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The District Swimming Gala
took place on Saturday 2 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.
Unfortunately, we did not
have much of a response for this District event so on the
day the team was made up of just 4 Cubs - Matthew Molyneux,
Ben Molyneux, Robert Morgan and Jonathan Dye. Special thanks
to Jonathan who came along to the event after sitting an
exam in Slough.
As usual the
event was split into 2 age groups with the under 9½ races
taking place first. However, this year there were additional
races so that some started in the water while others had
a diving start. This addressed criticism from previous years
where it was suggested that those people who could dive
were at an advantage. Diving was still not allowed on the
width races as these took place in the shallow end of the
pool.
As usual any
one competitor was limited to a maximum of two pointed events
plus the relay.
Under 9½
year olds
Because Matthew
was our only swimmer under 9½ we were not able to enter
all the races in this age group.
| 1
Width freestyle (crawl - start in water) |
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| 1
Length freestyle (crawl - diving start) |
Matthew Molyneux (came 2nd)
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| 1
Width breaststroke (start in water) |
-
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| 1
Length breaststroke (diving start) |
-
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| 1
Width backstroke |
Matthew
Molyneux (came 3rd)
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Open
| 1
Length freestyle (crawl - start in water) |
Ben
Molyneux (came 5th)
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| 1
Length freestyle (crawl - diving start) |
Jonathan
Dye (came 6th)
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| 1
Length breaststroke (start in water) |
Robert Morgan (came 5th)
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| 1
Length breaststroke (diving start) |
Ben
Molyneux (came 3rd)
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| 1
Length backstroke |
Jonathan
Dye (came 1st)
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| 1
Width butterfly (no points for this event) |
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The
Plunge
(Cub dives in, makes no stroke and glides
as far as he can) |
Robert Morgan (came 4th)
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The Relay
| 1
Length backstroke |
Jonathan Dye
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| 1
Length freestyle (under 9½) |
Matthew
Molyneux
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| 1
Length breaststroke |
Robert
Morgan
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| 1
Length freestyle |
Ben
Molyneux
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Our relay team came 3rd.
In addition
there were 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. Matthew Molyneux
entered this event and came 1st.
- The Open
Medley consists of 1 length freestyle, 1 length backstroke,
1 length breaststroke and 1 length freestyle swum consecutively.
Robert Morgan and Ben Molyneux entered the heats for this
event. Robert was 4th in his heat while Ben came 3rd overall.
Places were decided between the two heats based on individual
times.
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 and points this year were
as follows.
|
Place
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Team
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Points
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1st
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1st
Sunningdale
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60
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2nd
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1st
Binfield Seonee
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58
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3rd
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1st
Ascot (All Saints)
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40
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4th
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1st
Binfield Wolves W
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31
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5th
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2nd
Bracknell Stags
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30
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6th
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1st
Binfield Wolves X
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25
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7th
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7th
Bracknell
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25
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Very well done
to all those who took part. It
is very disappointing that we couldn't find some other people
to take part in this event as if we had entered more races
we would have undoutably improved our score.
This is a District
Event. For more information please contact our District
Commissioner - Carolyne Brambley
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