State Snowsport Interschools Report 2025

In an exhilarating competition last week, Cranbrook’s Snowsports legends achieved some outstanding results. Cranbrook students represented the School with 39 athletes on snow in the State Interschools competition in Perisher. In a spectacular result across the divisions, the Junior School team nabbed 2^nd place overall in Primary point scores while our Senior School team achieved 4^th place in the Secondary overall point score. From Day 1 on the mountain, the sun was shining and the base snow was good. Every division gave it their all, making Cranbrook proud. 

In our upper divisions, special congratulations go out to Sebastian Tucker, who earned an individual SILVER in Division 3 Snowboard GS and to Charlie Roberts who earned an individual SILVER in Division 3 Cross Country Classic!

Our Senior teams also achieved podium finishes in:

Division 3 Snowboard GS – Team BRONZE (Sebastian Tucker 2^nd, Charlie Roberts, Sam Spry)

Division 2 Snowboard Cross – Team BRONZE (Ziggy Edwards 7^th, Milo Gibney 15^th, Oscar Croft)

Division 3 Snowboard Cross – Team BRONZE (Sebastian Tucker 4^th, Charlie Roberts 11^th, Sam Spry)

Division 3 Cross Country Classic – Team SILVER (Charlie Roberts 2^nd, Sam Spry 12^th, Sebastian Tucker)

Division 3 Cross Country Relay – Team BRONZE (Charlie Roberts, Sam Spry, Sebastian Tucker)

Senior teams and individuals also achieved qualifying finishes in:

Division 2 Alpine – Individual 8^th (Remy Phillips)

Division 3 Alpine – Individual 6^th (Charlie Roberts) 

Division 2 Moguls – Individual 7^th (Oscar Parsons)

Division 3 Ski Cross – Individual 17^th (Charlie Roberts)

Division 2 Snowboard GS – Team 4^th (Ziggy Edwards 10^th, Milo Gibney 17^th, Oscar Croft)

Division 2 Cross Country Classic – Team 5^th (James Walker 16^th, Remy Phillips, Oliver Southwell-Keely 6^th)

Division 2 Cross Country Classic – Team 6^th (Ethan Rushton 19^th, Charlie Parker, Giffin Tobias 17^th)

Division 3 Slopestyle Ski – Individual 19^th (Rhys Au)

In our lower divisions, special congratulations go to our Junior teams who achieved podium finishes in:

Division 5 Alpine – Team BRONZE (Hunter Whittle, Ryan Shi, Orlando Fern and Sandy Dusseldorp)

Division 4 Cross Country Classic – Team GOLD (Hugo Croft 6^th, Imanol Plante 12^th, Xavier Fern 10^th)

Division 4 Cross Country relay – Team SILVER (Hugo Croft, Xavier Fern, Imanol Plante)

Division 5 Cross Country relay – Team BRONZE (Orlando Fern, Hunter Whittle, Ryan Shi)

Junior teams also achieved qualifying finishes in:

Division 5 Alpine – Individual 4^th (Hunter Whittle), Individual 9^th (Ryan Shi)

Division 4 Alpine – Team 4^th (Hugo Croft, Sebastian Salter 19^th, James Cowan, Imanol Plante)

Division 6 Alpine – Team 5^th (Hugo Fern 21^st, Sam Cowan, Armie Salamon, Samuel McKelvey)

Division 4 Moguls – Individuals – 10^th Imanol Plante, 12^th Hugo Croft, 15^th Sebastian Salter, 17^th James Cowan

Division 5 Moguls – Individual 20^th (Hunter Whittle)

Division 4 Ski Cross – Individual 16^th (Sebastian Salter)

Division 5 Ski Cross – Team 4^th (Hunter Whittle 8^th, Ryan Shi 22^nd, Sandy Dusseldorp)

Division 6 Ski Cross – Team 5^th (Hugo Fern 14^th, Sam Cowan, Sam McKelvey)

Division 5 Cross Country Classic – Team 4^th (Orlando Fern, Ryan Shi 13^th, Hunter Whittle 9^th)

Division 5 Cross Country Classic – Team 5^th (Tom Butler 16^th, Avery Thompson 21^st, Hugo Fern 20^th)

Throughout the week, we also had a few representatives take part in the NSW Laser Biathlon.

Division 2 – Oliver Southwell-Keely 3^rd, Griffin Tobias 7^th, Ethan Rushton 8^th

Division 4 – Hugo Croft GOLD and Xavier Fern 4^th

Division 5 – Hunter Whittle 6th, Tom Butler 7^th and Avery Thompson 10^th

Please join us in congratulating all of our Snowsports athletes on a spectacular State Competition. Overall, Cranbrook achieved an impressive 18 Team qualifications and 40 Individual invitations to the Australian Championship event to be held in Mt Buller, VIC, next week!

Snowsports Captains: Elliot Roberts ad Sach Edwards

Snowsports Staff: Genet Erickson Adam, Tara Schmidtke, Cristie Whitten and Eddie Lewis