School Sport with Mrs. Rachael Croker
School Swimming Carnival
As you may be aware, the Crookwell Swimming Pool is closed for the 2020/2021 swimming season due to the upgrading of the facilities. This has resulted in us having to make some decisions about a swimming carnival for 2021.
We were unable to secure a booking at the Goulburn Swimming Pool before the Northern Region Swimming Carnival as the pool is heavily booked. Hence, we have had to make the decision to book the Yass Swimming Pool.
The St Mary’s Swimming Carnival will be held on MONDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2021, at the Yass Swimming Pool.
Secondly due to the length of the pool and taking into account travelling time, we have made some major amendments to the structure of the carnival as follows;
- The carnival will be for students 8yrs and over (students who have turned or are turning 8 in 2021)
- All stroke events will be held over 50m (we will not be able to accommodate 10m, 25m or 33m events)
- We are giving students the option to participate on the day or not, if they chose not to there will be supervision for those students at school
- Age champion points will be tallied and age champions for students 8yrs-12yrs will be awarded at the following Monday school assembly
- We will be able to provide bus transport for students competing with departure and arrival times to be confirmed
Kindergarten and Year One: Students will come to school as normal on Monday 8 February ready for a regular school day in the classroom.
Age Champions
Announcement and presentation of the Age Champion medallions will be made at our Morning assembly on Monday 10 February at 9:05am.
Northern Region Representative Swimming
Our Northern Region Representative Team will be selected from children turning 8 years, or older, in 2020, who participate in the 66m Freestyle and the other 33m races. Students must also demonstrate a reasonable ability and finishing time. Children will be selected in each age group for the Freestyle events and in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior age divisions for events using the other strokes.
IS YOUR CHILD ATTENDING?
If your child is attending the carnival you should have completed an online form that was emailed to all families. If you have not completed this form please email me at rachael.croker@cg.catholic.edu.au ASAP so that the program can be finalised.
IMPORTANT
An email will be sent out to all participating students families on Thursday with the following information:
- Times and order of events
- Transport Arrangements
- Helpers roles