The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) will open its calendar of events with an Inter-Club Swim Meet scheduled from February 11 – 13 at the Castellani Swimming Pool.
According to a press release from the association, the meet will feature races for all age ranges from the 8-and-under category to the 15-and-over category.
The meet, the release said, is aimed at testing the preparedness of the swimmers during the endurance phase of their training for the 2011 Inter-Guiana Games, Goodwill Games and other upcoming overseas competitions.
Competitors are allowed to enter any number of events in their respective categories. Registration for the event closed last Thursday.
This event will be followed by the Mashramani Meet CONSANAT Youth Championships from March 4 – 6, while another Inter-Club competition is billed for April 9.
And in April also the association is eyeing three overseas events: an invitational meet in St Lucia from the 8 – 10, the Inter-Guiana Games in Suriname from the 15 – 17, and the CARIFTA Games in Barbados from the 23 – 26.
In May GASA has scheduled the Independence meet from the 27 – 29, while attendance at a Barbados invitational is also hopeful.
Another inter-club competition is scheduled for June and the GASA Championships/Goodwill Time Trial LC (Long Course) is set to take place from July 15 – 17.
The association has also listed the FINA World Junior Championships scheduled to be held in Lima, Peru from August 16 – 21 on their calendar of events, while the Goodwill Games are set for Trinidad from the 19 – 21.
Two inter-club competitions are again scheduled for September and October, while the Commonwealth Youth Games and Pan Am Games are respectively set for September and October.
This weekend’s schedule of events are:
Friday, Feb 11 6:00am Warm-up
7:00am (11 & Over) 1500m Freestyle
Saturday, Feb 12 9:00am Warm-up
10:00am (11 & Over) 800m Freestyle
100m (8&U)/200m Backstroke
Lunch Break
13:00pm 100m (8&U)/200m Butterfly
100m (8&U)/200m Freestyle
Sunday, Feb 13 10:30am Warm-up
11:30am 200m (8 to12)/400m Individual Medley
Lunch Break
13:30pm 100m (8&U)/200m Breaststroke
200m (8 & U)/400m Freestyle
