Athletics Carnival

Calwell High just had their athletics carnival for the year - with one surprise - Natassja won the girls javelin (she is not sporty at all) although it was through default as no other persons javelin stuck in the ground. I think no-one was more surprised than Natassja herself and if Kayleigh was here she would have been laughing at the sheer silliness of it all.

Now we all knew that Kayleigh shone in sports, although her asthma did affect her performance somewhat. She always did well at the cross country and she also did well at the athletics carnival particularly the 100m, 400m, long jump and shot put. Kayleigh made the Murrumbidgee carnival for the first time in year 6 for 400m and long jump, although she did pull out of the 400m because she had an asthma attack. That year I came down during lunch time to see her run (it was at Calwell oval) and she was soooo happy to see me - and of course convince me to give her money to buy herself some lollies and a soft drink. The next year she made the Murrumbidgee (or was it the Southside Carnival?) again - this time in 100m, 800m and shot put. This time it was down at Lanyon oval - I didn't go to see her, but she did OK - didn't come a place in anything but she was really happy just to be there and see some of her friends do well. Kayleigh always came home from athletics carnivals with bunches of ribbons and the biggest smile on her face. In the primary years it was always good to see as she felt like she was achieving something. Her nanny started a book for her that she put all of her awards into and she was so proud of it, as we were of her.