Rule Changes

This page contains a list of changes made to the rules governing Officials within ASSA and changes to the following governance documents of the ASSA:

• Bylaws - the governing bylaws of the organization as filed with Corporate Registries in Alberta
• Rules and Regulations - the rules and regulations governing swimming and swim meets within ASSA
• Policies and Procedures - the policies and procedures in effect supporting all the administrative functions within ASSA

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March 20, 2011 - New Bylaws were approved by the membership at  the Spring General meeting. 

November 20, 2011

• R&R 8.4.1 was revised to include the requirement to participate in one meet during the current season, prior to the Regional Championship, to qualify for the Regional Championship Meet.
• R&R 8.1.2 was revised from 6 lanes to 5 lanes as a minimum pool requirement to host Regional Championship Meets.

August 12, 2011 - eligibility for Masters swimming was changed with the removal of Unattached Masters.  All Masters (18&Over) swimmers must be a member of an ASSA swim club beginning the 2012 season. Open Relay Records were also retired.

March 20, 2011 - Revised Rules and Regulations were approved by the Board at the ASSA Board meeting. The following is a brief overview of the changes made, please review the ASSA Rules and Regulations to see all the changes.

• Swimmer Eligibility
  • 4 classifications for swimmers
  • Reduced restriction on 8&U swimmers
  • Removal of restrictions on 18&O swimmers
  • Addtional detailing on off-season training allowances/restrictions
• Regions
  • Guidelines for Region assignment added
• Regular Season Swim Meets
  • Additional requirements detailed
  • Meet Pacakge requirements
  • Regulations on entry fees
• Regional Championship Meets
  • Increased standardization
  • minimum 6 lane pool requirement
  • Standard meet format, scoring and awards
• Provincial Championship meet
  • Standardized event order and ormat
  • Removal of Regional Relays
  • Additional team and individual awards
• Para-Swimming Events
  
  • Revised from mixed to separate gender: required by IPC.
  • 25 Fly changed to 50 Fly: 50 Fly is the minimum recognized event for para-swimming by IPC.

March 20, 2011 - At the ASSA Board meeting, records representing age groups 15&16, 15&O and 17&O were retired.  The most current record was transferred into the 15-17 age group.  All retired records will continue to be displayed on the ASSA web site.  ASSA will not maintain records for the 18&O age group as records for this age group are maintained by the Alberta Masters Swimming Association.

November 6, 2010 - Changes to Standard ASSA Swimmign Events were approved.  A survey was completed in October 2010 to review the implementation of the new events during the 2010 season - as a result of feedback received (450 responses) from the survey the following changes were approved for events starting with the 2011 season:

• new distances for backstroke, breaststroke and fly will be retained
• new age categories in distance freestyle (200, 400 and 800 metres) will be retained
• 200 and 400 freestyle events will be returned to the two heat format (2 qualifiers per region) at Provincials
• the 15&Over age categories will be replaced with 15-17 and 18&Over age categories
• all swimmers in the the 18&Over age category will be considered competitive - the eligibility restrictions have been removed for this age category
• the 18&Over category has been introduced to match the entry age level for Masters swimming in Canada and will be promoted as a place for life long summer swimming
• para-swimming events have been changed to Mixed 25 Fly, 50 Breast, 50 Back, 50 Free and 100 Free
• the age groups for relays have been changed to 8&U, 10&U, 12&U, 14&U, 17&U and Open. This allows relays to be formed using the age of the oldest swimmer removing the need for relays to swim in the Open category if they only had one swimmer in an age group

To see a current list of ASSA Standard events, CLICK HERE