Swimming - Inter-House Gala 2011
We held our annual Inter-House Gala on Wednesday, 19 January and it was once again a resounding success. This gala has been closely contested during the last couple of years, but Bishop House made a strong statement that they are unequivocally the best swimming house in the school. In 2009 Bishop and College House tied for first place. Bishop House managed to win by 34 points at last year’s event, but they ran away with it completely this year. We want to thank the parents (past and present) as well as some of our past pupils for their support.

The final results were:
1st Bishop House 485 points
2nd College House 325 points
3rd Founders House 318 points

Junior Victrix Ludorum: Ashleigh Smart
Junior Victor Ludorum: Grant Nisbet
Senior Victrix Ludorum: Shannay Allmark
Senior Victor Ludorum: Hannes Hamer

There were a number of new records set. The 50m Butterfly events were all new records as this race replaced the 25m Butterfly event.

Inter-House Gala - New Records:
Ashleigh Smart (38.25) U14 50m Butterfly
Zsa-Zsa de Leo (37.15) U15 50m Butterfly
Shannay Allmark (36.9) U16 50m Butterfly
Monique Victor (36.53) Open 50m Butterfly
Joshua Birch (36.48) U14 Backstroke
Hannes Hammer (31.50) U16 Backstroke
Oliver Koen (33.50) U16 Breaststroke
Devon Eaton (36.03) U14 50m Butterfly
Grant Nisbet (33.43) U15 50m Butterfly
Hannes Hamer (30.31) U16 50m Butterfly
Nicholas Ferreira (29.56) Open 50m Butterfly
Ashleigh Balcomb (42.16) Open Breaststroke
Grant Nisbet (27.78) U15 Freestyle
Hannes Hamer (27.67) U16 Freestyle

New Records were set for all the Medley and Freestyle relay events, as it moved from a mixed-gender event to single-gender event.

Records were missed by less than 1.5 seconds by Grant Nisbet (IM); Keagan du Preez (back); Monique Victor (Breast); Chad Hawley (Breast); Jenna-Leigh Murray (Free); James Prettejohn, Dino Cesare and Nicholas Ferreira (Free).