Senior School Inter-House Swimming Carnival Report 2018

I was delighted with the participation and team spirit shown at the Senior School Swimming Carnival held on 13th February 2018. It was an excellent day for all and most notably Cuthbert House under the direction of Mr Fussell, who won their first House Shield in five years!

The Carnival format changed slightly this year with Championship status requiring students to swim in all five events. These Championship events are listed below:

• 100m Freestyle
• 50m Freestyle
• 50m Backstroke
• 50m Butterfly
• 50m Breaststroke

There were also the two Novelty events and a relay race at the end of the Carnival Program for all year groups. The 25m participation events for freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke allowed those students who are not confident swimmers to get in the water and earn House Points.

Results

House Result

Individual Championship Result

Year 10 Girls   

• Second R-UP: Chantay Brondsema (Durack - 51 points)
• First R-UP: Ella Packer (Florey - 53 points)
• Champion: Hannah Sivic  (Cuthbert - 60 points)

Year 10 Boys   

• Second R-UP: Jake Califano (Lingiari - 53 points)
• First R-UP: Josh Melendez (Lingiari - 54 points)
• Champion: Ethan Syme (Lingiari - 58 points)

Year 11 Girls   

• Second R-UP: Maya Mence (Florey - 42 points) & Georgia Bertolami (Hollows - 42 points)
• First R-UP: Caitlin Howell (Durack - 53 points)
• Champion: Isla Thomson (Lingiari - 60 points)

Year 11 Boys   

• Second R-UP: Keith Solly (Hollows - 52 points)
• First R-UP: Jamie Anderson (Florey - 56 points)
• Champion: Ben Mills (Lingiari - 57 points)

Year 12 Girls   

• Second R-UP: Holly James (Durack - 43 points)
• First R-UP: Roxana Sheriff (Cuthbert - 54 points)
• Champion: Kiara Henkel (Cuthbert - 55 points)

Year 12 Boys   

• Second R-UP: Samuel Bateson (Cuthbert - 43 points)
• First R-UP: Joshua Bateson (Cuthbert - 53 points)
• Champion: Samuel Birch (Lingiari - 59 points)

Congratulations to all students for all their efforts on the day; it certainly was a fantastic display of swimming. Special recognition to the following Champion swimmers who, as you can see below have achieved this accolade on more than one occasion:

• Samuel Birch (Year 12 Lingiari) for six consecutive Champion shield win.
• Isla Thompson (Year 11 Lingiari) for her fifth consecutive Champion shield win.

Record Breakers

It is a great honour to break a record at any level. To have your talents recognised is an achievement and must give a sense of pride, and therefore a special mention must be given to the following students.

Year 11, Congratulations to Isla Thomson (Lingiari House) on breaking all five records which is a fantastic achievement and emphasises her passion and dedication to the sport.

• 100m Freestyle, 1.05.78
• 50m Freestyle, 29.40
• 50m Backstroke, 36.16
• 50m Butterfly, 33.81
• 50m Breaststroke, 41.35

Jamie Anderson (Florey House)

• 100m Freestyle, 57.32 
• 50m Freestyle, 25.82 

Ben Mills (Lingiari House)

• 50m Backstroke, 30.52

Year 10, Hannah Sivic (Cuthbert House)

• 50m Breaststroke, 34.45. 

Some of the records broken had stood for between 7-12 years, which just shows the talent of the swimmers listed above.

I would like to thank the following for all their help and support in ensuring the smooth running of the Carnival.

• The staff of the Health and Physical Education Department
• All other PMACS staff involved
• Parent helpers and spectators
• Certificate II Sports Coaching student helpers
• Arena Joondalup (Venues West)
• Wanneroo Trophy Shop
• West Wide Buses

The House Swimming Carnival results form the basis of selection at the Inter-School level where our selected swimmers from Years 7 to 12 will compete in the Associated and Catholic Colleges (ACC) Carnival. Should you require further information regarding the forthcoming Inter-School swimming competitions, please contact Mr Bernie Streeter via email bstreeter@pmacs.wa.edu.au.

Drew Hall
Head of Health and Physical Education