suitable meets over Easter, which are not in the qualifying period for this competition but meet the entry criteria for national competitions (10 March – 21 May).

Further information will be available shortly:

Girls/Ladies

Distance	11/12 Years	13 Years	14 Years	15 Years	16 Years	17/Over
50m	34	34	34	34	34	34
100m	26	26	26	26	26	26
200m	20	20	20	20	20	20
200m FLY	18	18	18	18	18	18
400m	16	16	16	16	16	16
800m	8	10	10	12	12	12
1500m	8	8	8	10	10	10

Boys/Men

Distance	11/12 Years	13 Years	14 Years	15 Years	16 Years	17/Over
Distance	11/12 Years	13 Years	14 Years	15 Years	16 Years	17 Years	18/Over
50m	34	34	34	34	24	24	24
100m	26	26	26	26	18	18	18
200m	20	20	20	20	14	14	14
200m FLY	18	18	18	18	14	14	14
400m	16	16	16	16	11	11	11
800m	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
1500m	8	10	10	10	10	10	10