Oxford Friendly Gala - 25th October
As I’ve mentioned before, this Saturday 25th October its the annual Oxford Friendly Gala. We will be taking two teams, one team is primarily for BUCS people and is a great chance to get some times ahead of the competition. I really recommend anyone swimming BUCS to come along to see how your times are in a proper race. The other team is for people who may have just missed out on BUCS or for those who just want to get some times in a race. I’ve also been told by Oxford there will be a spare lane or two for additional people who would like to time trial so theres plenty of oppurtunity for a swim. As its a friendly gala its very relaxed with little pressure so theres no need to be worried about your performance. The trip isn’t all about the swimming, after we get it out of the way we grab some food with the Oxford teams and then head out into Oxford in the evening for a night which in previous years has been awesome. So for those of you who don’t want to do any competitive swimming it would be really great if you would still come, support us in the pool and then come out with us after the swimming.
I’ve attached a programme of the swimming events, we will be meeting at Victoria at 12:30 and leaving at 13:00 on the Saturday and getting the Oxford tube bus up. The warm up starts at 16:00 with the races starting at 16:30. After the swimming and the night out we will be getting the Oxford tube bus back to London Victoria, which runs all the way through the night. We have also put in a kit order for Oxford which should arrive this week, so if you would like some kit please speak to James.
Its a really fun day/night and we like to get as many people up to Oxford as we possibly can so please all give it some thought! If you would like to come along please speak to Arun who will take your details, or any other member of the committee.