To participate in races at upcoming swim meets, participants will need to enter the meet via Swim Central. 

1. Login to Swim Central, select the padlock at the top right corner and enter your ‘PIN’ 
NB. If you are an individual not attached to a family group purchasing for yourself you will not require a pin

FINDING A MEET 

2. Select ‘Events’ from the left hand menu, alternatively select locate an event from the quick links

3. From the My Events tab select the date the of the meet from the calendar. A blue dot indicates there is a meet 

4. Select ‘View Event’ next to the meet you wish to nominate for

5. If you are looking to enter a meet that is not shown on my events calendar, please contact your club to confirm this meet has been allocated to your club or select 'Locate an Event' and search for the event via the filters.

EVENT DETAILS

6. ‘Entries’ tab to view a list of eligible entries

7. 'Products' to view a list of products such as spectator tickets or program for the meet

8. 'Positions' tab to view a list of positions for the meet (eg Team Manager)

9.  ‘Details’ tab to view event details

10. Select the swimmer you wish to enter

11. Confirm you are representing the correct club. If you need to change the primary membership please click 'Change Primary membership' and update accordingly

MEMBERSHIP AND RELATIONSHIP REQUIREMENTS

12. Membership and Relationship Requirements (i.e. the requirement for a swimmer to hold a valid membership or relationship with a club) will be checked to ensure you meet these requirements. You will be advised if you don’t, otherwise you will be taken straight to the race entries screen.

NB: If there are both membership and relationship requirements a participant must meet both requirements to enter.

ENTERING THE MEET 

13. A list of all eligible events for the swimmer to enter based on their age and gender will appear. 

14. If there are no qualification times, or the swimmer meets the qualification time, a '+' icon will be displayed.

15. Select '+' for any race you wish to nominate for

•  If the competitor/swimmer does not meet the qualification time, an 'Ineligible' tag will display
• Races already entered will display with 'Entered'
• If a swimmer or session duration has reached its limit a 'Max' status tag will display for that event. 
• Entry Time: The swimmer's time used at time of nomination
• Seed Time: A swimmer's final seed time is calculated at time of export from Swim Central and may differ to the entry time.

16. If the meet requires a one-time entry fee to be paid then the below screen will display

17. Select 'Continue' if this is applicable

18. If a meet requires a specific document (e.g. a Passport Size Profile Photo for identification) that is not already verified in the individual’s document library, you will see a prompt like the one below.

19. Click on the prompt to upload and submit the required document.

• Important: After purchasing the nominations the purchase order will remain in an approval pending state and nominations will not be completed until the document is verified by the host entity.

• The host entity has 6 days from your purchase date to complete the document verification.

• If verification is not completed within this period, Stripe will cancel the pending approval purchase order, and you will need to submit your nomination again.

ENTERING MORE THAN ONE SWIMMER

20. To complete entries for another swimmer for the same meet select the next swimmer from the Nominee box

21. To complete entries for a different meet, simply click on ‘back to events’ at the top of the page or ‘Events’ in the menu

22. You will see the total number of events entered displayed in the Shopping Cart item count as you go along.

CHECKING YOUR SHOPPING CART

23. Once entries have been added to the cart, select the cart icon or click ‘Make Payment’

24. You will see a confirmation screen listing all events you entered for each swimmer and which meets have been entered. Please note: fees will be calculated at the checkout.  

25. Confirm all entries and, if necessary, remove any unwanted items by selecting the 'X'

26. Enter payment details and select Agree with Terms & Conditions in the payment method window

27. Select ‘Buy Now’ or 'Complete Purchase' button to complete the purchase. 

28. Once payment is successful a ‘Thank you for your purchase’ screen will display and an email confirmation will be sent to your inbox verifying that your purchase is complete.

29. You can also select ‘Go to Purchases’ where you will see that the purchase status is set to completed for the transaction.