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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
|
Sharks
|
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
|
Sharks
|
Seals
|
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) |
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The
Plunge
(Cub dives in, makes no stroke and glides
as far as he can) |
Fraser
Wood |
Matthew Molyneux
(3rd) |
Daniel
Robertson |
The Relay
|
Sharks
|
Seals
(2nd)
|
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. For more information please contact our District
Commissioner - Carolyne Brambley
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