Delayed by a term, South Zones Swimming was a huge success

With the impacts of Covid in term 1, Swimming Sports was heavily affected.

Whilst the Canterbury Swimming Championships were cancelled for 2022, our School and South Zones events were pushed back into term 2.

Following the school event at Wharenui Pool on 10th June, we took a strong team of 15 students out to the South Zone event back at Wharenui Pool on the 20th June.

Once again all of our students did Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington proud as representatives, some for the first time.

Our year 6 relay team of Henry Eccersall-Panther, Benji McLean, Harriet Pacey and Lillian Smith set the tone for the morning with 2nd place behind a strong Hillview team.

In the very next race our year 5 relay team of Josh Smith, Noah Smith, Mercedes Williams and Pippa Baars went 1 place better when taking the victory.

As the morning went on, every single representative made it through to their event finals, which is a huge achievement in itself.

Below is a full list of the results

Year 6 Boys

• Henry Eccersall-Panther - 2nd Freestyle; 2nd Backstroke; 2nd Mixed Relay
• Benji McLean - 2nd Breaststroke; 3rd Freestyle; 2nd Mixed Relay
• Oliver Goulden - 3rd Backstroke; 5th Breaststroke

Year 6 Girls

• Lillian Smith - 1st Backstroke; 4th Freestyle; 2nd Mixed Relay
• Harriet Pacey - 6th Freestyle; 2nd Mixed Relay
• Maddie Ericson - 1st Breaststroke; 6th Backstroke
• Aniko Boros - 4th Breaststroke;

Year 5 Boys

• Josh Smith - 1st Freestyle; 1st Backstroke; 1st Mixed Relay
• Noah Smith - 4th Freestyle; 1st Mixed Relay
• Louie Newman - 2nd Backstroke;
• Hugo Whitley -  5th Breaststroke;

Year 5 Girls

• Pippa Baars - 1st Freestyle; 1st Backstroke; 1st Mixed Relay
• Mercedes Williams - 3rd Freestyle; 3rd Breaststroke; 1st Mixed Relay
• Mia Handel - 2nd Backstroke;
• Clara Reid - 2nd Breaststroke;