• ESSA East/South East
    Affiliated to ESSA

    Primary Individual Championships for Years 5 & 6
    Held under Swim England laws and Technical rules of swimming

    Friday 6th November 2026.
    Watford Leisure Centre, Horseshoe Lane, Watford WD25 7HH.
    7pm warm up for a prompt 7:30pm start.
    Events
    50m - Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Freestyle and 4x25 IM.
    £5.00 per race
    This gala is suitable for club / schools' team swimmers only.
     Entries will close on 20th October 2026
  • Please be sure to continue through the form untill you reach the SUBMIT button.

    When you click on the SUBMIT button you will immediately receive an acknowledgment page confirming your choices; If you do not receive this acknowledgement your form has not been submitted.

    Shortly thereafter you will receive an email from primary.essa@gmail.com confirming the entries you have chosen for your child.

  • Please Note

    • There are minimum entry times for each event; swimmers must have achieved or nearly achieved these times.   See table below.
    • There will be a pre-determined number of heats for each event due to gala run-time constraints so the promoter exercises the right to reject entries in the event the competition is oversubscribed.  Thus, achieving an entry time for an event does not necessarily guarantee acceptance.
    • Competitors must have reached the standard of the ASA competitive Start Award to dive from the blocks.
    • All correspondence about the gala, including acceptances, will be via email from: primary.essa@gmail.com.
    • Acceptances will be sent after entries have closed on 20th October.

    Minimum entry times

    Event  Year 5 girls  Year 6 girls  Year 5 boys  Year 6 boys
    50m Backstroke  54.00  47.00 54.00  50.00
    50m Breaststroke  56.00  52.00 59.00  55.00
    50m Butterfly  50.00  49.00  59.00  50.00
    50m Freestye  42.00  38.00 45.00  40.00
    4x25 IM  1.45.00  1.40.00 1.55.00  1.40.00

    Entry times must have been recorded at a gala by offical time keepers, at a schools gala or at a training session by your child's coach or swimming teacher.

     

  • ESSA East / South East PIC 2026

  • Parent / Guardian details. Fields marked * are required


  • Please ensure that you enter a valid and monitored email address.

  • Select events that  {firstName} wishes to enter by putting their achieved time in the appropriate box(es) below

    Please note the minimum entry times that {firstName} should have acheived, or nearly acheived, for each event *entered

    Event  Year 5 girls Year 6 girls  Year 5 boys  Year 6 boys
    50m Backstroke  54.00  47.00 54.00  50.00
    50m Breaststroke  56.00  52.00 59.00  55.00
    50m Butterfly  50.00  49.00  59.00  50.00
    50m Freestye  42.00  38.00 45.00  40.00
    4x25 IM  1.45.00  1.40.00 1.55.00  1.40.00

     Please note:  an entry without a time will be rejected.

    Entry times must have been recorded at a gala by official time keepers, at a schools gala or at a training session by your child's coach or swimming teacher.

  • Confirmation of Entries

    Year {schoolYear} {gender} {firstName} {surname} has entered {total} events:

    {ev1} {ev2} {ev3} {ev4} {ev5}

    To change anything use the back button to return to the previous page and select the entries you wish.

    Otherwise, please make note of payment details and continue to the end of the entry form until you reach the SUBMIT button.  

     

    Please send payment of £{cost} to:

     

    Account name: Hertfordshire Schools Swimming Association
    Sort code: 30-99-50
    Account number: 17565463

     

     Please use Y{schoolYear}{sex54}{surname} {firstName}

    as your payment reference.

    These Payment details will be on your acknowledement email.

  • Help on the night from Parents/Guardians

    All galas such as this one is run exclusively by volunteers. If you are able to help out at the gala, whether as official or on poolside please indicate below. 

  • Official qualificaton:

  • By clicking the submit button you confirm that you are entering

    Year {schoolYear} {gender} {firstName} {surname}

    into the ESSA East / Southeast Primary Individual Championships for years 5  & 6

    on Friday 6th November 2026

    Watford Leisure Centre, Woodside, Horseshoe Lane, Watford WD25 7HH. 

    {firstName}'s chosen events are:

    {ev1} {ev2} {ev3} {ev4} {ev5}

    Thank you for your entry

     

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