Swimming – GPS 1

The GPS Swimming season kicked off last Monday with the first of the GPS Open relays taking place at Des Renford Leisure Centre. Shore sent a strong team to compete in the 4 X 100m Medley relay and came home with third place.This was a great result and our strongest showing in this event in recent years. The season officially got underway on Thursday evening with the Shore boys heading out to Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre for GPS 1.

The Shore team had a strong start in the individual events with Archie Lawry, Will Bestic and Ethan Cook all winning their Championship 50m Breaststroke events whilst many of the Shore boys won their division races.

Top image credit: Zac Warden GPS 1

The Shore boys continued where they left off last season with strong performances in the relays. The 14 years relay teams won the Medley and Freestyle relays convincingly, while the 13s and 16s came first and the 15s and 17s placed second in the Freestyle relays.

It was great to welcome the new Year 7s and a number of other new boys to the Shore GPS Swimming team. It is a unique sporting experience at Shore, where boys from Years 7 to 12 come together as one to represent the School. It was a great experience for Year 7 boys in their first week at Shore. The team now look ahead to GPS 2, taking place on Thursday 16 February.

Mr J Somerville  
Master in Charge, Swimming