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South-East Primary Schools Team Championships

Qualifying Round - for National Finals

Sat 25 Apr, 2026 - Guildford Spectrum

Doors open at 5pm, Warm-up at 5:15pm Selected teams only

Frequently Asked Questions

Clash with SER Championships

We are aware that the date of the South East Primary Schools' team championships clashes with one of the South East Region age group championships events. We are often asked if we can avoid this clash.
Unfortunately there is no practical alternative date that will fit the ESSA national deadline, avoid conflict with the SER championships and avoid school holiday windows.
The clash happens most years and even when we have moved our competition we find that the SER dates still clash. We have to book the pool over a year in advance to be sure of availability and the SER do not finalise their dates until after our booking has been made.
It is usually possible for any primary school swimmers that do not make the finals at the SER championships to make their way to Guildford in time for the Schools team championships, so this clash does not affect many swimmers and is unavoidable.

Alternative methods of qualifying

We have been asked whether a team that is unable to compete at the South East Division's primary schools' team championships could use an alternative means for qualifying for the national championships.
This may be due to clash with other commitments of the team's swimmers, illness or injury.
While we allow alternative routes at the county round, it is not practical to do so at the divisional round and it is unfair to those that have made the divisional gala to use alternative routes.
Other divisions do not necessarily use the same conditions as we swim to in the South East qualifying gala, and the window between Divisional qualifying and entry to the national championships is already too short to allow for the logistics of alternative routes.

Downloads

Qualifiers and Reserves(consolidated results from County rounds): Download
Swimmer List: To be completed online by 24th April: on-line form
ESSA Primary Schools' Team Championships - Regulation (updated Jan 2026): Download
ESSA Technical Rules of Swimming (updated March 2023): Download
ESSA Clarification of In-The-Water starts/Takeovers: Download
Gala Notes: TBA
Warm-up lane allocation: TBA
Programme: TBA
Results: TBA

V0-a(PAC): 01-10-2011

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UserName: Guest Password : Home Calendar All events Gala events Other events General/Info events Past events Links		Gala, School: South-East Primary Schools Team Championships Qualifying Round - for National Finals Sat 25 Apr, 2026 - Guildford Spectrum Doors open at 5pm, Warm-up at 5:15pm Selected teams only Frequently Asked Questions Clash with SER Championships We are aware that the date of the South East Primary Schools' team championships clashes with one of the South East Region age group championships events. We are often asked if we can avoid this clash. Unfortunately there is no practical alternative date that will fit the ESSA national deadline, avoid conflict with the SER championships and avoid school holiday windows. The clash happens most years and even when we have moved our competition we find that the SER dates still clash. We have to book the pool over a year in advance to be sure of availability and the SER do not finalise their dates until after our booking has been made. It is usually possible for any primary school swimmers that do not make the finals at the SER championships to make their way to Guildford in time for the Schools team championships, so this clash does not affect many swimmers and is unavoidable. Alternative methods of qualifying We have been asked whether a team that is unable to compete at the South East Division's primary schools' team championships could use an alternative means for qualifying for the national championships. This may be due to clash with other commitments of the team's swimmers, illness or injury. While we allow alternative routes at the county round, it is not practical to do so at the divisional round and it is unfair to those that have made the divisional gala to use alternative routes. Other divisions do not necessarily use the same conditions as we swim to in the South East qualifying gala, and the window between Divisional qualifying and entry to the national championships is already too short to allow for the logistics of alternative routes. Downloads Qualifiers and Reserves(consolidated results from County rounds): Download Swimmer List: To be completed online by 24th April: on-line form ESSA Primary Schools' Team Championships - Regulation (updated Jan 2026): Download ESSA Technical Rules of Swimming (updated March 2023): Download ESSA Clarification of In-The-Water starts/Takeovers: Download Gala Notes: TBA Warm-up lane allocation: TBA Programme: TBA Results: TBA V0-a(PAC): 01-10-2011