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Swimming Challenge Awards
Bronze Challenge
Important: for the following
grades, Sections A and B may be completed in two
separate occasions, but each section must be
completed without pause and in the order listed.
This group of skills tests the
pupil's ability:-
Section A
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To jump into water of at
least full reach depth;
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To swim 10 metres,
followed by a surface dive into water of at
least full reach depth and under water swim
for a distance of 5 metres;
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To tread water in a
vertical position for three minutes;
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To scull head first on the
back for 15 metres, with the feet at, or
near, the surface throughout.
Section B
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To swim 400 metres using
two strokes. Changes of stroke can
only occur at the completion of a length of
the pool. A minimum of 100 metres is
to be swum on each stroke;
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To climb out at the deep
end without assistance.
Silver Challenge
This group of skills tests the
pupil's ability:-
Section A
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To plunge dive into water
of at least full reach depth;
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To swim 100 metres in less
than three minutes using any stroke. A
change of stroke may occur at the completion
of a length of the pool;
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To tread water for two
minutes with one hand behind the back;
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To swim 10 metres,
followed immediately by two surface dive
into water of full reach depth, one head
first and one feet first bringing an object
to the surface on each occasion;
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To scull head first on the
back for 10 metres and return by sculling 10
metres feet first. A horizontal
position must be maintained throughout.
Section B
Gold Challenge
This group of skills tests the
pupil's ability:-
Section A
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To plunge dive into water
of at least full reach depth and swim 100
metres in two minutes, thirty seconds or
less, using two different strokes, 50 metres
of each;
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To tread water for three
minutes with one hand remaining above the
head throughout. The arm raised may be
changed no more than five times;
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To scull head first on the
back for 10 metres, move into a tucked
position and turn through 360 degrees
keeping the head above the water.
Return to the starting point by sculling
feet first with the feet at or near the
surface throughout and the hands close to
the hips;
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To swim 10 metres, perform
a forward somersault without touching the
pool bottom and continue to swim in the same
direction for a further 10 metres.
Section B
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To swim 800 metres using
three of the following strokes: front crawl,
back crawl, breaststroke, butterfly, English
backstroke or sidestroke for a distance of
200 metres per stroke. A change of stroke
may only occur every 100 metres. This
swim to be completed in twenty-five minutes.
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To climb out at the deep
end without assistance.
Honours Challenge
This group of skills tests the
pupil's ability:-
Section A
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To make a straddle entry
into water of at least full reach depth,
swim 5 metres into a piked surface dive to
retrieve an object weighing approximately 2
Kg from water of full reach depth; carry the
object using a backstroke or sidestroke for
a distance of 20 metres, to land it on the
poolside;
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To scull 10 metres head
first on the back; complete a back
somersault finishing in a back layout
position; perform a roll to take up a front
layout in a fully extended prone position;
carry out a front somersault finishing in a
front layout position; tuck and rotate
backwards into a back layout position and
continue to scull feet first for 15 metres
(throughout all sculling and layout
positions, the hands must remain close to
the hips and the feet must be kept together
on or near the surface of the water);
Section B
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NOTE: The following tests
are to be completed in a total time of
twenty minutes without a pause.
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To swim 200 metres front
crawl, 200 metres back crawl, and either 100
metres breaststroke or 50 metres butterfly.
A change of stroke may only occur every 100
metres (except for butterfly).
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To swim 500 metres
freestyle, during which, surface dive twice
head first and twice feet first; on each
surface dive, swim through two hoops 4
metres apart without surfacing; (the tops of
the hoops are to be at least 1 metre below
the surface of the water).
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