On Wednesday 13th of February, all students from Year 5-8 were involved in our Halswell School Swimming Sports which were held at Jellie Park and Halswell Pool. It was a fantastic day which saw lots of great swimmers participating. Below are the results from Jellie Park competitive swimming sports and two recounts of the day from our Sports Leaders, Keira and Cam.

Jellie Park Recount - By Keira Rooney

Everyone who participated in the Jelly Park Competitive Swimming Sports did incredibly well. All the races were amazingly fast and super close. The students all thoroughly enjoyed it and had a great day out, whether they had come first, third, or last it was an awesome opportunity to have. Many of the races were extremely intense, especially at the start. As soon as Mr Naysmith clapped the clappers the kids were off! The butterflies in their stomachs disappearing as soon as they hit the water.

Everything ran smoothly for the house relay. It was cool to see the audience chanting names of the house groups, making it very competitive between the houses. The students should be very proud of themselves for what they achieved and can go home feeling confident about next year.  Well done to everyone who took part! Thank you to all the teachers who helped to make the day a success. Also a big thank you to the parents that gave up their time to be timekeepers on the day, we really appreciate it. 

Halswell Pool - By Cameron Gilmore

On Wednesday the swimmers who didn’t want to compete in competitive swimming sports went to Halswell Pool to become more confident in the water. They did widths of freestyle and backstroke where everyone did amazingly well and gave it a go, well done! Everyone held hands and run in a big circle in the water to make a whirlpool effect in the water. At the end everyone got free time in the water. It was a great day out.

A big thank you Jono for running the event on Wednesday and the student helpers, teachers and the lifeguards for helping out. 

Results:

Freestyle

Year 8 Boys 

1st - Ben Dufaur 

2nd - Euan Lewis

3rd - Toby Findlater

Year 8 Girls 

1st - Danielle Mitchell 

2nd - Keira Rooney 

3rd - Taylor Milne  

Year 7 Boys 

1st - George Zhang

2nd - Martin Caska 

3rd - Theo Friedel  

Year 7 Girls

1st - Tahlia Weston 

2nd - Caitlin Thomas

3rd - Maddy Milne   

Year 6 Boys 

1st - George Dunbar

2nd - Jackson Ball 

3rd - Will Pringle 

Year 6 Girls

1st - Julia Mitchell 

2nd - Arrah Pennicott

3rd - Sihyeon Kim 

Year 5 Boys 

1st - Harry Gallagher

2nd - Cooper Pringle 

3rd - Taylor Martin   

Year 5 Girls 

1st - Marie Akarana 

2nd - Piper Stone

3rd - Sienna Clark 

Backstroke 

Year 8 Boys

1st - Ben Dufaur

2nd - Toby Findlater

Year 8 Girls

1st - Danielle Mitchell 

2nd - Keira Rooney

3rd - Taylor Milne

Year 7 Boys

1st - George Zhang

2nd - Martin Caska

3rd - George Williams 

Year 7 Girls

1st - Caitlin Thomas

2nd - Sophie Steffens

3rd - Maddy Milne

Year 6 Boys

1st - George Dunbar

2nd - Austin Bull 

3rd - Will Pringle

Year 6 Girls

1st - Julia Mitchell

2nd - Jordan Griffith

3rd - Erin Gordon 

Year 5 Boys

1st - Connor Gilmore

2nd - Harry Gallagher

3rd - Cooper Pringle 

Year 5 Girls

1st - Ming Xuan Teo 

2nd - Imogen Hyde

3rd - Harper Ahkuoi - Scott 

Breaststroke

Year 8 Boys

1st - Ben Dufaur

Year 8 Girls

1st - Danielle Mitchell

2nd - Naledi Kaliyati 

3rd - Taylor Milne

Year 7 Boys

1st - George Zhang

2nd - Martin Caska

3rd - Bryn Findlater 

Year 7 Girls

1st - Holly Chapman 

2nd - Tahlia Weston 

Year 6 Boys

1st - George Dunbar

2nd - Jack Fletcher

3rd - Will Pringle

Year 6 Girls

1st - Arrah Pennicott

2nd - Julia Mitchell 

3rd - Jordan Griffith

Year 5 Boys

1st - Harry Gallagher

2nd - Taylor Martin

Year 5 Girls

1st - Sienna Clark 

2nd - Imogen Hyde

3rd - Ming Xuan Teo 

Butterfly

 Year 8 Girls

1st - Danielle Mitchell 

Year 7 Boys

1st - George Zhang 

Year 6 Girls

1st - Julia Mitchell