Club Championships 2025 Online Programme

Chichester Cormorants Swimming Club are very pleased to welcome you to our annual Club Championships and especially to those members who are swimming in these for the first time. Please show your appreciation for their efforts during the races by cheering, shouting and clapping but could everybody please BE QUIET FOR THE START OF EACH EVENT (from the referees first single whistle until the swimmers leave the blocks), so that all swimmers can hear the starting commands. Thank you and we hope that you enjoy the event.

  

Programme of Events:

 

 

Saturday 15 November

Sunday 16 November

Doors open/registration

5.30pm

1.30pm

Registration closes

5.45pm

1.45pm

Warm up starts

6.00pm

2.00pm

Event starts

6.30pm

IM

Fly

Free

 

2.30pm

 

Back

Breaststroke

 

 

Expected finish time

8.30pm

4.30pm

 

Promoter’s conditions

  1. Age group limits will be age on 16 November 2025.
  2. The Championships are swum under Swim England Laws and Swim England Technical Rules.
  3. Swimmers should enter events for their age group. The closing date for entries is Friday 7 November 2025.
  4. The Female category is for birth sex females in accordance with Swim England’s Transgender and Non-Binary Competition Policy. By entering the ‘Female’ category, a swimmer confirms that their birth sex is female.
  5. The pool length is 25m. Race distances will be:
  • Under 10 & U12 – 50m
  • Under 14, U16, Open & Masters – 100m
  • All ages: Individual Medley – 4 x 25m
  1. Swimmers must register 15 minutes before declared warm up start time for each session. Late registrations will not be accepted.
  2. Within each age group swimmers will be put into heats based on their personal best swimming times as held on the Chichester Cormorants database.  
  3. If after registration a swimmer is unable to swim an event, he / she should report immediately to the Event Control Desk and explain the reason. The withdrawal will then be reported to the Event Referee.
  4. Failure to report a withdrawal from an event will result in swimmer being withdrawn from all remaining events in the Event on both days.
  5. Results will be decided on heat time classification: there will be no finals.
  6. There will be a trophy for the winner of each event and medals for the swimmers coming first, second and third. All trophies will be presented at the annual club awards ceremony in January 2026.
  7. Swim England rules require any swimmer who moves / starts before the starting signal will be disqualified.

 

Safety Briefing

 

  1. Ravelin Sports Centre / Churchers College: You are reminded that the depth of the water is constant at 2m. Starting blocks are 60cm at Ravelin and 65cm at Churchers College above water level.
  2. If there is a false start, you should continue with a shallow racing dive, you must not topple into the water head downwards as this is dangerous.
  3. If you are starting in the water, you must lower yourself over the side; do not jump or dive.
  4. Everyone attending this event should familiarise themselves with the locations of the emergency exits, which should be kept clear at all times.
  5. If it becomes necessary to evacuate the building an alarm will sound. Please wait for further instructions from the pool staff. Spectators and swimmers should use the marked emergency exits and swimmers and officials must not return to the changing rooms to collect their clothes or belongings.
  6. During warm-up please swim clockwise in lanes 1, 3, 5 & 7 and anti-clockwise in lanes 2, 4, 6 & 8 at Ravelin and in lanes 1, 3 & 5 and 2, 4 & 6 at Churchers College. There is to be no diving during warm-up unless in a designated one-way sprint lane.
  7. Swimmers are reminded that they should not wear any watches, pacing devices, wrist or ankle bands or jewellery.
  8. Swimmers and Coaches, please note that the use of mobile phones in the changing rooms is strictly forbidden. 

 

 CCSC Club Championships 2025 Order of Events

Saturday 15th November 2025

 

Event

Age group

Stroke

Distance

Gender

1

U10

Individual Medley

100m

F

2

U10

Individual Medley

100m

M

3

U12

Individual Medley

100m

F

4

U12

Individual Medley

100m

M

5

U14 / U16

Individual Medley

100m

F

6

U14 / U16

Individual Medley

100m

M

7

Masters / Open

Individual Medley

100m

F

8

Masters / Open

Individual Medley

100m

M

 

 

 

 

 

9

U10

Fly

50m

F

10

U10

Fly

50m

M

11

U12

Fly

50m

F

12

U12

Fly

50m

M

13

U14 / U16

Fly

100m

F

14

U14 / U16

Fly

100m

M

15

Masters / Open

Fly

100m

F

16

Masters / Open

Fly

100m

M

 

 

 

 

 

17

U10

Freestyle

50m

F

18

U10

Freestyle

50m

M

19

U12

Freestyle

50m

F

20

U12

Freestyle

50m

M

21

U14 / U16

Freestyle

100m

F

22

U14 / U16

Freestyle

100m

M

23

Masters / Open

Freestyle

100m

F

24

Masters / Open

Freestyle

100m

M

 

 

 

 

 

 

CCSC Awards Presentation for the Club Champs will take place in January 2026

 

 

CCSC Club Championships 2025 Order of Events

Sunday 16th November 2025

 

 

Event

Age group

Stroke

Distance

Gender

25

U10

Backstroke

50m

F

26

U10

Backstroke

50m

M

27

U12

Backstroke

50m

F

28

U12

Backstroke

50m

M

29

U14 / U16

Backstroke

100m

F

30

U14 / U16

Backstroke

100m

M

31

Masters / Open

Backstroke

100m

F

32

Masters / Open

Backstroke

100m

M

 

 

 

 

 

33

U10

Breaststroke

50m

F

34

U10

Breaststroke

50m

M

35

U12

Breaststroke

50m

F

36

U12

Breaststroke

50m

M

37

U14 / U16

Breaststroke

100m

F

38

U14 / U16

Breaststroke

100m

M

39

Masters / Open

Breaststroke

100m

F

40

Masters / Open

Breaststroke

100m

M

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CCSC Awards Presentation from the Club Champs will take place January 2026