Hi everyone!
It’s been a while since I last blogged and a lot has happened since then. I’ve been in a few competitions for both swimming and athletics.
I was in Hong Kong about a month ago. It was great, I had so much fun. I swam in all the strokes and felt good about all of my races. I came 4th in all of them except for my 100m Backstroke – I came 3rd in that J It was a great experience to swim in a new pool overseas, especially for a competition. It was really different to swim with the people there; it was a lot more competitive and everyone was quite good. Since Hong Kong was a place my family had never been to before we did some sightseeing, saw many different shops and ate lots of new food. I didn’t mind eating the food, but Andrew (my brother) didn’t like it too much. I really liked the Vietnamese noodles. They were really good.
On the last day before we left, we went to Disneyland. At Disneyland we went on lots of rides, but I have to admit that my favourite ride was the Buzz Light Year one because we got to sit in a moving cart and shoot targets. I also really enjoyed the Space Mountain Roller-coaster.
When we came back I found out I had broken the record for the 100m Backstroke at my club while I was overseas. I was really proud because I could never break any of the records at my old club. It’s times like these when I appreciate all the training and getting up early in the morning (and sometimes fighting with Mum when she wakes me up at 4:30am!).
I swam the Neptune League not long ago. Neptune League is a small meet involving several different clubs and is held about 3 or 4 times a year at different club locations. This one was held at the short course (25m) pool at the Singapore Island Country Club. All the participating clubs bring their best swimmers, so the competition is pretty strong. I swam in the Freestyle Relay, Medley Relay, the 50m Butterfly and the 50m Backstroke. I did pretty well that day. I got personal bests (PBs) in both my individual races and I won 1st place in both. In the Freestyle Relay we won, but in the Medley Relay our first swimmer in the Backstroke leg slipped on the wall and got a really late start. We never really recovered the time we lost at the start and finished second. I had a lot of fun at this meet, it was great. I really enjoyed it because I swam well, it didn’t last all day, and I got to spend some time with my friends.
Last weekend I decided to run at the French International School (Lycée Français de Singapour). I ran in the 200m. It was one of the first events of the day and I was going to have to wait until the end because I was going home with a friend. There were many free spaces during the day so I thought I should run instead of doing nothing the whole day. I entered myself in three more events, when I was originally only going to be running in one event! I ran in the 80m, the girls relay and the boys relay (U12’s was the youngest age group and they couldn’t bring any boys down an age group so I offered to run, and I was allowed). I think I did pretty well considering I’m not really a runner. I came 4th in the 200m, we came 1st in the girls relay and 2nd in the boys relay. I don’t know what I came in the 80m though as I forgot to check that one. I had a lot of fun that day. I really enjoyed the fact that I got to run against the boys and show them that girls are good at sports too.
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Until next time
Anna
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