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Sports News

Balaklava High School Swimming Carnival

On a cold and windy Tuesday afternoon, Balaklava High School’s enthusiastic swimmers and volunteers descended on the Balaklava Pool for the 2019 edition of the Balaklava High School swimming carnival. It was a fun and festive atmosphere with students, staff, parents and community members getting involved in the spirit of the day.

Well done to all swimmers who showed great skill and courage to nominate for specific events whilst achieving points for their House. It was also great to see so many students undertake various volunteer roles and, like the parents who assisted, the swimming carnival would not have gone ahead without such help. The Health and Physical Education faculty are hugely grateful for this.

Furthermore, well done to all House captains who seem to have the increasingly difficult role of filling events and encouraging participation – all Houses participated and supported their peers in a positive and colourful way.

Overall Results: Keith 303, Ross 291, Walter 252, James 217

Age Group Winners

Girls 

  • U14 Sasha Branson
  • U15 Charlotte Davey
  • U16 Abbie McArdle
  • Open Chloe Lamond

Boys

  • U14 Seth Pascoe
  • U15 Bailey Arthur
  • U16 Lachlan Hendry
  • Open Ethan Brownlie

Plains Producer Handicap - Jack May

Records

  • Kaylee Redpath U14/15 Girls Butterfly
  • Bailey Arthur U14/15 Boys Butterfly
  • Ethan Brownlie U16/Open Boys Butterfly
  • Cody Redpath U16 Boys Freestyle

Interschool Swimming 

On Monday 18th February, the cream of Balaklava’s swimming crop travelled to Burra to compete in the Interschool Swimming Carnival. We competed against Horizon, Kapunda, Burra/Eudunda, Clare and Riverton.

Here is how Balaklava High School fared in the following categories:

Boys Shield – 2nd (Clare 1st)

Girls Shield – 4th (Clare 1st)

Improvement Shield – 5th (Clare 1st)

Handicap Shield – 3rd place (Riverton 1st)

Overall Champion – 3rd (Clare 1st)

Special mentions to Cody Redpath (U16) and Bailey Arthur (U15) who finished runner up in their age group category and to Mr Friedrichs, Mr Parsons, Ms Schahinger and Neil Richards who attended and worked behind the scenes to get the team up and running and transported students to Burra. Well done also to Cody Redpath and Luke Hart who qualified and competed in the prestigious Plains Producer Handicap event, coming second and third respectively. This event was introduced to the program by our school last year and is now a regular feature at Interschool carnivals. Luke was the inaugural winner last year.

All students represented the school with pride and were first class in their attitude and demeanour. Again, well done to the parents who assisted with time keeping on the night, your efforts demonstrate the wonderful school community we are so lucky to have.

Our focus now turns to Athletics Day which is Friday March 8th. Stay tuned for more details about our Athletics Day program.

Michael Brooks

PE Coordinator