Primary school children across North Dorset compete for swimming competition

The event, which saw pupils from years four, five and six, invited children from Sherborne Primary, Thornford, Buckland Newton, Bishop’s Caundle, and Sherborne Abbey Primary take part in the competition which allowed them to ‘keenly’ demonstrate their swimming skills.

Taking place in Sherborne, the children not only showed off their swimming abilities but also their voice box abilities when they impressively cheered on their teammates.

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All participating schools took part in races such as freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke, with the event ending with a relay. The ‘very close’ race was subsequently won by Thornford Primary.

Thornthord Primary were also crowned the overall winners of the afternoon, with pupils having obtained the most points in total.

The winning swimming team, Thornford

Organiser Ruth Layton from Sherborne Primary School said “It was a fantastic event, and the first we’ve been able to hold since the pandemic, so it was wonderful to see all the children proudly representing their schools and trying their best.

“We would like to say a big thank you to Oxley Sports Centre for being brilliant hosts for the day and supporting the event!”

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Heather Crewe, Swim School Manager at Oxley Sport Centre said "It was lovely to watch all the swimmers racing, and great to see so many swimmers from our Swim School participating in this fantastic event.

“We thoroughly enjoy hosting events like this which are made even easier with the help from our passionate and brilliant teachers."