The gala will take place at:
Corby International Pool,
Parkland Gateway,
Corby,
Northants,
NN17 1QB
All swimmers will need to arrive at John Charles no later than 8:45 am ready for the coach to depart at 9:00 am sharp. Warm-up starts at 12:30 pm with the parade of teams at approximately 13:30 pm. We hope to be back at JCC for 7:30 pm. All swimmers will be required to travel to and from the meet on the team coach.
If your child has a team track suit they should travel to and from the event in it. Each swimmer must wear the new City of Leeds T Shirt or a yellow City of Leeds t-shirt during the event and for all team photographs. Please also ensure your child has another Leeds t-shirt to wear on the way home. Tickets have been allocated for this meet and can be collected from Emma Ferriman on Sunday morning.
Obviously this will be a long day, so the children will need enough food and drinks to last the day. They should not be given all of their food for the day straight away, as they tend to eat too much on the journey down to Corby. Swimmers will not be allowed to leave our teams marshalling area to collect drinks from parents etc during the meet. Therefore please ensure they are adequately supplied with nutritious snacks and enough hydration on arrival at the pool. Can we also ask that the children are sent with a £1 coin for a locker as last year they were not allowed to bring bags onto pool side.
Swimmers please remember everything you have practiced. This will be a tough competition, every millisecond counts in an event like this so remember shallow dives, kick hard, get up and race hard and don't slow down into finishes. BE CAREFUL ON THE TAKEOVERS!!!! It is better to go late than early. We need to grab every point we can, getting disqualified can cause the team to loose between 1 and 8 points (double for the cannon relay), this we don't want.
Parents the louder you shout the faster the swimmers will go, nobody should have a voice left by the end of the competition. We look forward to seeing you all dressed up in your hats, wigs, face paints etc. Make as much noise as you can! Drums, horns, flags, floating sharks, chants we want to see you go all out! We do not just want the best swimmers on the day, we want the best supporters on the balcony too. We are all part of the same team, please make sure you get behind every swimmer.
Hope you all have a fun and exciting day.
Lets try and bring home the Gold for the fifth year running.
Good Luck Everyone! 
The Regional Team
