We are extremely excited to announce a new partnership with Channel Seven as the home of swimming for the next nine years, from 2016 until 2025.
We have made excellent progress across our sport and with the Australian Dolphins Swim Team and this partnership is another very significant and exciting step. It gives me great pleasure to welcome Channel Seven as a long-term partner of Swimming Australia and we are excited by the opportunity to work with them to grow our sport both in and out of the pool. Our aim being to inspire our large participation base and those not yet in our sport to participate and enjoy all that is great about swimming.
In 2016 the Seven Network will broadcast Swimming Australia’s major international and national events that are hosted within Australia. In April all eyes will be on the swimmers as they search for a spot on the Olympic and Paralympic Teams. Viewers will be taken into the centre of the action, behind the blocks and into the pool to see the swimmers chase their dreams at the 2016 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships.
Part of securing LIVE coverage of the Hancock Prospecting Australian Championships has been the tough decision to bring the event forward one day, with the new events timings of April 7th through to April 14th. This has been made to assist Channel 7 in maximizing the exposure and audience for the Championships.
Please be assured we did not make this decision lightly and it was a decision we consulted with key stakeholders during the process. The consensus was that having the Hancock Australian Championships broadcast live into homes across the country to grow the exposure of our sport was a priority.
We very much considered and consulted our high performance department to ensure that this did not impact on the athletes and Channel 7 understood the need to protect the interests of our athletes.
The dates of the 2016 Georgina Hope Australian Age Championships remain UNCHANGED.
We understand that this may require some of you to modify your accommodation. To try to alleviate issues we have contacted the key team hotels in Adelaide to ensure they are informed and do everything within their power to accommodate changes. We have also worked with Accor to provide some alternate hotel options at discounted prices where additional accommodation is required. The details can be found here
Thank you in advance for your understanding with this change and hope you share in our excitement with what we will achieve next year and into the future through our partnership with Channel 7.
Swimming news courtesy of Swimming Australia.