Affiliation with Far North Coast Swimming Association allows
swimmers to compete in the official FNC Championship and
Non-Championship Carnivals and the Championship Relay Carnival.
FNC swimmers whose affiliation fees have not been paid are not eligible
to compete in these carnivals.
The Club Affiliation Fee
is set at the Annual General Meeting and must be paid by 30th June each
year.
For the 2008/2009 season the club affiliation fee is $70.00
The Swimmer Affiliation Fee
is also determined at the AGM.
For the 2008/2009 season the swimmer affiliation fee is $5.00 per
swimmer.
Swimmer affiliation fees become due on the 1st of October each year and
must be paid before competing in any FNC Carnival.
There is no charge for non-swimmers.
There is no charge for life members.
Details of each swimmer, the same as are supplied to Swimming
NSW, are required by FNC Swimming with the affiliation fees.
Note to FNC club registrars: As
membership registrations with Swimming NSW are now done online, the
easiest way to send all membership details to FNC Swimming is to copy
the list of memberships submitted to Swimming NSW.
Add up the swimmer members and re-calculate the fees for FNCSA.
Send these sheets with your payment to the Secretary of FNC Swimming
C/o
PO Box 14 Woodenbong 2476.
This should be done on a monthly basis.
All competing swimmers must be affiliated with FNC Swimming as
well as with Swimming NSW.
Qualifying times apply for
entry into these carnivals. Swimmers must have swum faster than the
qualifying time to be eligible to compete in an event. Times achieved
at club night or time trials are permissable as entry times at Far
North Coast
Carnivals, however they would not be allowed when entering State or
National meets.
The club Race Secretary must sign the entry form to certify that
the nominated times of all swimmers are correct.
The new Entry Form for
Far North Coast Carnivals is available here for downloading.
It is in Word 97 format and can be printed and filled out in the normal
way.
Check the Forms section for more information.
Entry fees for Championship Carnivals are $3.00 per event.
Placegetters who are 13yrs or older will receive prize money
instead of
medals at these carnivals unless they request otherwise.
First place: $5.00 Second place: $3.00 Third place: $2.00
Swimmers who elect to take medals must make sure the recorder is
notified before the start of the carnival.
Swimmers who are 12yrs or under must take medals.
All competing swimmers must be affiliated with FNC Swimming as
well as with Swimming NSW.
Non-Championship Carnivals are intended to encourage
up-and-coming swimmers who have not yet reached the top in a particular
event, by excluding place-getters from the previous Championship
Carnivals.
Swimmers who won medals at the last FNC Championship Carnivals
(including the FNC Distance Championships) in any
distance are not permitted to compete in their medal-winning strokes.
eg. If a swimmer gained third place
in 400m freestyle at the last Championship Carnival, they must not
enter in any freestyle event at the next Non-Championship Carnival.
Neither can they swim in a mixed freestyle relay.
Swimmers are allowed to compete in any strokes
where they did not achieve a top-3 placing at the
previous Championship Carnivals.
The aim of this carnival is to give swimmers an opportunity to
have some racing in a FUN atmosphere before the summer
season gets going. This will allow them to establish some benchmark
times by which to gauge their progress in the months to follow.
Events will be run with all ages of boys and
girls mixed - seeded solely according to their entry times.
After the meet, certificates will be printed for
all competitors listing their results and placings in their age group -
(7&U, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15&over - male and female). No
medals will be awarded.
All competing swimmers must be affiliated with FNC Swimming as
well as with Swimming NSW.
Entry fee for Winter Sprint Carnival is $2.00 per individual
event.
There is no charge for entering the Winter Sprint Relay which is
a fun event.
These guidelines apply to the Far North Coast
Championship Relay Carnival and to relay events in the Far North Coast
Non-Championship Carnivals.
All swimmers may swim in their own age group, one older age group
and open events, except for the 16years and over relay events in the
Non-Championship Carnivals, where all swimmers must be 16 years of age
or older..
Each relay team must have at least one swimmer of the correct age.
Where more than one team is entered in an age group, at least one
team must be all of the correct age.
If clubs have difficulty filling all places in a team they may
'borrow' swimmers from other clubs or from older age groups in their
own club, to form a composite team. This is to prevent disappointing
swimmers who otherwise would not have a swim. However, for a composite
team, no points or medals can be awarded and the meet referee must be
informed before the team can swim.
Entry fee for the Championship Relay Carnival is $5.00 per relay
team per event.
This is a
collection of
useful forms for Far North Coast Swimming Clubs.
They are in Word 97 format and can be downloaded for printing out
paper copies.
If you do not have a copy of
Word 97 or
Word 2000, you can download a free viewer from Microsoft by
clicking on the following link.
If necessary, adjust
the margins
to fit the form on one A4 page.
This is done in Page Setup on the File menu.
The following margins should work OK:
Short sides of
page: between 0.9 - 1.5cm
Long sides of page: between 0.5 -
1.0cm
Note: These forms are designed to be printed
and then filled out by hand. If you type into the form before
printing it, you may need to delete some dots or spaces to ensure
the form still fits on one page.