BIS international swimming meet

It's another busy and exciting weekend for us here at BIS Phuket as we welcome international participants for the annual International Swim Meet.

Even though I'm not in the Flying Fish Club of British International School Phuket, I am here to support and cheer my favorites for this 2nd annual event.

This year we can see around 330 participants from 18 different clubs from across Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia competing in the school's 8-lane 50-meter long course pool. The Thai teams also come from Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket and of course they include the Flying Fish Club of British International School, Phuket who are a professionally coached swim team.

The boys and girls, mostly aged from just under 8, up to just over 15, competed in 68 events, with many competing in several events, so there were over 1800 entries in
over 260 heats!

I talked to two under 13 year old swimmers from Malaysia and asked if they were pleased with their performance in the competition:

I also talked to talented BIS Flying Fish members, Bianca, who has already won at international events before, and Marcus, her younger brother, to see if they did well:

Overall the host team came second this year behind Orchid Country Club. However the event was not only about winning, but also the spirit and good relationships among participants. And besides that I hope they come back to visit us every year.

They did a great job didn't they? Any sports are good for us if we really go for it. Maybe one day you can swim like a flying fish too. This is Charlotte reporting for Andaman News. Now back to the studio.



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