THREE JAMAICAN SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING JUDGES DEPART TO OFFICIATE AT

1^ST PAN AMERICAN ASUA JUNIOR SYNCHRO CHAMPIONSHIPS

August 16, 2005

THREE SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING JUDGES, MARIAN THWAITES, HELEN EYRE AND ELIZABETH SAMUDA WILL DEPART JAMAICA TOMORROW TO OFFICIATE AT THE 1^ST PAN AMERICAN ASUA JUNIOR SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE HELD IN ORLANDO FLORIDA, AUGUST 18-21. THIS IS PART OF THE AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATIONS (ASAJ) ONGOING PROGRAMME TO TRAIN AND CERTIFY JAMAICAN JUDGES.

FINA HAS THREE SEPARATE JUDGES LISTS; A. B AND G, FROM WHICH JUDGES ARE SELECTED FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS. JUDGES ON THE “A“ LIST ARE THE MOST EXPERIENCED AND JUDGES AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND OLYMPIC GAMES. JUDGES ON THE GENERAL OR “G” LIST MOVE TO THE “B” LIST AND THEN THE “A” LIST BY EARNING THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF GOOD EVALUATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS.

JAMAICA PRESENTLY HAS TWO JUDGES, HELEN EYRE AND MICHELLE LEE, ON FINA’S “G” LIST.

THE ASAJ WILL NOT BE SENDING SWIMMERS TO THE COMPETITION WHICH HAS ENTRIES FROM THIRTEEN COUNTRIES IN THE ASUA REGION (NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA).

END / JOHN EYRE 371-1229