Matipo Primary School » swimming http://matipo.school.nz Seek The Truth Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:32:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Parakai Trip 2011 http://matipo.school.nz/2011/12/parakai-trip-2011/ http://matipo.school.nz/2011/12/parakai-trip-2011/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:59:35 +0000 admin http://matipo.school.nz/?p=2269 On Friday 9th December, all the wardens and librarians from Matipo went to Parakai Pools for their end-of-year day out! The weather was fabulous and much fun was had by all! The children were, as always, a credit to our school!

]]> http://matipo.school.nz/2011/12/parakai-trip-2011/feed/ 0 Swimming Champs http://matipo.school.nz/2009/05/swimming-champs/ http://matipo.school.nz/2009/05/swimming-champs/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 03:21:43 +0000 admin http://matipo.school.nz/?p=593 This week Russell Young and Jo Ramsay took a small team of swimmers to Westwave for the Te Atatu Zonal Championship Swimming event. With the smallest team we finished a fantastic 2nd overall (a mere 2 points behind the winners Tirimoana). Each one of our 8 swimmers made an enormous impact on the competition and results. We qualified in the majority of heats for finals and overall;

Jackie Young was 1st in every one of the Yr 5 girls races!
Aimee Halstead was 1st Yr 6 girls breaststroke, & 1st Yr 6 girls medley, Stella Mackrell was 2nd Yr 6 girls breaststroke,
Branyn Bellany was 3rd Yr 6 boys freestyle,
Alex Gilbert was 2nd Yr 6 boys breaststroke and 3rd Yr 6 boys backstroke, 3rd Yr 6 boys backstroke & 3rd Yr 6 boys medley.

Our team finished 3rd in the Grand Relay in which all our team swum! Congratulations to the team, we were very proud of you all! Thank you too to Russell Young for coaching & mentoring the team.

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