Sporting News - Swimming and School Sport Victoria
Expression of Interest Closes Today
2024 Bellarine Division Swimming Championships Tuesday 12th March, 2022 Kardinia Aquatic Centre, South Geelong
We will be offering our students aged 9 - 13 who swim regularly (preferably at a squad level or high level of swimming competence and able to competition dive) to nominate for the Surfside PS swimming team in 2024.
The age for qualification is taken at 31/12/2024. Students must be born in the years 2011 to 2015 to be permitted to compete. Students aged 14 or younger than 9 on 31/12/2024 are not permitted to compete.
- 2011 & 2012 - 12/13 Age group
- 2013 - 11 year old age group
- 2014 - 10 year old age group
- 2015 - 9 year old age group
This is a Division stage swimming competition, against other students from schools in the Bellarine Division. Below is an online entry form for parents/carers to nominate their child with recorded times over 50m. The students will need to nominate their preferred event/s (students can enter a maximum of two individual events, one age group relay and one Medley relay - relays will be reliant on student numbers). The events that are available are 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 50m breastroke , 50m butterfly and relays.
Surfside Primary will submit entries in both able bodied and multiclass events (if you feel your child might be eligible for multiclass events please discuss this further with Peter Walsh or Scott Fraser). Swim teams usually consist of smaller numbers so it will be the responsibility of parents or carers to arrange travel to and from the venue on competition day and more details will be available once the team is confirmed.
Expressions of Interest will close Friday 16th February. We will then complete swimming trials to confirm entry times and seedings for the championships following this date. Trials will be held on Wednesday 21st February at North Bellarine Aquatic Centre (50m pool). Students will receive further information and a permission note prior to the trials. There will be no cost to participate in school based trials.
Expression of Interest Entry Form - Close Friday 16th February
If you would like to express an interest for your child to participate please CLICK HERE to complete the entry form. Qualification standards are below and your child will need to swim under this time in a 50m pool.
Division Proposed Qualifying Times
Freestyle
9/10 Years Boys 54 seconds 9/10 Years Girls 54 seconds
11 Years Boys 47 seconds 11 Years Girls 47 seconds
12/13 Years Boys 43 seconds 12/13 Years Girls 43 seconds
Backstroke
9/10 Years Boys 1 min 02 sec 9/10 Years Girls 1 min 02 sec
11 Years Boys 59 seconds 11 Years Girls 59 seconds
12/13 Years Boys 56 seconds 12/13 Years Girls 56 seconds
Breaststroke
9/10 Years Boys 1 min 13 sec 9/10 Years Girls 1 min 10 sec
11 Years Boys 1 min 06 sec 11 Years Girls 1 min 05 sec
12/13 Years Boys 1 min 04 sec 12/13 Years Girls 1 min 04 sec
Butterfly
9/10 Years Boys 1 min 15sec 9/10 Years Girls 1 min 15 sec
11 Years Boys 1 min 05 sec 11 Years Girls 1 min 05 sec
12/13 Years Boys 1 min 00 sec 12/13 Years Girls 1 min 00 sec
Parent Information for swimming championships are attached
For further information please contact:
Mr Walsh - peter.walsh@education.vic.gov.au or 5256 1411
Mr Fraser - scott.fraser@education.vic.gov.au or 5256 1411
School Sport Victoria Team Vic Registrations
N.B: Please check the SSV website regularly regarding any changes and dates.
The School Sport Victoria (SSV) Team Vic representative program is for SSV to identify elite athletes from across the state and have them represent the state in School Sport Australia events. Any student who attends a school that is a SSV member can be nominated by their parents to try out for the Victorian 12 and under teams in wide range of sports.
In a recent change of policy, schools are not required to give approval for a student to participate in a trial.
However, if more than three students from a school nominates for a team, the school is compelled to decide which three will participate in the trial.
For the latest information, interested students/families should check the Team Vic section of the School Sport Victoria website (https://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/)
The dates (as at 26/1/24) for the closing of registrations are:
- The closing date of registrations for Girls and Boys Australian Rules Football, Girls and Boys Basketball, Boys Cricket, Girls Football (Soccer), Girls Netball is 1st March 2024.
- The closing date of registrations for Boys Football (Soccer) is 18th March 2024.
- The closing date of registrations for Boys and Girls Diving is ‘mid March’ 2023.
- The closing date of registrations for Boys and Girls Swimming is 19th April.
- The closing dates of registrations for Girls Cricket, Boys and Girls Cross Country, Boys and Girls Diving, Golf, Boys and Girls Hockey, Boys Netball, Rugby League, Boys and Girls Softball, Tennis, Boys and Girls Touch Football and Boys and Girls Track & Field are unknown.
School Sport Victoria Key Dates
Depending on the sport and team, the selection process involves either:
• Progressive or conference model
• State trial/s
• Results from event/s
• Based on rankings/results or talent identification programTo be eligible for selection, Students must:
• be a full-time student that attends school regularly with School Sport Victoria member school;
• be available to attend selection trials and training sessions; and
• meet the costs of participation.
For more information and to complete the registration process please refer to the School Sport Victoria Team Vic page HERE and read the parent requirements below:
PARENT/GUARDIAN INFORMATION
It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to accurately complete the nomination form, make the payment, transport the student to the trial/s and cover all of the costs.
The school’s involvement is limited to promoting upcoming opportunities
Schools are not compelled to endorse the nomination if the Principal or Sports Coordinator does not believe the student is ‘elite’ in their sport and if more than the allowable limit the school may run a trial, contact coaches or references.
The process is to determine the best from across Victoria, not provide students with an opportunity to have an experience participating with high achieving students in their chosen sport. The student will have done this by playing in league representative teams and/or finishing in the top 2-3 in league awards. If there are no league awards, the student would be expected to be winning one of the main club awards presented at the end of the season.
For all sports, unless an 11-year-old child has a proven record at the elite (State) level, it is advised that he/she is not endorsed by the school to participate in the 2024 trials. Rather, they should be encouraged to register for the 2025 trial.
When nominating their child/ren, parents/guardians are agreeing to support their child/ren to attend every stage the student is selected to attend. If a student cannot attend the trial for any reason, they will not be given the opportunity to attend an alternative trial.
For further information please contact:
Mr Walsh - peter.walsh@education.vic.gov.au or 5256 1411
Mr Fraser - scott.fraser@education.vic.gov.au or 5256 1411