2023 Australian Age Championships

Please check here each day of competition for any changes to the Heats Timeline, the addition of the Finals Timeline for each evening and for the evening Finals Program.

Finals Timelines and Programs will be loaded each day after the conclusion of Heats. Hard copies will not be available at the venue for spectators.

Finals Timeline is to be used as a GUIDELINE only and is subjected to changes.

Finals Timeline V2 – Point Score Announcement added before State Relays

Current Heats timeline version: V6 – 10/04/23

Entries closed 11:59pm AEDT Tuesday 21st March, 2023.

Relay Only swimmers must process their accreditation payment via this payment link. All other swimmers will receive automatic accreditation. This applies for any swimmer selected to enter a State Relay who is not swimming any individual events. If you have any questions surrounding this procedure, please reach out to us via events@swimming.org.au for assistance.

Please refer to the documents below for important information regarding the Australian Age Championships.

The Team Manager and Coaches briefing recording can be found here

Swimmers may only contest one club 4x50m freestyle relay, one club 4x50m medley relay, one club 4x100m freestyle relay, one club 4x100m medley relay, one state 4x50m freestyle relay and one state 4x50m medley relay across the Championships.

Each state may enter one team in each state relay event.

Events 44 – 49, 4x50m Freestyle State Relays can be made up of 4 swimmers from the relevant age bands at your discretion.

However, for fairness across gender and age brackets, events 204 – 208, Mixed 4x50m Medley State Relays must be formed with 2 female and 2 male swimmers from the relevant age band.

For eg. Event 207 Mixed 13/14 years State Medley Relay must consist of 2 x 13 year old female swimmers and 2 x 14 year old male swimmers.

This ensures that each of the four age groups of each gender will be involved.

You may submit your entry via Swim Central, or TM File if you prefer (please reach out to our Events team for a copy of the TM File. This may only be used for State Relay Entries).

Reserves may be added, and final names must be confirmed prior to the start of Event 34 (for Freestyle relays) or Event 194 (for Medley relays).

Please reach out to us if you have any further questions surrounding this process.

Accreditation is now open. Accreditation will close at 12:00AM AEDT Sunday 19th March.

Coaches and Technical Officials may now apply for event accreditation via Swim Central. User guides are available below for first time users.

For all other accreditation applications, please use the first option below.

Click here for Event Accreditation

Click here for Coaches and Technical Officials Accreditation

For MC Carer passes, please email us for assistance – do not use the links above.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your accreditation application, please email events@swimming.org.au for further assistance.

Swimming Australia Swimming Rules: Following changes to the World Aquatics Competition Rules on 1^st January and 21^st February, Swimming Australia has updated its Swimming Rules effective 28^th March. Please note that World Aquatics has advised that further changes to their rules are imminent, although such are reported not to be substantive. If necessary Swimming Australia will further update its rules to follow World Aquatics. The prevailing Swimming Australia Swimming Rules will apply during Age and Open.

Competition Rules (previously By-Laws) can also be found below.

There will be a live site situated to the north of the venue for people to catch the action of the Australian Age Championships.

There will be a big screen and food trucks around to make a day of it, with all sessions being shown.

Bring a picnic rug or chairs and make yourself comfortable while you catch all the swimming action from inside the venue.

The event is being broadcast LIVE by Channel 9 and Wide World of Sports via the 9Now platform

To watch replays of the event are available through our YouTube Channel and available after the session concludes