A big well done to all who took part in this year’s Christmas gala. There were bucket loads of personal best times, and some very good swims. The times can be seen in the Members section on the Christmas Galas page. Seventeen Meet Best Times were broken this year, including the 9 year old girls’ Butterfly – Becky Gulliver broke Caitlin Horsley’s record from 2004, and Harvey Higgins who broke Joe Plimmer’s 9 year old boys’ Butterfly record from 2001!
Winners on the day were as follows:
Event 1 Becky Gulliver Girls 9 Years 50m Free; Sophia Deans Girls 10 Years 50m Free; Shontrez Lecky Girls 11 Years 50m Free; Jessica Deans Girls 12/13 Years 50m Free; Jessica Jones Girls 14/15 Years 50m Free; Katie Gulliver Girls 16/over 50m Free
Event 2 Lewis Carless Boys 9 Years 50m Free; Dylan Langston Boys 10 Years 50m Free; Ravaell Bailey Boys 11 Years 50m Free; Kenny Byrne Boys 12/13 Years 50m Free; Jack Byrne Boys 14/15 Years 50m Free; Dan Smith Boys 16/overs 50m Free
Event 3 Khadejah Cox Girls 8 Years 25m Free; Event 4 Daniel Charles Boys 8 Years 25m Free
Event 5 Carys Higgins Girls 7/under 25m Free; Event 6 Mason Carless Boys 7/under 25m Free
Event 7 Trearna Hart Girls 9 years 50m Breast; Sophia Deans Girls 10 Years 50m Breast; Raeanne Davidson Girls 11 Years 50m Breast; Danya Gaddu Girls 12/13 Years 50m Breast; Maisy Brennan Girls 14/15 Years 50m Breast; Sareena Gaddu Girls 16/overs 50m Breast
Event 8 Lewis Carless Boys 9 years 50m Breast; Dylan Langston Boys 10 Years 50m Breast; Thanh Nguyen Boys 11 Years 50m Breast; Kenny Byrne Boys 12/13 Years 50m Breast; Daniel Smith Boys 16/overs 50m Breast
Event 9 Danielle Siviter Girls 8 years 25m Breast; Event 10 Jack Robins Boys 8 years 25m Breast
Event 11 Carys Higgins Girls 7/under 25m Breast; Event 12 Mason Carless Boys 7/under 25m Breast
Event 13 Catrise Hart Girls 9 Years 50m Back; Ella Payne Girls 10 Years 50m Back; Shontrez Lecky Girls 11 Years 50m Back; Danya Gaddu Girls 12/13 Years 50m Back; Jessica Jones Girls 14/15 Years 50m Back; Penny Whittingham Girls 16/overs 50m Back
Event 14 Ellison Hart Boys 9 Years 50m Back; Dylan Langston Boys 10 Years 50m Back; Dilshan Bamanuvitharana Boys 11 Years 50m Back; Kenny Byrne Boys 12/13 Years 50m Back; Jack Byrne Boys 14/15 Years 50m Back; Dan Smith Boys 16/over Years 50m Back
Event 15 Charlotte Coley Girls 8 Years 25m Back; Event 16 David Coleman Boys 8 Years 25m Back
Event 17 Carys Higgins Girls 7/under 25m Back; Event 18 Mason Carless Boys 7/under 25m Back
Event 19 Ella Payne Girls 10 Years 50m Butterfly; Raeanne Davidson Girls 11 Years 50m Butterfly; Danya Gaddu Girls 12/13 Years 50m Butterfly; Jessica Jones Girls 14/15 Years 50m Butterfly; Katie Gulliver Girls 16/overs Butterfly
Event 20 Daniel Job Boys 10 Years 50m Butterfly; Ravaell Bailey Boys 11 Years 50m Butterfly; Viraj Patel Boys 12/13 Years 50m Butterfly; Dan Smith Boys 16/overs 50m Butterfly
Event 21 Becky Gulliver Girls 9 Years 25m Butterfly; Event 22 Harvey Higgins Boys 9 Years 25m Butterfly
Event 23 Kelishay Thomas Girls 8 Years 25m Butterfly;
Event 25 Penny Whittingham All Girls 100 I.M.; Event 26 Dan Smith All Boys 100 I.M.
Many thanks to all of the volunteers who helped make this gala possible, including the visiting officials Angie Miller, Carl Chatfield and Ian Lamb.