South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club paid tribute to its former chairman with a home gala in his memory. Gerry had been with the club for 10 years and had done endless work for the club. He was Chairman from 2001 to 2003 and Secretary for the club from 1998 to 2001. Gerry started to set swim 21 in motion for South Lincs. He loved teaching the swimmers and had great pleasure in teaching some of our disabled swimmers. The fund raised from this gala went to Thorpe Hall the Sue Ryder Hospice in Peterborough. Great Britain swimmer Melanie Marshall a former member of South Lincs swimming club came and supported the gala bringing raffle prizes. Melanie also raced against 1 boy and 1 girl from each club, the swimmers thought that this was fantastic to swim against a swimmer than is ranked number one in the world. It was a great honour to be chosen and something they will remember for along time to come. South Lincs would like to thank Melanie for her support. It generated a great atmosphere around poolside, which was electric throughout the gala. The gala raised £236.00, which will go to Thorpe Hall, thank you swimmers and parents for your support.
All teams were local; Wisbech, Peterborough, Boston, Deeping, South Lincs Tulips and South Lincs Daffodils. . The Gala was a B grade gala with cut off times. Swimmers swimming faster than the cut off did not score any points. Results Swimmers going past the cut off times Sullivan Stoner, Highbury Gay and Charles Nell. 1st placing Dominic Croxford 15/o Freestyle and 15/o Breaststroke,Thomas Lane 13/u Butterfly and 13/u Backstroke, Jemma Smith 13/u Freestyle, Sammie Earth 11/u Butterfly, Matthew Earth 9/u Breaststroke, Jessica Whyte 9/u Butterfly.
2nd placing Michael Drakard 11/u Breaststroke,Jemma Smith 13/u Butterfly and 13/u Freestyle Charles Nell 15/o Breaststroke, Lucy Nell 15/o Butterfly, Alex Wensor 11/u Backstroke and George Wensor 9/u Backstroke.
3rd placings,Highbury Gay 9/u Breaststroke, Michael Drakard 11/u Butterfly, Tom Maxey 13/u Freestyle, Heather Smith 11/u Breaststroke, Jemma Smith 13/u Breaststroke, Rebecca Browne 9/u Freestyle and 9/u Backstroke.
End result 1st Boston, 2nd Wisbech, 3rd Deeping 4th South Lincs Tulips, 5th South Lincs Daffodils and 6th Peterborough
South Lincs would like to thank everyone involved who helped in making it a memorable evening.