The competition format on this scale is probably unique in swimming, on each of the qualifying rounds it collates 1014 times with the help of 8 referees, 4 starters,
24 judges, 8 chief timekeepers, 46 timekeepers, countless other helpers and of course the swimmers - about 800 of them.
The winter league has been in existence for over 30 years but only changed to its
current scoring method in 1995.
It is a competition of 39 relay events, each event being scored on position.
Ideally a pool with enough lanes for each competing club is needed but there are not
many of these around so we compete in separate pools and each event time is collated
and compared to calculate the points.
As there are 23 teams the fastest gets 23 points and so on down to one point for the slowest. No points are allocated for a disqualification or if a team does not compete.
Although the league is swam as two divisions, points are awarded as one, the divisions are formed so that clubs of comparable strength can compete together.
A winning team is usually announced at each gala but these points do not count towards the overall ranking and are just an extra bit of fun on the night.
After three rounds the league positions will dictate which teams compete in the top final for the Winter League Trophy and which teams compete in the other finals.
All previous points are discarded in the finals and each gala is run on a straight
head to head for position points.
The top 12 teams at the end of the Winter League will compete as Division 1 in the following year’s competition and the remainder as Division 2.
Wilts County ASA Moonraker Winter League Programme
(Under ASA Rules & ASA Technical Laws)
N°
Sex
Age Limit
Dist.
Relay
Lane 1
Lane 2
Lane 3
Lane 4
Lane 5
Lane 6
Lane 7
Lane 8
1
Girls
U17
4x1L
Freestyle
2
Boys
U17
4x1L
Freestyle
3
Girls
9-12 yrs
4x1L
Backstroke
4
Boys
9-12 yrs
4x1L
Backstroke
5
Girls
Open
4x2L
Breaststroke
6
Boys
Open
4x2L
Breaststroke
7
Girls
U15
4x1L
Medley
8
Boys
U15
4x1L
Medley
9
Girls
Squadron
4x1L
Butterfly
10
Boys
Squadron
4x1L
Butterfly
11
Girls
U17
4x1L
Backstroke
12
Boys
U17
4x1L
Backstroke
13
Girls
9-12 yrs
4x1L
Breaststroke
14
Boys
9-12 yrs
4x1L
Breaststroke
15
Girls
Open
4x2L
Medley
16
Boys
Open
4x2L
Medley
17
Girls
U15
4x1L
Freestyle
18
Boys
U15
4x1L
Freestyle
19
Girls
Squadron
4x1L
Backstroke
20
Boys
Squadron
4x1L
Backstroke
21
Girls
U17
4x1L
Breaststroke
22
Boys
U17
4x1L
Breaststroke
23
Girls
9-12 yrs
4x1L
Medley
24
Boys
9-12 yrs
4x1L
Medley
25
Girls
Open
4x2L
Freestyle
26
Boys
Open
4x2L
Freestyle
27
Girls
U15
4x1L
Backstroke
28
Boys
U15
4x1L
Backstroke
29
Girls
Squadron
4x1L
Breaststroke
30
Boys
Squadron
4x1L
Breaststroke
31
Girls
U17
4x1L
Medley
32
Boys
U17
4x1L
Medley
33
Girls
9-12 yrs
4x1L
Freestyle
34
Boys
9-12 yrs
4x1L
Freestyle
35
Girls
Open
4x2L
Backstroke
36
Boys
Open
4x2L
Backstroke
37
Girls
U15
4x1L
Breaststroke
38
Boys
U15
4x1L
Breaststroke
39
Girl/
Boy
Cannon
8x1L
Freestyle
Notes: All ages are calculated at last day of competition.
All events are relays.
All backstroke swimmers start in the water.
Squadron relays are swam in the order: 9-12 yrs, U15, U17 and Open.
Cannon relay is swam in the order: 9-12 yrs girl/boy, U15 girl/boy, U17 girl/boy and Open girl/boy.
