What a great day last Monday when our annual McAuley Swimming Carnival (after a rain delayed start to our Carnival the Friday before) was held in glorious sunshine. Please refer to official results above where long standing records were smashed by several students. 

It really was a day of participation and wonderful spirit. Congratulations to all involved in such a terrific day. 

After selection from great results at this Carnival, McAuley Primary was represented by 19 keen swimmers in West Wyalong at the Western Region Swimming Carnival. The Western Region is made up of 12 schools from our Archdiocesan and from this carnival the Western Region Team is selected to swim at the Archdiocesan Swimming Carnival. 

All of our McAuley swimmers performed well, with 12 of the 19 swimmers improving times from our school carnival. Ashton Ambrose, Ethan Buckley, Isabella Oliver, Chloe Pearce, Henry Piper and Macy White all finished in the top four in at least one of their events and will now swim at the Arch Carnival in Narooma on the 1st of March. 

Macy White and Ashton Ambrose were awarded runner-up trophies in their age groups, a great achievement and reward for all the training they put into their swimming. 

St Mary’s, Young, was the most successful school on the day taking home the champion trophy, with St Joseph’s, Boorowa, runners up. McAuley finished in a respectable 4th position. 

Thanks goes to Anna Stubbs for managing our school team on the day. We thank parents for transporting our team to and from West Wyalong and also extend our thanks to the parents and big brothers, William and Jacob, who helped out with time keeping. 

McAuley’s Western Region Swimm Team consisted of: Ashton Ambrose, Cooper Ambrose, Eric Bartlett, Brad Beavan, Ethan Buckley, Samuel Buckley, Zoe Carter, Alex Crowe, Paige Kelly, Isabella Oliver, Chloe Pearce, Joe Pearce, Henry Piper, Sidney Roche, Billy Roche, Alice Webb, Sophie Webb and Macy White. Well done kids!

Our Secondary students will represent our Region at the Archdiocesan Swimming Carnival which will be held in Goulburn on March 2nd. Best of luck to all students who qualified for this carnival.