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The Hitchin Gala is organised in a different way to all the other galas.
All the races are for 25 Metres, with all swimmers entered for at least 2 races.
The Turtles entered 2 teams, Turtles Seniors and Turtles Juniors, so it provides a rare opportunity for the youngsters to compete against their seniors. The Juniors finished 3rd and the Seniors finished 5th.
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Unfortunately, there were a number of incorrect race re-positionings and so races 1, 6 , 11 and 14 were subsequently recast the following day, substantially changing the overall results. Several medals were therefore incorrectly awarded on the night. The correct results are listed on page 7 — the Lions apologised for any confusion and there is no need to return any of the medals.
Congratulations to Shaida Ghorbanian (winner of 2 Gold Medals) and to the other Gold Medal winners: Charlie, Antony, Karen & Oliver..
Detailed Results
Race
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Swimmer
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Entered Time
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Swum Time
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Position
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Points
|
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Turtles Seniors
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|
|
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1
|
Jeanette Prentice
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00:47
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00:52.3
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2
|
5
|
2
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Karen Hoffmann
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00:33
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00:34.5
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6
|
1
|
3
|
Neil Dew
|
00:28
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00:28.7
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6
|
1
|
4
|
Shaida Ghorbanian
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00:36
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00:34.4
|
1
|
6
|
5
|
Jeanette Prentice *
|
00:35
|
00:43.6
|
5
|
2
|
6
|
Gary Lee
|
00:31
|
00:27.4
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
Karen Hoffmann
|
00:33
|
00:30.0
|
1
|
6
|
8
|
Jeanette Prentice
|
00:47
|
00:49.6
|
6
|
1
|
9
|
Shaida Ghorbanian
|
00:36
|
00:33.8
|
1
|
6
|
10
|
Neil Dew
|
00:28
|
00:40.0
|
4
|
3
|
11
|
Shaida Ghorbanian*
|
00:35
|
00:33.9
|
3
|
4
|
12
|
Gary Lee
|
00:31
|
00:26.8
|
5
|
2
|
13
|
Shaida Ghorbanian
|
00:36
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00:37.5
|
5
|
2
|
14
|
Jeanette Prentice
|
00:47
|
00:46.1
|
2
|
5
|
15
|
Gary, Karen, Neil, Jeanette*
|
02:07
|
02:11.0
|
5
|
4
|
|
Turtles Juniors
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Scarlet Regan
|
00:52
|
00:41.1
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
Tillie Hewlett
|
00:33
|
00:30.2
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
Jamie Woodbridge
|
00:20
|
00:18.6
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
Charlie Laws
|
00:34
|
00:28.0
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
Antony Laws
|
00:29
|
00:26.0
|
1
|
6
|
6
|
Oliver Regan
|
00:28
|
00:25.6
|
1
|
6
|
7
|
Scarlet Regan
|
00:52
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00:44.8
|
6
|
1
|
8
|
Tillie Hewlett
|
00:33
|
00:33.1
|
4
|
3
|
9
|
Jamie Woodbridge
|
00:20
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00:19.2
|
2
|
5
|
10
|
Charlie Laws
|
00:34
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00:28.3
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5
|
2
|
11
|
Oliver Regan
|
00:28
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00:25.1
|
2
|
5
|
12
|
Antony Laws
|
00:29
|
00:25.0
|
4
|
3
|
13
|
Tillie Hewlett
|
00:33
|
00:31.5
|
2
|
5
|
14
|
Charlie Laws
|
00:34
|
00:31.2
|
1
|
6
|
15
|
Charlie, Antony, Scarlet, Jamie
|
02:15
|
01:59.3
|
6
|
2
|
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|
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Final Team Scores
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Platypus Seniors
|
1st
|
66
|
|
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Letchworth Pisces
|
2nd
|
60
|
|
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Turtles Juniors
|
3rd
|
57
|
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Platypus Juniors
|
4th
|
55
|
|
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Turtles Seniors
|
5th
|
51
|
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Stevenage Dolphins
|
6th
|
48
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- is was a great achievement because due to various problems we lost 4 of our swimmers on the day of the gala. As we were unable to change the times entered for the events, we had to quickly re-allocate swimmers to the individual events leading to substitutes swimming in 5 of the 12 events.
- In total we won 9 medals (3 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze).
- Gold medals were won by Gary Lee (Mens 3 Lengths - 100 metres), Sophie Grey (Junior 3 Lengths) and the Junior Relay Team (Ian Andrew Horne, Sophie Grey and Jamie Woodbridge
- Bronze medal winners were won by Jeannette Prentice (Ladies 3 Lengths), Jamie Woodbridge (Junior 1 Length), Sophie Grey (Junior 2 Lengths) and Anne Rourke (Ladies 1 Length)
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