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1st November 2003

After nearly 3 months of not very committed organisation, the date of the swimming gala arrived. I turned up at the swimming pool wondering whether any Guides would turn up, whether the races would actually work and whether I should just go home and sleep until it was all over… However, from 5:30 Guides started arriving – more than I thought would come – and we were able to get going.

Having installed myself as Master of Ceremonies, Keeper of Scogui Bear and Holder of the Microphone with the help of Kate and Martin who were keeping score we were able to kick off the first race, the width front crawl.

With the help of Amy, Antz, Brewer, Em, Jen and Paul to keep an eye on who came where in each race, Simon as official starter and Angela rounding up Guides we managed to keep the races ticking over nicely without too many embarrassing pauses in between, which was good because it meant I didn’t have to say too much!

The Guides’ races went well – 6 width races and 6 length races with events ranging from Front and Back Crawl to Running and Pyjama races. Once they were all over came something which until then had only been described as the frankly worrying ‘Grand Finale’. I really didn’t have much clue what we were going to do apart from the vague idea that we should have everyone in the pool at once being silly, so we divided Scogui members amongst the Guides, gave them a mat each to sit on and instructed the Guides to ‘push like crazy’! Em and her team from 14th Loughborough and 6th Shepshed came first, although there were whispers of a disgraceful amount of assistance on Em’s part!

While the scores were added up, at Kate’s insistence we had a Scogui race won by, surprise surprise, Ms Sharp herself! I must point out, though, that I did come in a very respectable 4th, even though I was viciously attacked by the lane marker half way down!

After the Guides had changed we presented certificates to individual race winners and announced the final winner – 7th Loughborough. Or was it 1st Diseworth? Hmm… best look at those calculations again!

After all the Guides had left, there was just enough time for Scogui to enjoy some swimming at the Division’s expense (sorry Lesley!) before heading round to Em’s for some pizza and silly games.

Thanks to all that took part or helped in whatever way! See you next year!

The following Documents are also available:

Guide Swiming Gala Race Winners.pdf
Guide Swiming Gala Final Scores.pdf

Written by Mike Randall