WESA Swimming Competition

Congratulations WHPS swim team of 2023!

WHEELERS HILL SWIMMING SQUAD FINISHED IN 1st PLACE.

This year our swimming squad was made up of 52 students from Years 4, 5 and 6.

Time trials were held at Swim World in Glen Waverley on Friday February 10th.

Many students confidently put their hands up trying out for several events. The competition was held at the Oakleigh Recreation Centre on Thursday February 16th.

Our WHPS students competed against 7 other schools in the WESA regions. We swam well with lovely stroke techniques. The year 5students stood out as real champions, with a large assortment of ribbons by the end of the day. It was terrific to see some students proudly wearing our WHPS orange swim caps, which certainly stood out in the pool. Our team thoroughly enjoyed themselves and did us proud on the day, with many parents there to cheer the students on.

The 50m events are competitive races for more experienced swimmers. These events include: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, as well as freestyle and mixed medley relays. It was pleasing to see that we were able to fill all events this year, which is a real credit to our younger students. The final scores saw WHPS comfortably winning with most of our students finishing in the top 2 against the 8 other schools. It was a wonderful effort and we are all very proud of the team and their hard work which certainly paid off.

Leisure pool activities are designed to add a little bit of fun in a more relaxed pool environment. This allows everyone to participate for enjoyment and further their skill development in the smaller pool. This year the 15m leisure pool activities included: wading races, piggy back races, pool noodle races, kickboard swims, and ring collection. We also came 1st overall for the events held in this pool for 2023.

All students who came first or second in their ‘A’ event race were then given the opportunity to compete again at Division level on Wednesday March 8th at the Monash Aquatic & Recreation Centre. This year we have 25 of our 50m students representing the school at this event.

Special congratulations and good luck to all our Division competitors :          

Many thanks to all senior school staff for their continued support and assistance during the carnival this year. Thank you to those parents who volunteered their time to assist, supervise, time and support all our wonderful WHPS students. We were especially grateful for the delicious ice creams handed out to adults on a very hot day. Thanks to Izel’s dad!

Finally, well done to all students who participated in the 2023 Swim squad. 

We were especially proud of the enthusiasm, peer support, manners, behaviour and sportsmanship displayed by all of our students. Well done, thank you and we hope that many of you will volunteer to be involved in the carnival again next year in 2024.

Nicole Purcell                                                                            Renee Drury

Head of Sport & Physical Education                                   Physical Education