The St Margaret’s unsynchronised swimming team made a stellar debut performance on Friday morning at the new aquatic and sports centre, after a particularly stirring graduation speech encouraged the girls to ‘push the boundaries and go out and create a little trouble!’
The routine, choreographed in the interpretive ‘free movement’ style showcased some of the best bombs, manus and pencil dives seen in an unsynchronised team of this size.
From the outset, the degree of difficulty was particularly high, with team members first having to outsmart the Alcatraz style security system and scale the six foot pool fence dressed head to ankle in starched navy blue gabardine. Indeed, once that gabardine gets wet, it weighs approximately 38 kilos.
Kicking off with a single, near perfect bomb by the team leader (9.95 from the judges), the graduated entry of all athletes to the pool was choreographed to look completely random. Hours, even years of practice in the pools, creeks and dams of Brisbane and further afield have not been wasted, with the performance drawing oohs and ahs from the thousand strong crowd.
There were, however, some moments of concern for the judges, when loud shrieking and wailing could be heard during the performance. No points were lost once it was established the shrieks were coming from the school’s administration building – not the swimmers themselves.
The St Margaret’s executive leadership were so impressed by the performance, they sent the team home, enabling them to hit the vodka cruisers at little lunch, a full five hours earlier than planned.
Congratulations girls!! You are superstars. All of the normal people are so proud of you.
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Crazy funsters! They were just emulating the “pugling” from their bedtime story the night before.
Brilliant 👏