Matt Grice, Director of Sport K – 12
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Firstly, a huge thank you to the huge number of students, staff and parents that turned up to the last Friday night lights of the season. The atmosphere on Lewin Courts was electric and amplified by the presence of the Brookie Booster, Prefects, and school students. The entire building was buzzing with excitement and energy. It was a thrilling sight to behold, as the school crowd brought an undeniable sense of unity and passion to the game, pushing the 1sts Basketball Team to their best performance of the season. The 1st lead for most of the game but a late comeback by Waverley ensured a thrilling finish, with the Brookie ballers managing to pull away in the last minute for an 8-point win. Good luck to the 10th’s and 10Cs basketball who are going for an undefeated season when they play Barker this Saturday.
The 1sts and 2nds Tennis continued the momentum on Saturday with the 1sts winning 7-1 and the 2nds winning 8-0. The 9D team won 6-0 and showed brilliant teamwork throughout the matches. We won 85% of games played on the weekend which is a huge achievement for the entire tennis community. Congratulations to Angus Kelly and Eric Mallam who both have been selected in the CAS Tennis team.
Huge congratulations to Ethan Negrin who has been selected in both the CAS and CIS Water polo team. An amazing achievement!
The 1sts Cricketers made it 17 games without a loss as they produced a work-like performance to beat Waverley in their final game at Woollahra 2/3. Lots of fond memories of the ground that turned into our home for the last 5 years. Looking forward to getting back onto Hordern next season.
Rowing hosted Newcastle Grammar, Redlands, and Northern Beaches Secondary College at our boatshed for the “Rose Bay Riot” on Saturday. A great time was had by all and a big thankyou to all that helped on the day. The build-up to the major CAS Swimming Championships at SOPAC has begun, with the competition taking place next Thursday 14th March. The 33 Senior School Students selected to represent the school at CAS were presented with their representative Swim Cap, towel and Goggles by Mr Sampson and Mr Meakin last Wednesday. The Swim Team, led by Co -Captains Axel Robinson and Max Moylan, have been training the house down and are now getting ready for the biggest night on the Swimming calendar. We wish them all the best as the whole school rallies behind them next week. Good luck!
Cranbrook Dual Meet
The team raced for the final time before the CAS Championships on Friday night at the inaugural Cranbrook Dual Meet. The Cranbrook Dual meet is a new fixture in our calendar, where Cranbrook and Kincoppal Rose Bay School team up to compete against a team from St Catherine’s & Waverley, and a further team from Meriden College & St Patricks College.
This meet consisted of individual 50-metre races, as well as mixed gender relays which apart from being a lot of fun, were great practise for CAS Championships, as relays yield higher points for that particular competition. The meet started strong with the Boys 13 Years 50m freestyle with Carter McGee & Max Khan going 1st and 2nd in the first individual race of the event and setting the tone for the night. Waverley were in no doubt that we were ready for a battle.
The 50m Freestyle wins continued by Preston Irawan & Noah Kemp winning the 14 Years, Matt Davey and Jack Wilkinson in the 15 Years, James Lee & Vinne Tagg in the 16 Years, Ethan Negrin in the 17 Years and Marcus Da Silva, Max Moylan Axel Robinson and Oscar Holland taking the top 4 spots in the Open 50m freestyle. This resulted in Cranbrook winning every 50m freestyle battle against Waverley and St Patricks.
We continued to have success through the form strokes, despite resting some of our A Grade swimmers. There were some outstanding individual performances with our B Division swimmers putting up a good fight and winning many races over the Waverley A swimmers. However, the night was really about the relays and the team competition. The mixed relays provided an opportunity to interact with Kincoppal School and have strategies in place to have our males and females, swimming the best positions for success. Cranbrook & Kincoppal was able to get many wins on the board, but not enough to walk away with the Team Point Score Cup, finishing 2nd behind St Catherines & Waverley.
Cranbrook Boys dominated the point score winning the Robinson Shield for the highest point score.
Robinson Shield – Highest Points Male School
1st Cranbrook 300
2nd Waverley 268
3rd St Patricks 183
Cranbrook & Kincoppal finished 2nd on the team point score behind the Murray Rose Dual Cup Winners of Waverley & St Catherines.
Murray Rose Dual Cup – Highest Team Score
1st Waverley & St Catherine’s 758
2nd Cranbrook & Kincoppal 740
3rd St Patricks & Meriden 614
The Tonelli Shield for the highest female point score was won by Meriden in 263 points, over St Catherines of 226 and in 3rd place was Kincoppal in 180 points.
We have reached the final week of summer fixtures in the Senior School and we are looking forward to a strong finish after another positive season.
Please note, next Saturday 16th March will be a sport-free weekend. A great chance to recharge and get ready for the Winter Season. The Winter Season Sport schedule can be found here.
Looking forward to seeing everyone around the grounds this weekend. The full fixture list can be found here.
Please see below the reminder for Summer Sport Team Photo sessions.
Students should be at the photo session with :
- Full Summer Sport Playing Uniform
- Student ID cards
For dates, times and details please see the table below – please not the venue change on Monday afternoon.
| Photo session | Term Date | Time | Notes | Location |
| Summer Sport | Term 1 , Week 7 Monday 11th March | Lunchtime 12:50 – 1:30pm | YR 7 – 9 Swimming, Water Polo, Sailing (all ages) | VCH |
| Monday 11th March | After school 3:30 – 5pm | YR 7 – 9 Basketball, Cricket, Tennis, Rowing | VCH/Furber Courts | |
| Tuesday 12th March | Lunchtime 12:50 – 1:30pm | Y10 Water Polo Opens Volleyball Y10 – 12 Rowing Y10 – Y12 Swimming | VCH | |
| Tuesday 12th March | After school 3:30 – 5pm | Y10 + Opens Tennis, Y10 + Opens Basketball, Y10 + Opens Cricket | VCH | |
| Wednesday 13th March | Lunchtime 12:55 – 1:30pm | 1st & 2nd Team Photos (all, inc. Touch Football) | VCH | |
| CAS Swimming | Thursday 14th March | Lunchtime (TBC) | CAS Swim Team Photo | Chapel Lawn |
Kind regards
Matt Grice
Director of Sport