Regulations
Age Categories
- Age is determined as of December 31 of the year of competition. By 2025, participants must be 20 years old. The average age of participants in a routine is determined by adding the ages of the actual swimmers divided by the number of swimmers (excluding reserves) and omitting the resulting fraction or decimal. For example, if a team’s average age is 49.833, they swim in the 35-49 age group.
- Men can also participate. There is a “Mixed Duet” category and a “Men’s” category, regardless of the age of the participants. Men can also participate in team and combo. Multi’s are also welcome.
Classifications
- No Dutch National Synchro Masters Championship will be held in the age category 20 – 24 years and the Combination event. During these events, only the Fryslân Open Championship Competition will be held.
- The Technical and Free Routine will be swum as separate events. A final ranking will be drawn up for both parts (Technical and Free Routine) for both the Fryslân Open Championship and the Dutch Masters Championship. A medal ceremony will also take place for both parts (Technical and Free Routine).
- For the Combination, only the Free Routine is swum.
| Tijdslimits for Routines | Technical Routine | Free Routine |
| Solo¹ | < 2 minutes 00 seconds | < 2 minutes 15 seconds |
| Duet¹ | < 2 minutes 20 seconds | < 2 minutes 45 seconds |
| Mixed Duet¹ | < 2 minutes 20 seconds | < 2 minutes 45 seconds |
| Team¹ | < 2 minutes 50 seconds | < 3 minutes 30 seconds |
| Combination¹ | not applicable | < 3 minutes 30 seconds |
- Required elements for technical routine are those from FINA 2018-2022. Technical elements in solo and (mixed) duet must be performed in parallel to the judges.
- FINA mandatory elements during Technical Routine: FINA Required Elements for Technical Routines (Masters)
- the fourth element ( TRAVELLING BALLET LEG COMBINATION) may be replaced by the element as defined in the LEN regulations: FLAMINGO – a ballet leg is assumed. The shin of horizontal leg is drawn along the surface of the water to assume a Surface Flamingo Position.
- NOTE! The order of the elements is free. Clubs are free to determine the order themselves. The difficulty factor is set at MF 2.0.
Dress codes
- During the technical routine, wearing a so-called “show” swimsuit, matching makeup and hair cap is permitted. There is therefore NÓ obligation to wear a black swimsuit and white swimming cap during the technical routine!
Music
- Music must be supplied digitally during registration.
- Music must be supplied in MP3 or MP4 format.
- A separate file must be supplied for each routine. The file name must be supplied as follows: Category-Age category-Type of performance-Association-Name of performance..
- Example of a Technical Routine Solo in the age category 40-49 would look like this: Solo-40_49-TU-HZPCHeerenveen-DancingQueen.mp4
- Example of a Free Routine Team in the age category 30-39 would look like this: Ploeg-30_39-VU-HZPCHeerenveen-RazorLight.mp3
- Music will be checked in advance by the organization and the results of this check will be fed back to the participating association by email.
- Also deliver the music to the organization via USB stick before the start of each competition day. The file name configuration as described above also applies here. The USB stick may contain all Routines of the participating association. Clearly label the USB stick with the name of the participating association.
- At the end of each competition day, each participating association is requested to collect the USB stick from the organization.
Entries
- No limitation in number of solos, duos, teams, combos per category.
- You can register for the Technical and/or the Free Routine separately.
- For optimized organization, one (1) judge per club is requested for clubs with ten (10) or less participants, two (2) judges are required for clubs with more than ten (10) participants. The costs you must pay if you participate without a jury (or only one jury member for more than ten (10) participants) are € 100.00. Judges participating in the Championships are allowed with the comment that:
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- In events where the juror is also registered as a participant, the participant cannot participate in this section as a juror.
- The judge can judge a minimum of two parts (solo, duet, trio, team or combo) on both days
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Financial terms
- Expenses for travel and accommodation will be borne by the participating clubs and/or participants
Cost
- Solo € 15,00 (Technical ór Free Routine), € 22,50 (Technical ánd Free Routine)
- (Mixed) Duet € 20,00 (Technica; ór Free Routine), € 30,00 (Technical ánd Free Routine)
- Team € 10,00 per participant (Technica; ór Free Routine), € 15,00 (Technica; ánd Free Routine)
- Combo € 12,50 per participant (Free Routine)
Registration
- Provisional enrollment: by Sunday, April 14, 2025
- Final enrollment: by Friday, May 24, 2025
Tentative schedule
- Saturday, July 5, 2025: All technical routines and some free routines
- Sunday, July 6, 2025: Rest of all free routines
- The schedule may be adjusted based on the number of participants. A more detailed schedule will be shared through this site after preliminary registration closes.
Meals
- A restaurant is available on site for meals and drinks.
- Judges will be offered meals and drinks throughout the championships.
