Success at the Eastern Region Surf Life Saving Pool Champs

Congratulations to Tamarau and Caitlin (both Rm 18 Totara House) who competed for Mount Maunganui in the Eastern Region Pool Champs. Both Caitlin and Tamarau had a very successful 2 days and this was great preparation for the NZ National Pool Champs in late September.

Tamarau:

1^st in the Medley Relay

1^st in the Brick Relay

2^nd in the Tube Rescue

Caitlin

1^st in the Rescue Medley

1^st in the Rescue Medley Relay

2^nd in the Brick Relay

2^nd in the Obstacle Relay

3^rd in 50m with Fins

3^rd in Brick Carry

All the best in your preparation for the Nationals in September!

Open Water Swim - More Success

Caitlin, Emily & James

Emily with her Bronze Medal!

Well done also to Emily (Rm 18 Totara House) who was placed 3rd Year 7 Girl in the NZ Schools Open Water Swim. A great result swimming in a strong field. Check out the medal and pictured with James 4th Year 7 Boys (R17 Totara) and Caitlin sixth in the Year 7 Girls (R18 Totara).

Open Water Swimming Success

Well done to Islah (Manuka House) who placed 2nd in the National Open Water Swim at Karapiro in the 500m event today. A great result an reward for all the hard work. All the best to our team of competitors competing in the Triathlon Nationals tomorrow.

Open Water Swim Success

Congratulations to our PB/BOP Open Water Swimming Team. It was a successful day at Lake Rotoma as all Swimmers completed the 2km course. Well done to:

Emily 2nd Y7 Girls

Caitlin 7th Y7 Girls

Islah 1st Y8 Girls

Benji 1st Y7 Boys

Tama 3rd Y7 Boys

James 2nd Y8 Boys

Liam 3rd Y8 Boys

Thank you to all our parent supporters, you are fantastic!

Success at the PB/BOP Swimming Champs

Congratulations to our team of 19 who travelled to the PB/BOP Swimming Champs in Rotorua. A top effort by our competitors who were edged out by 8 points by Otumoetai Intermediate School to win top school. Our standout performer was Hamish Gilmour collecting 6 golds. Well done Islah (Manuka House) pictured who won gold in the 100m Freestyle. Please read our next newsletter for the complete results.

Poverty Bay / Bay of Plenty Open Water Swim

Friday 1 April

A team of 4 hearty swimmers braved the water temperatures at Lake Rotoma swimming a 2km Open Water Swim. Students who participated at the event were Keegan Witney, Grace Wright, Hamish Gilmour & Islah Kerr-Aim. Well done to Islah Kerr-Aim placed first in the Year 7 Girls, Hamish Gilmour placed 2nd in the Year 7 Boys and Keegan Witney who placed 4th in the Year 8 Boys.

Check out the photos from the event.

PB/BOP Swimming Champions 2011

Well done to our PB/BOP Swimming Team who held off a strong Otumoetai Intermediate challenge to be crowned the Poverty Bay / Bay of Plenty Swimming Champions for 2011. A great team effort from our 24 students managed by Mrs Karen Hampton travelled to Rotorua on Friday 25 March and were greeted by cool conditions swimming in the open air 50m pool. Stand out performances for the school were a haul of 5 golds by Hamish Gilmour, 3 golds by George Williams and our relay teams winning 6 out of the 8 relays. Relay and overall team results were: