Copeland ASC started this competition in the mid 1990’s to complement the Bill and Monica Griffin Gala. The gala is open to swimmers of all abilities with a range of 'graded' events and some 'open' events.

The 'graded' events all have an 'Upper Limit Time' (ULT) and swimmers who have achieved a faster time than the ULT for a particular event cannot enter. The 'open' events do not have ULTs and all swimmers, including those who are too fast for the 'graded' events, can enter.

In the ‘Graded’ events, awards will be made to the top 6 places in each age group. Any competitor who swims more than one second faster than the upper limit time will be excluded from the awards but will be presented with a ‘Speeding Ticket’. 

The Open events are 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle and 100m and 200m IM. In these events, awards will be made to the 6 fastest swimmers regardless of age; no ‘Speeding Tickets’ are awarded in these events.

Link to 2010 Entry Conditions

Link to 2010 Entry File

Link to Sportsystems Entry Manager help video

Link to Sportsystems website - to download Entry Manager 2.0 - must be done before the Entry File is downloaded. (Note also the Documentation tab on the left hand side of the Sportsystems home page where there is additional help/assistance.)

Follow this link to the 2009 Results page