The Friday Night Program or Club Night provides an opportunity for club members to enter the point score program as well as providing additional race training. The club night runs every Friday night during the summer and winter program. Club nights are held at the Manning Aquatic Centre each Friday during school terms, commencing at 6.00pm. During the summer season we use the eight lane 50m outdoor pool and during the winter season use the eight lane 25m indoor pool. Club nights are designed to encourage swimmers to swim to their capabilities, to enjoy good fellowship with other swimmers and to promote good sportsmanship.
The program offered includes races over 25, 50, 100 and 200 metres. Swimmers are only expected to swim within their ability. Point score races are scratch start events and points are given for time improvement. Handicap events are also included in the program. All swimmers are graded in each of the 4 strokes thereby offering them an opportunity to swim at their level in each stroke. This actually creates 16 point score competitions.
Club Night Point Score
Click on the link below to go to the Club night results page
Current swimmer gradings at the start of Winter 2024 are:
NOTE: Once a swimmer is graded, their grading will only change once the season has completed. Our swimmers are encouraged be aware of the times required to achieve and upgrade and strive to reach that time. Grade timings are:
| Stroke | D Grade 25m | D Grade | C Grade | B Grade | A Grade |
| Freestyle | >23 sec | >56 sec | 56 > 41.01 sec | 41 > 35.01 sec | < 35.01 sec |
| Backstroke | >33 sec | >66 sec | 66 > 52.01 sec | 52 > 42.01 sec | < 42.01 sec |
| Breaststroke | >35 sec | >68 sec | 68 > 55.01 sec | 55 > 45.01 sec | < 45.01 sec |
| Butterfly | >35 sec | >66 sec | 66 > 50.01 sec | 50 > 38.01 sec | < 38.01 sec |
| 100 IM | >135 sec | >135 sec | 135 > 110.01 sec | 110 > 85.01 sec | < 85.01 sec |
| 200 IM | N/A | > 300 sec | 300 > 240.01 sec | 240 > 180.01 sec | < 180.01 sec |
Points are allocated to swimmers as follows:
- Participation – completing an entered event – 1 point
- Swim slower than best time by more than 0.5 seconds – 0 points
- Swim slower than best time by less than 0.5 seconds – 1 point
- Between equal best time and 0.1 seconds faster – 2 points
- Bettering best time by 0.1 to 0.25 seconds – 3 points
- Bettering best time by 0.25 to 0.5 seconds – 4 points
- Bettering best time by 0.5 to 0.75 seconds – 5 points
- Bettering best time by more than 0.75 seconds – 6 points
