Nadi school out to make a splash
THREE swimmers will for the first time fly the Maharishi Sanatan College flag at the 2022 National Secondary Schools’ Swimming Championship which starts in Suva this Friday.
The Votualevu, Nadi school, which has a roll of about 180 students, is one of the newcomers to the competition this year.
Travelling team manager Kartika Mani said her swimmers were not coming to just make the numbers and were confident of winning medals.
“We have one female and two male students taking part. One is from Year 10 while the other two are from Year 12.
“They are not new to swimming as they have been taking part when they were in primary school,” Mani said.
She added it was the interest from parents which enabled her school to be part of this year’s meet.
“The parents came and said their children were interested in this sport so we got inspiration from them.
“We are sure that if we do well this year, more children and parents from our school will be inspired to take part in future events.”
Manu said it was the parents who had done the extra yards to take the children to swimming lessons after school.
Meanwhile, 237 primary school students and 149 secondary school students are expected to take part in the two-day competition.
Primary:
International School Nadi
The Learning Centre
Nadi Christian Community School
St Thomas Primary School
Nadi Airport School
Mt Saint Mary’s School
Jasper Williams Primary School
St Anne’s Primary School
Nawaka District School
Yat Sen Primary School
Christian Outreach College
Suva Christian Community School
International School Suva
Raffles International School Dubai
Suva Primary School
Veiuto Primary School
Drasa Avenue School
Champs International School
Nehru Memorial Primary School
Holy Trinity Primary School
Lautoka Zhoung
Hua School
Secondary:
International School Nadi
Swami Vivekananda College
Votualevu College
St Joseph’s Secondary School
Marist Brothers
High School
Tilak High School
Maharishi Sanatan College
Christian Outreach College
International School Suva
Natabua High School
CMF Secondary School
St Thomas High School
Suva Grammar School
Ratu Kadavulevu School
There are 149 swimmers from 14 secondary schools and 237 swimmers from 22 primary schools.