Swimming Success at Centrals!!!

Sensational Stella!!! Winner of both the
9 years girls' 50m Freestyle
and Backstroke at the
Primary Sports Canterbury Swimming Championships!!!!

2nd fastest 9 years mixed relay team in Canterbury:
Bayley, Stella, Sam and Jacob

As you can see, the Swimming Team had great success at the Primary Sports Canterbury Swimming Championships at QEII today! The toughest grade to win is the 9 year old grade as the 10 years and above are weakened due to children being at Intermediate and racing next week. So Stella and the relay team did exceptionally well!

The 9 years relay was very exciting with our team 4th fastest qualifier and beaten by 4 seconds by St. Albans in their heat - but they had held back a little in reserve. In the final St. Albans got out to a big lead by swimming their fastest two swimmers one and two, but gradually both Paparoa St. and FOS began pegging them back. The final 50m was a real tussle with both Pap. St. and us (Stella) mowing St. Albans down and finally the Paparoa St. boy (later the winner of the 9 years boys' 50m freestyle final!) just holding out Stella who had steamed past St. Albans.

Stella was all class in her races, finishing strongly in both finals to win convincingly and be one of the swimmers of the meet! What a Champion!

Full results are on the PSC Web Site under Primary Results - Swimming

FOS Results:
9 years' mixed relay team 4 x 50m:
2nd Bayley, Jacob, Sam, Stella 2.42.92
(heat time 2.44.13)

9 years Girls' 50m Freestyle:
1st Stella C 37.03 (heat 37.72)
11. Bayley A 40.08 - 10 made the final!

9 years Boys' 50m Freestyle:
19. Sam T 44.53 (another year in this grade!)

9 years Girls' 50m Backstroke:
1st Stella C 43.36 (heat 44.15)
14. Annabel N 49.07 (another year in this grade!)

9 years Boys' 50m Backstroke:
22. Jack M 52.77
24. Jacob S 53.17

10 years Boys' 50m Backstroke:
18. Moss J 48.74

11 and Under years Boys' 50m Breaststroke:
25. Ben H 54.73 (another year in this grade!)

Thanks again to the parents for transport and support.

Primary Sports Canterbury Triathlon

The Primary Sports Canterbury Triathlon was held today at QEII with close on 1000 of the best triathletes from all around the region competing. Amongst them, FOS had a strong team of 16 competitors. We had some brilliant results with two seconds, a fourth, two fifths, an eighth, a 12th and a 15th in fields of over 100! We also had Maddison and Sam B on the front page of the Press!!!

Congratulations to our Silver Medallists: ALEX E and BEN ML

50m Swim, 4km Cycle, 2.2km Run
9 Years Girls
5. Bayley A 23.33
15. Georgia C 24.42
29. Amelia D 25.31
115 finishers

9 Years Boys
2. Alex E 21.21
8. Nathan C 22.09
Matisse M DNF
112 finishers

10 Years Girls
5. Emily W 22.46
53. Emma W 26.15
67. Helena L 26.54
133 finishers

10 Years Boys
2. Ben ML 19.51
4. Louis B 20.35
12. Logan SS 21.33
109 finishers

100m Swim, 8km Cycle, 2.2km Run
11 Years Girls Race
60. Claudia 37.42 (age 8!)
69. Stella 39.09 (age 9!)
91 finishers

11 Years Boys Race
36. Sam B 32.38 (age 10)
65. Maddison A 36.46 (age 10)
92 finishers

Thanks to our reserves for taking times, to the parents for support and transport and to all our competitors who tried their hardest. Full results should be on the Primary Sports Canterbury Web site tomorrow. See: PSC Web Site

Junior Duathlon

What a fantastic effort from all of our Junior Duathletes today! In brilliant weather three records were broken and children competed with energy, effort and lots of smiles! Well done all of you. Mille (Year One Girls), Anna (Year Two Girls) and Jack (Year Two Boys) all broke records with William and Sam also beating or equalling the Year Two boys record.

For full results, please click here: 2010 Duathlon Results

Junior Duathlon Today

1.25pm Race Briefing for all competitors
1.45pm Year One Girls
2.00pm Year One Boys
2.15pm Year Two Girls
2.30pm Year Two Boys
2.45pm Prize-giving at Finish line

Sports Week 22-26 March

Monday 22 March:
12.30pm Junior Duathlon meeting in Village
Tuesday 23 March:
8.30am Tri Team meet to go to QEII, 10.30am first race
1.30-3.00pm Junior Duathlon on field
Wednesday 24 March:


Thursday 25 March:
8.00am Swimming Team trip to QEII
9.00am PSC Swimming Championships
Friday 26 March:
12.30pm Hardball Cricket teams to Jeffreys Reserve
1.00pm Buses leave for Volleyball and Tee Ball @ South Hagley Park
see Primary Sports Canterbury for Draw
1.00pm Girls' Milo Cricket

PSC Triathlon Postponed

The Primary Sports Canterbury Triathlon, due to be held today at QEII, has been postponed due to the wind chill factor and strong gusts.

The new date for the Triathlon is TUESDAY 23 March.

Sports Week 15-19 March

Monday 15 March:

Tuesday 16 March:
12.30pm Tri Team meeting
12.45 pm Tee Ball practice for Rockets and Lightning
Wednesday 17 March:
8.30am Tri Team meet to go to QEII, 10.30am first race
1.00pm Red Milo Team v. Cotswold
Thursday 18 March:
12.15pm Swimming Team training trip to QEII
Friday 19 March:
JUNIOR DUATHLON ENTRIES CLOSE
SENIOR SCHOOL WINTER SPORTS OPTIONS CLOSE
12.30pm Hardball Cricket teams to Jeffreys Reserve
1.00pm Buses leave for Volleyball and Tee Ball @ South Hagley Park
see Primary Sports Canterbury for Draw
1.00pm Girls' Milo Cricket

West Zone Swimming Champs

The swimming team competed with great success at the West Zone Swimming sports at Jellie Park today.

Our 8 and 9 year old were very dominant and both teams were easy victors in their relays with the 9 year old team of Bayley, Sam , Jacob and Stella smoking the competition to qualify for the Centrals at QEII on Thursday 25 March. Our girls' swimming Captain, Stella, was probably the swimmer of the meet, anchoring her relay team then winning her two heats and finals. Boys' captain, Ben H, had a fantastic final in the 50m Breaststroke for 11 and unders to qualify 2nd against Year 7 and 8s. Likewise Ella B (3rd) and Bayley (4th) did very well in their Breaststroke final against older girls.

Qualifiers for QEII on 25 March (Primary Sports Canterbury Championships)
9 years:
9 year old relay team: Bayley, Sam , Jacob and Stella
Freestyle - Stella, Bayley and Sam
Backstroke - Stella, Annabel N., Jacob and Jack M.

10 years:
Backstroke - Moss J

11 years and Under:
Breaststroke: Ben H

Junior Teams Triathlon

Well done to all our Junior Teams Triathletes who participated in the very first junior triathlon event. This event has replaced the junior quadathlon of previous years and works well as a precursor to the middle school events. The main aims of the junior event are:
1, Participation
2, Team player skills
All students in the junior school played a part in their teams and suceeded in enabling their respective teams to complete the event.
Thank you to all the parents who came and supported the event.
Those who seek a more competitive event are encouraged to enter the Junior Duathlon event, entry forms are available outside Room 8a or can be downloaded on this blog - see the panel on the left..

Team 15's Thoughts on the Teams' Triathlon

White Hat:
The people in my group were Stephanie (swimmer) and Rosie (runner) by Bryony (Cyclist).
My team came 7th in the Boys' Year 3/4 Grade in 11.00 minutes. by Moe
My team came 1oth in the Girls' Year 3/4 and we did 11.47. by Rose
The people in my team were Zoe (swimmer), Ethan (cyclist) and me. (Liam)

Yellow Hat:
I enjoyed running because I came in 37th and last time I came in 59th by Reilly
In the swimming I won by miles, I even beat the fastest year 4 girl by Hannah.
It was really fun swimming because in the Individual Triathlon I was last out of the pool and this time I was third by Tom.
It was awesome that I tried my best by Bess.

Teams' Triathlon 2010

The Teams' triathlon was held today in stunning weather and it was wonderful to see so many children and parents having a go and enjoying themselves.

There were some very quick teams and others who were there to be team players and enjoy participating in their first triathlon. 116 teams started and finished! Fastest team overall were the speedy mums' - Annabel, Kate and Julieanna who were only 5 seconds off their 2009 record, finishing in 7mins. 21 secs.

The winning Year 5/6 boys' team of Ben, Ben and Logan were only 1 second off the 2003 record when recording 7.40! Likewise, the Year 5/6 winning girls' team of Jordyn, Emily and Annabelle were only 6 seconds off the record of 8.06.

Sarah, Andrew and Jack in the Year 3/4 mixed grade set the only NEW RECORD of the day - well done! For full results see: Teams' Tri. Results 2010

Sports Week 1-5 March

Monday 1 March:

Tuesday 2 March:
11.00am-12.30pm JUNIOR SCHOOL TEAMS' TRIATHLON
12.45 pm Tee Ball practice for ALL teams
Semi-finals night:
5.30pm Year 0-2 and Year 3/4 Touch Teams at Nunweek Park
6.05pm Year 5/6 Touch Teams at Nunweek Park
Wednesday 3 March:
12.50pm Girls' Milo Cricket Practice
Thursday 4 March:
TEAMS TRI ENTRIES CLOSE
12.30pm Triathlon and Swimming Team training at the pool
Friday 5 March:
12.30pm Teams' Tri Briefing and Course Walk
Senior Sports
1.00pm Buses leave for Volleyball and Tee Ball @ South Hagley Park
see Primary Sports Canterbury for Draw
1.00pm Girls' Milo Cricket
1.25pm Hardball Cricketers to Jefferys Reserve