2023 competition - 17/09/2023 

Results

A message from Diane Moore: 

A huge thank you from the Moore family to the Chairman and Committee of Stevenage Swimming Club for organising and running this year’s Tom Moore Memorial Novice Gala this evening.  It was a great evening with a lovely atmosphere and it was a delight to see the young swimmers competing and achieving brilliant results.    Many congratulations to Lizzie, the young swimmer who was awarded the Tiger Trophy for an outstanding performance at the event – it was very well deserved.  Thank you also to everyone who played a part in the gala, the parents, swimmers, officials, coaches and volunteer helpers and the staff at the pool.  All proceeds from the gala are donated to the Starlight Children’s Foundation, a charity that grants wishes and organises entertainment for seriously ill children. It means so much to our family and friends that Tom is still remembered in this way and the support and caring that has been shown to us as a family at the time of his accident and since will never be forgotten.

Why it's the Tom Moore gala

Tom Moore was born on 22nd October 1986, the oldest of three children. All three siblings swam for Stevenage Swimming Club from a very young age until going on to university, in Tom’s case until he went to the University of East Anglia. During the holidays he came back and swam at Stevenage. Tom was friendly and popular young man who always had time for a chat with everybody and had a great many friends at the club.

Tom was also a qualified mountain leader and in summer of 2008 he was asked to accompany a group of scouts from Hertfordshire County on a expedition to Liechtenstein. On the last day of the expedition Tom went off for a walk in the mountains and sadly never returned. He had met with an accident and fallen into a ravine.

In Tom’s memory our novice gala, which is held every autumn, was re-named the Tom Moore Memorial Novice Gala. Stevenage Swimming Club also designed a trophy – The Tom Moore Tiger Trophy – which is presented at the gala to a young swimmer who has “stood out” at the event. Recipients are not necessarily the fastest swimmers on the night, but are chosen by Tom’s family who always attend the event to the swimmer they feel has shown the most endeavour.

Winners of the Tom Moore Tiger Trophy