Big swim win

St Paul’s Badminton captain Connor Ibbotson with the winning senior and junior Badminton team flags; swimming captains Jackson Clerks and Neisha Ablett with the winning swim team shield and table tennis captain Tanvi Atla with the winning senior table tennis team flag.

St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School swim team have taken out the South Eastern Independent Schools Association (SEISA) swim carnival title for the 24th year in a row.

Held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, the St Paul’s swim team comprised of both junior and secondary students from years five to 12 across both Warragul and Traralgon campuses.

With a total of ten St Paul’s individual age group champions on the day, students from the Warragul campus included: Chloe Joiner (under 12 years female champion), Sahara Hammond (under 13 years female champion), Callum Halloran-Lavelle (under 16 years male champion), Jessica Emmett (under 17 female champion), Neisha Ablett (under 21 year female champion) and Tomas Dowler (under 21 year male champion).

Whilst swim team members were competing in the pool, other students were also playing Table Tennis and Badminton.

Staff have described the day as one filled with “hotly contested” competitions which saw each player performing to the best of their abilities with “great enthusiasm and determination”.

The overall results were very close with most divisions and the overall champions relying on the last game scores.

The St Paul’s Senior and Junior Badminton teams won their divisions as well as the St Paul’s Senior Table Tennis team.

SEISA is an association of independent schools providing interschool co-curricular competitions across both sporting and cultural fields.