301 JUNIOR SWIMMING LEAGUE COMPETITION

301.1 The Competition shall take place annually between 1st March and 31st October.

301.2 Entries to be made to the Association Secretary by the end of January.

301.3 Entry Fee to be £18.00 to be paid by the end of January.

301.4 The competition shall consist of one or more Divisions depending on the number of Clubs entered.

301.5 New Teams entering the competition for the first time may only enter in the Lowest Division.

301.6 Age Groups of competitors to be as at 31st October in year of competition as under:

1. 10 years & under (minimum age 9 years)
2. 12 years & under
3. 14 years & under
4. 16 years & under

301.7 Swimmers may swim in all events in their own Age Group or above.

301.8 Clubs shall meet each other once per season. The Junior Swimming League Organiser to arrange that each Club has the same number of Home and Away matches (where practicable)

301.9 The Club gaining the most points in the League Fixture will be awarded 2 points.  In the event of both Clubs scoring the same number of points in the League Fixture each Club will be awarded 1 League Point.

301.10 Points System to be:
            1st  - 2 points             2nd  - 1 point
            Disqualification - Nil points

301.11 Each Club shall be required, before the end of January, to submit the time at which they propose to commence league fixtures for approval of Council.

301.12 Any Club causing a contest to commence late must be reported to the Association and such Clubs be fined £25.00, if unable to show just cause.
N.B.    The before going to apply to home or away teams.

301.13 The fixtures shall be mutually arranged prior to the February Council Meeting, and all Clubs must hand to the League Organiser a list of fixtures prior to this meeting, to be received prior to the start of the meeting.  Any Club failing to do so shall be fined £25.00. 

301.14 A list of persons competent to act as Referees shall be adopted at the Annual General Meeting but additions may be made at any ordinary meeting of the Council. 

301.15 Referees shall be appointed by the Organiser of the Junior Swimming League Competition.  The home team shall pay him his expenses, as defined in A.S.A. Laws.  Clubs failing to comply with this By-Law shall be fined £25.00 in addition to the Referee’s Expenses.  No Referee shall act as such in a competition in which his own Club is taking part, unless by the consent of both teams, such consent shall be in writing.  N.B. – This By-Law shall not apply to the Association Secretary if he is on the list of Official Referees.

301.16 Maximum Admittance Charge at Galas - £2.00 (including Programme)

301.17 Home Club shall be responsible for confirming fixtures with all appointed officials seven days prior to the fixture.  In the event of the Home Club not being able to contact any of the appointed officials personally or any of the appointed officials being not available, the Home Club shall report the facts to the Organiser of the Swimming League Competition six days prior to the fixture.  The penalty for any breach of this By-Law shall be £25.00.

301.18 The Team Manager or Captain will furnish the Referee, after the competition but on the date of the competition, with a completed Team Sheet and a certificate confirming By-Law 1001.1 has been complied with.  The Home Club must forward the Team Sheets and certificates, together with the Result Sheets, within seven days to the Organiser of the Swimming League Competition, who shall keep a record of all competitors taking part in the Association Competitions.  Clubs failing to comply with this By-Law shall be fined £25.00

301.19 Any Club being unable to field a complete team for any fixture shall forfeit the points to the opposing teams in the events concerned

301.20 A Club failing to fulfil any of its fixtures without just cause on the date fixed shall be fined £25.00 and the points awarded to the opposing teams.

301.21 All protests against the eligibility of a competitor shall be forwarded within seven days of the match to the Association Secretary, accompanied by a fee of £25.00.  Such fee shall be forfeited if the protest be considered frivolous.  The protesting Club must notify the Referee within 30 minutes of the conclusion of the contest.

301.22 Any Club found guilty of including an ineligible competitor for any fixture shall be fined £25.00 and the points awarded to the opposing teams in the events concerned.

301.23 Cases arising out of breaches of By-Laws of this Association, or in connection with the fixtures which transpire before the end of each month, shall be decided in the presence or absence of those concerned at the following meeting.  Fines inflicted must be paid within 21 days, failing which, the Club concerned shall take no further part in any competitions or business of the Association until the fines are paid.

301.24 Home Club to be responsible for production of programmes.

301.25 The top team in each division will be awarded the League Trophy to be held for twelve months or until the next competition.

301.26 The League Champions and Runners-up of each squad event shall be presented with four medals, or other mementos, of such value as the Council shall determine.

301.27 In the event of a tie for first place at the end of the season, the Clubs concerned in the tie shall be declared Joint Champions, with no Runners-up being declared.  In the event of more then one Club tying for second place, the Clubs concerned shall be declared Joint Runners-up.

301.28 In the event of a Club withdrawing or being suspended from the League during the season, their record of points shall be expunged from the League tables.

301.29 Order of events:
Events 1 – 12 consist of (a) Girls Team and (b) Boys Team
Events 13 – 24 are all Mixed 4 x 1 Team Events (Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy)

Lane order for events 13 - 24

Order of Events

* Freestyle in these events means any other stroke other than Breaststroke

301.30 Clubs shall be allowed double fixtures if they so wish.

301.31 In the event of any Club in Division 1 resigning or not entering the competition, the Council shall have the Authority to promote more than two teams from the lower Division in order to keep the number of teams in each Division as equal as possible.  Where there are an odd number of teams entered in the competition, the higher number of teams will be allocated to the lower division.

301.32 The bottom two teams in each Division (with the exception of the lowest Division) to be relegated to the next lower Division.

301.33 The Home Club will make available to each opposing Club with a copy of the Result Sheet at the end of each fixture.  Any Club failing to do so shall be fined £25.00.

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