Crookwell High School held its annual swimming carnival on Monday February 4, and it was marked by excellent attendance and participation rates from the children who were present on the day.
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Event organiser Belinda Maher was thrilled with the commitment from the students and the spirit which surrounded the event.
“[It was] really, really good, I reckon we had increased participation this year,” Maher said.
“We got through all of the formal events and were able to have some time for informal events like the Year 12 Boat Race, we were able to bring in a beach-ball dry land game, I think the kids had loads of fun.”
Although the overall attendance on the day may not have matched that of previous years, due to chilly weather early in the day, what really impressed Maher was the high proportion of students who took part in events.
“We actually had an increase in participation in the actual swimming events,” she said.
“For instance, the 14 to 15-year-old boys, some of those events we were having three or four heats.”
The most successful swimmers from the day will now head to the zone swimming carnival, which will take place in Queanbeyan in a few weeks’ time.
“It was really great to see that coming from a community where we might only have a pool open for a couple of months of the year, there was quite a few kids that were competitively swimming,” Maher said.
“A few of them were out to try and break records and stuff, so they did really well.
“It was really good to see that there was quite a few kids getting in and competitively swimming.”
It was really good to see that there was quite a few kids getting in and competitively swimming.
- Belinda Maher
There was also plenty to do on the day for the kids who elected not to swim. The school organised a Best Dressed competition, along with games, and the Year 12 students put together a barbecue to raise funds for their graduation celebration at the end of the year.
“We had a few injuries this year, kids coming back from holidays with broken arms or kids couldn’t swim for whatever reason, so we’re trying to get a few more activities outside the water for those guys,” Maher said.
Maher’s only goal for the 2020 carnival is to get as many kids to take part in the swimming events as possible.
At the end of the day it was the Mitchell house which finished with the highest number of accumulated points and won the day.
