Matt Grice, Director of Sport

Dear Parents and Carers,

A big welcome to Term 2 Sport at Cranbrook. 

A massive thank you to all who were involved in the numerous holiday activities. Camps, tours, and the weights centre were well attended, and our top squads were working hard in preparation for the start of the Winter season. It was fantastic to see so many students so active in their holiday break. Well done to everyone who got involved.

I’m very happy to report that Cranbrook have been crowned St Andew’s Cup winners for 2024 after a fantastic 2-0 victory over a strong Newington team in the final at NSW football headquarters Valentine Park. Cranbrook made the final after strong wins against Waverley and Knox in the Quarter and Semi Finals. A huge congratulations to all involved!

Cranbrook Aquatic Swim Club (CASC) took 23 swimmers to the Australian Age Swimming Championship from 8-14 April on the Gold Coast. The team included 7 Cranbrook Students – Marcus Da Silva (Yr 12), Max Moylan (Yr 12), Axel Robinson (Yr 12), Matthew Alexiou (Yr 11), Tate Sirianni (Yr 11), Jack Charles (Yr 9) & Jack Wilkinson (Yr 8).  CASC competed in 73 races across the 7-day meet for swimmers aged between 14yrs old – 18yrs old. The Swim Club continued to swim beyond its capabilities with the swimmers achieving 52 personal bests from the 73 races. This personal best rate of 71% was a standout as all of the NSW swimmers’ average personal bests was 47% personal bests, showing our team prepared well for the competition.

The club finished 23rd on the point score out of over 300 swim clubs, improving its position by 31 spots from 2023. This was achieved by the swimmers and team attaining 2 Golds, 3 Silvers and 3 bronze medals plus 16 finalists in the top 10 and another 6 swims in the B finals. The vast improvements from the swimmers resulted in 6 swimmers being selected on the NSW team and Marcus Da Silva being selected for the Australian Junior Team. It is fantastic to see how much the swim team has improved from 2021 when it had 2 qualifiers.

This weekend sees our 1st CAS Winter Round against Knox for Football, AFL, Tennis and Volleyball while Rugby take on St Pius. The weather is not looking fantastic, but as always, we will do our best to get as many games on as possible.  Cancellations will be made via the school app, please also keep an eye on emails.  

I wish all students competing the best of luck.  Please download this weekend’s fixtures here.

For the latest copy of the Term 2 Co-Curricular, Sport and Academy schedule click here.

Looking forward to seeing everyone around the grounds this weekend.

Matt Grice
Director of Sport