SPORT
Team Tennis
The tennis program at Guildford Grammar
School caters for students of all abilities
from the Preparatory School (starting in Year
3) up to Year 12.
The program attracts a large number of
students, with 58 juniors (Years 7 to 9) and
68 seniors (Years 10 to 12).
In order to best cater for all students, we
separate the students by age and skill level.
Juniors can train up to four times a week on
Mondays and Wednesdays, either morning
or afternoon, whilst seniors can train on
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, with a
compulsory extra session for the 1st VIII on
Wednesday mornings.
Our coaching team is made up essentially
of accredited coaches from Sofoulis Tennis
Tuition (at least two level II coaches per
training session) as well as a number of Old
Guildfordians, who have all played at 1st
team level.
The team strongly believe in the School’s
3G values of Professional, United and
Committed, and are consistently striving
to make progress through honest
conversations between players and coaches.
Our aim is for students to show continual
progress in terms of their skills, as well as
resilience, and to grow in confidence in
a team environment. We aim to facilitate
Swimming: going forward
After much discussion and planning, the
Senior School 50m pool will be gas-heated,
meaning that both of our pools will now be
available for year round usage. Exciting times
are ahead for swimming as we welcome and
create new opportunities for girls joining
us in the Senior School next year, and also
work to develop an Aussi Masters swimming
program for our Old Guildfordians.
Hopefully our facilities upgrade will not only
attract more people into our swimming
programs, but also help to facilitate improved
performance at PSA level.
So why swim at GGS?
Apart from the obvious health and fitness
benefits, the aerobic and no-impact nature
of swim ming means that it complements
most other sports that our students
participate in, especially recovery. We are
extremely fortunate, as a community,
to have access to such a wide range of
aquatics programs for our students.
The Preparatory School continues to offer
a wide variety of swimming programs for
our students. Our Kindergarten and Pre-
Primary students can participate in an Aqua
Awareness program; in-term swimming
lessons are offered to students in Years
1 – 3, as well as JPSSA and Triathlon Club
swimming training for our Year 4 – 6
students. In addition to this, the Learn to
Swim School continues to cater to over 100
children in Terms 1, 2 and 4.
Once students have completed a minimum
of Stage 6 in the Learn to Swim School,
they can progress into the junior squads
of the School’s Swimming Club, Guildford
& Kalamunda Districts Swimming Club,
which trains year round. Here they can
further develop their skills and learn how
students’ growth by professionally and
passionately coaching our students to enjoy
their sport and grow as individuals.
Mr Adrien Creuzot
Teacher-in-charge of Senior Tennis
to race and represent one of the biggest
swimming clubs in Western Australia. The
club won promotion back into the A-Grade
premiership and sent five swimmers to the
Australian Championships in Brisbane. Many
of our Guildford Grammar School students
won medals at Swimming WA competitions
throughout the 2016/17 club season.
Senior School programs include Year 7 - 10
swimming units in school PE lessons; each
year level working towards attainment
of a defined skill set. Swimming is also
offered as a summer sports option, where
a structured coaching program of three
levels is offered (including swim gym). PSA
Inter-school training sessions are also held
in the mornings of Terms 1 and 4, with the
aim of preparing our swimmers for PSA
competition. There is also now an option for
Senior School students to swim year round.
Hopefully, permanent heating of the Senior
School pool will make this option more
attractive for some of our students.
Further information on the swimming
programs at the School is available by
contacting Mr Brett Tongue on brett.
[email protected].
Brett Tongue
Senior Swimming Coach
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