DATE & TIME

Saturday 1st February, 2025

Entries Closed: 11:59pm Thursday 23rd January, 2025 – NO LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED

LOCATION

Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
Olympic Boulevarde
Sydney Olympic Park
Homebush 2127

SOPAC PARKING FEES: First 4 hours free (with a voucher) $7 per hour thereafter

MERCHANDISE

Speedo MERCHANDISE PRE-ORDERS Click HERE – (your Area is Metro NORTH EAST)

Deliveries of event merchandise before or after the event date are not possible.

MEET INFORMATION

NO PARENTS PERMITTED ON POOL DECK (this includes marshalling area, warm up area, coaching area and athlete bathrooms).  For clarification, parents must remain in the spectator stands only.  Parents found on pool deck risk having their swimmer/s scratched.  If your swimmers need your help they will need to go upstairs to you, you must not go downstairs.  We will have older swimmers (wearing SMNE blue T-shirts) who are available to help the younger, less experienced swimmers.

This meet is a 13U SMNE development meet COMBINED with the Speedo Sprint Heats.  National qualifiers are marked as Exhibition swimmers and cannot place or progress to the Speedo Sprint Finals.

MEET FLYER:  Click HERE

FINAL ENTRY LIST: Click HERE

TIMELINE (Guideline Only: Click HERE

MEET PROGRAM (subject to minor changes): Click HERE

TECHNICAL OFFICIAL ROSTER:  Click HERE

CLUB DUTIES

We WILL be using Olly Timing as the back up timing so no timekeepers are required, however, we will need helpers with presentations and other minor duties.

Club Roster: Click HERE

DETAILED CLUB ROSTER – Click HERE (to complete your roster)

All events are timed finals and self marshalling will be used at this meet.  All swimmers must know their Event #, Heat #, Lane #

Advancing to the Speedo Sprint Finals

The top 4 swimmers in each 50m event may advance to represent SMNE at the NSW Speedo Sprint Finals on Saturday 1st March, unless the swimmer is ineligible (see below for conditions).

Swimmers are ineligible to compete at the Finals on 1st March if:

• they have any National qualifying time in any event by 31 January 2025 (excl MC & Open Water)
• they do not hold a current Full Swimmer membership to an SMNE Club
• NB: even if swimmers are not old enough to compete at National Age, if they hold any National qualifying time they are ineligible to compete at Speedo Finals on 1st March (eg a 10 year old who has a 13 year old National time is ineligible to compete at Speedo Finals)

 

TECHNICAL OFFICIALS

Please sign up HERE

 

COACHES

Please remember all coaches MUST register their attendance via Swim Central

Conditions of Entry

Online Entries via Swim Central

This meet is open to all 8-13 year old members of Primary SMNE Area Clubs only.   Any swimmer found to be a Primary member of another Area will be scratched without refunds.

For non-members, there is another entry method, please email meetdirector@smne.org.au for entries.

No late entries accepted under any circumstance, no exceptions. Emails requesting a late entry will not be responded to.

All SMNE Meets follow the SMNE No Refund Policy.

SCRATCHING?

Need to SCRATCH?  Scan QR code below or Click HERE

 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

I belong to a Club but my swimmer is listed as “Unattached” – why is this?
Not all memberships are official SNSW/SMNE affiliated memberships. If you purchased a club/WASA membership you may need to contact your Club to find out if that particular product is one of the SNSW/SMNE affiliated memberships.  Those Club memberships only allow you to compete at certain events, contact your Club to find out which ones.

I missed the closing cut off date/time can I request a late entry?
Late entries are not permitted at SMNE meets regardless of the circumstance.

My swimmer doesn’t have the required QT can we still enter under a manual time?
Manual entries are not accepted for Summer Champs, Winter Champs or the 200IM at the Speedo 13U Sprint meet.  There is no QT required to enter the 50m & 100m events at Speedo Sprints 13/U meet.   If your coach has determined you are suitable for the MNE Distance meet you may discuss options with your coach who may get in touch with me for manual entry consideration.

When will the timeline be published?
After the meet has closed.  It is impossible to predict the time of an event prior to the meet closing as timing always depends on how many people enter a particular event.  The timeline is a guideline only and subject to change.

How can I check my swimmer’s entries?
Log into Swim Central and either click on the Events section or Order History from your home page.

My swimmer is sick//injured can I request a refund?
You may request a refund if your swimmer is unable to attend for medical reasons however, you must email a medical certificate to meetdirector@smne.org.au as soon as you become aware or no later than 24 hours after the end of the meet.  Medical certificates submitted after that will not be accepted and no refund will be given.  Refunds must be requested via Swim Central PRIOR to the end of the meet.

When will the results be available and where can I see them?
The results will be approved on Swim Central 24 to 72 hours following the meet.  They will never be approved the same day as the meet.

What are the operating hours of SMNE?
SMNE is a not-for-profit community organisation which is solely run by volunteers, the majority of whom work full time jobs and perform the SMNE duties on their own time as a volunteer.  Therefore, there are no set office hours or operating hours.

I have a question not answered above, who do I contact?
Please email meetdirector@smne.org.au or see the SMNE website Contact Us page for the correct contact depending on your enquiry.  As all our volunteers have other jobs with varying hours, we cannot answer your questions by phone.