BRISTOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS SWIMMING FINALS SATURDAY 8TH MAY 2010

We are all looking forward to the Bristol Primary Schools Swimming Finals next weekend, many of our gala swimmers have beaten tons of other kids and have made it through, so well done.

Congratulations to the following swimmers:

Gabe Sully (flyer for medley team)

Matthew Warbis (front crawl for relay team)

Rachel Isaac (girls medley, freestyle team)

Charlie Waters (Individual Medley, freestyle relay and medley)

Isobel Smith( freestyle team and medley team)

Isabelle Thorpe (freestyle team and medley team)

Thomas Rodderick (breast stroke x 1 length and freestyle team)

Jack Osborne (freestyle team and 1 x length f/c reserve)

Ted Blackmoore (medley team)

Wenzel Woltersdorf(freestyle team)

Our Millfield Girls Team 2010

Millfield Rocks

Well what a fab time we all had on our little outing to Millfield school. We were all aghast at the enormity of it all, even we dont have a Helipad on our playing field! The swimming facilities were awesome and we all had good fun. We werent winners but we certainly took part so well done guys.

English Schools Swimming Association

Good luck to some of our year 5/6 swimmers who will be attending this event at Millfield School on Monday evening.

We have four teams in the competition, two boys and two girls. There is one freestyle relay race and a medley team race. We will be competiting against other schools from as far as Cornwall and up to Gloucestershire.

The best teams will go onto the finals in Sheffield in June.

Westbury on Trym School Gala Swimming Team

Each Thursday morning from 0815-0900hrs during school term we meet at Henbury Swimming Pool for Gala Training.

Children are selected to take part in the training through a trial system. Our coach is Karen Thorpe who is an ex GB Synchronised Swimming Team member and is now a Talent Scout for the GB Swimming team.

Children must be between the ages of 8 and 11 are chosen on their swimming ability, technique, speed and reliability as a team member.

All children would be expected to attend other swimming lessons as well as Gala Training.

Throughout the year we take part in a series of galas which take place every second month on a Wednesday evening at Horfield Swimming Pool. Here we compete against Hollymead, St Theresas, Bishop Road and St Bonaventures Primary Schools.

The final of these galas will be held in July.

We also take part in the English Schools Swimming Events which take place in Millfield and we also take part in the Bristol Schools Swimming Competition as well.

Westbury on Trym has a long successful history of Gala Swimming and two of our girls (Abbie Bowring now year 7 at St Mary Redcliffe) and Charlie Waters hold several of the Bristol Schools Swimming records, which is a huge achievement.

If you feel you would like to join our gala squad then please contact Clare Warbis on 07986 848067 for further information. Trials for new swimmers will be towards the end of the summer term.