| Mana/Porirua Palmerston North Swim Camp – January
2009
The Mana/Porirua 2009 Squad Training Camp is
complete and what a camp it was this year! Coaches Nevill Sutton and Todd
O’Hagan worked the swimmers hard and this speaks loudly of the commitment of
both coaches and swimmers to the training programme. The distances swum
ranged from 50km - 70km with the training programme peaking on Wednesday with
the top seniors training for 4½-hours. The Juniors/Orcas worked on
technique and drills.
Thanks
to Matt Trlin’s ground work the camp ran smoothly without any headaches and once
again the PNBHS (Palmerston North Boy’s High School) pool and College House
facilities were superb.
All
swimmers were placed into teams and Sunday’s night activity invited the teams to
come up with a team T-shirt, name, slogan and chant which could reflect the
coming together of Mana and Porirua. The Sharks/Seniors started on this
activity with the Juniors/Orcas joining in when they arrived on Tuesday.
Thursday Night was the presentation of the T-shirts and the thought that went
into concepts and designs were well thought through and dynamic. Concepts
and names included: - Cyclone Swim Club, Arena Aquatic Swimco, Two Tides
Aquatics, Porirua City Aquatics (PCA).
Paintball
on Monday was a real success; the movies were popular as was cricket; especially
if you had Tania in your team. The straw construction activity was won by Team
1, while Team 3 took out The ice cream eating competition, orienteering and team
relays. Team 2 won the point competition and boys versus girls relays were
won by the boys.
Thursday
night was the Paper, Scissors, Rock competition. It became an all male
final with Matariki, Team 3 challenging the adult winner Nevill in a fast and
furious competition, with Nevill eventually taking the main title.
The
Teams were: -
|
Team1 |
Team2 |
Team 3 |
Team 4 |
|
Bronagh
Steph
Jono
Alex
Hamish
Nicole
Kiwa
Hayley
Hinewaka |
Kahu
Natasha
Claire
Josh
T
Craig
Susannah
Hayley
A
Josh
W
|
Lizzy
Matariki
Aaron
Ben T
Catherine P
Letitia
Danielle
Kate
Lawrence |
Georgia
Trent
Kathryn
B
Holly
Tamiti
Nic
Ben
W
D.J.
Chris |
Swimmer of the day was awarded for the am and pm sessions winners
including; Alex, Steph, Jono, Kahu, Hinewaka, Bronagh, Lizzy, Katherine B,
Natasha, Holly, and Matariki. The all round swimmers of the week for
attitude both in and out of the pool were Jonathan Hunter- Seniors/Sharks and
Josh Walsh - Juniors/Orcas. A big thank you to the prizes donated by Spank plus
the design and colour work of the Mana/Porirua T-shirts. Mana/Porirua looked
smart and impressive when turning up on mass at the Pool.
Friday night our last night at PNBHS was the awards
night. Thank you to Alison Pask and Sarah Tait for their organisation and
Todd; who played MC for the night, he was funny and right on target with his
comments.
Great support once again from the staff at PNBHS especially
Vicky Rolls the matron, the cleaners and last but not least the cooks. The food
on camp was plentiful (ask Hamish and Aaron) and perfect for the swimmers to be
able to participate fully in training.
Thanks also to our sponsors Spank and Pub Charity, without
which our Camp couldn’t have remained affordable.
Finally a big thank you to the Swimmers who worked hard and
represented Mana/Porirua well; to the Management team Alison, Bill and Julie
Walsh, Tania Donaldson, Sarah and Margriet Lynch for your overall support and
working as a team with the swimmers and to the coaches Nevill and Todd for the
programme, encouragement, challenge and support for the swimmers.
Thanks also to Jacqui Watts-Pointer for this report and her
work as Camp Manager bringing it all together. It must have been a good
one because the kids are still talking about it. (Editor)
Dates have been pencilled in at PNBHS and Lido for next year’s
camp. Bring it on!
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