KR Gold Tournament 2027


KR Gold tournament will be held for the twentieth time in Laugardalslaug  ( Sundlaugavegur 105, 105 Reykjavík) February 12th  to 14th The tournament is open to all age groups, with 60 events in 5 sections, in addition to the KR Super Challenge swimming competition on Saturday evening

As before, competitors will be offered accommodation and food at Laugalækjarskóli (school approximately 100 meters from competition venue)  during the tournament.


KR SUPER CHALLENGE

On Friday as a part of the normal tournament schedule there will be prelims in 50m fly where the 8 fastest swimmers in the age groups

·    Open age group

·    16–18-year-olds

·    13–15-year-olds

·    12-year-old and younger

Will proceed to the KR Super challenge on Saturday evening , where music, swimming, and a light show will play a major role.
 
Swimmers in open age group will compete with an elimination system where we go from 8 fastest to 5 fastest and finally the 3 fastest swimmers compete for the podium and price money.
 
In the open age group category the price money is:

1st place in the KR Super Challenge 30,000 ISK

2nd place in the KR Super Challenge 20,000 ISK


Medals

In the 100m and 200m events, medals will be awarded in the following age groups:

• 12 years and younger

• 13 years

• 14 years

• 15 years

• 16 years and older


In the 50m events, medals will be awarded in the open category (except for the 50m butterfly where prizes will be awarded according to the KR Superchallenge rules)

Prizes in the 400m events and relays will be awarded in the following age groups:

• 12 years and younger

• 13-15 years

• 16 years and older

In addition, all juniors (10 years and under) will receive participation medals.
 
Special prizes will be awarded for those who swim in .00 time (a full second). 


Tournament Records

Tournament records are according to the age groups of the Icelandic Swimming Federation, tournament records can be viewed here below:

• Open category

• 16 – 18 years

• 13-15 years

• 12 years and younger


Results from previous tournaments can be viewed here below:


PRIZE MONEY

Prize money will be paid for the following results:

National record: 25,000 ISK.


The three highest scoring individuals for a total of three best swims:

1st place 15,000 ISK. 2nd place 10,000 ISK. 3rd place 5,000 ISK.

Tournament Records: Best time in an event in the open category: 5,000 ISK.

Age group tournament records: Special awards (maximum 3 awards per individual).

Attendance at the award ceremony is mandatory

If a swimmer or club representative does not attend the award ceremony, the swimmer will forfeit the prize money


EVENTS

 On Friday, the open category will be competed in all 50-meter events and the age groups in 400 m Medley.

• On Friday, the minimum age of competitors is 11 years.

• The minimum age of competitors in events 200 m and longer is 11 years.

• The tournament will have a overhead start in several events, which means that a heat may be started before the competitors in the previous heat have left the pool.


Schedule

February 12th.

  • Part 1 warm-up at 15:30 competition 16:30 Open category.


February 13th.

  • Part 2 warm-up at 8:00 competition at 9:00 13 years and older.
  • Part 3 warm-up at 14:00 competition at 15:00 12 years and younger.
  • KR Super Challenge, at 19:45-21:15. Warm-up begins at 19:00
  • Finals from Friday evening in 50 m Butterfly in four age groups.


February 14th.

  • Part 4 warm-up at 08:00 competition at 09:00 12 years and younger
  • Part 5 warm-up at 13:00 competition at 14:00 13 years and older

Age is based on the year of birth of the competitor


NOTE: The tournament manager reserves the right to limit participation in individual tournament sections so that the tournament schedule can be met. Timely registrations may give priority to the tournament.


You can view the event order here.


REGISTRATION – INFORMATION

The registration deadline is midnight on Wednesday, February 3rd 
Registrations submitted to:

gullmot@gmail.com. Receipt of all registrations will be confirmed by email.

News from the tournament will be updated regularly on http://www.kr.is/sund/ and

https://www.facebook.com/gullmot/
Lxf registration file will soon be made available on our website

If your team uses another program for registration contact meet management at
gullmot@gmail.com so that we can assist you with registration


REGISTRATION FEE

Registration fee is 950 ISK for each entry in individual events and 1600 ISK for relays

Late entry fee is 1500 ISK for each entry in individual events and 2500 ISK for relay

Fees will be charged according to the number of registrations in the tournament on Thursday evening, February 11th.


Laugalækjarskóli - ACCOMMODATION

As at previous KR tournaments, swimmers will be offered excellent accommodation at a Laugalækjarskóli (44WC+XFR, Sundlaugavegur, 105 Reykjavík) . Laugalækjarskóli is about 100m from Laugardalslaug (competition venue)

All facilities are exemplary, including a dining room for 150 people. Participants must bring a mattress or air mattress to sleep on and a sleeping bag or blanket and pillow. All food will be served at Laugalækjaskóli. There will be a 24-hour guard at the school. All competitors' luggage will be their responsibility during the tournament.
School opens at 14:00 Friday 12
th and all classrooms need to be emptied by 18:00 Sunday 14th



 

Note! Food intolerance.

If you have special dietary requirements due to food intolerance, please notify us when booking your accommodation.


The following are included in the accommodation:

Two nights in the school from Friday to Sunday.

Food:

·      Friday – Dinner

·      Saturday – Breakfast, lunch, dinner and an evening refreshment

·      Sunday – Breakfast and launch


The price of accommodation and food is 19,500 ISK.

If any participants would like to book their own accommodation but would like to buy food only  packages

the price of food only package for the whole tournament is 16,500 ISK

Those who plan to book accommodation and/or food packages are kindly asked to send us a notification of this no later than February 3rd at gullmot@gmail.com

Do not hesitate to contact us if you need further information. We look forward to seeing you.


Food and drinks at Laugardalslaug

KR shop on the second floor at the swimming pool will offer light meals, sandwiches, fruit, energy drinks, coffee and juices, among many other things. The shop has a great view of the swimming pool area.


For more information contact: 

Gunnar Egill Benonýsson

Head Coach of KR Swimming

phone +354 848-6462, gullmot@gmail.com