Hamilton Wins College Swimming Sports!

It was a clean sweep for Hamilton House at this year’s College Swimming Sports. They proved strong in the preliminary rounds, taking the lead with some feisty swimming, but really came into their own on finals day, winning by a whopping 201 points ahead of nearest rivals Wishart!

In a summer that has been blessed with amazing sunshine, finals day was in complete contrast to last year’s damp overcast event. This year, the day dawned with bright blue skies and stayed that way as the four Houses made their noisy arrival poolside, with plenty of friendly banter between sides.

Whilst part of the fun is bringing the Houses together on mass for the first full College event of the year, the main focus is on the swimmers themselves and the skill and effort they bring to the races. For our youngest swimmers in particular, it can be quite daunting to step up to the start of the race in front of so many onlookers but our newly elected prefect teams and older students were on hand to lend support.

We also welcomed the Year 7 and 8 girls from the Girls’ School to compete with some strong performances from their Year 7 girls.

Congratulations to all participants but to our age group winners in particular. A special mention to Year 8 Boys’ Champion, Tom Harford who won all his races! Well done Tom.

Our thanks to Sports Manager, Miss Lynne Scutt and her team for an incredible amount of organisation across the preliminary and final events to give as many students as possible the chance to compete.

HOUSE POINTS
Hamilton - 1st
Wishart - 2nd
Cargill - 3rd
Chalmers - 4th