Use this form for Championship meets. Submit one form per meet.

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This form is to be used to bid on the following meets: 

Seniors Championships December 17-20, 2026 (3 1/2 Days Trials/Finals) OQM 

Open age group 3.5 day meet with the fastest qualifying times in the LSC. Takes places the week after USA Swimming Winter Junior Nationals to maximize attendance from the LSC’s top athletes.

Bronze Championships January 15-17, 2027 (2 ½ Days)-4 Sites Needed

First level championship meet for all ages. Qualifying times with no cut offs but Age Group & potentially Silvers qualifiers exhibition. New England Swimming is developing new Team Awards for this meet.

Silvers Championships January 29 - 31, 2027 (2 ½ Days) -3 Sites Needed

Intermediate championship meet for all ages. Qualifying times with no cut offs but Age Group Qualifiers Exhibition.

10 & Under Age Group Championships Feb 12-14, 2027 (2 ½ Days)

Top level LSC meet for 10 and under athletes. No separate 8 & Under qualifying times, awards or scoring. Meet size expected to be similar to 2025-26.

11-14 Age Group Championships Feb 18-21, 2027 (3 ½ Days Trials/Finals)

Top level LSC meet for 11-14 aged athletes. 

15-18 Age Group Championships February 25-28, 2027 (3 ½ Days Trials/Finals)

Qualifying times slightly below the New England Seniors championship meet and open exclusively to 15-18 athletes who have not competed for a college team during the current swim year. 

This meet is scheduled to allow Sectionals qualifiers to attend within typical training cycles to maximize participation from New England teams.

New England Cup:  March 12-14, 2027 (2 ½ Days Trials/Finals, No Qualifying times, subject to entry caps)- 3 Sites Needed

This is a 2.5 day meet likely with 1 session on Friday evening, 3 on Saturday, and 3 on Sunday. The meet is designed to allow for trials/finals experiences for swimmers while offering all events to athletes.

There are no qualifying times for the New England cup, and the meet is scheduled one week later than last year to allow coaches a weekend break after championships and extend training for swimmers another week into March.

To meet all these goals, the New England Cup requires a DIFFERENT format than traditional meets. Prelims for multiple 11 & Over events take place on FRIDAY evening with their finals on Saturday & Sunday. 11&Over Swimmers are limited to 3 events per day (not including finals from prior days). 10&U Swimmers can enter up to 6 events per day.

In addition, the New England Cup meet offers high point awards by stroke/IM/distance for each age group. Swimmers must swim all three events for their age group to qualify for these specialized awards. Teams are encouraged (but not required) to bring swimmers of all levels, with their higher level athletes focusing on off events.

 All bids must be received before June 22, 2026 to be considered.

There will be a limit of one sanction awarded per weekend for one host club at one pool. For the purpose of this policy, a weekend is defined as Thursday through Sunday. Only one participation fee per sanction is allowed.

In submitting this bid, the host understands that New England Swimming cannot guarantee a specific number of teams, swimmers, entries, or entry-fee revenue for any end-of-season meet.

For meets with assigned sites, including Bronze, Silvers, and New England Cup, New England Swimming may ask each host to identify the number of swimmers or entries the site can reasonably support. That information helps New England Swimming make site assignments and manage meet capacity, but it is not a guarantee that the assigned teams will ultimately enter the meet or that the meet will reach that capacity.

New England Swimming will ask clubs selecting a site to provide a good-faith estimate of expected athletes and to make reasonable efforts to enter a similar number in the meet. Clubs that materially reduce their expected entries without timely notice and/or without a reasonable explanation may be subject to review by New England Swimming.

Once sites are assigned, meet hosts are expected to communicate with assigned clubs and the New England Swimming office as needed to support participation and encourage timely entries. Final attendance and entry numbers will ultimately depend on club decisions, athlete eligibility, scheduling conflicts, and other factors outside the control of New England Swimming.