SCHOOL SWIMMING TIME-TRIALS : for the 4th Term

All swimmers who would like to be considered to represent the school during the 4th term must please attend COMPULSORY time-trials on the following days during the second last week this term (13 – 17 September 2010).
These times will be used to finalise team selections, namely A and B relay teams.

TIME-TRIALS

NORMAL SCHOOL SWIMMING TRAINING  will ONLY commence on Monday 4 October 2010. Please keep to your allocated level and time-slots.

Kenridge has been invited to a number of galas and unfortunately some of these cater for an A-team only. We will try, wherever possible, to split
some of the individual events so that more children are given the opportunity of swimming individual races. Having said that, however, the club swimmers are given ample opportunity to swim individual events in Club and WP hosted galas.

The aim of school swimming is to increase participation and to add to our swimming base, as well as improve upon strokes and technique.

Kenridge will also host a level 2 relay gala, when we will try our best to accommodate most of the swimmers and give them an opportunity to swim in a gala.

Many thanks
Lisa du Plessis and swimming coaches



SCHOOL SWIMMING GALAS and INFORMATION 2010

Swimming Galas planned for the 4th term (to be confirmed)

Tuesday 12 October : Girls Relay Gala at Rhenish (A team)

Tuesday 19 October : Boys Relay Gala at Rhenish (A team)

Wednesday 27 October : Girls Relay Gala at Somerset House (A team)

Thursday 28 October : SWPS Challenge Gala in Somerset West  (individual + relay events)

Monday 1 November : Junior Relay Gala at Kenridge (A + B teams) U7-U9

Thursday 4 November : Gala at De Hoop Primary  (individual + relay events)

Tuesday 9 November : Level 2 Relay Gala at Kenridge (A + B teams) U9-U14

Wednesday 10 November : Level 1 Internal Gala at Kenridge U8-U14

Thursday 11 November : Senior Relay Gala at Kenridge (A + B teams) U10-U14

Friday 26 November : Kenridge Dudes vs Babes Gala (A + B teams) U7-U14

* All the swimmers wanting to try out for the school swimming team, must please attend compulsory time-trials during the 2nd last week of the 3rd term.

Dates and times to follow.


                               
Winners of Interhouse: Van der Stel                                                                     U14 Boys Backstroke


Congratulations to the 2010 Kenridge Swimming Captains who were elected early in February: Rossouw Landman, Nicole Shand, Grant Nell and Josie Burness. There is a busy swimming season ahead and lots of work to be done!
The house swimming captains are:
Van Riebeeck : Franscious Marais + Shona Murray
Tulbagh : Arn Gericke + Sonja Groenewald
Van Der Stel : Daniel-Dean Ulyate + Jade Stephens

1. The season started off with our annual Interhouse Championship gala on Friday 5th February. We had a wonderful days swimming in perfect weather. One of the highlights was to see the u7’s swimming in two events and also to see the happy faces when the medals were presented.
Results were:
Junior Victrix (u7-u9) : Carla Hollander
          Junior Victor (u7-u9) : Drew Bennett
          Senior Victrix (u12-u13) : Nicole Shand
          Senior Victor (u12-u13) : Rossouw Landman and Christoff Greyling
          Congratulations to Van Der Stel who won for the second year running!

2. Senior Relay Gala : Thursday 11th February
Wow - what a great afternoon! The competition was very strong and eventually we managed to edge Rhenish out in the last race of the day when our boys won their ladder relay – giving Kenridge the WIN by 2 points! (so often in the past we have lost the gala in the last races!)
It was really nice to have our B relay team take part and 80 Kenridge swimmers took to the water -  Well done to all the swimmers.
This is the first time that we have hosted these two schools and lets hope that it continues.

3. SASKO Long distance gala at Durbanville : Monday 15th February
This gala’s format is extremely individual and is probably more suited to regular Club swimmers. Kenridge again entered a B team and it was good exposure for the swimmers to longer distances. It was also great to see some of the B team swimmers come through and win medals!  There were some excellent individual performances, namely: Rossouw Landman who earned KPS a lot of extra points with his records!
I have officially run out of superlatives…. Absolutely stunning…
Results were : Kenridge 232, Eversdal 228, Durbanville 219, Paarl Gim     and Kenridge B 98 points.
Well done – we have the cup for another year!

4. KPS Junior Relay Gala : Thursday 18th February
This has to be the most entertaining gala on the calendar!
We had about 60 foundation phase children swimming – many of them for the first time. We entered an A and B relay team and had a wonderful afternoon with Durbanville Prep joining us. The coaches were VERY proud of the Kenridge swimmers and the progress that they have made – especially the u7’s!
We will definitely have another of these galas in the fourth term.

5. Kenridge internal Level 1 gala : Monday 22 February
Another successful afternoon! Level 1 swimmers (u8-u13) had the opportunity to show off at an enjoyable and low-key gala. The events were kick-board freestyle kicking (for the u8’s only), freestyle, backstroke, and we ended with some fun relays.  Prizes were up for grabs and the parent support was great!

6. Evergala at Eversdal : Wednesday 24 February
We had a good afternoons swimming against strong competition!
Other schools competing were: Eversdal, De Hoop, Durbanville, and Paarl Gim. Eversdal ended on top and won their “Oink” trophy back from us! There were individual races and freestyle relays. I do understand that some parents are not keen to travel for their children to just take part in a relay – but school swimming is regarded as a team sport, and if everyone felt that way – we would not have a team!!
 
7. Boys Relay Gala at Beaumont : Thursday 25 February
A BIG THANK YOU to those parents who traveled to Beaumont and allowed their boys to take part in back to back galas!!
The boys had a lot of fun and competed well. KPS finished 3rd – a few points behind De Hoop and Beaumont and ended 1 point ahead of old rivals Somerset House followed by Somerset College.
A highlight was the boys winning the Ladder relay – the last race of the day!!
 
8. Kenridge Triangular Gala : Monday 1 March
Somerset House and SWPS joined us again and this year the individual strokes were Breaststroke and Backstroke. We had both individual and relay races and Kenridge again entered a B relay team in order to give more swimmers an opportunity. Medals were awarded for the individual events and a good afternoon was had by all. Somerset House won the gala, KPS 2nd and SWPS 3rd.

9. Kenridge Level 2 Relay Gala : Wednesday 3 March
This was a great gala despite the fact that Elkanah House did not arrive! Durbanville Primary joined us and also brought a B team.
Kenridge entered A, B and C teams! There was a lot of support and I think that we will try to have another of these in the fourth term. Close to 80 Kenridge children swam and really did extremely well.
The depth was visible and it was good to see the children competing!
Congratulations to the level 2 coaches – you are doing a wonderful job.

10. Rhenish Relay Gala : Tuesday 9th March
Off to Stellenbosch to face the parking problem of a life-time!
On the whole Kenridge did well and our u7’s and u8’s are looking good.
Well done to all the swimmers!

11. Beaumont Inter-schools Gala : Saturday 13th March
We ended the season with our interschools gala against Beaumont.
The format suited our hosts and next year we will be back to a relay gala at Kenridge. It was nice, however for some of our other swimmers to get individual events, but I do feel that Interschools should be as inclusive as possible seeing that it is our last gala of the term.
We started off with a bang in the Freestyle relays and Freestyle individual events, but lost a lot of points in the Beaststroke events – we seem to claw our way back, but it was not enough! Next year..!

SWIMMING IN THE 4TH TERM:

We will be starting off with trials – please check the bulletin and website for dates closer to the time.

There are about 8 galas planned so far – so keep swimming during the winter months!

A big thank you to the swimmers for their dedication and commitment shown during the first term. Also thanks to the parents who supported and provided transport to the galas. You are appreciated.

 AQUATICS ACHIEVEMENTS

1. WP Biathlon team to go to Oudtshoorn
The following Kenridge learners have been selected to represent WP at a regional interprovincial Biathlon competition in Oudtshoorn on the 6th February. Nicole Shand and Kayla de Waal (both A team) and Thomas Shand and Lene Geldenhuys (both B team). Congratulations and good luck!

2. WP Stillwater Life-saving Championships
These Championships were held on the 16-17th January. Lene Geldenhuys (u10) did exceptionally well and won 2 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze medal.            Tammy Ulyate (u12) won 3 silver and 2 bronze medals. Well done!
Lene, Tammy and Calla de Vos have been included in the WP Life-saving Nipper team to compete at the SA Nationals on 24-27th February in the Strand. We wish them all the best and to bring home some more medals!

3. WP Primary Schools swimming trials
These trials are to be held on Saturday 30th January at 08H00 at the Bellville municipal pool. Kenridge has entered 20 swimmers (u10 – u13).
Kenridge swimmers are to please wear the Kenridge sport clothing and cap. (costume – own choice)

4. WP SASKO Jack Currie Championships : 22-24th January
A number of Kenridge swimmers qualified to take part in this gala for their respective clubs, namely; Lene Geldenhuys, Carmen Walters, Kelly Vroon, Pier Veller, Summer Horne, Natasha Marnewick, Karla Bekker, Wilhelm Schlunz, Thomas Shand and Danro Marshall.
Congratulations to all the swimmers - Medal winners were:
Wilhelm (individual: 1 silver, 2 bronze.  Relays: 1 silver and 1 bronze)
Thomas (individual: 1 bronze.  Relays: 1 bronze)
Danro  (Relays: 1 gold)
Lene  (Relays: 1 silver)
Kelly  (Relays: 1 silver)
Karla  (Relays: 1 bronze)

5. WP Schools swimming trials
The following swimmers have qualified to go through to the final round of Western Cape trials to be held on Saturday 13 February at Bellville.
Congratulations to : Rossouw Landman, Grant Nell, Nicole Shand, Christoff Greyling, Tammy Ulyate, Kelly Vroon, Calla de Vos and Lene Geldenhuys. Best of luck to these swimmers!

6. Western Cape schools swimming team
Rossouw Landman, Christoff Greyling, Kelly Vroon and Lene Geldenhuys have been selected to represent the Western Cape Schools Swimming team to compete at the SA National Primary Schools Aquatics Gala in Newlands, Cape Town on 5-6 March. Rossouw, well done on getting four events!  Congratulations to these dedicated swimmers - KPS is very proud of you.

7. SA Aquatics Primary Schools results
Well done to Lene Geldenhuys for being part of the winning medley relay  
team for her age-group. Rossouw Landman had good swims and narrowly    
missed out on an individual medal.

8. The following swimmers qualified through their clubs for Level 1 (coastal region) Age-group Nationals and swam in Oudtshoorn; Kelly Vroon, Pier Veller, Summer Horne, Carmen Walters, Karla Bekker, Natasha Marnewick, Danro Marshall, Franscious Marais.

9. The following swimmers qualified through their clubs for Level 2 
Age-group Nationals and swam in Port Elizabeth; Wilhelm Schlunz, 
Christoff Greyling and Tammy Ulyate.

10. Rossouw Landman qualified to swim in the Level 3 Age-group National
Championships held in East London. He made it into 4 finals, which takes some doing - great results!

11. Western Province Biathlon Championships and WP team announcement.
The following KPS learners took part in this event on 2 March at the UWC in Cape Town;  Jean-Luc de Waal, Riis du Plessis, Daniel-Dean Ulyate, Lene Geldenhuys, Kayla de Waal, Natasha Marnewick and Nicole Shand.  Medals were won by:
Jean-Luc de Waal (gold)
Nicole Shand (silver)
Riis du Plessis (bronze)
Kayla de Waal (bronze)

Nicole Shand, Kayla de Waal and Lene Geldenhuys were selected to represent WP at the SA Biathlon Championships in Bloemfontein on         3 April 2010.

12. Biathle Schools Competition
Kenridge is so proud of ALL the participants in this new series event to promote the sport (run-swim-run). After all the competitions and once the points were totaled, Kenridge was declared the winner and received a beautiful trophy as well as a cheque for R1000! Well done and thank you to everyone who took part. A big thank you also goes to Susan Louwrens, who handled the entries from the school.

13. WP Biathle Championships and WP team announcement
These championships were held at the UWC on 5 June 2010.              .
Medals awarded to KPS children were:
Christoff Greyling : Gold
Kayla de Waal : Gold
Lene Geldenhuys : Silver
Nika Greyling : Bronze
Daniel-Dean Ulyate : Bronze

The following learners have been selected to represent WP at the Biathle SA’s in Germiston on 8 August 2010; Kayla de Waal, Lene Geldenhuys, Nika Greyling, Karla Bekker, Tammy Ulyate, Christoff Greyling and Daniel-Dean Ulyate. Best of luck to these Biathletes!

14. SA Biathle Championships and SA team announcement
The results are as follows;
Lene Geldehuys : 3rd place and Bronze medal.
Nika Greyling : 9th place
Karla Bekker : 24th place
Tammy Ulyate : 11th place
     Christoff Greyling : 2nd place and Silver medal.
Daniel-Dean Ulyate : 23rd place

EXCITING NEWS: BOTH CHRISTOFF AND LENE HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS PART OF THE SA TEAM TO COMPETE IN DUBAI ON 30 OCTOBER 2010 at the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. Congratulations on this outstanding achievement! Watch this space…