Brighton Beach, Adelaide Saturday 26 – Monday 28 January 2019 EVENT INFORMATION BOOK Updated 20 November 2018 IMPORTANT NOTE: The information in this booklet is correct at the time of publishing. Swimming Australia Limited will not be held liable for any costs and expenses incurred by any person following any changes to the information outlined in this Event Information Book. Any updates/amendments to this booklet will be posted on the SAL website in the same location this booklet can be found. TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION ONE: GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................. 3 1.1. Event Staff ............................................................................................................................ 3 1.2. Swimming Australia Calendar 2019 .................................................................................... 3 SECTION TWO: EVENT INFORMATION ...................................................................................... 4 2.1. Event Details ........................................................................................................................ 4 2.2. Entry Procedures ................................................................................................................. 4 2.2.1 Entry fees (prices are inclusive of GST) ................................................................... 4 2.3. Club points scoring ........................................................................................................... 5 2.4. Race Program and Briefings ............................................................................................... 5 2.4.1 Team Leaders Meeting ............................................................................................ 5 2.4.2 JX 2.5km Swim ........................................................................................................ 5 2.4.3 Pre-Race Briefings ................................................................................................... 5 2.5. Accreditation ........................................................................................................................ 6 2.6. Merchandise ......................................................................................................................... 6 2.7. By-Laws and Race Rules ..................................................................................................... 6 2.7.1. Wetsuits ................................................................................................................... 6 2.7.2. Electronic Timing Instructions .................................................................................. 7 2.7.3. Race Finish .............................................................................................................. 7 2.7.4. Escort Craft .............................................................................................................. 7 2.7.5. 7.5km and 10km Events .......................................................................................... 7 2.8. Codes of Conduct and the Safe Sport Framework ............................................................ 8 2.9. Team Selection .................................................................................................................... 8 2.10. Pre-Meet Training................................................................................................................. 9 2.11. Warm-up and cool down ..................................................................................................... 9 2.12. Registrations ...................................................................................................................... 10 2.13. Results and Awards ........................................................................................................... 10 2.14. Medical Information ........................................................................................................... 10 2.14.1 Event First Aid ....................................................................................................... 10 2.14.2 Local Medical Facilities .......................................................................................... 11 2.14.3. Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) .................................................. 11 2.14.4. Heat and Sun Protection ........................................................................................ 12 2.14.5 Water Temperature ................................................................................................ 13 SECTION THREE: VENUE INFORMATION ................................................................................ 14 3.1. Getting to the Event ........................................................................................................... 14 3.2. Venue Location .................................................................................................................. 14 3.3. Contingency Venue ........................................................................................................... 15 SAL Information Book: 2019 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships 1 3.4. Course Information ............................................................................................................ 16 3.5. Toilets and Amenities ........................................................................................................ 16 3.6. Further Information ............................................................................................................ 16 SECTION FOUR: APPENDICES ................................................................................................. 17 4.1. Appendix A – JX Open Water Information ....................................................................... 17 4.2. Appendix B – Preparing Age Athletes for Open Water Swimming ................................. 19 4.3. Appendix C – JX Event Consent Form ............................................................................. 20 4.4. Appendix D – Adult Race Feeder Participant Declaration Form ..................................... 21 4.5. Appendix E – Under 18 Race Feeder Participant Declaration Form ............................... 24 4.6. Appendix F – ASADA Guidelines ...................................................................................... 27 4.7. Appendix G – Course Map ................................................................................................ 30 4.8. Appendix H – Adelaide, South Australia – Destination Information ............................... 32 SAL Information Book: 2019 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships 2 SECTION ONE: GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1. Event Staff Name Position E-mail Contact Amie Quirk GM, Events [email protected] Adam Pine GM, Paralympic & Open Water Programs [email protected] Hannah Event Manager [email protected] Sidebottom Liz Avery Entries, Records and Results Specialist [email protected] Wade Meaney Event Coordinator [email protected] Dale Johnson Event Coordinator [email protected] Karen Macleod Technical Manager [email protected] Stella Carrara Assistant Technical Manager (OWS) [email protected] Kate Hutchison Head of Media and Communications [email protected] 1.2. Swimming Australia Calendar 2019 January 19 – 28 Australia Swims Australia-wide 26 – 28 2019 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships Adelaide, SA April 07 - 12 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships Adelaide, SA 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Age Swimming 15 – 22 Adelaide, SA Championships June 09 – 14 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Trials Brisbane, QLD October 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Short Course 24 – 26 Melbourne, VIC Championships SAL Information Book: 2019 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships 3 SECTION TWO: EVENT INFORMATION 2.1. Event Details The 2019 Australian Open Water Championships return to the picturesque Brighton Beach from 26 – 28 January 2019. Australia’s pinnacle open water swimming event will showcase the country’s top and emerging open water swimming talent. A senior and junior team will be selected at the 2019 Australian Championships, further information on team selection can be found below: Senior Team Selection: for details on senior team selection please click HERE. Junior Team Selection: for details on junior team selection please click HERE. 2.2. Entry Procedures Entries for the 2019 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships will open at 9.00am AEDST on Wednesday 21 November 2018. Entries will close at 11.59pm (AEDST) on Monday 7 January 2019. All individual entries must be lodged using the Swimming Australia Ltd (SAL) online entry system. The online entry system can be accessed via the Swimming Australia website www.swimming.org.au. Please note that SAL has a strict ‘no late entries’ policy. Swimmers entering in a relay only and not individual events must enter online as a relay only swimmer. Relay only swimmers entering the age relay must enter event 20 and relay only swimmers entering the open relay must enter event 21. Relay only swimmers who fail to enter online will not receive event accreditation and will be ineligible to swim on event day. Relay entries for the event must be entered separately on the relay entry page and can only be submitted by the club registrar. ENTER RELAY TEAMS HERE Age for Open events