A bus-load of swimmers from the Union Preparatory School and Union High School, Graaff-Reinet represented the Karoo at the annual ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ-๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ held at Merrifield College in East London on Thursday, 2 March.
The high standard of swimming at this event continues to amaze ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐.
As always, competition was fierce in all events – 60 in total – but the Karoo swimmers never gave in, giving their best in all their races.
The dayโs climax saw all age groups racing in relays. It was an incredibly close competition and thoroughly enjoyable to watch as a spectator.
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to the Karoo team who claimed second place among the competing districts with a total of 378 points and congratulations to Albany who claimed victory with 430 points.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ป๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ด.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ:
โข ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ โ 1st in the Girls u/9 Freestyle and 3rd in the Backstroke
โข ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ โ 1st in the Girls u/9 Backstroke
โข ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ป๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป โ 2nd in the Boys u/10 Freestyle and Butterfly and 3rd in the Backstroke
โข ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ โ 1st in the Girls u/10 Freestyle and Backstroke and 2nd in the Butterfly
โข ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ โ 3rd in the Girls u/10 Freestyle, Backstroke and Butterfly
โข ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ โ 3rd in the Girls u/11 Freestyle and Breaststroke and 2nd in the Butterfly
โข ๐๐น๐น๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป โ 2nd in the Girls u/10 Breaststroke
โข ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ โ 1st in the Girls u/11 Breaststroke and 3rd in the Backstroke
โข ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐
๐๐ผ๐ป โ 3rd in the Boys u/13 Breaststroke
โข ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป โ 2nd in the Boys u/11 Backstroke and Butterfly
โข ๐๐น๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ โ 3rd in the Girls u/13 Backstroke and 2nd in the Butterfly
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ง๐๐๐ 4 ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฎ๐ก๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐จ๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐ช/10 50๐ข ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ (41.66๐จ).
Our learners were also an integral part of the Karoo relay teams that did very well on the day.
Union is so ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ of all our swimmers who committed and gave their time to swim for their district and would like to thank them for their stellar efforts.
