Fort Street Swimming Carnival 2022

On Monday 7th February, the annual FSHS Swimming Carnival was held at Ashfield Swimming Pool. The day was a great success with students across all year levels competing in a range of events. The day got off to a slow start, as rain delayed the start of the first event. However, a minor detail such as the weather, was not going to dampen the famous Fort Street spirit. We pushed on and after the first couple of events the sun came out.
The student body should be commended on their excellent participation and effort in the pool, as well as their exemplary behaviour in the stands. With some great individual performances throughout the day and some brilliant mixed relays to finish the carnival, the day went off without a hitch.

With the school’s new House System to be implemented in the very near future, the students were split into their original year 7 homeroom groupings for the carnival. This made for an interesting mix and when the dust settled at the end of the day, there was a very close finish for first and second in house points. Congratulations to the temporary ‘O-House’ for coming out on top. Congratulations also to the following students, who put in a consistently high effort throughout the day and walked away as age group champions:

House Points:
1st: O – 288
2nd: T – 272
3rd: R – 255
4th : F – 219
5th: I – 119

12 Boys: Charlie Shao
13 Boys: Henry Wakeling
14 Boys: Ray Guo
15 Boys: Erick Zhang
16 Boys: Alex Howdin
17+ Boys: Kosta Giitsidis

12 Girls: Aoibhe Carty
13 Girls: Niki Lloyd
14 Girls: Joyce Chen
15 Girls: Daniela Guzina
16 Girls: Jasmine Loh
17+ Girls: Soraya Newlyn

The students who finished either first or second overall in each event will go on to represent the school at the Zone Swimming Carnival on 28th February (more information will be provided to these students in the coming days).

Thank you to You Wei Chung from Year 11, for documenting the event with his camera and taking some great shots! Thank you as well to all the staff for their assistance with making the carnival happen.