Many thanks to Lara Ferguson for these two great photos taken at Drumchapel pool in the late 90s when Team Fife completed the swimming double by winning the Glasgow University Athletic Union Team Trophy and the BNOC Relay Cup.
The Inter Region Gala was set up in 1981, the International Year of Disabled People, as a head to head between the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. It was the brainchild of the late Bob Mitchell OBE, President of Scottish Disability Sport and supported by Glasgow University Athletic Union.
Participating teams included physically and visually impaired swimmers only and each swimmer was restricted to two swims. Each team had 40 competitor swims and the gala was time banded using the SDS classification system. The Inter Region Gala became one of the most popular events in the Scottish calendar of events and offered swimmers of all levels of ability to compete for their home branch of SDS.
Disability Sport Fife joined the event in 1982 and thereafter a combined team of Tayside and Grampian swimmers. The 
gala moved around the country and it was a sad day when the final gala was held. One of the highlights of the Inter Region Gala was that Paralympic swimmers competed in the same team as novice swimmers for team points.
gala moved around the country and it was a sad day when the final gala was held. One of the highlights of the Inter Region Gala was that Paralympic swimmers competed in the same team as novice swimmers for team points.Richard Brickley OBE MBE Chairman DSF (SCIO) Board of Charity Trustees
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