Making Waves
On Friday 8 November, over 150 students from St Christopher’s School competed in the whole school swimming championships. Students ranging from 5 to 17 years took part in races of freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. There was also the opportunity for the older swimmers to participate in 100m IM and 100m freestyle events. It was great to see so many new swim team members competing and some won medals in their first ever swim gala. Others went home with personal bests or managed to break one or more of the school swim records. Thank you so much for all the support from staff and parents who helped the event run smoothly. Congratulations to all the swimmers.
St Christopher’s School Swim Records
| EVENT | NAME | TIME | YEAR | |
| 5 Years and Under | ||||
| 25m Freestyle | Girls | Phoebe Licence | 27.96 | 2005 |
| Boys | Robbie Williams | 26.03 | 1997 | |
| 6 Years | ||||
| 25m Freestyle | Girls | Sarah Afifi | 22.28 | 1994 |
| Boys | Andrew Clarke | 21.77 | 1990 | |
| 25m Breaststroke | Girls | Lottie Mills | 28.95 | 1999 |
| Boys | Shane McCarthy | 27.52 | 2006 | |
| 25m Backstroke | Girls | Phoebe Licence | 29.6 | 2006 |
| Boys | Mohammed Fazli | 28.28 | 2006 | |
| 7 Years | ||||
| 25m Freestyle | Girls | Sarah Afifi | 19.66 | 1995 |
| Boys | Dominic Hudson | 19.78 | 2002 | |
| 25m Breaststroke | Girls | Isla McMinn | 26.34 | 1996 |
| Boys | Andrew Green | 25.01 | 1995 | |
| 25m Backstroke | Girls | Gabrielle Wilson | 24.71 | 2002 |
| Boys | Andrew Scopes | 23.18 | 2001 | |
| 8 Years | ||||
| 25m Freestyle | Girls | Wesal Afifi | 17.87 | 1990 |
| Boys | Arnaud Bendaoud | 16.3 | 1990 | |
| 50m Freestyle | Girls | Farah Van der Kooi | 40.4 | 2013 |
| Boys | Rhys Ifan | 46.8 | 2013 | |
| 100m Freestyle | Girls | Farah Van der Kooi | 1.32.06 | 2013 |
| Boys | Rhys Ifan | 1.48.50 | 2013 | |
| 25m Breaststroke | Girls | Amalie Neilsen | 22.55 | 2013 |
| Boys | Arnaud Bendaoud | 21.78 | 1990 | |
| 50m Breaststroke | Girls | Farah Van der Kooi | 51.72 | 2013 |
| Boys | Hugo Barraclough | 57.07 | 2013 | |
| 100m Breaststroke | Girls | Farah Van der Kooi | 1.51.38 | 2013 |
| Boys | Hugo Barraclough | 2.13.31 | 2013 | |
| 25m Backstroke | Girls | Amalie Neilsen | 21.84 | 2013 |
| Boys | Craig McCulloch | 21.18 | 1990 | |
| 50m Backstroke | Girls | Stephanie Carpenter | 47.41 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Ryan O’Donnell | 53.06 | 2013 | |
| 100m Backstroke | Girls | Chiara Donarelli | 2.01.61 | 2013 |
| 50m Butterfly | Girls | Farah Van der Kooi | 43.21 | 2013 |
| Boys | Rhys Ifan | 1.02.09 | 2013 | |
| 100m Butterfly | Girls | Stephanie Carpenter | 2.01.16 | 2013 |
| 100m IM | Girls | Farah Van der Kooi | 1.35.91 | 2013 |
| Boys | Rhys Ifan | 2.05.93 | 2013 | |
| 9 Years | ||||
| 25m Freestyle | Girls | Megan Cox | 17.9 | 2004 |
| Boys | Dominic Hudson | 16.32 | 2004 | |
| 50m Freestyle | Girls | Farah Van der Kooi | 36.96 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Yousif Alnajjar | 49.75 | 2013/14 | |
| 100m Freestyle | Girls | Farah Van der Kooi | 1.25.56 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Akshat Gupta | 2.02.44 | 2013/14 | |
| 25m Breaststroke | Girls | Natalia Kaila | 22.1 | 1998 |
| Boys | Andrew Green | 22.31 | 1997 | |
| 50m Breaststroke | Girls | Farah Van der Kooi | 48.78 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Hugo Barraclough | 1.00.00 | 2013/14 | |
| 25m Backstroke | Girls | Sadie Middleton | 21.04 | 2005 |
| Boys | Dominic Hudson | 19.25 | 2004 | |
| 50m Backstroke | Girls | Arabella Rushton | 46.81 | 2013 |
| Boys | Yousif AlNajjar | 57.25 | 2013/14 | |
| 100m Backstroke | Girls | Arabella Rushton | 1.41.81 | 2013 |
| 25m Butterfly | Girls | Danielle Doherty | 19.84 | 2013 |
| Boys | Dominic Hudson | 18.7 | 2004 | |
| 50m Butterfly | Girls | Farah Van der Kooi | 42. 96 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Akshat Gupta | 1.11.31 | 2013/14 | |
| 100m IM | Girls | Farah Van der Kooi | 1.32.69 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Dominic Hudson | 1.29.58 | 2004 | |
| 10 Years | ||||
| 25m Freestyle | Girls | Sadie Middleton | 15.75 | 2006 |
| Boys | Dominic Hudson | 14.81 | 2005 | |
| 50m Freestyle | Girls | Arabella Rushton | 36.5 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Thomas Watson | 35.91 | 2013 | |
| 100m Freestyle | Girls | Rebecca Carpenter | 1.13.19 | 2013 |
| Boys | Thomas Watson | 1.24.68 | 2013 | |
| 25m Breaststroke | Girls | Tasmin Chipperfield | 20.49 | 1990 |
| Boys | Dominic Hudson | 19.95 | 2005 | |
| 50m Breaststroke | Girls | Rebecca Carpenter | 41.15 | 2013 |
| Boys | Digby Rushton | 48.85 | 2013/14 | |
| 100m Breaststroke | Girls | Rebecca Carpenter | 1.30.47 | 2013 |
| Boys | Digby Rushton | 1.50.34 | 2013 | |
| 25m Backstroke | Girls | Sadie Middleton | 19.35 | 2006 |
| Boys | Rahul Kanade | 19.01 | 2001 | |
| 50m Backstroke | Girls | Lucy Hendy | 43.44 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Harry Winning | 53.18 | 2013/14 | |
| 25m Butterfly | Girls | Gabrielle Wilson | 19.05 | 2005 |
| Boys | Dominic Hudson | 17.43 | 2005 | |
| 50m Butterfly | Girls | Rebecca Carpenter | 34.66 | 2013 |
| Boys | Thomas Watson | 50.33 | 2013 | |
| 100m Butterfly | Girls | Rebecca Carpenter | 1.20.47 | 2013 |
| 100m IM | Girls | Rebecca Carpenter | 1.23.56 | 2013 |
| Boys | Dominic Hudson | 1.25.86 | 2005 | |
| 11 Years | ||||
| 50m Freestyle | Girls | Laura Hoyland | 31.9 | 1995 |
| Boys | Dominic Hudson | 32.11 | 2006 | |
| 100m Freestyle | Girls | Florence Tinsley | 1.15.27 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Basil Manna | 1.14.12 | 2013/14 | |
| 50m Breaststroke | Girls | Orla McCarthy | 42.77 | 2005 |
| Boys | Basil Manna | 42.31 | 2013/14 | |
| 50m Backstroke | Girls | Orla McCarthy | 38.77 | 2005 |
| Boys | Dominic Hudson | 38.33 | 2006 | |
| 200m backstroke | Girls | Amanda Winton | 3.38.00 | 2013 |
| 25m Butterfly | Girls | Aleena Fazli | 16.48 | 2006 |
| Boys | Oliver Hudson | 17.59 | 2002 | |
| 50m Butterfly | Girls | Florence Tinsley | 39.01 | 2013/14 |
| 100m IM | Girls | Florence Tinsley | 1.24.63 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Basil Manna | 1.24.42 | 2013/14 | |
| 12 Years | ||||
| 50m Freestyle | Girls | Laura Hoyland | 31.08 | 1996 |
| Boys | Yaseen Le Falher | 29.28 | 2013 | |
| 100m Freestyle | Girls | Louise Leijonberg | 1.08.41 | 2013 |
| Boys | Yaseen Le Falher | 1.03.50 | 2013 | |
| 200m Freestyle | Boys | Yaseen Le Falher | 2.19.76 | 2013 |
| 50m Breaststroke | Girls | Orla McCarthy | 39.87 | 2006 |
| Boys | Andrew Green | 39.96 | 2000 | |
| 100m Breaststroke | Girls | Aoife Rudman | 1.44.72 | 2013 |
| Boys | Tom Griffith | 1.40.71 | 2013 | |
| 200m Breaststroke | Girls | Aoife Rudman | 3.45.31 | 2013 |
| 50m Backstroke | Girls | Orla McCarthy | 36.43 | 2006 |
| Boys | Yaseen Le Falher | 34.35 | 2013 | |
| 100m Backstroke | Girls | Louise Leijonberg | 1.19.81 | 2013 |
| Boys | Tom Griffith | 1.37.22 | 2013 | |
| 50m Butterfly | Girls | Louise Leijonberg | 34.56 | 2013 |
| Boys | Yaseen Le Falher | 34.03 | 2013 | |
| 100m Butterfly | Girls | Louise Leijonberg | 1.17.12 | 2013 |
| 100m IM | Girls | Louise Leijonberg | 1.19.46 | 2013 |
| Boys | Yaseen Le Falher | 1.16.30 | 2013 | |
| 200m IM | Girls | Louise Leijonberg | 2.48.25 | 2013 |
| Boys | Jackson McNaught | 3.11.04 | 2013 | |
| 13 Years | ||||
| 50m Freestyle | Girls | Louise Leijonberg | 30.31 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Quentin Botha | 28.84 | 2013/14 | |
| Boys | Yaseen Le Falher | 28.84 | 2013/14 | |
| 100m Freestyle | Boys | Quentin Botha | 1.05.93 | 2013 |
| 200m Freestyle | Girls | Louise Leijonberg | 2.24.56 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Yaseen Le Falher | 2.14.62 | 2013/14 | |
| 50m Breaststroke | Girls | Jade Williams | 40.24 | 2004 |
| Boys | Shane McCarthy | 39.52 | 2013 | |
| 100m Breaststroke | Boys | Shane McCarthy | 1.23.28 | 2013 |
| 50m Backstroke | Girls | Louise Leijonberg | 34.52 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Yaseen Le Falher | 32.58 | 2013/14 | |
| 100m Backstroke | Boys | Shane McCarthy | 1.15.62 | 2013 |
| 50m Butterfly | Girls | Louise Leijonberg | 33.34 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Yaseen Le Falher | 33.3 | 2013/14 | |
| 200m Butterfly | Boys | Amartya Sarkar | 3.32.56 | 2013 |
| 100m IM | Girls | Louise Leijonberg | 1.16.49 | 2013/14 |
| Boys | Yaseen Le Falher | 1.12.93 | 2013/14 | |
| 200m IM | Boys | Shane McCarthy | 2.38.56 | 2013 |
| 14 – 16 Years (inclusive) | ||||
| 50m Freestyle | Girls | Cheyma Le Falher | 28.97 | 2013 |
| Boys | Oliver Hudson | 26.13 | 2006 | |
| 100m Freestyle | Girls | Cheyma Le Falher | 1.02.50 | 2013 |
| Boys | Nicolas Kalis | 1.03.91 | 2013 | |
| 200m Freestyle | Girls | Cheyma Le Falher | 2.13.56 | 2013 |
| Boys | Shane McCarthy | 2.22.31 | 2013/14 | |
| 50m Breaststroke | Girls | Sarah-Jane Nolan | 39.18 | 2002 |
| Boys | Dylan Morgan | 33.95 | 2013/14 | |
| 100m Breaststroke | Girls | Natalie Myatt | 1.34.93 | 2013 |
| Boys | Owen Wilson | 1.20.31 | 2013 | |
| 200m Breaststroke | Girls | Natalie Myatt | 3.26.98 | 2013 |
| Boys | Dylan Morgan | 2.53.47 | 2013 | |
| 50m Backstroke | Girls | Sarah-Jane Nolan | 33.68 | 2002 |
| Boys | Alexander Hudson | 32.35 | 2006 | |
| 100m Backstroke | Girls | Johanna Lawson-Dick | 1.25.53 | 2013 |
| Boys | Nicolas Kalis | 1.20.39 | 2013 | |
| 200m Backstroke | Girls | Johanna Lawson-Dick | 3.08.91 | 2013 |
| 50m Butterfly | Girls | Cheyma Le Falher | 33.06 | 2013 |
| Boys | Alexander Hudson | 29.08 | 2006 | |
| 100m Butterfly | Girls | Johanna Lawson-Dick | 1.36.03 | 2013 |
| Boys | Dylan Morgan | 1.17.29 | 2013 | |
| 100m IM | Girls | Sarah-Jane Nolan | 1.14.59 | 2002 |
| Boys | Alexander Hudson | 1.09.18 | 2006 | |
| 17-18 Years | ||||
| 50m Backstroke | Boys | Seb Licence | 33.95 | 2013/14 |
| 50m Breaststroke | Boys | Seb Licence | 36.5 | 2013/14 |
| 50m Freestyle | Boys | Seb Licence | 27.69 | 2013/14 |
| 200m Freestyle | Boys | Seb Licence | 2.21.54 | 2013/14 |
| 100m IM | Boys | Seb Licence | 1.14.40 | 2013/14 |
| Junior School 9 – 11 yrs | ||||
| 100m Freestyle | Open | Dominic Hudson | 1.11.27 | 2006 |
| Senior School 11 – 16 yrs | ||||
| 200m Freestyle | Open | Alexander Hudson | 2.14.75 | 2005 |
