Introducing JX - Latest News | Merrylands A.S.C. Inc.

The new Australian Junior Excellence Program (JX) recognises, rewards and encourages junior swimmers who, through their development of aquatic skills and fitness, achieve a high standard of swimming excellence.

Under the Program, swimmers aged from 9 to 13 years who accomplish times set by Swimming Australia qualify at Gold, Silver, Bronze or Green standard, depending on their best performance/s during the season.

For doing so, the qualifiers receive special recognition by way of:

a distinctive JX cap (9 & 10 year-olds) or a special JX shirt (11 to 13 year-olds)

a JX certificate of achievement signed by the National Youth Coach and Grant Hackett the captain of the Australian Swim Team

a JX motivational poster featuring elite Australian swimmers

a poster depicting the local athlete development pathway

publication of their name on the Swimming Australia website

Our club's first JX qualifiers will be announced and presented with their awards at this year's Presentation Evening on Saturday, 26th May, 2007.

For more information on the Australian Junior Excellence Program, see the Development section of our website.

See Also

Club & Swimmer Development

Presentation Evening

Swimming Australia - Australian Junior Excellence Program