Volleyball NSW Schools Cup

On Monday, 6 November 2023, the Opens Girls Volleyball Team from our school participated in the Volleyball New South Wales run Term 4 Schools Cup at Genea Netball Central in Sydney Olympic Park. This is a term-by-term competition that brings teams from schools across the state together for a day filled with exhilarating volleyball games. In spite of the fact that our team consisted of only Years 9 and 10, we played up and ended up winning gold in Year 11 Division 1.

In our division, there were 2 pools totalling 6 teams, including strong competitors such as the Tempe and Sydney Girls High School opens teams. For our first game, we started off strong with a 3-0 win against St Scholastica’s College. Continuing this impressive start, we also won 3-0 against Beverly Hill Girls High School. After topping our pool, we went on to play against Sydney Girls High School in the semi-finals, continuing our winning streak with a 2-1 victory. For our final match of the day, we played against Mitchell High School for the gold medal. Despite the initial anxiety of playing in a higher division our team defeated the opponents 3-0, ending the day strongly and bringing home the gold medal undefeated.

Congratulations to the following students:

Captain Caitlyn Lu (Year 10)

Koharu Seino (Year 10)

Ashley Huang (Year 10)

Livia Zhen (Year 10)

Joan Jung (Year 10)

Abby Norman (Year 10)

Ashley Kim (Year 10)

Sophie Kilburn (Year 10)

Clarissa Memita (Year 9)

Jade Sokol (Year 9)

We would also like to thank Ms Ezekiel and Ms Cove for organising, supervising and giving us this opportunity.

Special thanks to Bianca Dodd, Mirabella Shang and Jacinda Vitolio who gave up their own time in order to coach us on the day.

Caitlyn Lu