Bayside Swimming Club Relay Policy
PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to define the reasons that the Bayside
Swimming Club (“the Club”) employs for the selection and nomination of Relay
Teams that represent the Club at Local, State and National level competitions.
SELECTION PROCESS
The Relay Team selection process is as follows:
1)
A Relay Sub-Committee comprising of the DRAC Senior Coach, Club President and Club Race Secretary will meet to develop the list of swimmers
to be considered for Club Relay Teams based on recorded times. Swimmer’s times can be derived from any of the following sources:
i.
Swimming NSW Competitions
ii. All swimming events where times swum are recognised by Swimming NSW
iii. Official Club Time Trials
iv. Swimming Australia Competitions
v. NSWPSSA Competitions
vi. NSW Schools Competitions
vii. Australian Schools Competitions – Senior and Primary
2)
The criteria considered by the Sub-committee in the selection of Club Relay Teams includes some or all of the following:
i.
Competition times by swimmers
i. Current Long and Short course times
ii. 50m and 100m times will be considered
iii. For times to be eligible they must be official
ii. A development opportunity for a swimmer as defined by the DRAC Senior Coach. The DRAC Senior Coach may utilise selection of the
Club’s Relay Teams to develop a swimmer that the DRAC Senior Coach believes would gain from the experience.
3)
The Club Race Secretary will have posted a draft list on the Club Website of the selected Relay Team swimmers and reserves a minimum of two
weeks prior to the close of entries for the competition.
4)
Selected swimmers will confirm ASAP with the DRAC Senior Coach or Race Secretary their availability to compete on the Relay Team.
5)
The DRAC Senior Coach will confirm the members of the Relay Teams that will be competing at the appointed competition at the Friday
afternoon training prior to the close of entries.
6)
For Swimming Australia National Relay events, for the club to send swimmers to make up relays, the said relays must, in the opinion of the
Senior DRAC Coach make at least 1 final. They will then be able to enter other relays if they qualify.
7)
The DRAC Senior Coach will not facilitate swim offs for swimmer(s). No swim offs are to be requested or arranged by swimmers, parents or
guardians.
NOMINATION PROCESSES
i.
The DRAC Senior Coach will provide the Club Race Secretary with estimated times for each Relay Team two weeks prior to the close
of entries for the competition.
ii. The Club Race Secretary will enter the Relay Teams with Swimming NSW including the estimated times
iii. The Club Committee will appoint a Relay Team Manager for the competition whose role will be to coordinate the marshalling of relay
teams at the competition and support the Club Race Secretary.
iv. Prior to the competition the DRAC Senior Coach will provide the Club Race Secretary with confirmed names (including reserves) for
the final selected Relay Teams.
v. On the day of the competition the Club Race Secretary will confirm the teams
vi. The Race Secretary or Relay Team Manager will complete the relay team nomination cards and deliver the nomination cards to the
relevant Swimming NSW officials by the allocated time on the day of the competition.
DECISION PROCESSES
The DRAC Senior Coach will have the FINAL decision in the make up of Relay Teams that represent the Club.
This final decision can, at rare times be made as late as a result of a swimmer’s individual performance at a last minute meet.
No correspondence will be entered into by either the DRAC Senior Coach or Management Committee into the final selections of swimmers and reserves
that make up the Relay Teams.