2023 Kent Swimming Championships – update 24 January

28 January - 1500m Freestyle - K2 Crawley, Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley, RH11 9BQ

5 February - 800m Freestyle - K2 Crawley, Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley, RH11 9BQ

Accepted Entries

Results Web Page

Warm up is at 5.30 pm - start time 6 pm. There is only one session per event. There is a swim down pool available - this is only 0.9m deep and it is STRICTLY NO DIVING. The 'beach area' is also STRICTLY off limits.

Any withdrawals prior to Saturday 28 January may be notified to Jean Scott - jean.scott@kentswimming.org by 9 am Saturday morning thereafter any withdrawals may be made at the desk that will be situated by the changing village on poolside.

The same procedure for 5 February withdrawals maybe notified to Jean Scott by 9 am on Sunday 5 February thereafter any withdrawals may be made at the desk situated by the changing village.

Where time is available formal presentations will be made to the Open and Junior male and female winners upon completion of racing.

EVENTS at the LAC

Further to the above acceptances/rejections have now been notified to all clubs for the remainder of the events at the LAC - once questions/queries have been looked into further information will follow.

Some things we do know – arrangements are in progress that spectators will pre-pay for entry to the LAC – no cash will be taken on the door.

The ‘No Food’ policy bringing in food from outside remains in force except for the swimmers who may bring in their own food.

The swim shop SwimPath will be at the LAC - they are taking orders now for Kent 2023 merchandise - the link to SwimPath to order and purchase merchandise can be found here

REQUEST for HOST CLUBS

Thank you to the clubs that have volunteered so far, but we need more! There are 4 days of competition at the LAC and even if your club is not hosting you may also register an interest as an individual to helping at the championships. Jan Annan is coordinating our volunteers for 2023 - please contact Jean Scott who will pass your details over to Jan. Hosting involves, the door, refreshments, and Marshalling. Host clubs that host for a day can run their own raffle and retain the proceeds for their club.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

A great deal of work goes on behind the scenes to enable the championships to run smoothly - the county is always on the look out for new people to help with the technical support needed and whilst we have a dedicated technical support team who can pass on their skills and knowledge it is a small team and we need to increase the numbers - if you are technically minded then this may well be the volunteer role you are looking for in swimming.