Stanmore Powering in the pool Jack Rudkins, Aiden Fisher and Luca Polvere with the Newington Swim Team at the 2018 AAGPS Swimming Championship at SOPAC. Photo: SPA Images Newington’s swim team secured two GPS trophies thanks to a fantastic performance this season. In a repeat of the 2017 season, the Polvere (breaststroke), Christopher Mina Will Gray and Harrison Loeffler all Newington Seniors won GPS swimming’s (butterfly) and Jack Rudkins (freestyle) challenged for top points in many races in most coveted prize—the Senior etched their name into the record books the 13 and 14 years categories. Premiership. Our swimmers also retained and set the bar high. The middle section of the squad, the the GPS Open Relay trophy for the Throughout the season the Junior Intermediate age group, finished in third fourth consecutive season. Division sat a little behind the cracking place overall. A number of boys placed The season started on the best possible pace set by Kings, but their hard racing highly in individual races and two relay note for Newington—a record-breaking and commitment to improvement are teams qualified to represent the GPS swim in the 4 x 100 Medley GPS Open positive signs for the future. Maddox at the Combined Independent Schools Relay at the Sydney Boys High School Oddy and Tom Farr-Jones raced their Swimming Championships. In the 15 invitational race. The combination of hearts out in the 12 years age group, years group, Thomas Baird, Karl Kovarik Lachlan Sheehy (backstroke), Luca and Jackson McCleery, Thomas Oates, and Christopher Mina are swimmers with great potential to help the Intermediates to a GPS Premiership in 2019. 2018 has seen huge contributions from team leaders Aiden Fisher, Luca Polvere and Jack Rudkins, along with 17 years age group superstar Lachlan Sheehy. Two further GPS relay records fell to these swimmers at the first and second GPS Competition Carnivals. Other memorable swims this season included Lachlan Sheehy’s win by 0.14 seconds in the 400m Freestyle and Jack Rudkins’ come-from-behind anchor leg in the 17 years 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay to help secure the Senior Premiership in Luca Polvere. Photo: SPA Images the third last race of the season. OPPORTUNITY| NEWS AUTUMN 2018| 29