Gala Reports 2024

by Turtles Swimming Club Gala Reports

 

Ruislip Turtles Invitation Gala - 7th September 2024

A very close contest ended with a shared victory between Ruislip Turtles A team and Hatfield Platypus. Hatfield Platypus has now won our Shield, seven times out of the last nine invitation galas. The Turtles B Team finished third.

In total 24 medals were awarded to Turtle swimmers including 10 golds, 4 silver and 10 bronze.

Ryan Orlinska won a gold and a bronze medal, in his first competitive event as did Frankie Patmore in his first invitation gala. Gabby Burbidge returned to the squad and won 2 gold medals.

Shaida Ghorbanian won three medals to strengthen her position at the top of the medal table for 2024.

Special mention to Joe Travers who was the sole representatives from Harrow Kingfisher, but won 3 gold medals.

Unfortunately, Pimlico Puffins encountered terrible travelling problems and missed the first 5 events.

In total, we invited 12 clubs* and it is a sad state of affairs that only 4 other clubs were able to send teams. We are grateful to all the teams and swimmers who made the effort, and a big thank you to all the volunteers who supported us, including the professional photographer Darren     Campbell

It was our first ever gala at Botwell Green and we received good support from the pool staff, and we managed to keep proceedings on schedule.

The next and final event of 2024 will be the Pimlico Puffins Invitation Gala on Sunday 27th October.

Big thank you to the Swimming Teachers’ Association for sponsoring the event that cost the  one thousand pounds to hold.

Team Results

 

Hatfield Platypus

58 pts

Ruislip Turtle A

58 pts

Ruislip Turtles B

50 pts

Ealing SC

45 pts

Pimlico Puffins

19 pts

Harrow Kingfishers

18 pts

*8 invited teams who could not participate this year:

Stevenage Dolphins,

Potters Bar Barracuda

Reading Cygnets

St. Albans Special Olympics

Egham Constellations

and 

3 We Swim, London Clubs.

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Invitation Gala 7/9/24

 

 

 

 

Competitor

Submitted Time

Actual Time

Position

Junior 4 L

 

Stuart East

2.29

3.04

4th

Junior 4 L

 

Gabrielle Burbidge

3.32

3.22

1st

Ladies 4 L

 

Jeannette Prentice

3.40

3.40

2nd

Ladies 4 L

 

Karen Hoffmann

3.50

4.05

4th

Mens 4 L

 

Josh Arends

1.41

1.35

2nd

Mens 4 L

 

Anthony Or

2.21

2.27

4th

Junior 2 L

 

Ernest Demonj

1.15

1.31

1st

Junior 2 L

 

Ryan Orlinski

1.21

1.09

 R3rd

Ladies 2 L

 

Hazel Prentice

2.01

2.01

3rd

Ladies 2 L

 

Shaida Ghorbanian

1.22

1.17

1st

Mens 2 L

 

Jamie Woodbridge

0.50

0.44

2nd

Mens 2 L

 

Ian Andrew Horne

0.55

0.52

3rd

Junior 1 L

 

William Davies

1.00

0.57

1st

Junior 1 L

 

Frankie Patmore

0.34

0.55

3rd

Ladies 1 L

 

Hazel Prentice

0.56

0.49

R4th

Ladies 1 L

 

Shaida Ghorbanian

0.35

0.33

2nd

Mens 1 L

 

Gary Lee

0.28

0.31

5th

Mens 1 L

 

Mohamad Assaad

0.28

0.31

6th

Junior Relay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ernest Demonj & William Davies, & Stuart East (2)

2.49

3.31

3rd

Junior Relay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frankie Patmore, Gabby Burbidge &  Ryan Orlinksi (2)

  2.38

2.30

 1st

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ladies Relay

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hazel prentice (2) & Jeannette Prentice (2)

3.54

3.31

R4th

Ladies Relay

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shaida Ghorbanian & Karen Hoffmann (2)

3.12

2.57

R3rd

Mens Relay

 

Josh Arends (2)  Gary Lee & Jamie Woodbridge

1.32

 1.32

 1st

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mens Relay

 

Anthony Or (2)   Mohamad Assaad & Ian Andrew

2.03

2.15

4th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diving

 

Jamie Woodbridge

 

 

3rd

Diving

 

Anthony Or

 

 

4th

 

 

Special Olympice Gala St. Albans 1st June 2024

 

Ruislip Turtles took part in the Special Olympics, St. Albans gala on Saturday 1st June. It proved to be something of a marathon, spanning 5 hours. We were the only team participating who were not a Special Olympics Club, so quite naturally, we tended to have the slowest swimmers in most events. We competed against: Plymouth, Reading, Peterborough, Hastings & St. Albans. One chap from Plymouth           completed his 50m Freestyle in 30 seconds…

 

The swimmers were divided into time banded heats. As most of our swimmers record similar times, it resulted in several of our swimmers competing against other Ruislip Turtles. Medals were awarded, Gold,   Silver, Bronze and finally a Participation medal for each heat. All  swimmers therefore received three medals from their three swans.

 

For events other than Freestyle, there were stringent rules, and failure to meet the requirements of the stroke resulted in disqualification. We suffered three DQs, we also suffered several ‘repositionings’ for           exceeding the tolerances allowed for ‘maximum effort rules’ (performing substantially better than their submitted time).

 

Well done to all of our swimmers for a great performance on Saturday.

It was a good experience and an education for us all.

 

Special mention again to Josh. Josh won the Butterfly competition and he was also in the top heat for the 100 metres Freestyle where he won silver. Josh also won his 50 metres Freestyle heat, had he been entered into the top heat, Josh would have won the Bronze!

Now that is impressive!

Swimmer

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Participation

Total

Josh Arends

2

1

 

 

3

Shaida Ghorbanian

2

 

 

1

3

Jamie Woodbridge

1

1

1

 

3

Anthony Or

1

1

 

1

3

Karn Hoffmann

 

2

1

 

3

Gary Lee

 

2

 

1

3

Jeannette Prentice

 

1

2

 

3

Ian Andrew Horne

 

1

 

2

3

William Davies

 

 

2

1

3

Total

6

9

6

6

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Special Olympics Gala—St. Albans –Results

Event Number

Race

Swimmer

Time

Award / Pos.

Event 1

200m Freestyle M.

Anthony Or

5.32.62

Silver

Event 3 Heat 1

25m Breaststroke M.

Ian Andrew Horne

25.90

DSQ

Event 3 Heat 2

25m Breaststroke M.

Jamie Woodbridge

29.36

Silver

Event 4

25m Backstroke F.

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