Nationals are held at the end of the season, normally held in July of each year. These are organised by the ASA. Swimmers can only participate in events that have already been swum during that year. They will therefore be disallowed to race in an event for which they have not registered a time during that year. Whilst no points are awarded for the local swimming league, swimmers are awarded medals for those placing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their respective age groups. Swimmers that do not have a Maltese passport will be allowed to race but will be considered as ‘out of competition’. In this respect they will not be allowed to race in those events that are straight finals.
ASA Swimming Records The ASA will give bonuses to swimmers for each record that is broken during the year; €50 for Age-group records and €100 for National records. Only one bonus will be given during the year where same swimmer breaks the same record more than once.