FOBISIA VIRTUAL SWIMMING 2022 Richard Thorp Head of Aquatics and PE Teacher, The British School of Beijing, Shunyi
As the 21-22 season across the FOBISIA Family saw programs and schools returning to the pool at various times, the 2022 Virtual Swim Event took place during March, hosted by The British School of Beijing, Shunyi, with schools from Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Singapore, S. Korea, Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam taking part. A total of forty-eight schools registered for the event, but with local restrictions and lockdowns still in place, thirty-nine schools were able to compete and enter. With no restrictions on entry numbers a total of 1355 athletes took part in an event that was more sprint based with 50m and 100m events swum, and schools able to choose between 100 and 200 relay options that suited all swim programs across the FOBISIA schools. Overall Bangkok Patana School (BPS) won the Top Team Award with The Alice Smith School, KL (KLASS) second and British School, Jakarta (BSJ) third. For the Male teams points BPS were first, Dulwich College, Beijing (DCB) was second, BSJ third, British International School KL (BSKL) and Bangkok Prep (BPREP) finished fourth and fifth, respectively. In the Female team points BPS were first, KLASS second and British International School HCMC (BISHM) third. BSJ and BPREP finished fourth and fifth, respectively. With only the top three individual swimmers from each event, and A team relays only counting for points, the top sixteen places scored points for their school. Thirty-eight schools registered scoring points and for many students, this was their first experience of competing in the FOBISIA swim event since its conception.
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