2Flitwick Dolphins Swimming Club Fixtures 2012

January
13^th	Presentation evening
14^th	Home Counties League R1 (Witney)
15^th	Linslade Crusaders Open (Bletchley)
21^st - 22^nd	Biggleswade Open (Biggleswade)
28^th	Chiltern League Round 1 (Bletchley)
February
18^th	Home Counties League R2 (Aylesbury)
18^th	County Championships 800/1500m (Biggleswade)
25^th  - 26^th	County Championships (Biggleswade)
25^th	Chiltern League Round 2
March
10^th -11^th	County Championships (Biggleswade)
24^th	Home Counties League R3
April
14^th	Chiltern League Round 3 (Dunstable)
14^th – 15^th	Radford Open (Ponds Forge)
28^th – 29^th	CMK Open (Bletchley)
May
5^th – 6^th	East Region Youth Championships (Basildon)
12^th	Gareth Jeans Gala, Dunstable
12^th – 13^th	MBSS Open (Biggleswade)
26^th	Junior League Round 1 (Bletchley)
June
2^nd – 3^rd	East Region Age Groups
9^th – 10^th	East Region Age Groups
17^th	AGM
30^th	Watford Open
July
1^st	Watford Open
7^th	Junior League Round 2
TBC	End of season meet
15^th	Open water; East Region Championships; 800m, 1.5k, 3k, 5k
17^th-21^st	National Youth Championships
21^st	End of Season Ball (Flitwick Village Hall)
22^nd – 26^th	National Age Group Championships
August
TBC	Open water events
September
8^th	Dunstable B-grade trophy gala
15^th	Junior League Round 3
TBC	Beds ASA development meet, Biggleswade
October
6^th – 7^th	Maxwell Open
13^th	National League
27^th - 28^th	Flitwick Dolphins Open
November
10^th	National League
16^th – 18^th	Club championships
23^rd – 25^th	Club championships
December
1^st – 2^nd TBC	East Region Winter Championships
8^th	National League
9^th	Maxwell Open

Interclub galas

The club takes part in four leagues, the Chiltern League, the Milton Keynes and District Junior League (up to 12 and under), the Home Counties League and the West Midlands Division of the National Arena League.  The Chiltern League is a C-grade competition with ‘no faster than’ time limits, but we pick our fastest team within those limits.  The Junior, Home Counties and Arena leagues are very competitive and we field our best available team for every gala. The club also takes part in a number of one-off galas with other clubs. 

Selection policy

Flitwick Dolphins is a competitive swimming club and we enter competitions with the aim of winning or doing as well as we can.  We therefore pick the fastest team available.  The team list is drafted using the PB times of every swimmer for each event.  The coaches then make adjustments to the team as they see fit; the coaches have the final word on selection. 

Open Meets

As the name suggests, Open Meets are open to anyone, although most charge a fee and have qualifying times that a swimmer must have achieved in order to enter; some also have upper limits on qualifying times.  Open Meets are set at different levels, so all of our swimmers should be able to take part in some of them.  Some meets are licensed by the ASA; times set at these meets are used to compile the national rankings and can be used for entry into the Regional and National championships. 

The club targets a number of meets through the year at which it provides poolside coaching.

County, Regional and National Championships

The Bedfordshire County championships are held in March and are an important event for the club.  Every swimmer who qualifies should enter.  

The next levels up are the East Region, which holds age group, youth and open championships, and the Nationals.  The qualifying times for these championships are very tough.    

Club Championships

The club championships are open to every swimmer in the club, are great fun, often very competitive and a great opportunity to establish PBs.  They are held in the Autumn.