Junior School Sport 

NSW CIS Primary Swimming Championships 

On 24 March, children from over 200 schools attended the NSW CIS Primary Swimming Championships held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre and Kinross Wolaroi School sent a team of 11 competitors. 

The day opened with the heats for the school relays. The 8-10 years girls' relay included Elizabeth Croft, Harriet King, Andie Zinga and Grace Lowther. The 11-13 years girls' relay included Zoe Strahorn, Georgie Simpson, Alexandra Karrasch and Charlotte Williams. After two great swims, both of the relay teams secured a spot in the finals. 

The 50m freestyle events followed:

Marlon Zielinski  placed 18th in 9 years freestyle 

Andie Zinga placed 18th in 10 years freestyle 

Isabelle Provost placed 21st in 11 years freestyle 

Charlotte Williams placed 20th in 12 years freestyle 

Zoe Strahorn placed 16th in 12 years freestyle 

Charlotte Williams then competed in the 12 years 50m breaststroke placing 14th. 

The 100m freestyle timed finals followed with Charlotte Williams and Zoe Strahorn competing in the 12 years event. Charlotte finished strongly with a time of 1.13.44 seconds placing 15th, with Zoe posting a PB of 1.12.95 placing 12th.

The girls rushed to prepare for the relay finals. Both of the relay teams came 6th in their finals. An incredible result for a school our size. 

The afternoon included the 50m backstroke. Thomas Karrasch posted a 4 sec PB to place 12th in the 8-10 years backstroke.  Charlotte Williams came 11th and Zoe Strahorn came 14th in the 12 years backstroke. 

The final event for the day was the 50m butterfly. Grace Lowther swam beautifully in the 8-10 years butterfly and came 23rd. Charlotte Williams hammered home with a PB securing a place in the butterfly final and ultimately placing 10th overall in the final. A great result for arguably the toughest stroke after a long day of racing. Zoe Strahorn finished her last event, placing 20th overall in the 50m butterfly. 

The Kinross Wolaroi team should be incredibly proud of their results. A big thank you to Theresa Armstrong, Junior Swim Coach, and Mr Tim Jones for coordinating the CIS team and working on the pool deck at the carnival. Thanks must also go to all of the parents supporting the our swimmers. 

Ms Kate Strahorn

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A message from the Junior Swim Coach

CIS Swimming Day 1

Please remember that in swimming every microsecond is a huge achievement! Dropping time is every swimmer’s dream when they step up on the blocks before a race. Unfortunately, once you achieve a top age level time, dropping those five seconds every time you race an event is long gone. It can literally take months, sometimes even years to shave off a tenth of a second in your best event. So lets celebrate every nanosecond.

Of the 17 personal best (PB’s) times achieved today there were two individual and all three relay teams that made ginormous PB’s stand out as incredible achievements among each and every phenomenal swim. Matthew Lowther’s 3:38.00 sec PB, Alexandra Karresch’s 3:20.00 sec PB, an individual PB within a relay team that also had a 4:47.00 second PB.

By order of event:

10th Place Overall: Matthew Lowther 200 IM 2:41.84 with a 3.38 sec PB

Josiah Dirs 100 Back 1:14.24 with a .76 sec PB

Matthew 100 Back 1:15.33 with a .10 sec PB

Girls 10-11 Free Relay 2:20.68 with a 4:47.00 sec PB Charlotte Williams 33:51 / .17 PB Alexandra Karresch 35:90 /3:20 sec PB Georgie Simpson 38:62 /.93 sec PB Zoe Strahorn 32:65 /1:17 sec PB

7th Place overall: Charlotte 50 Back 36:18 /1.7 sec PB

Matthew 50 Fly 33:38 /.8 sec PB

Boys 12-13 Free Relay 2:01.77 with a 3:12.00 sec PB Matthew Lowther 30:34 Josiah Dirs 29:33 a 1.09 sec PB Hamish Searle 32:80 a .52 sec PB Spencer Williams 29:30 a .77 sec PB

10place overall: Girls 12-13 Free Relay 2:05.10 with a 3:57.00 sec PB Chloe Provost 30:13 Georgia Clunas 31.86 a 2:04 sec PB Anise Olah 33:49 a 2:68 sec PB Isabel Grout 29:62 a .38 sec PB

Day 2 of Junior State Championships

“Life is a marathon, not a sprint.” In theory, it makes sense in terms of time – a marathon takes longer, and a sprint is very short – meaning when applied to life, great things take time so don't rush it.

This was the theme for the day, while a day for sprints for the swimmers the two days of early wakeups and all-day pool side has taken its toll.

Before I list the flat-out amazing achievements, I want to highlight Matthew and Chloe. 

Matthew had 10 races over the two-day extravaganza, both individually and as a member of his relay team, not once did he back down or not give everything he had left in his tank.  His personal best achievements are simply jaw dropping. In the end He had to make a tough decision between a 50 m sprint or a 200m push (the races were one right after the other, going from the 50m free race to swimming in the first heat of the 200m back. Matthew chose to give everything he had to attempt his first ever sub 30 PB in his free and did just this, at the cost of his endurance at the end of the two-day race schedule. He was disappointed but satisfied with his achievement as well. Well Done Matt.

Chloe, at 12 yrs is swimming the times of the senior group, and a critical thinker who watches everything. She also swam in both of her relays before pushing out for her own individual race. Proving her PB at country wasn’t a fluke, Cloe’s sub 30 time brought her relay team to a top ten ranking and also took its toll in her individual event. 

Please help me congratulate them as well as all of our junior competitors.

By Order of event:

Matthew 50 Back 34:84 with a .81 sec PB

Boys 12-13 Relay

Matthew 50 BK 35.65

Josiah 50 BR 37.37  a 2:75 sec PB

Spencer 50 Fly 33:42 a 2:19 sec PB

Hamish 50 Free 31:78  a 1:54 sec PB

Girls 12-13 Relay

Anise 50 BK 39:41 a .99 sec PB

Isabel 50 BR 41:17 a 1:07 sec PB

Georgia 50 Fly 36:93 a 1:28 sec PB

Chloe 50 FR 29:86 

Girls 10-11 Relay

Zoe 50 BK 38:70 a .71 sec PB

Alexandra 50 BR 47:56 a 4:11 sec PB ***** Biggest PB of the Day

Charlotte 50 Fly 35:55 a .50 sec PB

Georgie 50 Free 37:62 a 1:93 sec PB

Charlotte 100 Back 1:18.22 a 1:62 sec PB

Matthew 50 Free 29:56 a 1:61 sec PB (and a sub 30 for his 50 Free)

Chloe 50 Free 30:61

Zoe 50 Fly 37:18 a .21 sec PB

Charlotte 50 Fly 35:96

Theresa L. Armstrong

KWS Junior Swim Coach

Term 2 Cricket Programs

• All Abilities Junior Blasters, Orange. Monday afternoons 4:15pm to 5:15pm at the Carl Sharpe Cricket Centre. Please note that this program is for children living with a disability. Register Here.
• Indoor “Master Blaster” Cricket, Orange. Monday afternoons from 5:30pm to 7:00pm at the Carl Sharpe Cricket Centre. Please note that the programs are for boys and girls aged 7 – 12 years. Register Here.

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