I had the pleasure of taking a small group of 8 students to participate during the annual Secondary School Gala, which took part at GL1 Leisure Centre on Tuesday 20^th November.

As a non-club swimmer it can be quite overwhelming to compete against and be amongst other participants who have been swimming for a club for many years.

This though did not phase our students and not only did all 8 students show impeccable behaviour throughout the event, they did show superb competitiveness and determination, which resulted in the following;

Y10     Oliver                               1^st                25m Breaststroke

                                                     3^rd                25m Frontcrawl

Y10     Grace                               4^th                25m Frontcrawl

                                                     4^th                25m Butterfly

Y10     Matt                                 4^th                25m Backstroke

Y9      Amelia                              5^th                25m Frontcrawl

                                                    5^th                25m Breaststroke

Y9      Teegan                             5^th                25m Backstroke

                                                    6^th                50m Frontcrawl

Y8      Jack                                  5^th                25m Frontcrawl

Y8      Lucy                                 6^th                50m Frontcrawl

                                                   7^th                50m Backstroke

Y8      Gemma                          7^th                25m Frontcrawl

                                                   7^th                25m Backstroke

An extra shout out to both Y8 Lucy and Gemma who swam up a year for the Y9 Freestyle relay with Amelia and Teegan to finish 7^th

Mrs Finan

Henley Bank High School Swimming Teacher