SWIMMING REGULATIONS - NORTHERN SATIS

i. Access to exits

ii. Evacuation procedures

iii. Provision and confirmation of lifeguards and their responsibilities

i. In the instance where there are 2 or more heats, times from all heats will be combined and re-ranked to determine final placing.

ii. The principle regarding holding race 1 and race 2 in each age group rather than combining age groups shall be as follows

a. Where there are 14 competitors two races of 7 shall be swum.

b. Where there are 13 competitors there shall be a race of 7 and a race of 6.

c. Where there are 12 competitors two races of 6 shall be swum etc.

 

iii.  For the NSATIS Carnival each individual event will have 2 heats, with one competitor from each school in each event.  Heat 1 will have the fastest swimmers  and Heat 2 will have the second fastest swimmers from each school.  Each school may only enter one relay team in relay events.

In 2020 NSATIS will trial the following changes:  the carnival will start at 10.00 with the warm-up at 9.30 am.  There will be 4 divisions of 50m freestyle events across all age groups, boys and girls.  Scoring for 50m freestyle will be 12, 11.5, 11, 10.5 etc etc down to .5.

i. SSATIS/NSATIS: a random draw will be conducted to determine lane allocation with separate draws for boys and girls events. A rotation will then occur. Where, by necessity, an event is run in two races, race 1 and race 2 will run with the same lane rotation

ii. SATIS (Statewide): Lane positioning shall be allocated by seeding competitors on the times achieved in the respective Northern and Southern Carnivals. The two fastest competitors from North and South will be placed in Division One. The remaining competitors will be seeded by times. The two fastest swimmers of the four will be placed in lanes 4 and 5 respectively, then the next two in lanes 3 and 6. The next four swimmers whether from the North or South will be placed according to time in this order:  Lane 2, 7, 1, 8. This will depend on the number of entries in each race. Where seeding of swimmers occurs, the swimmers recording the fastest times will be placed in the second race, or third where there are three races.

i. Schools may have two entries per individual event and one entry per relay event at the respective Southern and Northern Carnivals.

ii. Schools may have one entry per event at the Statewide carnival.

iii. The SSATIS or NSATIS Administrative Officers are to distribute the programme to each of the competing schools 1 week prior to the carnival.

iv. The order of events shall be, from youngest to oldest, alternating male/female

a. 4x50m Medley Relay (Under 14, Under 16, Open)

b. 50m Freestyle (Under 13 to Open)

c. 50m Breaststroke (Under 13 to Open)

d. 100m Freestyle (Under 15, Under 16, Open)

e. 50m Butterfly (Under 14, Under 16, Open)

f. 50m Backstroke (Under 13 to Open)

g. 4x50m Freestyle Relay (Under 13 to Open)

v. For all age group events, competitors must be under the stipulated age of January 1st of that year.

vi. Where possible there will be a lunch break of 30 minutes during the programme.

vii. Late Entries:  Where no name is entered for an event on a schools entry form, then no competitor will be allowed to compete for that school in that event unless a late entry is received 30 minutes prior to the start of the carnival.  Such late entries can only be accepted if there is a lane available in that event.Changes to competitors entered can me made on the day.

viii. Competitors may only compete in one age group with the following exceptions:

a. Where necessity age groups are combined (e.g butterfly)

b. Where a particular event is not available in any age group a competitor may compete in the next higher age group where the event occurs (e.g 50m Butterfly, 100m Freestyle)

ix. The carnival will be a 2 start carnival and procedure is as follows: False Start - restart. Second start, anyone false starting is to be disqualified.

x. A separate lane is to be provided for each competitor.  They must swim in the lane allocated to them in the programme.

i. School coloured bathers and caps must be worn by all competitors. Two pairs of bathers may be worn but the second pair must be in schools colours. Breaching this regulation will result in disqualification. If a school is unable to uniform teams/individuals in accepted school bathers and caps the Chair of SSATIS/NSATIS/SATIS is to be notified prior to the event. The carnival organiser will then be notified.

i. When a competitor or schools is disqualified, it will not be announced. The schools is to be notified of the reason through the delegate or teacher in charge, by an official as soon as possible.

ii. Protests or disputes must be lodged with the organising administrative officer, in writing, by the person in charge of a team, within 15 minutes of receiving the disqualification notice. The organising administrative officer shall then refer the protest to the referee.

iii. The resolution arising from any event shall be in the hands of the referee of the day as appointed by the organiser.

i. SATIS:

a. Individual Events: Points be allocated according to the principle where if 14 schools are eligible then first place is allocated 14 points; second 13 points etc.

b. Relays will be awarded double points.

ii. SSATIS:

a. Individual Events:  First place competitor gains the same points as double the number of schools competing for that trophy in the Girls' or Boys' competition. Each subsequent placing will drop one point. E.g. 9 schools - 1st: 18 points, 2nd: 17 points, 3rd: 16 points.......18th: 1 point

b. Relay Events: First place will gain the same points as one and a half times that allocated for first place in individual events for each age group in the Girls' or Boys' competition. Each subsequent placing will drop three points. E.g. If five schools are eligible for a trophy, 1st - 15 pts, 2nd -12 pts, 3rd - 9pts etc.  in charge, by an official.

iii. NSATIS Points System

a. Individual Events: 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

     Scoring for 50m freestyle will be 12, 11.5, 11, 10.5 etc etc down to .5.

b. Relays: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2

i. The nine SATIS Trophies being competed for are

a. Aggregate Boys, Girls and Co-educational (All age groups)

b. College Boys, Girls and Co-educational (Open)

c. Junior Boys, Girls and Co-educational (Under 13 to Under 16)

ii. The nine SSATIS Trophies are awarded as follows

a. Aggregate Boys, Girls and Co-educational (All age groups)

b. College Boys, Girls and Co-educational (Open)

c. Junior Boys, Girls and Co-educational (Under 13 to Under 16)

iii. The seven NSATIS Trophies are awarded as follows:

a. Aggregate Boys, Girls and Co-educational (All age groups)

b. Senior Boys, Girls (Under 15, Under 16, Open)

c. Junior Boys, Girls (Under 13 and Under 14)

iv. Pennants:  Pennant flags will be awarded to winning schools in each age group U13 - Open, Boys and Girls.

i. Record breakers will be announced first, followed by pennant results and shield results. Final results are not to be read in full at the final presentation

ii. Reading of pennant results: Top three placed schools in Pennants will be announced without points.

iii. Reading of shield results: schools placed fourth and below will have their place only announced, schools placed 3rd, 2nd and 1st will be announced in that order with their points.

iv. Schools shall only be announced in results for trophies that they are eligible to win.

v. The Administrative Officers will send detailed results to School delegates as soon as possible after the carnivals.

i. Entries:  2 per school/per age group for males and females.

ii. If there are less than two competitors the multi-class competitor will compete in the spare lane of the able bodied event in their respective age group, or multi-class age groups will be combined and swum in the same heat.  This will be decided based on the number of competitors on the day.

iii. Multi-Class Competitors are eligible to compete in both able bodied events and multi-class events.

i. The scoring system is scaled according to the number of competitors entered in each event.  If there are only 5 athletes then points awarded would be 5,4,3,2,1 system / 10 athletes 10,9,8,7,6 etc.

ii.  Competitors are eligible to score points towards their respective pennant and also points towards their respective shield.

iii.  If one of the entered competitors did not participate on the day, the absent entry would get 0 and the remaining points would be awarded as described above.

i. Backstroke is started in the water

ii. You must remain on your back throughout the race, with the exception when you are executing a turn

iii. At the finish you must be on your back, and you must have a part of your body above the water

i. Your arms must be brought up over the surface of the water when doing your arm strokes; and they must be brought up over the water at the same time

ii. Your legs must be kept together throughout the race (butterfly kick); and your kicking action must be a dolphin type kick  - you are not allowed to kick in the same way that you would kick in a Freestyle or Backstroke race

iii. When finishing the race you must finish with both hands touching the end, and they must touch at the same time

i. You are allowed only one butterfly kick prior to the first breaststroke kick after the dive or after when making a turn (if applicable)

ii. Your arms must move at the same time and in the breaststroke action

iii. Your legs must move at the same time and in the breaststroke action

iv. No butterfly kicking except for the one at the start and at each turn (if applicable) is allowed

v. No freestyle kicking is allowed

vi. When finishing the race both hands must touch the wall at the same time and they must touch the end apart

i. It is important swimmer two does not start before swimmer one has touched the end; swimmer three does not start their turn until swimmer two has touched the end; and swimmer four does not start before swimmer three has touched the end.

ii. If doing a Medley Relay (that involves the four different stroke) you must finish each stroke as you would in a normal race of each stroke