Dear swimmers and parents,
Well done to everyone who swam in the gala on Saturday. As you know we caame in second, which means we finished the league in 3rd place, a fantastic achievement.
There were 32 top 3 places in 46 events.
First places went to:
Kassia (25m breast), Matilda (25m fly), Bibsi (25m F/S), Leyla and Kieran (25m back), Rachel & Joe (50m fly), the boys 4 x 25m breaststroke relay team of Dan, Max, Tylar & Jonathan, the boys 4 x 50m F/S relay team of Dan, Euan, Max and Jonathan and the girls 4 x 50m medley team of Matilda, Loulou, Bibsi and Amina.
Second places went to:
Charlotte (100m F/S and 100m breast), Joe (100m F/S), Euan (50m F/S), Loulou (50m back), Max (25m back), Joshua (50m breast), the girls 4 x 50m F/S relay team of Amina, Katherine and the two Charlottes, the boys 4 x 25m F/S relay team of Ben, Arthur, Theo and Jonathan and the boys squad relay team of Joe, Fred, Max, Theo, Tom, Tylar, Ben & Jonathan.
The following came in third place:
Ben (50m back), Rachel & Charlotte B-C (50m freestyle), Tom (25m breast), Loulou (50m breast), Joshua (25m freestyle), Matilda (25m back). Also both the boys (Ben, James, Joe & Fred) and the girls (Leyla, Kassia, Bibsi & Hannah) 4 x 25m medley teams, both the girls (Leyla, Katherine, Hannah & Charlotte McV) and the boys (James, Tom, Arthur & Jonathan) 4 x 25 F/S relay teams and the girls squad relay team of Rachel, Carlotta, Charlotte B-C, Millie, Kassia, Katherine , Matilda & Charlotte McV.
There were PBs in 23 of the 32 individual races:
- 100m freestyle - Charlotte & Joe. Joe took over10 seconds off his previous time.
- 50m freestyle - Charlotte B-C, Euan, Rachel & Kieran, with Kieran taking over 4 seconds off his previous time and being upgraded.
- 25m freestyle - Bibsi, Joshua and Katherine, with Katherine swimming fast enough to get upgraded
- 50m breast - Ben & Joshua
- 25m breast - Kassia, Tom & Leyla, with Leyla upgraded.
- 50m back - Ben & Loulou
- 25m back - Leyla, Max & Kieran
- 50m fly - Rachel & Joe
- 25m fly - Matilda & Joshua
To get so many PBs shows that you were all swimming really well and it is great to see so much improvement.
Best wishes,
Jenny