| The District Swimming Gala took place on Sunday 27 November. Once again the District is grateful to the Licensed Victuallers School on London Road for allowing us to use their pool for the afternoon.
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 again relaxed the rule this year as otherwise there wouldn’t be enough teams to make it a good competition.
Well done to all those who swam. Our overall points score did not reflect the amount of effort that was put in by all our swimmers. Cubs who came first or second in their heats went through to the finals. Where a position is shown it is the position in the final.
Under 9½ year olds
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Sharks
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Seals
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Squids
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1 width freestyle
(crawl – start in water) |
Robert Baylis |
Luke Cowley
Alistair Shields (4th) |
Alex Evans |
1 length freestyle
(crawl – diving start) |
Sam Holloway (4th) |
Simon Quantrell |
Sammy Lee |
1 width breaststroke
(start in water) |
Robert Baylis
(4th) |
Luke Cowley
Alistair Shields |
Alex Evans |
1 length breaststroke
(diving start) |
Sam Holloway |
Jack King
Alistair Shields |
Sammy Lee
(1st) |
| 1 width backstroke |
Charlie Wright |
Simon Quantrell (2nd) |
Jeremy Stephenson |
Open
|
Sharks
|
Seals
|
Squids |
1 Length freestyle
(crawl – start in water) |
Cameron Shields |
Aidan McCormack |
Alex Evans |
1 Length freestyle
(crawl – diving start) |
Chris Earle |
Jonathan Rose
(4th) |
Luke Vassor |
1 Length breaststroke
(start in water) |
Tomasz Szymaniec
(1st) |
Tom Butler |
Matthew Chambault |
1 Length breaststroke
(diving start) |
Chris Earle |
Aidan McCormack |
Luke Vassor |
| 1 Length backstroke |
Tomasz Szymaniec
(2nd) |
Tom Butler |
Matthew Chambault |
1 Width butterfly
(no points for this event) |
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Luke Vassor
(2nd) |
The Plunge
(Cub dives in, makes no stroke and glides as far as he can) |
Chris Earle |
Jonathan Rose |
Sammy Lee
(2nd) |
The Relay
|
Sharks
|
Seals (2nd)
|
Squids (4th) |
| 1 Length backstroke |
Cameron Shields |
Jonathan Rose |
Matthew Chambault |
1 Length freestyle
(under 9½) |
Robert Baylis |
Simon Quantrell |
Alex Evans |
| 1 Length breaststroke |
Tomasz Szymaniec |
Aidan McCormack |
Luke Vassor |
| 1 Length freestyle |
Chris Earle |
Tom Butler |
Sammy 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:1st Sammy Lee, 3rd Sam Holloway
- The Open Medley consists of 1 length freestyle, 1 length backstroke, 1 length breaststroke and 1 length freestyle swum consecutively: 4th Luke Vassor
If you were in our teams have you got your Swimmers badge yet? It is a five stage badge but unfortunately just taking part in the gala does not complete it – although it does count as an “organised event” for part 7. If you have swimming lessons just print off a copy of the requirements and get your swimming teacher to sign to say you can do it.
You can see how we got on in previous years by visiting our Past Events page.
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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7th Bracknell
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2nd
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1st Binfield Torpedos
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3rd
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1st Binfield Sharks
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4th
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2nd Bracknell Squids & 1st Sunningdale Turtles
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