Contact Name :
Neil Fuller
Phone number :
+61 8 8982 2315
Postal Address :
PO Box 1448
DARWIN NT
AUSTRALIA 0801
Swimming
Event Details
The competition will be held at Casuarina Swimming Pool, which is approximately fifteen minutes from the city area and five minutes from the Marrara Sporting Complex. The swimming competition will be held from Wednesday 16 May to Saturday 19 May, 2007.
The pool is 50 metres in length and the venue has wheelchair access to the pool deck, change rooms, toilets and canteen facilities and some spectator areas.
The Arafura Games (class S1-S15) will also incorporate the Oceania Paralympic Championships (S1-S13) with medals for Male and Female multi-disability events in Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, and Individual Medley.
Event Rules
The competition will be conducted under FINA, IPC and Australian Swimming Inc Rules.
No entry standards will apply and heats will be seeded in accordance with FINA & IPC Rules.
While all athletes will compete for Arafura Games medals only athletes that hold an IPC classification from the Oceania Region will be awarded Oceania Paralympic Medals with a maximum of 2 per country per event*. In relays this shall be one team per country.
*Events are those to be scheduled at the 2008 Paralympic Games.