!PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION BEFORE ENTERING THIS GALA!
*We will only be accepting entries from swimmers who already have a County time or are close to achieving one as we expect details of a gala taking place for swimmers who have not achieved County times taking place at Wigan on the same weekend.*
*If you are unsure if this gala is suitable for your swimmer please ask a coach or email the address below. Entries will be checked and if we believe there are better options available to swimmers we will be in contact!*
Please beware that we believe that the Wigan Development group will be running a long distance gala to give experienced swimmers the opportunity to try out new events including the 800 and 1500m on the morning of Sunday 5th January and possibly a licenced gala in the afternoon for swimmers who have not achieved County times and are still new to the swimming world.
Due to this we will not be attending the Friday Long Distance session over in Darwen.
We will be keeping track of this and as soon as more details are available as to whether this will take place we will let you know! If the galas are not taking place at Wigan we will update you with further plans.
Burnley Bobcats will be holding the last chance County qualifier Gala on Friday 3rd January to Sunday 5th January 2025 at Darwen Leisure Centre.
To take part in this gala a swimmer has to be 9 years old or over at Midnight on the 5th January 2025. Whatever age the swimmer is at Midnight on the 5th January 2025 is the age they will race as. The age groups for this gala are 9/10/11/12/13/14/ and 15 & over.
Please note for this gala swimmers must be 11 and over to enter the 400m IM or 400m Freestyle.
10 and Unders can enter all other events.
Below you will find attachments including the terms and conditions, the programme for this gala and the consideration times. Please read all of these VERY CAREFULLY.
When entering this gala please make sure to enter a time for each event. If the swimmer does not have an official time you can use time trial times or ask one of the coaches at training for a time. Please beware if this gala is over subscribed swimmers with estimated times or unofficial times will likely be rejected first.
Also when looking at the consideration times please beware that swimmers MUST BE FASTER THAN THE LOWER QUALIFYING TIME BUT SLOWER THAN THE UPPER QUALIFYING TIME to enter that race.
Entries for this gala are now open and will close at Midday on Friday 22nd November 2024.The reason for this is that the gala organiser has made it a first come first served gala and by having the entries complete I will be able to send them across as soon as entries open. As this is an extremely popular gala and the last chance swimmers will have to hit County times we don’t want to risk swimmers missing out!
Entries are now OPEN for this gala!
Please click HERE to find the entry system!
Each race will cost £7.50!
As always if you have any questions please email meets@wiganswimmingclub.org.uk
