Galas tend to be a series of competitions involving the same clubs within a league, where the swimmers swim as a team. We also have friendly galas that are just arranged between local clubs where the swimmers just swim for times and again compete as a club.

Open Meets are competitions that are usually organised by one club and held as a single event on one day or over a weekend. They aren’t part of a league, and they sometimes have qualifying times. This means that the organisers can restrict who enters by setting a time that the swimmer must have achieved to be able to compete. Some Open Meets also have upper limits so that very fast swimmers can’t enter, which lets others have a chance.

If you have an iPhone or iPad.

1. Navigate to Settings ⇒ Mail, Contacts, Calendars ⇒ Add Account.
2. Select Other ⇒ Add CalDAV Account or Add Subscribed Calendar.
3. For the main swimming event calendar enter goo.gl/vdOMZK and touch Next.
4. For the masters swimming event calendar enter goo.gl/KD5tf0 and touch Next.
5. Touch Save.

If you have a Google account.

1. Point your browser to https://www.google.com/calendar.
2. Under the “Other calendars” widget on the left, click the small downward pointing arrow, and then “Add by URL”.
3. For the main swimming event calendar enter the address http://goo.gl/vdOMZK and click the “Add Calendar” button.
4. For the masters swimming event calendar enter the address http://goo.gl/KD5tf0 and click the “Add Calendar” button.

With any luck you should see the calendar in your Google “Other calendars” now.

To add your “Other calendars” to your iPhone or iPad, simply browse to https://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect and select the calendars you want to see on your iDevice. Give it a minute to sync and you’ll be all set.

Please consult your mobile device operating manual if you experience difficulties in subscribing to our calendar.