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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
|
Sharks
|
Seals |
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 |
2nd Bracknell Squids & 1st Sunningdale Turtles |
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