Qualifying Window dates outlined for Aquatics GB Next Gen Championship swimmers | Swimming Information

The 2026 version of the Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships will happen on the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield from Sixteenth-Twenty second July bringing with it seven jam-packed days of nice swimming and multiclassification para-swimming racing – together with the ever-entertaining relay programme.

Entry to the important thing, end-of-season occasions is by invitation solely, from long-course performances recorded within the designated qualifying window. The 2026 season will carry over a constant allocation within the variety of swimmers provided the chance to compete within the Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships as seen within the 2025 version.

In the 13/14-year age group, the 20 top-ranked swimmers in every occasion shall be invited to compete. The 24 top-ranked swimmers in every occasion within the 15,16, 17 & 18-year-old age teams shall be invited. In the 19 years & over age group, the 20 top-ranked swimmers shall be invited to attend. The solely exceptions to those numbers are the 800m and 1500m Freestyle occasions, the place the highest 18 swimmers shall be invited in all however the 19+ age group, the place 16 swimmers shall be invited.

Following receipt of the 2025 coaches survey suggestions and session with key stakeholders, the format of this 12 months’s occasion will run as detailed under.

WHO ARE THE AQUATIC GB NEXT GEN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR?

The meet ONLY caters for the next classes of swimmer:

1. Swimmers who’re presently eligible to signify and have Great Britain as their recognised nation of worldwide illustration with World Aquatics (no matter the place on the earth they reside and prepare), and
2. Foreign nationals who reside and prepare within the United Kingdom for almost all of the calendar 12 months in a British swimming membership/programme.

No exceptions shall be made – any athlete who doesn’t sit inside certainly one of these classes is not going to obtain an invitation to compete.

Entries will solely be accepted from rivals registered as members of an Aquatics GB Home Nation – Swim England, Scottish Swimming or Swim Wales.

NEXT GEN FORMAT

Following a session course of with coaches, which included a web-based survey coupled with conferences with key Home Nation workers, we’re happy to announce the Next Gen Championships will adhere to the next format.

1. Ages for males & females – 13/14 years, 15 years, 16 years, 17 years, 18 years and 19 & over. For finals, the 17/18 12 months age teams shall be mixed.
2. No 50m occasions for 13/14 years
3. As per the final three years, qualification for all 50m occasions is through the rankings for the equal 100m occasion within the 15, 16 & 17 years age teams. Qualification for the 50m occasions within the 18 & 19+ years is through rating instances.
4. Para-swimming occasions will happen over six days, seventeenth – Twenty second July 2026 inclusive.
5. Para Pathway and Olympic Pathway athletes shall be mixed and compete collectively for the heats solely, seeded on time.

HOME NATION MEET CHOICE

Swimmers can select to be entered right into a Home Nation Summer Meet in two methods;

1. Country of their ranked membership (first declare membership in Scotland)
2. Country of International Representation

Swimmers ought to word, nevertheless, that when figuring out qualifiers for the Home Nations meets, the automated system in place assumes athletes want to be categorised by the nation of their ranked membership.

There is not any direct relation to any selections you made to attend any of the December 2025 Home Nation Winter meets or any earlier summer season meet selections.

Swimmers wishing to be entered right into a Home Nation Summer Meet based mostly on worldwide illustration MUST full the shape through the hyperlink HERE.

Athletes who want to signify Wales however are members of Scottish Swimming or Swim England should maintain a Welsh Representation membership with Swim Wales. This membership is important to verify eligibility for the NextGen Championships and to make sure that all consultant athletes are correctly registered with their dwelling nation. To buy the membership or for additional data, please go to the next webpage: www.swimwales.org/membership/welsh-representation

If you may have any questions please electronic mail HNMeetAlternative@aquaticsgb.com

Information have to be acquired through the shape and no later than 5pm on Monday 4th May 2026. There shall be no exceptions, and no modifications shall be made after this time.

INTERIM RANKINGS LISTS

This 12 months, weekly rankings lists shall be printed on a twice weekly foundation (Tuesday and Friday) as soon as the qualifying window opens. A last rankings record shall be produced on 14th May 2026, as soon as the window has closed. If it’s believed that any of the information contained within the interim lists is wrong or there are lacking outcomes, please report it by emailing british.occasions@aquaticsgb.com. These will solely be rectified up till the purpose of which invites are despatched and never thereafter.

All outcomes ought to be acquired by rankings@swimming.org by eleventh May 2026.

OPTING OUT

A twin strategy to opting out shall be taken. The precept of utilizing the opt-out is to make sure that as lots of the accessible locations on the Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships are stuffed, with no empty areas in occasions. Swimmers not wishing to compete in occasions are requested to withdraw to make sure different swimmers could be invited to the Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships and the respective Home Nation Summer Meets.

Swimmers can choose out of:

• All summer season meets (2026 Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships and the Home Nation meets)
• 2026 Home Nation meet solely (however accessible for the Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships if invited)
• 2026 Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships solely (if you happen to withdraw from the Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships, you’ll NOT be capable to compete in these invited occasions on the Home Nation meet).

Swimmers wishing to choose out of any of the above, please full the shape through the hyperlink HERE by 5pm Monday 4th May 2026.

Swimmers will obtain reminder emails through the window asking them to point their summer season selection. Please word these reminder emails shall be despatched to the e-mail tackle acknowledged on the swimmer’s Online Membership System account.

ENTRY MECHANISM

The invite record for the Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships shall be created on 14th May 2026 and invites issued thereafter. At this level the invite lists for the Home Nation Competitions can even be finalised and printed.

In maintaining with the method for the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in April, para-swimming MC (multi-classification) participation shall be by invitation solely. Thereafter, the entry mechanism is as above.

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS REMINDERS

To be certain that your invitation arrives, are you able to please guarantee your electronic mail tackle is updated by means of your Home Nation on-line membership system.

Further reminders of key dates and milestones shall be posted on www.aquaticsgb.com/events-and-tickets

• For particulars in regards to the Swim England Summer Meet click on HERE
• For particulars in regards to the Scottish Swimming Summer Meet click on HERE
• For particulars in regards to the Swim Wales Summer Open click on HERE