Tena koutou katoa,
Over the past few weeks, our team has been working tirelessly to adjust our upcoming national events so they can be delivered under the current red traffic light of the Covid-19 Protection Framework. We have been working closely with Sport NZ, our Events Advisory Committee, regional staff, Taupo City Council and each venue to comply with these settings and the venue’s respective challenges to comply with these settings as well. We’d like to thank them again for their assistance. We are stoked to share that plans for the national events until the end of May 2022 will proceed under the current Covid-19 Protection Framework settings, which will require all participants to have a valid My Vaccine Passes. We can’t wait to host you at our national events, and we ask for your assistance to help us do so safely. We are strongly encouraging all swimmers, families, and coaches to read this update and information on the respective event webpage thoroughly and for swimmers to make an informed decision before entering. We also ask that swimmers read the Terms & Conditions when entering to understand their responsibilities to assist keeping each other as safe as possible. As noted in Dale’s letter to the community on Friday 4 February, the upcoming national events will be delivered quite differently than they have been in the past to accommodate the current Covid-19 Protection Framework. Regardless of the traffic light colour when the event commences, our plans will be delivered for each event as communicated today so that should the country change traffic light mid-event, we can continue the event. This is so we can provide the greatest level of confidence that the event will proceed under the current Covid-19 Protection Framework. To assist in outlining the differences, we have provided an overview of the key changes for each respective event below. These changes have been made to enable us to run these events. Please note, the alternative option was for these events to be cancelled. The event schedules and event information have been updated significantly and are now available on our event webpages. Please see more details for each event below:
Key changes for Open Water include:
Relays have been removed
Pods of 100 will result in swimmers setting off in waves for each respective event
Pods will be communicated after entries close
Swimmer packs will be available in your pod pens
The event area will only be for staff and swimmers and will be fenced off from the public
Please visit our event webpage for more information.
Key changes for Epic Swim include:
Relays have been removed
Mini 100m and Minor 500m events have been removed
Pods of 100 will result in swimmers setting off in waves for each respective event
Event registration will not be held on Friday, swimmer packs will be available in your pod pens
The event area will only be for staff and swimmers and will be fenced off from the public
Please visit our event webpage for more information.
This event has been extended to become a 6 day competition, starting a day earlier than scheduled and removing the warm-up day. Entries will be opened on Wednesday 23 February, due to limiting event capacity, competitors will not be charged their entry fees until the psych sheets have confirmed those in each event. Entry fees will then be charged to the credit card saved on the Fast Lane profile.
Key changes include:
Entries will open Wednesday 23 February 2022
Qualifying times have not been adjusted
Relays have been removed
4 pods of 100 (2 male, 2 female) with heats and finals within pods
50mins warm-up in competition pool prior to session commencing
Top 24 for 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m events
Top 16 for 800m and 1500m events
Top 16 for 50m and 100m Freestyle MC events
Top 10 for all other MC events
Timelines and pods will be confirmed once entries are closed
Results will be collated after each finals sessions, medals sent post-event
No coaches will be permitted on pool deck due to capacity for swimmers
No spectators, all sessions will be available on livestream and live results available on Mytogs
Please visit our event webpage for more information.
This event has been extended to become a 6 day competition, starting a day earlier than scheduled and removing the warm-up day. Pods of 100 will be divided by age group and gender and these will be confirmed after entries close. Heats and finals have been replaced by timed finals due to time constraints.
Key changes include:
Entries will open Wednesday 23 February 2022
Qualifying times have not been adjusted
All events will be timed finals
Relays have been removed
Pods of 100 will be divided by age groups and gender
30mins warm-up in competition pool prior to session commencing
Timelines and pods will be confirmed once entries are closed
Medals will be presented at the end of session
No coaches will be permitted on pool deck due to capacity for swimmers
No spectators, all sessions will be available on livestream and live results available on Mytogs
Please visit our event webpage for more information.
This event will remain a 5 day competition, with no warm-up day. Pods of 100 will be divided by age group and gender and these will be confirmed after entries close. Heats and finals have been replaced by timed finals due to time constraints.
Key changes include:
Entries will remain opening on Tuesday 15 March 2022
Qualifying times have not been adjusted