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Tewkesbury Swimming Gala
Tuesday 23rd January 2024 – 10.00-12.00pm at Tewkesbury School
Order of Events
Team of 6 swimmers from years 4-6 with no restriction on gender balance.
Each swimmer must take part in one race only from heats 1-6, plus the canon relay and a fun/non scoring event. Including the finals, each child will swim 4 races so please ensure those in the 2 length races have sufficient stamina to cope. Each swimmer will take part in either the smallest splash ( 3 pupils) or largest splash (3 pupils) fun event.
All individual races will have a water start. In the relays, swimmers starting at the deep end may dive if competent. Races will all finish at the shallow end.
Heats
1 Front Crawl – One length
2 Front Crawl – Two lengths
3 Backstroke – One length (2 heats for each race 1-7)
4 Backstroke – Two lengths
5 Breaststroke – One length
6 Breaststroke – Two lengths
7 Canon Relay
- All six pupils to take part in this race.
- One length each.
- Any stroke.
The winner from each heat/race will go through to the final 1 + the 2 fastest losers, the other swimmers will go into final 2.
Finals
8 Front Crawl – One length
9 Front Crawl – Two lengths
10 Backstroke – One length (2 finals for each race 8-14)
11 Backstroke– Two lengths
12 Breaststroke – One length
13 Breaststroke – Two lengths
14 Canon relay – All six swimmers, one length each, any stroke
Fun/non scoring events
15 Largest Splash – 3 pupils nominated
16 Smallest Splash – 3 pupils nominated
Presentations
Bookings
Bookings are closed for this event.