Licensing Events

Licensed competitions are the only events as which entry times for National, Regional and County events can be achieved. Kent County Championship events are licensed. Depending on the level of meet applied for, the following additional rules must also be complied with.

All licensed events at Levels 1, 2, and 3 must be held with electronic timing, and British Swimming qualified officials must be used
Licensed events can only be held at certain times of the year so that they do not clash with County or Regional events

Before submitting a licence application:

Refer to the Swim England Document Library for useful licensing documents
Look at the Swim England National Meets Calendar to check any potential clashes with other meets in London
Review a summary of the different levels of meet on the Swim England website and check the criteria for each level of competition by downloading the Swim England Open Meet Licensing Criteria
All licence applications should be submitted a minimum of two months before the date of the meet.

Swim England South East: All applications for meet licenses and post meet reports must be submitted by e-mail to meetlicensing@southeastswimming.org. The following completed forms and supporting documents should be included as attachments to the e-mail:

Meet License Application Form
Meet Conditions
Supporting documents, qualifying standards, meet schedule, entry forms

Once the meet has taken place there are a number of forms that must be returned to the licensing officer to validate the meets results;

Swim England London: All licensed meets in London must be registered with the region’s Licensing Officer and the meet promotor will need to send the following information to licensing.officer@londonswimming.org.

Meet License Application Form
Meet Conditions
Supporting documents, qualifying standards, meet schedule, entry forms

Once the meet has taken place there are a number of forms that must be returned to the licensing officer to validate the meets results;

The importance of insurance

All clubs, promoters and competition organisers are reminded that, for insurance purposes, all those volunteering on poolside at any competition must be registered members of an affiliated club or a member of the Institute of Swimming.

Useful additional documents