Puking Patrick

It was a bright sunny evening in Ashley Park, birds were chirping, kids were chatting and Patrick was cramming gherkins into his pie hole. He shuddered in revulsion as he picked up his second tasty treat, another gherkin! " Oh not again," Patrick muttered under his breath, simultainiuosly stuffing the gherkin down his throat. He could hear the chomping of the other competitors eating the delicious delicacies they had been served. Patrick risked a glance to his right and was suprised to find Jimi struggling to choke down his meal. That gave Patrick a strengthenig of will, but it wasn't enough. Jimi swallowed down the last of his gherkin and sprinted off. Eventually Patrick managed to finish his, now, not so tasty treat and sprint back towards his team causing them to win Fear Factor.





By Joe Reddish

'Orrible Onions

Jourdan!

The rules of fear factor were simple. Run. Spin. Eat. Only it wasn't as simple as it sounded. You could have been lucky and eaten chocolate. Some received some even tastier treats such as celery, wasabi peas, gherkins, sardines, raw egg or dry weet-bix. But in Jourdan's unfortunate case, it was  'Orrible  Onions.

Now here's Jourdan! In fear factor he had to eat half an 'Orrible Onion.
In this photo you can well and truly see the similarities between Jourdan and the onion. I was a bit luckier because I had to eat a gross gherkin. I still had trouble holding it down!

By Patrick Tobin.

Intermediate Swimming

The tyres of Mrs Tobin's car schreeched as they stopped at the Wanganui Splash Centre's carpark. We rushed out of the car and headed towards the Splash Centre. I ran straight to the changing room, got changed and sat down ready for our warm up.

After warming up we sat down awaiting the first race. Joe, my younger twin, stood at the diving board. 3, 2, 1, GO! He set of with a bang switching places from 4th to 2nd. Finally he was first with only half a length to go. 10 meters, five metres he won.

Time for my race the 200m backstroke. The shrill sound of the starting whistle filled my ears. 1 length gone,  2, 3. the last length was awaiting me. We were going at an amazing pace. Suddenly I heard the sound of the WIS swimmer screaming "Yes I won the backstroke final". I knew it was a race between us two in the pool. My hand hit the back wall with a crash, I looked behind my and instantly I knew I had come second.

all the other races went by like a flash with Cheyann winning her races and Patrick winning his 4 length medley. We won the medley relay and the freestyle relay.

At the end of the day we were all proud with our efforts.

By George Reddish

Should cell phones be allowed in School?

I wholeheartedly disagree with the idea  that cell phones should be allowed in school.

First they are a big distraction in class and other school related stuff like sports and exercise. Also if you are not using your phone it could be stolen, broken or lost and neither you nor your parents would be happy losing something that cost hundreds of dollars.

Secondly you could become anti-social like my older sister. She used to play games on her phone and get grouchy at any one who came into her room.

Finally you coud be texting rude things or  prank calling people and get into fights over whose phone is better.

So I strongly believe that cell phones should not be in school and anyone with half a brain would agree with me.

Ronan Shaw