2026 HSSA Secondary Inter-District Schools gala - Rules
The current rules for this gala are below:
A swimmer may NOT compete out of his/her age group.
The competition is in three age groups.
Junior:
12 - 13 years: born between 1/9/12 and 31/8/14 (year 7 & 8)
Intermediate:
14 - 15 years: born between 1/9/10 and 31/8/12 (years 9 & 10)
Senior:
16 - 18 years: born between 1/9/07 and 31/8/10 (years 11, 12 & 13)
Juniors & Intermediate swimmers may take part in one individual and one team event OR two team events.
1 swimmer in each team may swim 1 individual and 2 team events.
Seniors may take part in 1 individual & 2 team events. IM is not included in the individual events for Seniors
All individual events are 50m except I.M. (100m)
https://www.calculator.net/age-calculator.html
A swimmer may NOT compete out of his/her age group.
The competition is in three age groups.
Junior:
12 - 13 years: born between 1/9/12 and 31/8/14 (year 7 & 8)
Intermediate:
14 - 15 years: born between 1/9/10 and 31/8/12 (years 9 & 10)
Senior:
16 - 18 years: born between 1/9/07 and 31/8/10 (years 11, 12 & 13)
Juniors & Intermediate swimmers may take part in one individual and one team event OR two team events.
1 swimmer in each team may swim 1 individual and 2 team events.
Seniors may take part in 1 individual & 2 team events. IM is not included in the individual events for Seniors
All individual events are 50m except I.M. (100m)
https://www.calculator.net/age-calculator.html