Junior Interschool Swimming Carnival

A group of Junior School students, supporters and staff  converged on the Town Pool for the Junior Interschool Swimming Carnival. The swimmers were kept busy swimming heats and finals throughout the day.
In the 100m freestyle, Harvey placed 3rd in the heat  and 5th in the final, Nate placed 5th in the heat and Ainsley placed 5th in the heat and 7th in the final.
In the 50m freestyle events  9 yr old Nate was 3rd in the heat and 2nd in the final while Brock was 7th in the heat. 10 yr old Juke powered down the pool to place 2nd in the heat and then take out 1st in the final, with Darcy 3rd in his heat. 11yr old Maison placed 4th in his heat and 8th in the final, Evan had a solid swim while Ainsley touched 3rd in her heat and Gemma was 5th in the heat.Harvey touched 3rd in his heat and 5th in the final while Lachlan swam 4th in his heat. Lucy Innes touched 4th in her heat and Madison swam strongly.
In the  50m breaststroke, Brock touched 5th and Nate 6th while Juke took out 1st and Darcy swam a solid 6th. In the 11yrs Maison placed 3rd and Ainsley 5th.  12 yr Lucy swam 7th.  Some swimmers were disqualified due to stroke technicalities or finishes.
In the 50m backstroke, Nate swam a sizzling 1st and broke the record Juke had set last year, while Brock touched 5th in the heat.In the 10 yrs boys Juke kept his winning streak going with a 1st, while 11yr Evan touched 5th and Ainsley touched 5th. Gemma swam a good race as did Maison and Madison. 12 yr  Lachlan  touched 5th with  Harvey 6th.
In the last individual event, 50m butterfly, placings were Nate 4th, Juke 3rd, Maison 6th, Evan 7th, Ainsley 5th, Lachlan 6th and Harvey 7th.
In the freestyle relay, the Junior Boys and Senior Girls placed 3rd and Senior Boys placed 4th.  In the Medley Relay all teams placed 4th.

Nate Thompson was Runner-Up 9yr old  Boys Champion and Juke Ferguson was 10yrs Boys Age Champion.
Overall the BTC came 2nd in the Average trophy.  Well done to the team.!

The swim team was:- Nate Thompson, Brock Critchley, Juke Ferguson, Darcy Hoch, Evan Hill-Warner, Maison Ernst, Ainsley Thompson, Gemma Neville, Harvey Maxwell, Lachlan Reynolds, Madison Armstrong, Lucy Innes.

Family connection. Past students Bridget, Darcy and Danielle Ginns-Larkin cheering nephew Harvey Maxwell.

The Brains Trust at work

Age Champion Juke and Runner-Up Nate

Townsville Fire Vist

Secondary students were treated to  a visit from the Townsville Fire Female Basketball Team. The students were taken through some drills and mini- games.

Junior Assembly

At junior School assembly the Age Champions and House placings from the Interhouse Swimming carnival were announced.

They are:-

Age	Champion	Runner Up
4yrs Girls	Brooklyn Hyden
4yrs Boys
5yrs Girls	Pippa Thompson	Kendall Wassmuth
5yrs Boys	Rowan Stoll	Casey Potter
6yrs Girls	Sophia Ferguson	Kia King
6yrs Boys	Braith Foot
7yrs Girls	Dana Bassett	Kody Connolly
7yrs Boys	Kane Condon	Gareth Stoll
8yrs Girls	Grace Ferguson	Eloise Wassmuth
8yrs Boys	Lincon Foot	Jackson Hopley-Joce
9yrs Girls	Taitum Herring	Larayne Morris
9yrs Boys	Nate Thompson	Brock Critchley
10yrs Girls	Heather Smallwood
10yrs Boys	Juke Ferguson	Darcy Hoch
11yrs Girls	Ainsley Thompson	Gemma Neville
11yrs Boys	Tie- Maison Ernst and Evan Hill- Warner
12yrs Girls	Madison Armstrong	Lucy Innes
12yrs Boys	Harvey Maxwell	Lachlan Reynolds

In the Girls Competition- Archie 1st, Bacon 2nd Bryce 3rd
In the Boys Competition- Dickson 1st Black 2nd  Bacon 3rd

The Interschool Swimming Team was announced and they will compete this Friday.

Award Winners  for this week are:-
Brock, Gemma, Grace, Ben, Harry, Georgia, Darcy and Kane

Evan was the only student who had celebrated his birthday.