SAPSASA Carnival
What a brilliant season we have had this year. In Week 6, 15 swimmers competed in the SAPSASA Adelaide North East District Carnival at the Norwood Pool. It was a blistering hot day, but that did not deter our students from having a fabulous time and swimming their best. We were racing against 11 other schools. 5 students were placed 1^st, 2^ndor 3^rd in their events and 3 of these students have been selected to represent the ANE District at the Metro SAPSASA Championships on Thursday at the Marion Aquatic Centre.

SAPSASA Carnival Placegetters
Matthew 6A: 1st Open 100m Freestyle, 1^st 12 Yr Boys 50m Freestyle, 1^st 12 Yr Boys 50m Fly. Selected to represent ANE District in all 3 events and the 4X50m Freestyle Relay.

John 5BL: 1^st 10 Yr Boys 50m Freestyle, 1^st 10 Yr Boys 50m Backstroke, 3^rd 10 Yr Boys 50m Breaststroke. Selected to represent ANE District in Freestyle, Backstroke and the 4X50m Freestyle Relay.

Bella 5RD: 2^nd 11 Yr Girls 50m Freestyle, 2^nd 11 Yr Girls 50m Fly. Selected to represent ANE District in the 4X50m Freestyle Relay.

Namhun 6HC: 2^nd 12 Yr Boys 50m Backstroke

April 5BL: 3^rd 11 Yr Girls 50m Breaststroke

Congratulations to the students who participated in this Carnival. All 15 were presented with their place/participation ribbons and certificates at Monday’s assembly.

As well as individual students competing for a place in the District Team, the 12 schools were also competing against each other for the Championship School Shield. St Pius X came 2^ndto Endeavour College by only 3 points. What a fabulous effort swimmers!

Congratulations to our SAPSASA representatives; Matthew 6A, John 5BL and Bella 5RD. We wish you all the very best for Thursday.

Thank you to our Official on the day, Hayley Terrett, and all the parent and grandparent supporters!

Catholic Schools’ Swimming Carnival
On Monday 18^th March, the St Pius X Swimming Team competed in the Catholic Schools’ Swimming Carnival at the Burnside Pool. We were racing against 5 other schools in the Division 2 Competition and all 19 students were very excited. We witnessed some excellent swimming with 15 students receiving ribbons for placing 1^st2^nd3^rdor 4^thin an event. The excitement level remained high all afternoon and the cheering and support of each other was beautiful to witness. Our Year 3 Team (Zac 3BF, Caitlin 3BF, Flora-lily 3BF and Ben 3BF) won the Year 3 Championship Pennant. Zac won the Year 3 Individual Championship and Matthew6A won the Year 6 Individual Championship. Both boys were presented with medals. Outstanding work! Overall, St Pius X placed 3^rd in the school competition.

As this is the first year that Yr 7 students are not at Primary School, the Age Levels divisions were changed to Year Levels. This means that all swimming records previously held have been set anew as of 2019.  We have just been notified that Matthew and Zac have set new records which will be printed in all the 2020 Swimming Carnival Programs next year. Wow! A special congratulations to Zac, who has set the record for the Year 3 50m Breaststroke and Matthew who has set 4 records; the Open 100m Freestyle, the Year 6 50m Freestyle, the Year 6 50m Backstroke and the Year 6 50m Butterfly. We are all on Cloud 9!

Thank you to our parents and grandparents who assisted with time keeping each week at Training. Our 6 Tuesday afternoons at the Payneham Pool were delightful! Thank you to those who helped with transport and to Hayley Terrett and Arosha Salgadu who volunteered as Officials on the day.

While the Year 4 Team did not place in their events, they all swam their best and enjoyed the fierce competition. Ella 4SZ and Olivia 4SZ were joined by 2 Year 3 girls; Tanishka 3T and Tenuli 3T, as there were not enough Yr 4s to make up a team. All these girls received Participation Ribbons at Monday’s assembly.

Outstanding swims came from:

Year 3 Team

Zac  3BF: 1^st 50m Freestyle Div A, 1^st50m Breaststroke Div A, 1^st50m Backstroke Div A, 1^st4X50m Freestyle Relay. Yr 3 Age Champion. Record holder for the Year 3 50m Breaststroke.

Caitlin 3BF: 1^st 50m Freestyle Div B, 1^st 50m Breaststroke Div B, 1^st 50m Backstroke Div B, 1^st4X50m Freestyle Relay.

Flora-lily3BF: 1^st 50m Freestyle Div C, 1^st 50m Backstroke Div C, 1^st 4X50m Freestyle Relay.

Ben 3BF: 1^st 4X50m Freestyle Relay,  2^nd 50m Breaststroke Div C.

Year 5 Team

John 5BL: 1^st 4X50m Freestyle Relay, 3^rd 50m Backstroke Div A, 3^rd Open 4X50m Medley

Bella 5RD: 1^st 50m Freestyle Div A, 1^st 4X50m Freestyle Relay, 2^nd Yr 5 50m Butterfly, 3^rd 50m Breaststroke Div B, 3^rd Open 4X50m Medley.

April 5BL: 1^st 4X50m Freestyle Relay, 3^rd 50m Breaststroke Div B, 3^rd Open 4X50m Medley

Jake 5RD: 1^st 4X50m Freestyle Relay

Lara 5RD: 1^st 50m Breaststroke Div C

Sophie  5BL: 2^nd 50m Backstroke Div C

Year 6 Team

Matthew  6A: 1^st Open 100m Freestyle, 1^st 50m Freestyle Div A, 1^st 50m Backstroke Div A, 1^st 50m Breaststroke Div A, 1^st Yr 6 50m Butterfly, 3^rd 4X50m Freestyle Relay, 3^rd Open 4X50m Medley. Yr 6 Age Champion. Record holder for the Open 100m Freestyle, the Year 6 50m Freestyle, the Year 6 50m Backstroke and the Year 6 50m Butterfly.

Troy 6A: 2^nd50m Breaststroke Div C

Danielle 6HC: 3^rd4X50m Freestyle Relay

Namhun  6HC: 3^rd4X50m Freestyle Relay

Indiana  6A: 3^rd4X50m Freestyle Relay

Congratulations to all our swimmers and thanks to all involved - a great 2019 season was had by all.

See you next year!