PAGE 54 - “THE STAR”, Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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Pool kids move on
Top swimmers: Mackenzie Gardener of Loch, Lily Robinson of Phillip Island and Bryce Angwin of Foster were first, second and third in a race on Friday.
Rugged up: Maddie Norris, Macie McNaughton and Darcy Holms from Korumburra Primary School were keeping warm on Friday.
PRIMARY school students from Phillip Island through to Toora and everywhere in between converged on the Korumburra Swimming Pool on Friday. The best the schools had to offer were pitted against each other with place getters in each race heading to Sale in the coming weeks for the regional competition. All the students raced with great sportsmanship.
The boys: by the pool were Inverloch-Kongwak Primary School students Jordan Patterson, Walter Hutton, Kye Benson and James Mercer.
Wildcats CBL awards
TIDES Here is an easy guide to tides in your area. To determine tides for a particular area, add or subtract periods of times as shown below. Earlier Minutes Apollo Bay ...........................25 King Island (Grassy) ...........10 King Island (Surprise Bay)....40 King Island (Franklin) ...........40 Lakes Entrance .................... 170 Lorne ...................................... 20 Mallacoota Inlet.................... 158 Rip Bank ................................ 15 Snowy River Entrance ......... 170 _______________________ Cape Schanck, Flinders, Mornington Ocean Beaches, Seal Rocks, Venus Bay, Waratah Bay, Woolamai ....... nil _________________________ Later Minutes Altona ................................... 195 Barwon Heads Bridge ........... 15 Carrum ................................. 195 Corinella ................................. 68 Cowes Pier............................. 50 Dromana .............................. 195 Frankston ............................. 195 Geelong ............................... 210 Hastings ................................. 66 Hovell Pile ............................ 195 Inverloch Pier ......................... 15 Melbourne ............................ 200 Mornington ........................... 195 Newhaven Jetty ..................... 30 No. 1 West Channel (Annulus)........................... 50 No. 2 South Channel Light .... 70 No. 8 South Channel Light .. 150 Port Albert Pier ...................... 90 Portarlington Pier ................. 190 Portsea Pier ........................... 80 Port Welshpool (Rabbit Island .................... 10 Queenscliffe Pier ................... 30 Rhyll ....................................... 60 Rosebud............................... 195 Rye Pier ............................... 170 St. Leonards Pier ................. 190 Sandringham ....................... 195 Sorrento Pier........................ 130 Stony Point ............................. 40 South Channel Pile Light ..... 190 Swan Island Dock ................ 120 Tooradin ............................... 105 Warneet.................................. 84 Williamstown ........................ 200 Welshpool Pier....................... 90
At Port Phillip Heads
MARCH Time
height (metres)
Add one hour for daylight saving
6 WED
7 THUR
8 FRI
9 SAT
10 SUN
11 MON
12 TUE
0520 1127 1824 2345
1.46 0.16 1.44 0.57
0607 1213 1923
1.40 0.21 1.38
0033 0701 1305 2031
0.63 1.34 0.29 1.33
0131 0811 1410 2142
0.67 1.28 0.36 1.32
0248 0938 1531 2247
0.68 1.26 0.42 1.34
0417 1100 1653 2348
0.62 1.30 0.43 1.39
0533 1210 1801
0.52 1.38 0.43
All times shown in 24 hour clock 0001 - 1200..................AM 1201 - 2400..................PM
Above, Boys’ age champions: Wonthaggi Secondary College’s Kyle Murdoch, Leongatha Secondary College’s Rhett Boscombe-Hill, Leongatha Secondary College’s Lochie Harms, Wonthaggi Secondary College’s Oliver Bates, Wonthaggi Secondary College’s Jake Benson and Wonthaggi Secondary College’s Ben Riley. Top, Girls’ age champions: Wonthaggi Secondary College’s Molly Edwards, Leongatha Secondary College’s Mikaela Cornelissen, Wonthaggi Secondary College’s Amber Taylor, Wonthaggi Secondary College’s Chloe Moxey, Mirboo North Secondary College’s Emma Hales and Wonthaggi Secondary College’s Harriet Bates.
In the swim LAST week the region’s best secondary school swimmers came together at Korumburra Pool to do battle in the regional swimming championships.
Men season award winners: Joel Winderlich (Coach’s Award), Dexter Rodwell (coach), Dylan Heylen (Season MVP). Absent: James Rippingale (runner-up MVP).
While WSC didn’t exactly take a clean sweep of the pool, it went pretty close. There were some other great performances from swimmers at other schools too however, including the brilliant Leongatha Secondary College athlete Mikaela Cornelissen.
Handicap shield winners: South Gippsland Secondary College’s Holly Pilkington and Scott Allott accepted the award on behalf of their school.
Women season award winners: Claire Fitzgerald (Season MVP), Jess Hilliar (second runner-up MVP), Bill Jeffs (coach), Marie Donohue (runner-up MVP).