2016 Trials Gala
Please click here for a copy of the full results of the gala.
The winner of the St Albans District Primary Schools Trial Gala cup for 2016, awarded for the best
performance at the 2016 Trials Gala, went to Emilia Dunwoodie, Year 5, of Harpenden Academy, Harpenden.
Emilia was first in three events (all in new record times) and second in her other event. Well done to Emilia.
The competition for awards for Best Performance 2nd and 3rd was very close with Freya Dibley, Year 6, coming second with one first place (narrowly missing a 2012 record in Breaststroke) and one second place, and
Lucy Coia-Bell, Year 6, coming third with two first places (narrowly missing a 2012 record in Freestyle) and one second place.
The full list of the Trials Gala cup performances are at the bottom of this page.
Thank you to all the swimmers who participated in the gala. We saw some excellent swims and a significant number of personal best times. There were five records broken in total (out of 16 events). We had over 90 swimmers participating, ranging from region level swimmers to many at their first gala.
Particular standout efforts came from:
- Breaststroke - 0.66s inside of the 2014 record of Libby Chambers
- Backstroke - 0.40s inside of the 2013 record of Lauren Stott
- Backstroke 0.62s inside of the 2013 record of Eddie Camfield
We thank all the officials and helpers who gave up their time to make this gala such a successful one.
We will be selecting the team in the next few of days and will e-mail those swimmers who have been successful. As a general rule, any swimmer that has come first or second in a particular event will be selected in the team. The Herts Inter-District Primary Championships are on Friday 29th April at Watford Woodside.
Andrew Ellis
St Albans District Schools Swimming Association
Trials Gala cup 2016
- The winner of the cup is generally that swimmer in their 2 best events had a better overall combined difference from Herts County qualification times than any other swimmer. The best 2 events must be both winning events. Where a swimmer had more than 2 winning events then the 2 best events (relative to the Herts qual times) are used.
- The Herts county qualification times used are: 10 years for Year 5's and 11 years for Year 6's (the 2015 qualification times for counties have been used as these are set at March and are used to approximate 1/2 way through the school year (Sept to Aug))
- It has to be recognised that this methodology is not completely foolproof and the performances over all events are looked at as a guide in the event of the 1st and 2nd places are close.
- The Herts County qualification times are used as this currently is the best method to equalise the swimmers across years and boys/girls.
- IMPORTANT: For the 2016 year, the 2nd to 6th places are calculated on the best two events irrespective if these were winning events. The 2nd and 3rd places received the Best Performance awards.
Please click here for a copy of the full results of the gala.
The winner of the St Albans District Primary Schools Trial Gala cup for 2016, awarded for the best
performance at the 2016 Trials Gala, went to Emilia Dunwoodie, Year 5, of Harpenden Academy, Harpenden.
Emilia was first in three events (all in new record times) and second in her other event. Well done to Emilia.
The competition for awards for Best Performance 2nd and 3rd was very close with Freya Dibley, Year 6, coming second with one first place (narrowly missing a 2012 record in Breaststroke) and one second place, and
Lucy Coia-Bell, Year 6, coming third with two first places (narrowly missing a 2012 record in Freestyle) and one second place.
The full list of the Trials Gala cup performances are at the bottom of this page.
Thank you to all the swimmers who participated in the gala. We saw some excellent swims and a significant number of personal best times. There were five records broken in total (out of 16 events). We had over 90 swimmers participating, ranging from region level swimmers to many at their first gala.
Particular standout efforts came from:
- Emilia Dunwoodie - Year 5 Girls - three records and winner of three events; Freestyle, Breaststroke and Backstroke
- Breaststroke - 0.66s inside of the 2014 record of Libby Chambers
- Backstroke - 0.40s inside of the 2013 record of Lauren Stott
- Kirsty Fuge - Year 5 Girls Breaststroke - 0.16s inside of the 2014 record of Libby Chambers
- Hannah Brooke - Year 5 Girls Butterfly - 0.01s outside of the 2013 record of Lauren Stott
- James Atwell - Year 5 Boys - two records and winner of three events; Freestyle, Butterfly and Backstroke
- Backstroke 0.62s inside of the 2013 record of Eddie Camfield
- Lucy Coia-Bell - Year 6 Girls - winner of two events; Freestyle and Butterfly
- Freya Dibley - Year 6 Girls - winner of one event; Breaststroke
- Sarah McGrath - Year 6 Girls - winner of one event; Backstroke
We thank all the officials and helpers who gave up their time to make this gala such a successful one.
We will be selecting the team in the next few of days and will e-mail those swimmers who have been successful. As a general rule, any swimmer that has come first or second in a particular event will be selected in the team. The Herts Inter-District Primary Championships are on Friday 29th April at Watford Woodside.
Andrew Ellis
St Albans District Schools Swimming Association
Trials Gala cup 2016
- The winner of the cup is generally that swimmer in their 2 best events had a better overall combined difference from Herts County qualification times than any other swimmer. The best 2 events must be both winning events. Where a swimmer had more than 2 winning events then the 2 best events (relative to the Herts qual times) are used.
- The Herts county qualification times used are: 10 years for Year 5's and 11 years for Year 6's (the 2015 qualification times for counties have been used as these are set at March and are used to approximate 1/2 way through the school year (Sept to Aug))
- It has to be recognised that this methodology is not completely foolproof and the performances over all events are looked at as a guide in the event of the 1st and 2nd places are close.
- The Herts County qualification times are used as this currently is the best method to equalise the swimmers across years and boys/girls.
- IMPORTANT: For the 2016 year, the 2nd to 6th places are calculated on the best two events irrespective if these were winning events. The 2nd and 3rd places received the Best Performance awards.
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1st
2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th |
Emilia Dunwoodie
Freya Dibley Lucy Coia-Bell Hannah Brooke Sarah McGrath James Atwell |
-26.39%
-19.31% -18.66% -17.46% -14.93% -14.25% |