Surfside Primary School Newsletter

Sporting News - Swimming and School Sport Victoria Teams

2025 Bellarine Division Swimming Championships Tuesday 11th March, 2025                                    Kardinia Aquatic Centre, South Geelong

We will be offering our students aged 9 - 13 who swim regularly (preferably at a squad level or high level of swimming competence and able to competition dive) to nominate for the Surfside PS swimming team in 2025.  

 

The age for qualification is taken at 31/12/2025. Students must be born in the years 2012 to 2016 to be permitted to compete. Students aged 14 or younger than 9 on 31/12/2025 are not permitted to compete.

  • 2012 & 2013 - 12/13 Age group
  • 2014 - 11 year old age group
  • 2015 & 2016 - 9/10 year old age group

This is a Division stage swimming competition, against other students from schools in the Bellarine Division.  Below is an online expression of interest form for parents/carers to nominate their child with recorded times over 50m. The students will need to nominate their preferred event/s (students can enter a maximum of two individual events, one age group relay and one Medley relay - relays will be reliant on student numbers). The events that are available are 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 50m breastroke , 50m butterfly and relays. Surfside can only enter 2 swimmers per event.

Surfside Primary will submit entries in both able bodied and multiclass events (if you feel your child might be eligible for multiclass events please discuss this further with Peter Walsh or Ryan Baker). Swim teams usually consist of smaller numbers so it will be the responsibility of parents or carers to arrange travel to and from the venue on competition day and more details will be available once the team is confirmed. 

 

Expressions of Interest will close Wednesday 12th February. We will then complete swimming trials to confirm qualifications, entry times and seedings for the event following this date. Placing an expression of interest does not confirm that your entry will be accepted and is based on qualification. Trial information will be forwarded to families once confirmed and will take place at the North Bellarine Aquatic Centre (50m pool). Students will receive further information and a permission note prior to the trials. There will be no cost to participate in school based trials.

 

Expression of Interest Entry Form - Closes Wednesday 12th February

If you would like to express an interest for your child to participate please CLICK HERE to complete the expression of interest form. Qualification standards are below and your child will need to swim under this time in a 50m pool. These qualification times are tough so please touch base with Mr Walsh to discuss further if these seem challenging.

 

Division Proposed Qualifying Times

Freestyle

9/10 Years Boys       54 seconds                    9/10 Years Girls     54 seconds

11 Years Boys           47 seconds                    11 Years Girls          47 seconds

12/13 Years Boys    43 seconds                   12/13 Years Girls    43 seconds

Backstroke                                                   

9/10 Years Boys       1 min 02 sec                  9/10 Years Girls     1 min 02 sec

11 Years Boys            59 seconds                   11 Years Girls           59 seconds

12/13 Years Boys     56 seconds                   12/13 Years Girls    56 seconds

Breaststroke

9/10 Years Boys       1 min 13 sec                  9/10 Years Girls     1 min 10 sec

11 Years Boys           1 min 06 sec                  11 Years Girls         1 min 05 sec

12/13 Years Boys     1 min 04 sec                  12/13 Years Girls  1 min 04 sec

Butterfly

9/10 Years Boys       1 min 15sec                   9/10 Years Girls     1 min 15 sec

11 Years Boys           1 min 05 sec                  11 Years Girls         1 min 05 sec

12/13 Years Boys     1 min 00 sec                 12/13 Years Girls  1 min 00 sec

 

For further information please contact: 

Mr Walsh - peter.walsh@education.vic.gov.au or 5256 1411

Mr Baker - ryan.baker@education.vic.gov.au or 5256 1411

School Sport Victoria Team Vic Registrations

N.B: Please check the SSV website regularly regarding any changes and dates.

SCHOOL SPORT VICTORIA WEBSITE - TEAM VIC LINK HERE

 

​The School Sport Victoria (SSV) Team Vic representative program provides a development platform for Victoria’s emerging student athletes to participate in the annual School Sport Australia (SSA) Championships. SSV coordinates the selection process for Team Vic teams in partnership with relevant state sporting organisations. The school is not responsible for nominations and this is solely the responsibility of parents/carers. If a school has more than 3 entries in a sport the school will have to nominate the 3 selected participants.

 

Please read the Team Vic Information Sheet on the sport page before registering. This document contains important information on the SSV Team Vic Program, in relation to eligibility, registration, multiclass, selection, participation costs, and financial assistance.

 

Team Vic Sport and Registration Key Dates 

 

Please read the Team Vic Principal Endorsement process for the following teams in 2025:

  • Australian Football 12 Years and Under Boys
  • Basketball 12 Years and Under Girls
  • Basketball 12 Years and Under Boys
  • Cricket 12 Years and Under Boys
  • Football (Soccer) 12 Years and Under Boys
  • Netball 12 Years and Under Girls

 

For further information please contact: 

Mr Walsh - peter.walsh@education.vic.gov.au or 5256 1411

Mr Baker- ryan.baker@education.vic.gov.au or 5256 1411