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Oxon and North Bucks ASA County and Age Group

Championships

4SSC is affiliated to the Oxon and North Bucks County ASA, who organise the County
Championships and Age Group Competitions in January & February each year. The County

website [www.onbcountiesasa.co.uk] publishes the dates and qualifying times in Sept. / Oct. of
the preceding year. There are a variety of competitions in which swimmers can compete, as
detailed below. The County ASA publish qualifying times that must be met in order to compete.
The qualifying times must have been achieved within the 8 months preceding the entry close

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date, circa April 13 to December 14 . The Club will confirm entry times, closing dates and will
coordinate the entries of all club swimmers.
The age groups for the ‘Counties’ are defined as “age as at 31st December” of the year of
competition. The competition is open to all swimmers aged 10/over. This information is subject to
change by the County ASA and therefore parents & swimmers are advised to look at the Oxon

and North Bucks ASA website for more information about these Championships.

Long Distance Championships and Age Group Competition

These are held in January and February and swimmers are eligible for distances as follows.
Qualifying times (QT) are published for the 400m Freestyle for all 10 & over and 400m IM events
for all 12 & over. Best times should be submitted for the 1500m Freestyle (boys 12/ over) and

800m Freestyle (girls’ 12/over) events. Depending on the number of entrants, the slowest
swimmers may not be selected to swim. It should be noted that in the 800 and 1500 F/S events
there are no age-group categories, only the fastest entries will be accepted. In 2016 this was
limited to the fastest 72 swimmers in the County.

Main Championships and Age Group Competitions

These are held over two consecutive weekends in January or February, with three sessions on
each day of both weekends. The morning and afternoon sessions are taken up with heats and

HDW events with finals taking place in an evening session. The Oxon & North Bucks website
publishes dates and qualifying times well in advance.

The events are normally (but check the Oxon and North Bucks ASA website for any changes):

 50m all strokes (heats and finals)
 100m all strokes (heats and finals)

 200m all strokes (Fastest 8 go into the final)
 100m IM (fastest 24 swimmers)

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