Swimmers Bridie, Grace B, Lily, Alex P, Jessica S, Verena, Lotte, Poppy, D’Arcy, Sofia, Daniella, Skye, Mathilda
Louis S, Huxley, Finn T, Sammy, Aaron, Finn, Aaron, James B, Zach, Louis N,
This gala was held in an 33.3 m pool, which is always difficult for us as we don’t train in a pool of that size, so it’s difficult for us to predict times, which in a Graded gala is important – because as you know it’s not always the first one to get to the end of the pool who wins! (Because of the time limitations on the races). However – this is a problem for coaches more than swimmers – and everyone swam really well with the result that we came 3rd out of 5 teams – a really good result.
Many thanks to Mark and Chelsea for attending the gala on behalf of the club, David for time keeping, Minna for doing splits and in particular Grace who whipped the swimmers as well as swimming herself.
Lots of PB’s for swimmers – all of these are in Red on the results sheets, and the blue ones are unofficial personal best times – taken from relays, so can’t be completely accurate.
We had a couple of time faults – i.e. too fast for this gala!
Boys 10 and under freestyle relay, Huxley – Freestyle and Mixed girls and boys freestyle team relay at the end.
First places went to:-
Aaron – backstroke, Boys 10 and under Medley Relay, Alex – Backstroke and Sammy – Breaststroke.
2nd places went to:-
Sammy – Butterfly, Grace – Butterfly, Finn – Butterfly, Mixed freestyle relay, Mathilda – Freestyle, Girls 10 and under medley relay, Aaron – Butterfly and Bridie – Breaststroke.
3rd Places went to :-
Mixed 13 and under mixed freestyle relay, Jessica – Backstroke, Verena – Breaststroke, Finn – Breaststroke, Lily – Breaststroke, Louis S – Freestyle, Huxley – Backstroke, Mixed 12 and under freestyle relay, Louis N – Freestyle and Sofia – Backstroke.
Well done all. Swimmers of the gala:- Grace and Sammy
