Gardens Awards and Records
Awards will be made to swimmers at the Presentation Day / AGM at the end of the swimming season. Points are tallied during the season and kept confidential until the presentation day.
Points will be awarded as follows:
1 point for a swim
2 points for a swim less than 2 seconds over personal best time
4 points for a swim equalling or up to 2 seconds faster than PB
6 points for a swim 2 seconds or more faster than PB
Points are awarded for all club night swims and swim meets. Swimmers can begin to accrue points from the time their Gardens membership has been renewed each swimming season. No points will be awarded if a swimmer is disqualified. No points will be awarded for schools swimming.
The personal best time is the best time a swimmer has achieved previously at club nights or swim Meets. A swimmer’s age for end of season awards will be the age at the end of Age Nationals. If a swimmer has a birthday during the season, the points already earned will stay with the swimmer in the older age group.
Consistent with Swimming Queensland's (SQ) no-disqualification policy for 7yrs and under, the SQ Board decided that children in this age group must be recognised for participation only. The recognition or reward given by the club will be the same for each child in this age group.
End of Season Awards
Age Aggregate Awards – Awarded to the Male and Female with the highest points for each age group.
Best All Round (Points) – Trophy Awarded to the Male and Female with the most points overall.
Encouragements Awards – Decided by the coaches, awarded to one member of each of the squads.
Outstanding Achievement – Decided by the coach.
Outstanding Achievement SWD - Decided by the coach.
Best All Round Technique - Decided by the coach
Toughest Trainer – Decided by the coach.
Flinders Trophy, Most points at State Titles – Awarded to the Male and Female Swimmer who attained the most aggregate points at State Titles
Open Water Recognition Award - Awarded to swimmers who attend State and/or National Open Water meets.
35th Anniversary Shield, Most Points at NQ Champs – Awarded to the swimmer who gained the most points at the NQ Champs meet.
Collis Family Trophy - Awarded to the Gardens swimmer who attains the most points at Gardens Open Long Course Meet.
Glen Buchanan Special Distance Trophy - Calculated by club points scoring system. Includes swims in each event 200m and over for Club Night and Away Meets. Multiplication factor is used for longer events.
Long Tan Trophy Most Club Night Points – Awarded to the male and female swimmers who attained the most points at Club Nights
Age Club Night Aggregate Points - Awarded to male and female who attained the most points at club nights in their age group.
Gardens Team Spirit – The swimmer who has shown the best Gardens spirit. Voted by all members at the end of season break up.
Volunteer of the year – Voted by the members at the end of season break up.
Time Keeper Award - Awarded to the person who time keeps the most at swim meets throughout the season
