OAS 2019-2020 Rulebook
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CANADA ARTISTIC SWIMMING OFFICIAL RULE BOOK UPDATED OCTOBER 2019 Ontario Addendum Ontario Addendum to CAS Rulebook 2019-2020 Season Updated November 20, 2019 ISBN 0-920619-52-2 Copyright Canadian Amateur Synchronized Swimming Association, Inc., 2002. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical or photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of Canada Artistic Swimming. This file may be printed from the CAS website for personal use only. Please direct any enquiries to the Rules/Technical Committee Chair, via email to: [email protected]. Format of this Rulebook Addendum: This document contains the full text of the October 2019 Canada Artistic Swimming Rulebook, which Ontario Competitions will follow, except where specifically noted otherwise. LEGEND: Black Text = Original Canada Artistic Swimming Rules Blue Text = Ontario-specific rules (Unchanged from 2018-2019 season) Red Text = Ontario-specific rules (New for 2019-2020 season) Black Text with Strikethrough = Original Canada Artistic Swimming Rules which do not apply to Ontario Competitions Questions about rules: This version of the Ontario Addendum Rulebook is now in its final form for the 2019-2020 season. Please notify Ontario Artistic Swimming if you find any errors or inconsistencies email: [email protected] Canada and Ontario Artistic Swimming Rulebook 2019 -2020 Updated Edition 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 2. DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 3. GENERAL RULES ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 3.1 ELIGIBILITY ............................................................................................................................................................ 14 3.2 SELECTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 21 3.3 PROTESTS .............................................................................................................................................................. 28 3.4 DOPING CONTROL ................................................................................................................................................. 29 4 COMPETITIONS .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 4.1 AGE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 30 4.2 TIME LIMITS ........................................................................................................................................................... 36 4.3 PENALTIES IN TECHNICAL ROUTINES ..................................................................................................................... 38 4.4 FREE COMBINATION & HIGHLIGHT ROUTINE ......................................................................................................... 39 4.5 FIGURES................................................................................................................................................................. 41 4.6 ROUTINES .............................................................................................................................................................. 46 4.7 SCORING AND DRAWS ........................................................................................................................................... 49 4.8 MUSIC ................................................................................................................................................................... 57 4.9 EXHIBITION COMPETITORS .................................................................................................................................... 57 5 COMPETITION MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................... 59 5.1 HOSTING MEETS ................................................................................................................................................... 59 5.2 AWARDS ................................................................................................................................................................ 62 6 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITORS ................................................................................................................................ 62 6.2 QUOTAS FOR ROUTINES ........................................................................................................................................ 62 6.3 QUALIFYING FOR FINALS ........................................................................................................................................ 63 6.4 FOREIGN COMPETITOR AWARDS ........................................................................................................................... 63 7 OFFICIALS .................................................................................................................................................................. 63 7.1 OFFICIALS APPAREL ............................................................................................................................................... 63 7.2 OFFICIALS CONFLICT OFINTEREST .......................................................................................................................... 63 Canada and Ontario Artistic Swimming Rulebook 2019 -2020 Updated Edition 2 7.3 FIGURES................................................................................................................................................................. 63 7.4 ROUTINES .............................................................................................................................................................. 70 8 RESERVED .................................................................................................................................................................. 74 9 MASTERS ................................................................................................................................................................... 74 9.1 GENERAL RULES ..................................................................................................................................................... 74 9.2 APPENDIX C CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................................... 74 9.3 INTERNATIONAL MASTERS COMPETITIONS ........................................................................................................... 74 9.4 JUDGING OF MASTERS ROUTINES .......................................................................................................................... 74 APPENDIX A – Reserved ..................................................................................................................................................... 75 APPENDIX B – AWARDS ..................................................................................................................................................... 76 APPENDIX C - MASTERS ..................................................................................................................................................... 79 ON APPENDIX C – ONTARIO MASTERS ............................................................................................................................... 81 APPENDIX D - REQUIRED ELEMENTS FOR SENIOR FINA AND JUNIOR FINA ......................................................................... 83 APPENDIX E - NATIONAL COMPETITIVE FIGURE GROUPS ................................................................................................... 86 APPENDIX F - Reserved ...................................................................................................................................................... 87 APPENDIX G - ATHLETES WITH A DISABILITY (AWAD/AWD) ............................................................................................... 88 PHYSICAL: .......................................................................................................................................................................... 88 APPENDIX H - PROVINCIAL AGE GROUP GUIDELINES ......................................................................................................... 95 ON APPENDIX I – Ontario Awards ...................................................................................................................................... 98 ON APPENDIX K – Ontario Figure Groups & Descriptions ................................................................................................. 114 NOVICE FIGURES 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