On Tuesday our Yr 7/8 touch teams played in the Otago Schools touch tournament held at the Kensinston Oval. The Outram Blues ended up winning the tournament beating Balmacewen Intermediate 6-1 in the grand final. What made this amazing was the fact the team only had one girl and boy sub and the team played total of 180 minutes of touch! The team now has played four seasons without losing a game.
The results were as follows:
vs Kaikorai Valley Gold 16-0 win
vs Arthur St 15-2 win
vs Kaikorai Red 7-4 win
vs Balmacewen Black 5-3 win
Semi vs Balmacewen Black 6-3 win
Final vs Balmacewen Silver 6-1 win

Have a look at this video if you would like more ideas about helping your child to learn to swim – especially beginners. It gives the progression we follow:

One difference though is that we teach children to breathe every third stroke so they are breating on both sides.