Note that whilst there is an "A" gala and a "B" gala, this does not imply that "A" teams will swim in the "A" gala etc:
Galas: (see here for Gala Results)
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Thames Valley Junior League Gala dates and Venues for 2009 |
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| Gala Date | Venue "A" |
Venue "B" |
| Sat 10th Jan 2009 |
Northcroft Leisure Centre, Newbury: Warm up 6pm, Start
6:30pm RG14 1RS (Map) Parking: Free parking by the leisure centre Teams: Amersham "A", Newbury, Maidenhead, Chesham, Chalfont, Bracknell & Wokingham Hosts: Newbury |
Chiltern Pools, Amersham: Warm up 6pm, Start
6:30pm HP6 5AH (Map) Parking: Pay&Display (free after 6pm) Teams: Windsor, Wycombe, Slough, Reading, Amersham "B", Tilehurst Hosts: Amersham |
| Sat 7th Feb 2009 |
Chiltern Pools, Amersham: Warm up 6pm, Start
6:30pm HP6 5AH (Map) Parking: Pay&Display (free after 6pm) Teams: Amersham A and B,
Bracknell & Wokingham, Chesham, Slough & Eton, Windsor Hosts: Amersham |
Central Pool, Reading: Warm up 6pm, Start 6:30pm RG1 7NU (Map) (Directions) Parking: Pay&Display; also nearby Multi-storey Teams: Chalfont, Maidenhead, Newbury, Reading, Tilehurst, Wycombe Note: Reading FC (Championship league) are playing at home today, a couple of miles south of the pool, on the main road from the motorway. Please plan your trip accordingly. Hosts: Reading |
| Sat 4th Apr 2009 |
Northcroft Leisure Centre, Newbury: Warm up 6pm, Start
6:30pm RG14 1RS (Map) Parking: Free parking by the leisure centre Teams: Amersham "A", Chalfont, Newbury, Slough & Eton, Windsor, Wycombe Hosts: Newbury |
Magnet Leisure Centre, Maidenhead: Warm-up 6:30pm, Start
7:00pm SL6 8AW (Map) Parking: Pay&Display; also nearby Multi-Storey Teams: Amersham "B", Bracknell & Wokingham, Chesham, Maidenhead, Reading, Tilehurst Timings: Because of a disability session before, you will NOT be allowed into the changing rooms until 6:15pm Hosts: Maidenhead |
Spectator admission by programme only - £2.50 per person - OAPs (60 and over) and children (under 16) free entry. The entry fees go to cover the cost of the pool hire.
For guidance, typical gala times are below, but make sure you know what your gala times actually are!
| Pool doors open | 5:50pm, (due to previous pool users) |
| Warm-up | 6:00pm |
| Gala Start | 6:30pm |
| Typical end | 8:30pm |
The teams swim at the venues for rounds one and two as follows, based on the previous round (or last year's final for Round 1):
| Teams | Venue |
| 1,3,5,7,9 | Venue "A" |
| 2,4,6,8,10 | Venue "B" |
For Round 3 (final round), the top half of the teams normally swim one venue, whilst the other teams, swim at the other. (although some changes may be made to "balance" the numbers of teams at each gala)
For 2009 the teams are as follows.
| Team | Round 1 Venue(Lane) 2009 |
Round 2 Venue(Lane) 2009 |
Round 3 Venue(Lane) 2009 |
| Amersham "A" | A (5) | A (4) | A () |
| Amersham "B" | B (2) | A (2) | B () |
| Bracknell & Wokingham | A (6) | A (3) | B () |
| Chalfont | A (4) | B (6) | A () |
| Chesham | A (2) | A (6) | B () |
| Maidenhead | A (3) | B (5) | B () |
| Newbury | A (1) | B (2) | A () |
| Reading | B (4) | B (1) | B () |
| Tilehurst | B (6) | B (4) | B () |
| Windsor | B (5) | A (1) | A () |
| Wycombe | B (3) | B (3) | A () |
| Slough | B (1) | A (5) | A () |