FINA Diving Grand Prix Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia 21ST – 23RD OCTOBER 2016

INFORMATION PACKAGE

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Event Details

FINA DIVING GRAND PRIX 2016

Date

21st – 23rd October 2016

Contact Information Mr Yan Kong Lee/ Ms Mae Chen Kompleks Renang Kuala Lumpur Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak 5600 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur Email – [email protected] / [email protected] Tel:- +603 – 91319913 Fax :- +603 – 91309913 Pool

Pusat Akuatik Negeri Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Hotel

Hotel Hilton Kuching Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman P.O Box 2396, 93748 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia Tel:- +60 82 223 810

PLEASE NOTE: The organizing committee is in charge of all hotel reservations. Participation Cost

- $ 160.00 USD / Per Person, Per Day - Double Occupancy - $ 210.00 USD / Per Person, Per Day - Single Occupancy Daily fees includes Hotel, all meals, and local transportation to and from the airport & pool.

Banking Information

Bank Account Holder – PERSATUAN RENANG AMATUR MALAYSIA Account No – 32100001268 Bank Name – HONG LEONG BANK BHD Bank Address –No 1 – GM JLN PERDANA 4/6, PANDAN PERDANA, 55300, KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA SWIFF Code – HLBBMYKL

Arrival / Departure

All participants will need to travel to KUCHING INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SARAWAK MALAYSIA. The organizing committee will provide all airport transfer from Kuching International Airport to the Hotel and back. If any team have different arrival / departure time and additional transport is needed, the respective team will bear the cost. All team judges are advice to travel with the team, otherwise additional cost will be required for the airport transfer.

Rules and Regulations The competitions will be conducted in accordance to the FINA Rules and Regulations Doping Controls

Doping tests will be conducted at this competition in accordance with FINA rules. 2

Awards

All Finalist will be awarded a certificate of merit Medalist will receive prize money as follows 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place

Participation

$ 500.00 USD $ 300.00 USD $ 200.00 USD

The FINA DIVING GRAND PRIX (“DGP”) shall be open to all FINA affiliated Federations. The maximum number of divers who can participate in an individual DGP event is four (4) from the Host Federation and two (2) from each visiting Federation. The Host Federation may enter four (4) divers in the prelims of an individual event but only two (2) can advance to the semi-finals. The Host Federation may enter two (2) teams in the direct final of a synchro event but only the best team may go to the podium for the medals. No additional divers or teams are allowed to start in a DGP meet, which means that participation in the form of exhibition is not allowed. A Federation taking part in FINA DGP meet with a team of four (4) divers or more should bring a judge: the judge might, however, also serve as coach provided that does not concern the event he/she is judging. A Federation that does not bring a judge will be fined 250 Swiss Francs payable to the Organizing Committee.

Competition format

The format for the individual events in the FINA DIVING GRAND PRIX is the tournament system based only on dives with unlimited degree of difficulty (men six (6) dives, women five (5) dives). The tournament consists of a preliminary competition, two (2) semi-finals with six (6) divers in each and a final with six (6) divers. Semi-final “A” comprises the divers ranked 12-10-8-6-4-2 and Semi-final “B” comprises the divers ranked 11-9-7-5-3-1 in the preliminary competition, however not more than two (2) diver from the Organising Federation may be counted among these twelve (12) divers. In the finals, the three (3) best divers from both semi-finals meet. In the semi-finals and finals, the divers start in the reverse order of their placing in the preliminary competition. The Synchronised & Mixed Synchronised event are held as direct finals and are run in accordance with FINA Rule D 3.7 – D 3.9. If the Organising Federation enters two (2) teams only the best team counts.

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Registration

Please send all forms within the deadlines via email to: [email protected] / [email protected] Preliminary Entry Form Final Entry Form Hotel Reservation Form

- September 1st 2016 - October 10th 2016 - October 1st 2016

Judges

At the FINA DIVING GRAND PRIX meetings, each judge in the judging panel of individual events shall be from different countries, if available. In addition, FINA Certified Judges should be used for all events, however, if there are not enough Certified Judges to fill the requirements, other judges may be used. If judges from seven different nations are not available, the judging panel for that event can be reduced to five judges. In the semi-finals and finals, the panel of judges shall consist of judges whose nationality is different to that of any of the participating divers, if available. In synchronized diving, there shall be nine or eleven judges from different countries, if available. If not possible, there can be two judges from the same country, provided one is judging the execution and the other the synchronization. Otherwise, seven judges can be used.

Results

Results will be posted following each event by the secretariat near the pool. Daily Result will be available for download at www.malaysiaswimming.org

Technical Meeting

The Technical Meeting will be held at 9.30am at the pool on 20th October 2016, followed by the Judges Meeting immediately after.

Training Schedule

Swimming pool will be open for warming up at 09:00 hours MONDAY (practice) 16:00 to 19:00 TUESDAY (practice) 10:15 to 13:45 - 15:00 to 19:00 WEDNESDAY (practice) 10:15 to 13:45 - 15:00 to 19:00 Swimming pool will be open for warming up at 07:00 hours THURSDAY (practice) 08:00 to 19:00 FRIDAY (practice) 07:00 to 15 minutes before the start of the competition SATURDAY (practice) 07:00 to 15 minutes before the start of the competition SUNDAY (practice) 07:00 to 15 minutes before the start of the competition

Medical Services

First Aid service will be available onsite by the pool and will be available during Training and Competition dates. On call medical doctor is available in the hotel (chargeable by the hotel). Lifeguard will be onsite at the competition venue during training and competition. All other medical expenses are the responsibility of the individual federation. The nearest hospital to the pool will be the Sunway Medical Center located 13km away from the pool.

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COMPETITION SCHEDULE 20th OCTOBER 2016 -

9:30 AM 11:00 AM

TECHNICAL MEETING JUDGES MEETING

21st OCTOBER 2016 -

9:30 AM

3M SPRINGBOARD MEN 10M PLATFORM WOMEN 3M SPRINGBOARD MEN 10M PLATFORM WOMEN

PRELIM PRELIM SEMI A & B SEMI A & B

6 DIVES 5 DIVES 6 DIVES 5 DIVES

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3:30 PM

3M SPRINGBOARD MEN 10M PLATFORM WOMEN VICTORY CEREMONY

FINAL FINAL

6 DIVES 5 DIVES

22nd OCTOBER 2016 -

9:30 AM

3M SPRINGBOARD WOMEN 10M PLATFORM SYNCHRO MEN 3M SPRINGBOARD WOMEN VICTORY CEREMONY

PRELIM FINAL SEMI A & B

5 DIVES 6 DIVES 5 DIVES

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3:30 PM

3M SPRINGBOARD WOMEN 3M SPRINGBOARD SYNCHRO MEN 10M PLATFORM MIXED SYNCHRO VICTORY CEREMONY

FINAL FINAL FINAL

5 DIVES 6 DIVES 5 DIVES

23rd OCTOBER 2016 -

9:30AM

10M PLATFORM MEN 3M SPRINGBOARD SYNCHRO WOMEN 10M PLATFORM MEN VICTORY CEREMONY

PRELIM FINAL SEMI A & B

6 DIVES 5 DIVES 6 DIVES

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3:30 PM

3M SPRINGBOARD MIXED SYNCHRO 10M PLATFORM SYNCHRO WOMEN 10M PLATFORM MEN VICTORY CEREMONY

FINAL FINAL FINAL

5 DIVES 5 DIVES 6 DIVES

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