East Grinstead Open Gala
Sunday 21st May 2023
On Sunday, Ojays travelled to K2 in Crawley for the East Grinstead short course open meet We had an incredible day with some fantastic swims from all our athletes competing against 10 other clubs. By the end of the day, we had achieved an amazing 22 Golds, 12 Silvers and 3 Bronze medals with over half of all 149 individual swims getting a top 6 placing. Our 35 swimmers racked up 110 personal bests which is 75% of all swims. A special mention goes to Aaron for bringing home an incredible 6 gold medals. A big thank you to Sam for coaching and team managers Jo, Mark and Caroline. Our officials Andre, Caroline, Mark, Sarah and Sophie and to all our swimmers for setting a shining example and showing that success is not only measured by performance in the pool, but by the way we conduct ourselves and support our fellow Ojay’s swimmers. Also well done to Mark for passing his British Swimming J2S assessment. Not only a significant personal achievement, but demonstrates a fantastic commitment to the club that will enable us to continue to have licenced club championships and galas going forward. Those that would like to volunteer a little bit of their time, develop a deeper appreciation of their children’s sport and join the group parents that support the club as an official and facilitate our ability to enter our children into galas then please email competitions@orpingtonojays.com for more information. Photographs of the gala can be viewed by signing into your Team Unify account and accessing the Photos option on the main portal page. Additionally, you can purchase professional photographs of the event at https://harlequinephotography.zenfoliosite.com/egsc and using the password K2GALA
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