Mediterranean Swimming Cup Torrevieja (Spain) 30 June 1 July

Real Federacion Española de Natación Mediterranean Swimming Cup Torrevieja (Spain) 30 June 1 July

Organizer XVIII Mediterranean Swimming Cup Torrevieja (Spain)/June 30 th July 1 st, 2012 General Information ROYAL SPANISH SWIMMING FEDERATION Address: C/ Juan Esplandiu, 1 28007 Madrid (Spain) Phone: +34 915 572 006 Fax: +34 914 097 062 E-mail: javierfdez@rfen.es Contact person: Mr. Javier FERNANDEZ. Venue The competition will be held at the Palacio de Deportes Infanta Cristina in Torrevieja 50 m. indoor pool with 8 lanes. Age Groups The eligible ages for participation are: Boys born on 1996 and 1997 Girls born on 1998 and 1999

Torrevieja City Have you been to Torrevieja? The first thing that draws your attention in Torrevieja is its setting. There are two salt lagoons, one pink and the other green, which make up the La Mata and Torrevieja Lagoons Nature Reserve. Together, they cover a total of 3.700 Hectares, which represents 52% of the local terrain, and contain enormous biological wealth. They are well renown both at national and international levels. It therefore becomes clear right from the beginning that this is truly a unique tourist municipality, whose natural surroundings represent a wonderful tourist asset. Torrevieja s origins are also very interesting. It all began with the fishing activity, around the 18 th century, when fishermen and sailors began to use the Torrevieja coastline for shelter during the bad sea days. Since then, the newly established town began to welcome sailors from other regions, particularly Napolitan and Genoese emigrants. The abundance of Italian surnames, including Parodi, Zechini, Boracino, Fortepiani, etc in Torrevieja today confirm this. By the way, do you know why Torrevieja is called Torrevieja

Hotel Accommodation Official Hotel: HOTEL CABO CERVERA (3***) 5 minutes by bus from the pool. Prices: The prices are per person per day in full board (three meals per day, water included) as follows: Rooms for 4 persons ( 2 bedrooms, 1 living room and 1 bathroom) 75 person/day Rooms for 3 persons ( 1 bedrooms, 1 living room and 1 bathroom) 75 person/day Single room 100 person/day All reservations must be done through the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation. Situation Cabo Cervera is a nice 3 star Hotel with a privileged situation: - On the first line faced to the sea. - 250 m from the well known beach of Torrelamata. - Just 5 km from the centre of Torrevieja city.

Services - 186 rooms with lounge and terrace faced to the sea. - Wide solarium area gardened and with 2 swimming-pools. - Gym and sauna. - Laundry service. - Rent a bike service. - Big outside car parking area. - Free internet WI FI service at reception and cafeteria. - Fax and copy service. - Play park for children and entertainment in high season. Rooms - 1 and 2 bed roomed rooms with lounge. - Terrace with sea and pool views. - Heat/cool air conditioning. - Free ADSL internet connection. - Color via satellite TV. - Telephone. - Small fridge for own use. - Fully equipped bath room. - Fully adapted rooms for disabled persons - Rooms with extra large beds for sports teams. Suite panoramic view

Payment details: By bank transfer to: Holder: REAL FEDERACION ESPAÑOLA DE NATACION Bank name: La Caixa Bank address: C/ Velazquez, 96 28006 MADRID (Spain) IBAN: ES 48 2100 4173 102200097930 BIC/SWIFT: CAIXESBBXXX Subject: SWIMMING COMEN 2012 Payment of 50% by 14 May 2012 Balance (50%) by 15 June 2012 Airport The officials airports are the Alicante International Airport (40 Km/40 minutes from Torrevieja City) and Murcia-San Javier International Airport (38 Km/30 minutes from Torrevieja City). Transportation Local transportation (airport-hotel-airport and hotel-pool-hotel transfers) will be provided free for all teams only if hotel booking will be done through the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation. Each Federation will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation

Distance Hotel-Swimming Pool: 3,2 Km. Rules The competition will be conducted in accordance to FINA Age group-rules. Contest rules The meeting will be held according to the COMEN tournament rules (copy is attached). Deadlines 15/02/2012 Preliminary Entry Form 15/04/2012: Preliminary entry and Accommodation booking form 14/05/2012: 50% Prepayment for official booking 15/06/2012: Final Hotel Booking and Rooming List Travel Form Final hotel payment 19/06/2012: Final Entry Forms Delegation Form Technical Meeting Friday, June 29 th, 2012 at 19:00 hours.

PROGRAM Saturday, June 30 th 2012 Morning Session 10:00 h. 100 m. Freestyle Girls 100 m. Freestyle Boys 3. 200 m. Backstroke Girls 4. 200 m. Backstroke Boys 5. 400 m. Individual Medley Girls 6. 400 m. Individual Medley Boys Break 15 minutes 7. 4x100 m. Medley Relay Girls 8. 4x100 m. Medley Relay Boys OPEN CEREMONY 18:00 h. Afternoon Session 18:05 h. 9. 400 m. Freestyle Girls 10. 400 m. Freestyle Boys 1 100 m. Breaststroke Girls 1 100 m. Breaststroke Boys 13. 100 m. Butterfly Girls 14. 100 m. Butterfly Boys Break 15 minutes 15. 4x200 m. Freestyle Relay Girls 16. 4x200 m. Freestyle Relay Boys Sunday, July 1 st 2012 Morning Session 10:00 h. 17. 800 m. Freestyle Girls 18. 200 m. Breaststroke Boys 19. 200 m. Breaststroke Girls 20. 100 m. Backstroke Boys 2 100 m. Backstroke Girls 2 1500 m. Freestyle Boys Afternoon Session 18:00 h. 23. 200 m. Freestyle Girls 24. 200 m. Freestyle Boys 25. 200 m. Butterfly Girls 26. 200 m. Butterfly Boys 27. 200 m. Individual Medley Girls 28. 200 m. Individual Medley Boys Break 15 minutes 29. 4x100 m. Freestyle Relay Girls 30. 4x100 m. Freestyle Relay Boys

MEDITERRANEAN CUP SWIMMING COMPETITION General Contest Rules DEFINITION a) Participating Countries All Comen Member Federations and Associated and Federations requesting to participate in writing and admitted b) Competitions Age Groups Boys 16 & 15 years old - Girls 14 & 13 years old. The MEDITERRANEAN (COMEN) CUP swimming competition is also open to countries non members of Comen. A Federation wishing to participate, must send a request to the Secretariat at least three (3) months before the date of the Competition who has the right to accept or reject it. If the number of participating countries is greater than the number of lanes in the competition pool, two heats shall be swum in each event. ELIGIBILITY Eligible to participate, are Boys of 15 & 16 years of age and Girls of 13 & 14 years of age (as per FINA rules). Passports, identity cards or certificates of birth of all swimmers, must be handed to the Jury of Appeal for age-check. This check must be completed prior to the meeting of the technical committee. 3. FINA RULES The competition shall be held under FINA-Rules. The starting commands shall be in English. 4. ROTATION The competitions shall be held in the countries of the participating countries, according to a common decision. 5. DATE OF TOURNAMENTS The competition will take place on the 3rd week-end in June. 6. SUBSCRIPTION Confirmation at the COMEN Meeting, which will take place during the LEN Congress of the year before. The countries willing to organise the competition have to bring to the Official Meeting at the LEN Congress of the year before the necessary information about Hotels' standard, costs of room & board and also a possible offer of a small cultural program. The organizing countries may ask for a preliminary subscription concerning the number of swimmers, delegates, etc.

The final subscription must reach the organising countries 10 days before the competition with mention of: o o o Names of swimmers for each event (except relays) with the year of birth; A list of records (national and age group); Names of the coaches and officials. Change of swimmers can be made until 1 hour before the beginning of each session. The names and the order of the relay swimmers must be handed before the beginning of each session. 7. TRAVEL AND LODGING Each country shall pay its own travel and lodging expenses. The organising countries shall provide to the other countries assistance for the booking of accommodation. If the tournament takes place in a city other than the city in which the airport is located, interurban travel shall be at the expenses of the hosting country. The organising countries when needed shall also provide for transportation between the hotels and the pool. The above transportation facilities are not applicable for the countries that make their hotel reservation themselves even if this is done in hotels recommended by the organising countries. 8. PROGRAM (See Annex 1) There will be 15 minutes rest immediately after the last individual event before the relay events. Two participants per event and one relay team shall represent each country. Each country may enter 16 boys and 16 girls maximum. All events shall be held in final heat where the classification shall be decided according to times achieved. Vacant lanes may be filled up by general consent of the technical meeting. Time trials may be held if the majority of the delegates agree. 9. HOURS The hosting country shall decide the hours of starting the competition but between the two sessions of each day there shall be a rest of at least four hours. The first event of each day shall not start before 09:00 AM. 10. LANES The placement of the swimmers in the lanes shall be decided according to the times announced by the Federations. These times have to be swum in a 50m pool in the period which starts from the precedent Comen Swimming Cup and they have to figure in the LEN Statistics. If not, the Delegate of the Team has to prove the times by presenting the results of the meeting where the times have been swum. 1 SWIMMING POOL The swimming pool must be 50 meters in length. The competition pool must be available to the participating countries for two training sessions the day before the tournament.

1 AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC TIMEKEEPING The competition shall be controlled by an official electronic timekeeping, which is recognised by FINA. 13. OPENING CEREMONY The opening ceremony shall be held on the first day before the start of the afternoon events. Only the national anthem of the organising country will be played. 14. VICTORY CEREMONY The victory ceremony shall involve the first, second and third swimmer of each event and shall take place after the following event (victory ceremony for boys event after the girls event, etc.) 15. AWARDS The first three swimmers of each event shall receive a medal. Gifts are allowed. The boys winning team shall receive a cup, the same for girls; the first country in the overall ranking shall receive the Comen Trophy. 16. COMEN CUP TROPHY The organisers shall present the Comen Trophy after the last victory ceremony for the winning team of boys and girls. 17. POINTS For individual events: 1st place 9 points 2nd place 7 points 3rd place 6 points 4th place.. 8th place 5 points 1 point For relays: 18. JURY The relays score is double. In case of disqualification no points. In case of dead heat in the overall points, the winner shall be decided according to the number of first places. If a dead heat still remains, the winner shall be decided according to the number of second places, and so on. The organising country shall be responsible for the officials. If any of the participating countries brings an official, he should be a qualified one in order to officiate. Member countries must inform in advance of the participation of qualified officials. One member of each country should compose the jury of appeal. The chairman of this jury will be the member of the organising country and shall have casting vote in case of equal voting.

19. DOPING CONTROL Doping control is possible; it has to be announced at the Technical Meeting prior to the competition. 20. CHANGING OF RULES This can only be done by the official delegates of the participating countries at the Comen Cup Meeting, which is always held during the LEN Congress.

Preliminary Entry Form FEDERATION: CONTACT NAME: E-MAIL: FAX NUMBER: We intend to take part in the MEDITERRANEAN CUP 20102 Swimming Competition YES NO, sorry we can not come Expected number of swimmers: Expected number of officials: Please, return by 15 February 2012 to: ROYAL SPANISH SWIMMING FEDERATION e-mail: javierfdez@rfen.es Copy: laura@rfen.es and lirtri@rfen.es

Hotel Booking Form Teams FEDERATION: CONTACT NAME: E-MAIL: FAX NUMBER: Hotel Cabo Cervera (3***) Number of rooms Check-in Check-out QUADRUPLE ROOMS TRIPLE ROOMS SINGLE ROOMS Please, return by 15 April 2012 to: ROYAL SPANISH SWIMMING FEDERATION e-mail: javierfdez@rfen.es Copy: laura@rfen.es and litri@rfen.es

Travel Form Teams FEDERATION: CONTACT NAME: E-MAIL: FAX NUMBER: ARRIVALS AT THE ALICANTE AIRPORT Date Airline Flight Nº Time Nº of People City of Origin ARRIVALS AT THE MURCIA-SAN JAVIER AIRPORT Date Airline Flight Nº Time Nº of People City of Origin DEPARTURES FROM THE ALICANTE AIRPORT Date Airline Flight Nº Time Nº of People City of Origin DEPARTURES FROM THE MURCIA-SAN JAVIER AIRPORT Date Airline Flight Nº Time Nº of People City of Origin DATE: SIGNATURE AND STAMP:

Please, return by 15 June 2012 to: ROYAL SPANISH SWIMMING FEDERATION e-mail: javierfdez@rfen.es Final Entry Form (1/4) Boys FEDERATION: CONTACT NAME: E-MAIL: FAX NUMBER: Event n# Event name Name and Surname Year of birth Entry time 100 m. Free 4. 200 m. Back 6. 400 m. IM 10. 400 m. Free 1 100 m. Breast 14. 100 m. Fly 18. 200 m. Breast 20. 100 m. Back 2 1500 m. Free 24. 200 m. Free 26. 200 m. Fly 28. 200 m. IM

Please, return by 15 June 2012 to: ROYAL SPANISH SWIMMING FEDERATION e-mail: javierfdez@rfen.es Final Entry Form (2/4) Girls FEDERATION: CONTACT NAME: E-MAIL: FAX NUMBER: Event n# Event name Name and Surname Year of birth Entry time 100 m. Free 3. 200 m. Back 5. 400 m. IM 9. 400 m. Free 1 100 m. Breast 13. 100 m. Fly 17. 800 m. Free 19. 200 m. Breast 2 100 m. Back 23. 200 m. Free 25. 200 m. Fly

27. 200 m. IM Please, return by 15 June 2012 to: ROYAL SPANISH SWIMMING FEDERATION e-mail: javierfdez@rfen.es Final Entry Form (3/4) Relays events FEDERATION: CONTACT NAME: E-MAIL: FAX NUMBER: Event n# Event name TEAM Entry time 7. 4 x 100 m. Medley Girls 15. 4 X 200 m. Freestyle Girls 29. 4 x 100 m. Freestyle Girls 8. 4 x 100 m. Medley Boys 16. 4 X 200 m. Freestyle Boys 30. 4 x 100 m. Medley Boys Please, return by 15 June 2012 to: ROYAL SPANISH SWIMMING FEDERATION e-mail: javierfdez@rfen.es

Final Entry Form (4/4) Team Staff FEDERATION: CONTACT NAME: E-MAIL: FAX NUMBER: Nr. Family Name First Name Function 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Please, return by 15 June 2012 to: ROYAL SPANISH SWIMMING FEDERATION

e-mail: javierfdez@rfen.es Visa - Support FEDERATION: CONTACT NAME: E-MAIL: FAX NUMBER: SWIMMERS No First Name Surname Date of Birth Passport Nº 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 1 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. OFFICIALS No First Name Surname Date of Birth Passport Nº

3. 4. 5. Please, return by 15 May 2012 to: ROYAL SPANISH SWIMMING FEDERATION e-mail: javierfdez@rfen.es