The District Swimming Gala took place on Saturday 30 October. Once again the District is grateful to the Licensed Victuallers School on London Road for allowing us to use their pool for the afternoon. We are very pleased to announce that our Seals team came first and won the Palmer Shield. We also won the two individual Medley events.
As usual the event was split into 2 age groups with the under 9½ races taking place first. Normally, any one competitor is limited to a maximum of two pointed events plus the relay. However, the District have relaxed the rule this year as otherwise there wouldn’t be enough teams to make it a good competition.
Although we were hit by some last minute cancellations, we managed to enter 3 teams this year. There is a special mention here for Matthew Chaumbult in our Seals team. Although he’s in the under 9½ age group he stepped in to fill a gap in the open category. Well done Matthew.
You can see how we got on in previous years by visiting our Past Events page – click on the link on the left of this page.
Under 9½ year olds
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Sharks
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Seals |
Squids
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| 1 width freestyle (crawl – start in water) |
Cameron Shields | Matthew Chaumbult(2nd) | Louis Sanderson (1st) |
| 1 length freestyle (crawl – diving start) |
Chris Earle | Samuel Lee | Jack Jarvis |
| 1 width breaststroke (start in water) |
Cameron Shields | Samuel Lee (3rd) | Scott Charlton |
| 1 length breaststroke (diving start) |
Aidan McCormack | Luke Vassor (3rd) | Louis Sanderson |
| 1 width backstroke | Aidan McCormack | Luke Vassor (1st) | Jack Jarvis (2nd) |
Open
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Sharks
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Seals
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Squids | |
| 1 Length freestyle (crawl – start in water) |
Thomas Freeman (1st) | James Morgan | Ben Wells |
| 1 Length freestyle (crawl – diving start) |
Fraser Wood | Ben Wortley Matthew Chaumbult |
Martin Lee |
| 1 Length breaststroke (start in water) |
Stuart Allen | Matthew Chaumbult | Daniel Robertson(2nd) |
| 1 Length breaststroke (diving start) |
Fraser Wood | Matthew Molyneux (1st) | Ben Wells |
| 1 Length backstroke | Thomas Freeman (1st) | William Hawkes (3rd) | Martin Lee |
| 1 Width butterfly (no points for this event) |
Matthew Molyneux (1st) | ||
| The Plunge (Cub dives in, makes no stroke and glides as far as he can) |
Fraser Wood | Matthew Molyneux (3rd) | Daniel Robertson |
The Relay
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Sharks
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Seals (2nd)
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Squids (4th) | |
| 1 Length backstroke | Fraser Wood | William Hawkes | Daniel Robertson |
| 1 Length freestyle (under 9½) |
Chris Earle Cameron Shields | Samuel Lee | Jack Jarvis |
| 1 Length breaststroke | Stuart Allen | Matthew Molyneux | Ben Wells |
| 1 Length freestyle | Thomas Freeman | Ben Wortley Matthew Chaumbult | Martin Lee |
In addition there are two MEDLEY events which are not pointed for the Palmer Shield but are for individual winners medals for the fastest times.
- Under 9½ Medley consists of 1 width backstroke, 1 width breaststroke and 1 width freestyle swum consecutively.Won by Luke Vassor
- The Open Medley consists of 1 length freestyle, 1 length backstroke, 1 length breaststroke and 1 length freestyle swum consecutively. Won by Matthew Molyneux with Thomas Freeman a very close second.
Palmer Shield
The points from the events excluding the Medley and Butterfly are all added up and the winning team takes home the Palmer Shield. The positions were as follows.
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Place
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Team
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1st
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2nd Bracknell Seals
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2nd
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1st Binfield Stingrays
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3rd
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1st South Ascot
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This is a District Event.