On February 13th the students and staff attended the annual Swimming Sports Carnival at Croydon Swimming Pools. Despite the weather not being friendly, it certainly didn’t dampen the spirits of the students throughout the day. It was terrific to see students and staff representing their house colours from outfits to body paint.

The novelty events are always a hit at the carnival and once again this didn’t disappoint. The walking lane played a significant role in the results of the house carnival with hundreds of students achieving points for their house. The atmosphere was electric at the ‘dance pool’ with Mr Nichol and Mr Ryan playing music all sorts of water games for students to participate in.

Congratulations to all swimmers who participated and were awarded vital points for their house. We witnessed outstanding results with plenty of students taking away multiple blue ribbons and booking their spot in the 2017 Mooroolbark College swimming team.

Once again the highlight of the day was the staff vs students’ relay race. The staff were at full strength with a team including Mr Unland, Mr Parr, Mr McCormick and Miss Grey. To the disbelief of the staff, the students came away with the victory and breaking a 6 year streak of staff wins.

In the race for the House Carnival Championship, it was looking tight between Yellow and Blue House throughout the individual races. Yellow House were a force to be reckoned with after cruising to victory in the relay races. Well done to Mr Bell and Yellow House for winning the Swimming Carnival.

Many students also took the opportunity to relax, or play games, meet new people and work on their tan without getting sunburnt.

Hundreds of students used the opportunity to dress up in colours and outfits supporting their House.  Many took the trouble to co-ordinate fashions and some spectacular war paint and hired outfits were on show.

Well done to our age group champions:
Girls 12-13 Years   Amelia KAVANAGH
Boys 12-13 Years   Huntah CALLAGHAN
Girls 14 Years  Elouise MCINTOSH
Boys 14 Years Kyle WAHRENBERGER
Girls 15 Years Georgia GRAY
Boys 15 Years Jason KENNEDY
Girls 16 Years Makayla WILSON
Boys 16 Years Arnold TAN
Girls 17 Years Alannah FISCHER
Boys 17 Years Ben PALMER
Girls 18-20 Years   Skye GODFREY
Boys 18-20 Years   Sean ACKROYD

A special thanks is due to the teachers who displayed such wholehearted involvement supporting the day, joining in with all that was offered. They did get wet!

Photos from the day will be up on our College website soon to show the dedication and innovations that were a highlight and greatly added to the carnival atmosphere of the day.

Congratulations to all students and staff for participating and making another successful Swimming Carnival. Our Athletics carnival will be held in Term 2 at the Knox Athletics Track on Monday 2nd May. We look forward to seeing everybody there and getting into their house colours!

Lachlan Mann & Zac Parr
Interschool Sports Coordinators

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