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What’s new
12 January – Information sheet for championships added with information on the venue, parking, live streaming, access to the pool hall, security, bags ….
07 January 2026 – Information on tickets
03 January 2026 – Update schedule to include session times.
01 January 2026 – Amended entry list now available. This updates/adds swimmers were a mistake had occurred. If you were accepted before you are still accepted. Clubs with changes have been contacted directly.
Tickets
Ticket sales for weekend 1 open at 10am on Friday, 9 January: https://buy.orderwhizz.com/2e/events/2e-b98p
Due to the limited number of spectator tickets available the limit is 1 Adult and 1 Child per swimmer per session. Please do not exceed this allocation. The Swimmers name and Club must be provided at Checkout. Any tickets purchased over this allocation will be cancelled and released back to the ticketing system. This enables as many swimmers as possible to have someone in the gallery to support them.
Any tickets that are returned by the purchaser or cancelled by HCASA will be released back to the ticketing system so if you have not been able to purchase tickets please keep checking the link.
By placing an order, you hereby agree to the terms and conditions of sale, which includes the refund policy.
Tickets for weekends 2 and weekend 3 will be available closer to the time. Information on when sales will start will be published here.
Did not swim?
Swimmers who do not withdraw in time are expected to report to the marshalls. This includes reserves for finals who do not withdraw from the final. Swimmers who have not withdrawn and who do not report to the marshals may be fined.
We understand that from time to time events may happen and swimmer cannot report to the marshals. If this applies and you believe it would not be fair for us to impose a fine please complete this form.
This form must only be used after the end of the normal period for withdrawals (eg. for heats this is the start of warm-up, for finals this is shortly after the last finalists (and reserves) have been announced in that session). Where a swimmer has to pull out for illness and makes a request using this form we normally expect they will not swim for the rest of that weekend.
Entries
Accepted and scratched entries are now available.
Reminder:
- SCR means we were unable to accommodate the entry and that swim has been scratched.
- In the event of any questions please direct this via your club
Withdrawals
Withdrawals may be made using this form. All withdrawals are final. Please make sure your club is aware that you are withdrawing.
You do not have to withdraw if you were scratched from an event.
Note: When timetabling the championships we assume that a number of swimmers will withdrawal. Therefore, we do not normally replace withdrawing swimmers.
Poolside Passes
The passes are £12 per weekend, £28 for the entire competition (3 weekends) or £5 for a single session. Each pass is personalised and can only carry one name. Passes must be returned at the end of the session they are valid; failure to return may result in a fine.
You can apply for poolside passes here.
Counties Kit
Counties 2026 kit is now available at FastLegs.
Officials
Information on how to sign up to officiate will be circulate in due course. Further information will be added here when we have it.
Dates
| Date | Location |
| 17th / 18th January 2026 | Winchester Sport & Leisure Park |
| 7th / 8th February 2026 | Winchester Sport & Leisure Park |
| 28th February 2026 / 1st March 2026 | Winchester Sport & Leisure Park |
Key documents
Questions?
Please submit questions via your club.
FAQs
What does the age definition for counties mean?
All ages for counties refer to the swimmer age at the end of 31 December 2026.
For example if your 14th Birthday is in August 2026 then your age for counties will be 14. This means you must meet the age 14 qualifying times and you will compete in the age 14 age-group.
If you don’t fill the target number of swims in one event will you make more places available in another event
No. The target number of swims slightly exceeds the overall capacity of meet. This is done because we expect to not fill some events and we expect some swimmers to drop out. In addition whilst some events may be under-subscribed there may be other events where the number of entries with an automatic time exceeds the planned number of target swims and we have to accept all swimmers with automatic times.
Where a swimmer is accepted and then drops out will you replace them?
We do not expect to do this. When planning for the meet we assume that a number of swimmers will drop out. It would also be very hard to administer a replacement system across the whole of counties.
If you do not fill the target number of places for a particular age will you accept more at another age?
No. The target number of places are calculated on the assumption that we won’t fill all the age groups.
Why has a swimmer slower swimmer been accepted and a faster swimmer scratched from the meet?
This can happen when the slower swimmer is a multi-classification swimmer. These swimmers swim within the main events but are mainly competing against other multi-classification swimmers.