Writing

A loud Bang 15/2/11

Bang! Bang! Bang! I heard something on my bedroom door I saw my mum saying yay swimming sports!!! As we walked slowly to the Greytown pools we had cheered in our house groups. We finally arrived and I was already nervous when I took my first step into the pools. We had got changed and all we had to do now is wait.

We had waited and waited and some good results came up because my house(Tainui) was sometimes coming 1st, 2nd or 3rd which was good. The pool looked nice and refreshing as the sun hit the water in the pool. I was talking about how I was nervous and how I wasn’t that good.

I was still nervous that my guts wanted to run away from the pool. It was time for me to go and race and we were lining up to go. My heart was beating like I was getting punched by an invisible person. Next I heard Mr preston talking he said “on your marks, get set, BANG!! The gun had sounded like a cannon and I couldn’t hesitate as I dived in like the pool a dolphin. I could hear the crowd cheering and then it became silent and again I heard the crowd. One time my mind went blank and it was silent forever. I thought about my training and everything that made me proud and happy. I had came second in my race.

As I touched the side of the pool I was thinking in my head oh my god I have done all that training for this. Everyone cheered me on while I was getting out of the pool. What a long and fantastic day I had even no I didn’t feel like it. I showed everyone that I could do two lengths of the pool. I found out that I am in the interschool for swimming sports.