2011 edition :: video


Programme :: Overview

The meet will be held at the “Paolo Costoli” swimming complex:
Viale Paoli - Florence Italy
Tel: +39/055/6236027

This is an outdoor pool long course (50 meter) with 10 lanes in the middle of a big park, with a 25 meter pool with 9 lanes continually available for training and warm-up (plus a kids pool). The temperature of the water will be 26/27°c (80/81 degrees Fahrenheit), timing will be automatic touch-pads. Big parking area will be available in front of the pool.

Programme :: Scheduling

Saturday, May 28th

  • 1:00 pm Welcome! Program and gadgets distribution
  • 1:30 pm Warm-up
  • 2:30 pm
    • 200 freestyle
    • 200 backstroke
    • 100 butterfly
    • 50 breaststroke
    • 4 x 25 “Funny free relay” (see explanation below)
  • 8:30 pm Warm-up
  • 9:30 pm 50 free with “Australiana” (see explanation below)

Sunday, May 29th

  • 8:30 am Warm-up
  • 9:30 am
    • 200 breaststroke
    • 200 butterfly
    • 200 individual medley
    • 50 backstroke
    • 50 butterfly
    • 4 x 50 Mixed Medley Relay

Australiana

Of all the participants in the 50 free, the 10 best male and female times will participate in finals with the immediate elimination of the last 2 participants (alternating male and female) until the last heat, in which 4 swimmers race for the first 3 places and awarded with prizes (3 males and 3 females)

4x25 Funny free relay

The relay scores will not be included in the final team ranking and will be “free”, meaning that each team may be made up of 2 men/2 women, from different clubs, nationalities, any swimsuits, wigs, anything! During the dinner (before the 50 free begins) the funniest relays will be rewarded.

THIS WILL BE A RELAY PARTY!! SHOW OFF YOUR FANTASY!

Programme :: Rules and awards

  • The list of relays must be presented to the organization before the end of the 200 backstroke.
  • Men and women will compete in the same heats for the individual races.
  • The results will be divided by sex and age categories.
  • The heats will be organized from the slowest to the fastest times : we KINDLY ask the teams to specify the entry times on the application form attached.
  • ONLY ONE START WILL BE ALLOWED
  • Athletes who are affiliated with an Italian team may participate in 2 individual races.
  • Athletes who are affiliated with a non-Italian team may participate in 3 individual races , however only the first 2 listed on the entry form will be considered valid for the final team classification results. The 3rd individual race will be regularly awarded.
  • The team results will be made up of the total of the points of each athlete obtained during the meet using the FIN Supermasters 2010/11 system. The first 15 teams with the highest accumulated scores will be awarded a prize.
  • For the individual races, the first 3 of each age and sex category will pick up their awards.

  • Awards to the teams will be made in poolside ceremony immediately after the end of the meet.