Matt Grice, Director of Sport
Dear Parents and Guardians,
It was great to see all our students out and about for our trial matches over the weekend. Our 1sts Cricket team have now made it 18 straight CAS games without a loss after a tough draw against Barker. Thank you to all the parents and guardians who made the trip to the northern beaches for our trial basketball games against St Augustine’s on Saturday.
Saturday saw the 1st sailing regatta of the new interschools competition format. Please see a report from our Head of Sailing Mr Brewer.
Our sailors kicked straight into the season this weekend with the first round of our newly minted Sydney Schools Sailing Comp. The ‘fleet racing’ group is for our developing racers, where each boat with 2 sailors competes for themselves in a big fleet of 20+ competitors. Sailors represent from Cranbrook, Ascham, Scots, and Sydney Boys High to form a large fleet.
Our more advanced sailors compete in a ‘teams racing’ format where teams of 3 boats (6 sailors) each compete against each other with the objective of hampering and slowing your opponents to allow you own team mates to pass. Teams racing is fast, dynamic, and requires each pair to work together whilst also working with the other 2 pairs in the team. The new weekly competition has 2 divisions with teams from Cranbrook, Scots, Sydney Boys High, and Ascham filling out the competition. Cranbrook 1st, 2nd, and 3rd race in division 1, whilst Cranbrook 4th and 5th compete in division 2.
The Cranbrook 1st VI faced a high-pressure local derby against Scots College 1, showing strong teamwork and positioning despite a disrupted training schedule. After a rough start that led to a resail, the Cranbrook team dominated, securing a commanding 3-0 victory with impressive performances from all sailors, notably Spencer, Will, Luca, Charlie, and Henry, who skilfully defended against aggressive tactics from their rivals.
We look forward to the start of the official summer season this weekend. We take on Barker in Basketball, Tennis, Water Polo, and Volleyball, while Cricket starts its two-day fixture against St Aloysius. We wish all teams the best of luck for the start of the season. Please see this weekend’s fixtures here.
Speed and Agility starts next Friday morning 1st of November, 6:30am on Hordern. We would love to see as many students as possible at these amazing free sessions provided by Mr Hallam. The program is designed for all skill sets and athletic abilities. We encourage everyone come down to get a little better each week for their chosen sport.
For the latest Co-Curricular & Sport Timetable – please see here.
Looking forward to seeing everyone around the grounds this weekend.
Matt Grice
Director of Sport