Aquatics News Updates

December 12th 2025 - News Updates

25-26 Term 1 

It's been a very busy term at the swimming pool! 

Highlights included several swim meets, such as the Hong Kong School Sports Federation (HKSSF), International Schools Sports Federation Hong Kong (ISSFHK), the Bangkok Feeding Frenzy at Bangkok Patana School, and the Primary Association Schools Sport (PASS). Please see the highlights below.

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas break and a happy 2026!

HKSSF

1st  🏅

• Ryan Pong (100m Back, 50m Back) 🏅🏅

2nd  🥈

• Jasper Yam (200m Free) 🥈

• Jiselle Chan (100m Back) 🥈

• Marcus Chang (50m Br) 🥈

3rd  🥉

• Kaitlyn Cheung (100m Br) 🥉

• Eldon Yum (50m Fly) 🥉

• Kasey Lee (100 Back) 🥉

• Eric Ghannam (200m IM) 🥉

• Jiselle Chan (200m IM) 🥉

• Maegan Cheng (50m Br, 200m Br) 🥉

• Lydia Cheung (100m Free) 🥉

• Jasper Yam (100m Free) 🥉

• Matthew Cai (200m Br) 🥉

4th 🎗️

• Justine Waters (200m Free) 🎗️

• Juliette Waters (200m Free) 🎗️

• Eric Ghannam (200m Free) 🎗️

• Shivin Srivastava (100m Back) 🎗️

• Lydia Cheung (200m IM) 🎗️

• Rachel Shen (200m Br) 🎗️

• Dena Shen (200m Br) 🎗️

Relays  

4x50m Medley Relay 

• Boys A grade 1st (Ryan, Matthew, Eldon, Jasper) 🏅

• Boys B grade 3rd (Horace, Marcus, Ian, Haydon) 🥉

• Girls A grade 2nd (Jiselle, Dena, Justine, Cate) 🥈

4x50m Free Relay 

• Boys A grade 4th (Isaac, Shivin, Eric, Zander) 

Team 

• Boys A grade 1st 🏅

• Girls A grade 4th 🎗️

Overall 

• Boys 2nd  🥈

ISSFHK Results 

Individual

1st 🏅

• Lee, Nicholas (100m Back) 🏅

2nd 🥈

• Chan, Max (100m Back) 🥈 

• Chan, Jiselle (100m Back) 🥈 

• Chang, Marcus (50m Br,100m Br) 🥈 

• Lee, Nicholas (100m Free, 50m Back) 🥈 

• Lee, Kasey (50m back)🥈 

• Cheang, Horace (50m Back)🥈 

• Pong, Ryan (50m Back) 🥈

3rd 🥉

• Lee, Kasey (100m Back)🥉 

• Yam, Jasper (100m Free)🥉 

• Yum, Eldon (50m Fly)🥉 

• Raman, Maya (50m Back)🥉 

• Cheang, Horace (50m Free)🥉

4th 🎗️

• Raman, Maya (100m Back)🎗️ 

• Pong, Ryan (100m Back, 100m Br)🎗️ 

• Shen, Dena (50m Br)🎗️ 

• Yum, Eldon (100m Free)🎗️ 

• Chang, Marcus (50m Free)🎗️ 

• Ghannam, Eric (50m Free) 🎗️

Relays

4x50m Medley Relay 

• Girls 12-13 – 3rd (Kasey, Maegan, Kaitlyn, Annabelle)🥉 

• Girls 14-15 – 4th (Jiselle, Avery, Juliette, Lydia)🎗️ 

• Boys 16& Over – 2nd (Ryan, Eldon, Jasper, Matthew) 🥈

4 x50m Free Relay

• Girls 12-13 – 4th (Kasey, Maegan, Rachel, Annabelle)🎗️ 

• Girls 14-15 – 4th (Jiselle, Avery, Juliette, Lydia)🎗️ 

• Boys 12-13 – 4th (Horace, Halu, Marcus Cai, Marcus Chang)🎗️ 

• Boys 14-15 – 4th (Ian, Zander, Haydon, Victor)🎗️ 

• Boys 16& Over – 3rd (Ryan, Isaac, Jasper, Shivin) 🥉

Overall

• Girls Team - 5th🎗️ 

• Boys Team -  3rd🥉 

• Combined Teams - 3rd 🥉

PASS Swim Meets 

Our younger swimmers in LS partiacptined in the first of 3 PASS Swim Meets on December 1st at CIS. The aim of these meets is to give younger swimmers valuable experince in a relaxed environment, no medals are awarded. The next swim meet will be held at CDNIS in February

US Sports Awards - Swimming 

Congratulations to all nominees and winners (see photos below) of Season 2 Sports Awards 

Bangkok Feeding Frenzy 2025 Results 

1st 🏅

• Jiselle Chan (400m Free, 200m IM) 

• Juliette Waters (800m Free, 200m Fly) 

• Lydia Cheung (200m Fly, 100m Fly) 

2nd 🥈

• Jiselle Chan (100m Back, 200m Back) 

• Lydia Cheung (50m Fly) 

3rd 🥉

• Juliette Waters (50m Fly, 200m Free, 100m Fly) 

• Avery He (100m Br) 

• Lydia Cheung (400m IM) 

• Kasey Lee (50m Back) 

• Maya Raman (100m Back, 50m Back) 

4th 🎗️  

• Jiselle Chan (100m Free, 50m Back) 

• Nicholas Lee (400m Free) 

Relays 

• 4x50m Medley Relay 

Girls  

• 15 & Over 2nd (Jiselle, Avery, Juliette, Lydia) 🥈

• 13-14 3rd (Kasey, Maegan, Annabel, Kaitlyn) 🥉

4x50m Free Relay 

Girls 

• 15 & Over 2nd (Jiselle, Avery, Juliette, Lydia) 🥈

• 13-14 3rd (Kasey, Maegan, Annabel, Kaitlyn) 🥉

Team Awards 

• 15 & Over 2nd (Jiselle, Avery, Juliette) 🥈

• 13-14 2nd (Kasey, Maegan, Annabel, Kaitlyn, Lydia, Rachel, Jolie) 🥈

CDNIS Highest Points swimmer 

• Jiselle Chan 

Term 2

Term 2 will begin in January. 

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year!

May, 2025 - News Updates  

End of Year Sports Awards 

Congratulations to Juliette, Cate, Ethan and Shvin on their end of year swimming awards. 

HKIS Swim Meet Invitational 

The final swim meet of the year took place May 23 - 25 at HKIS. CDNIS brought a team of 30 swimmers to this swim meet. For many, it was there first time experinceing a weekend swim meet (2.5 days long). There were great swims throughout the weekend with many PBs. Well done everyone!

Wishing everyone a great summer 2025!

Feb 6th 2025 - News Updates  

I hope you all had a great break and wish you a happy and successful year of the snake! 

ASA Swim Caps

In the next two weeks, swim coaches will hand out CDNIS Swim Caps to swimmers who have not received a cap this year. Those that do not have a cap already will get first priority. You are encouraged to mark swimmer name on the cap with a permanent marker so we know who it belongs to if left behind in dressing room

Upcoming Swimming Events for Term 2

SEASAC Swimming 2025 

• SEASAC (South East Asia Student Activities Conference) is the most important Swim Team Competition of the year, 15 schools from South East Asia will compete against each other.  This year SEASAC Swimming will take place at NIST School in Bangkok at the end of February 

T-Wolves Swim Meet Invitational 2025

• This event will take place Friday March 28 (after school) and from 9 am - 5 pm  on Saturday March 29 and Sunday March 30

• There are 7 schools entering our Invitational Meet this year -  CDNIS, HKIS, CIS, ISF, AIS, KIS, MCHK. 

• This swim meet is open to all Gold and Silver Squad Swimmers. 

• Swimmers from Bronze Squad and LS Swim Team will be based on selection. Selection and sign up form will be shared soon. 

LS Swim Team Meets 

• There will be PASS Swim Meets after the Easter break (Dates TBC)

Timba Swim Summer Gala

• The end of term Timba Swim Gala for all ASA swimmers will take place on Tuesday June 3 after school. 

PE Swimming for Grade 3,4,5

Grade 3,4,5 start their PE Swimming Unit after the Lunar New Year break. Homeroom Teacher will share the exact dates. 

Prep, Grade 1 and 2 will start their second PE Swimming Unit after the Easter break 

Upper School Swim Team Captains for Term 2

Please join me in congratulating the Swim Team Captains for Term 2

Girls Captains 

• Natalie Ho

• Justine Waters 

Boys Captains 

• Shivin Srivastava

• Matthew Cai

We have over 70 swimmers in our Swim Team Squads (LS Swim Team and Gold, Silver, Bronze Squads in US School). The swim team captains represent all these swimmers, they lead by example in and out of the water and help create a positive team culture. 

Natalie, Justin, Shivin, Matthew have demonstrated  excellent leadership in and out of the water this year and I am confident they will continue to do so in the lead up to our major events of the season, SEASAC at the end of February and The T-Wolves Invitational at the end of March 

LNY News Updates - January 24th 2025 

Term 2 Swimming

A reminder that swim caps must be worn at the swimming pool. 

After the LNY break, we will give out swim caps to those swimmers who are yet to get receive one. 

• Younger swimmers (mostly Level 1 - 4) will get a 'cloth' type polyester swim cap

• Swimmers in Level 5 -  8 swimmers will get a silicone swim cap  if they have not already received one

• Swim Team swimmers (L8 and US Swim Team) will get a Timberwolves Swim cap and Gold Squad will also get their name on their cap

See photos of caps below for reference 

PASS (Primary Association Schools Sport) Swim Meet 

The PASS Swim Meet was held at CDNIS on January 22nd. There were 3 schools participating at this swim meet, CDNIS, CIS and ISF. 

This swim meet was for Level 7 and 8 swimmers but as host we also allowed Level 6 swimmers to participate. For many of our swimmers, it was their first swim meet which was a a great learning experience. There will be more opportunities later in the term. Thank you to the parent volunteers who helped as back up timekeepers. Well done to all swimmers. 

CIS Invitational Swim Meet 

Well done to T-Wolves swimmers who participated at the annual CIS Invitational Swim Meet at Victoria Park on Friday January 10th. 

CDNIS finished 3rd out of 14 Teams. 

Overall Results 

• All ages Boys Team - 3rd out of 14 Teams

• All ages Girls Team - 3rd out of 14 Teams

• Combined Team - 3rd Overall out of 14 Teams

Individual

• Ethan Muller, 50m Back, 50m Breast, 100m Free and 100m Back - 2nd 🥈🥈🥈🥈

• Jasper Yam, 50m Fly - 3rd, 50m Free and 100m Free - 4th 🥉

• Shivin Srivastava, 50m Back - 4th and 50m Free - 5th

• Eldon Yum, 50m Fly - 2nd and 50m Free - 3rd 🥉

• Zander He, 50m Breast - 5th

• Marcus Cai, 50m Back - 1st and 100m Back - 2nd 🥇🥈

• Natalie Ho, 50m Fly - 3rd 🥉

• Justine Waters, 100m Back - 4th and 50m Back - 5th

• Cate Sleigh, 100m Back - 5th

• Jiselle Chan, 50m Free, 50m Back and 100m Back - 2nd 100m Free - 3rd 🥈🥈🥈🥉

• Juliette Waters, 50m Fly - 3rd and 100m Free - 5th 🥉

• Lydia Cheung, 50m Fly - 1st and 50m Free - 3rd 🥇🥉

• Avery He, 100m Back - 5th

• Maegan Cheng, 50m Breast - 3rd 🥉

• Kaitlyn Cheung, 50m Breast - 2nd and 50m Free - 4th 🥈

• Blake Lui, 50m Back - 1st and 100m Back - 3rd 🥇🥉

Highest Individual Points 

• Ethan Muller and Jiselle Chan - 27 points each and MVP Boy and Girl

• Marcas Cai - 19 points 

• Lydia and Blake - 17 points each

• Jasper Yam - 16 points

• Justin Water - 15 Points

• Kaitlyn Cheung - 14 points

• Eldon Yum - 13 Points 

• Natalie and Juliette - 10 points each

• Shivin, Avery and Maegan  - 8 Points each

• Zander and Horace - 6 points each 

Team

Girls 

Natalie Ho, Justine Waters, Cate Sleigh, Jiselle Chan, Juliette Waters, Lydia Cheung, Avery He, Jolie Lock, Maegan Cheng, Kaitlyn Cheung, Blake Lui, Gracelyn Cheng, Nina Bell, Eliie Chen

Boys

Ethan Muller, Jasper Yam, Shivin Srivastava, Eldon Yum, Matthew Cai, Zander He, Ian Fung, Horace Cheang, Victor Lau, Marcus Cai, Nicholas Lee, Damain Tam, Tristan Tsoi, Chester Yuen, Julian Fung

December 16th 2024 - News Update

Timba Swim Christmas Gala 2024

The Timba Swim Christmas Gala will took place last Friday December 13th. 

It was great to see our community spirit with parents,  grandparents, staff and senior students all cheering on our younger swimmers who swam two races each. 

Well done to all swimmers who participated, the next Timba Swim Gala will be at the end of Term 2 just before the Summer Break. 

There will be more swim meet opportunities for swimmers in Level 5-8 next term, more details will be shared soon. 

Here are some photos from the Christmas Gala.

Swim Team Bangkok Feeding Frenzy Report 

The Bangkok Feeding Frenzy took place at Bangkok Patana School on December 6 - 8.  

21 swimmers from CDNIS were selected for this trip competing against 500 + swimmers from 17 schools across South East Asia

See Highlight VIDEO HERE

Well done to all swimmers on a great weekend: 

• Boys Team = Shivin, Ethan, Jasper, Lucas, Zander, Ian, Horace, Damian 

• Girls Team = Myrah, Jiselle, Juliette, Lydia, Avery, Caprize, Jolie, Kasey, Rachel, Maegan, Annabelle, Camile, Renee

Special mention to Ethan who was out highest points scorer on 45 points. Ethan also set a new school record in the 800m Free (Long Course)  in a time of 8:58.53. Ethan will be aiming to set another school record at SEASAC for short course pool (25 metre) later in the year. 

Lunar New Year Swim Camp

• Timba Swim will run a 3 day Lunar New Year Swim Camp on February 3,4,5

• Please complete this form to let us know if you are interested in registering your child so we can plan accordingly

December 4th 2024 - News Update

Timba Swim Christmas Gala 

• The Timba Swim Christmas Gala will take place on Friday December 13th after school

• Please complete THIS FORM to register you child and let us know if family member's will be attending 

• The sign up form will close on Monday 9th December  

Team Selection - CIS Swim Meet Invitational  

• The swim meet takes place on Friday January 10th  at Victoria Park Swimming pool

• Teams are limited to a maximum of 30 swimmers

• Over 50 swimmers applied to enter this meet 

• Selection was based on attendance, effort in training, race times 

• Congrats to those who were selected 

• See Team HERE

Bangkok Feeding Frenzy 

• Best of Luck to the 21 swimmers who will be attending the Bangkok Feeding Frenzy Swim Meet December 6 - 8

• This swim meet is for Grade 6 swimmers  and above

• There will be over 500 swimmers competing and from schools all over South East Asia 

• Congrats to Shiv and Ethan who will be team captains for this swim meet

Best of luck to the swimmers below: 

• Shivin, Ethan, Jasper, Lucas, Zander, Ian, Horace, Damian 

• Myrah, Jiselle, Juliette, Lydia, Avery, Caprize, Jolie, Kasey, Rachel, Maegan, Annabelle, Camile, Renee

Term 2 Registration 

• Term 2 registration opened on December 2

• If you did not get your preferred time/ day, please consider signing up for another day / time

November 11th 2024 - News Update

ISSFHK Swimming Championships

The ISSFHK (International Schools Sports Federation Hong Kong)aSwimming Championships took place at Victoria Park Swimming Pool on Friday November 8th . There were 41 Timberwolves swimmers participating at this event. 

There are over 30 International Schools participating at the ISSFHK Championships across two Divisions, CDNIS competes in Division 1. 

It was an excellent team performance with CDNIS maintaining a top 5 overall placing. CDNIS placed top 3 in U16 Girls and Boys and U-20 Boys. 

Well done to all swimmers! 

Team Results 

• 14-15 Girls Team - 3rd 🥉

• 14-15 Boys Team - 3rd 🥉

• U-20 Boys Team - 3rd 🥉

• All ages Girls Team - 4th Overall  

• All ages Boys Team - 4th Overall 

• Combined Team - 5th Overall 

Individual 

• Ryan Pong , 50m Back - 1st and 50m Fly - 2nd  🥇🥈

• Jasper Yam,  50m Free - 2nd 🥈

• Ethan Muller, 50m Back - 2nd 🥈100m Back - 3rd 🥉

• Jiselle Chan, 50m Free and 100m Back - 3rd 🥉🥉

Full Results Here

October 4th 2024 - Mid Term News Update

As we enter our term break, please see highlights below since the start of the school year. 

In PE Swimming, Grades 1 and 2 finished their first block of PE Swimming and will return for their second block at the end of the year. Prep, Grade 7 and Grade 8 will start their PE Swimming after the term break. 

Our Learn to Swim ASA Programme started in September, this programme is for LS Students who are allocated a level (1-8) based on their swim ability. Level 1 is beginner and Level 8 is our LS Swim Team.  

Please see upcoming events for all our Learn to Swim Programme Swimmers

• U9 PASS Meet at ISF on October 31  (for swimmers in Levels 5 - 8) - communication will be sent after term break

• U11 PASS Meet at CDNIS January 22  (for swimmers in Levels 5 - 8) - communication will be sent closer to date

• HKSSF Primary (for swimmers in Levels 7 and 8) this team has already being selected

• Timba Swim End of Term Gala (for swimmers in Levels 1 -8 ) is on Thursday  December 13, sign up form will be shared in coming weeks

Our Upper after school swimming was also very busy since the start of the year. We had over 80 students attend the Swim Team Tryouts, swimmers were allocated to the Gold, Silver or Bronze Swim Team Squad based on their tryout result. We hosted a mini meet on September 26 and we competed at the HKSSF Inter-school Swim Meet (see report below). 

Upcoming events before Christmas break for US School Swimming include: 

• ISSFHK Swim Meet Championships (November 8)

• HK Schools Water Polo (November - Date TBC)

• Bangkok Feeding Frenzy (December 5-8) 

HKSSF Champions (Secondary)

The Hong Kong Schools Sports Federation Div 3 Finals tool place at Victoria Park on October 3. 

Timberwolves swim team dominated the HKSSF Div 3 Finals, finishing 1st overall in both the Girls and Boys divisions out of 36 teams!  With 53 incredible swimmers, we secured victories in Girls and Boys Team Overall, Boys A Grade, and Girls B Grade. Special shoutout to our Girls A Grade team for their fantastic 2nd place finish!  Captains Natalie and Shivin proudly raised the Overall Shields. 

Congratulations to all our swimmers for an outstanding performance, the swim coaches are very proud of your achievements. 

Breakfast of Champions

The morning after HKSFF, the US Swim Team enjoyed a team celebration with free time at the pool, team photos and team breakfast treat!

August 2024 - News Update

Welcome Back to School!

Swim Team Tryout Results 

We had nearly 100 Upper School Swimmers tryout last week

Results for Gold, Silver, Bronze Squads will be shared soon

End of Year US Sports Awards 

On Tuesday May 14, the Upper School Sports Awards were held at the LLAC. This included Season 3 awards and the End of Year 'Athlete of the Year Awards' for Senior Students. 

Congrats to the following students for swimming and water polo:

Senior Girls Swimming Wolfpack

Justine Waters

Senior Girls MVP 

Natalie Ho

Senior Boys Swimming Wolfpack 

Shivin Srivastava

Senior Boys Swimming MVP

Ethan Muller 

Water Polo Wolfpack 

Richard Chan 

Water Polo MVP

Charlotte Sleigh 

Extra congrats to Ethan and Natalie who were also nominated for the overall sports Athlete of the Year Award 2024 for all sports for their outstanding achievements at ISSFHK and SEASAC Swimming. 

Finally, well done to Natalie and Cate who were members of the Student Athletic Council who helped Mr Slade put on a fantastic event. 

End of Year Swim Team Celebration 

The end of year swim team celebration will take place in June (Time and Date to be confirmed) 

There will be in-house swim team races followed by medal presentations to those who won medals from swim meets earlier in year. 

More details including start lists will be shared soon. 

December 2023 - News Update

Swim Team Bangkok Feeding Frenzy Report 

The Bangkok Feeding Frenzy took place at Bangkok Patana School on December 6 - 8.  

21 swimmers from CDNIS were selected for this trip competing against 500 + swimmers from 17 schools across South East Asia

See Highlight VIDEO HERE

Well done to all swimmers on a great weekend: 

• Boys Team = Shivin, Ethan, Jasper, Lucas, Zander, Ian, Horace, Damian 

• Girls Team = Myrah, Jiselle, Juliette, Lydia, Avery, Caprize, Jolie, Kasey, Rachel, Maegan, Annabelle, Camile, Renee

Special mention to Ethan who was out highest points scorer on 45 points. Ethan also set a new school record in the 800m Free (Long Course)  in a time of 8:58.53. Ethan will be aiming to set another school record at SEASAC for short course pool (25 metre) later in the year.