Open Meets and Competitions
Licensed Meets are swimming events licensed by Swim England. This means they have to meet certain standards to ensure fair competition.
The English swimming licensed meets calendar contains a range of ‘open’ meets, designed to give all competitive swimmers in England the chance to achieve their true potential.
All of our swimmers can swim at an open meet regardless of which squad they will in, all then need to do is registered as a Competition Swimmer. To upgrade your membership please contact our Membership Secretary ([email protected])
All licensed meets are subject to Swim England Regulations and the Swim England Technical Rules of Racing. They are graded into four levels.
Level 1 Meets are long course (50m) only and cover National, Regional and County Championships. Their purpose is to enable athletes to achieve qualifying times for entry into National, Regional and County Championships.
Level 2 Meets are short course (25m) only and cover National, Regional and County Championships. Their purpose is to enable athletes to achieve qualifying times for entry into National, Regional and County Championships in short course.
Level 3 Meets are long and short course events. Their purpose is to enable athletes to achieve times for entry into Regional and County Championships and other Meets at Level 1 or Level 2.
Level 4 Meets are entry level events in pools 25m or greater. Borough Championships are an example. They are for inexperienced athletes and swimmers seeking to compete outside their club environment. If times are good athletes progress to Level 3 Meets.
Please speak to the Coaching Team at [email protected] if you would like advice on what races to enter.
Swimmers are accompanied at all Open Meets by members of the Coaching Team and Team Manager.
For information about open meets, please contact [email protected]
If you have swum at a licenced meet, then you time will have been recorded and can be accessed here.
When attending an Open Meet or Team Gala, swimmers should ensure that they are equipped with the following items:
- Swim Costume, hat and goggles.
- Towel.
- Water bottles - it is really easy to get dehydrated when sitting poolside.
- Snacks - no nuts please. Whilst Haribos (other sweets are available) are viewed by many as essential swimming snacks, it is good to have a range of snacks, not just high sugar ones, which give an instant energy hit, but will not sustain a swimmer for very long.
- A Marlins or other red quick drying top to wear between races.
- A big smile and lots of cheering
