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
It sounds like you had a great time at the swimming sports! You wrote a very good report about the big swimming day and I enjoyed the day too.
ReplyDeleteBridgitte