The St George junior team, and the below senior girls team, won Inter-school Lifesaving prizes last week.
The St George junior team, and the below senior girls team, won Inter-school Lifesaving prizes last week.
It was a very wet week for St George's school students last week, as they battled it out in the pool during three of the major water sports events for the year.
Term One sees the students enjoying a physical education curriculum that is focused on swimming, diving and lifesaving.
The school's diving competition started the week on a sunny Monday, held at the Wanganui Collegiate School pool.
Each year group was represented during the competition, showing the practice and discipline which had gone into each dive.
The winning dive in the Senior Girls category was exceptional, with a near perfect score.
Later in the week, five school records were broken at the St George Swimming Sports, an event which saw all students as well as teachers, getting into the competitive spirit.
The Inter-School Lifesaving competition, which is the oldest interschool sporting competition in Whanganui, was the final event for the week.
St George's enjoyed some silverware success, with their Junior Team and Senior Girls coming away with the Championship Cup and Shield.
The entire squad, as well as the teachers, dedicated themselves to training in the lead up to the event, which saw them up early for 6am training sessions at the pool.
"All our lifesavers and coaches were totally committed in their training leading up to the event," said principal Andrew Osmond.
"Lifesaving is the ultimate team competition; that's why it is such a hit with our students at St George's."
