In addition to our school swimming provision, we challenged our children to take part in the annual swimming gala taking place at Ponds Forge Swimming Pool in Sheffield. The team was asked to take part in time trials and the successful children had the opportunity to have extra practice sessions, utilising our excellent local swimming facilities in Stocksbridge. We hired the pool on a Wednesday and the team also went down on a Friday afternoon to develop the stroke technique and endurance required to compete at this level. A massive thank you to Mrs Corns and Mrs Proost for organising the extra practice and recruiting some expert tuition in Beth and Jo which had a real impact on the children. Your help was very much appreciated.
At the event at Ponds Forge, we took 2 teams so we could compete in both the A and B divisions along with 16 other Sheffield schools. The races included relays with a mixture of strokes and age groups so all that extra practice really paid off. Every member of the team were incredible and gave it their all in a very exciting and noisy event. Well done team and thank you for all the parents and family members that came along on the evening to support us.
Go team Stocky!
