Sport Report
Goalball Championships
Marist Eastwood sent two goal ball teams to the Sydney Championships on Friday 18 September at the Olympic Park Sports Halls. Goalball is a sport designed for vision impaired athletes. In this sport players wear blackout goggles to ensure no one can see and use a bell ball to attempt to score and save goals. Marist Eastwood had a great day and the boys learned plenty along the way.
Congratulations to our Senior team of Lachlan Cook, Benny Lopes-Khachaturian and Lawrence Mazzei who finished 3rd overall.
Terrey Shaw Chess Competition
Six students in two teams represented the College on Sunday 20 September in Ashfield in the prestigious Terrey Shaw Chess Competition. Alvis Gan, Max Reichel and Tae Sung Ha made up the A team and Ammaar Parpia, Daniel Spittle and Leonardo Costello comprised the B team. These boys played against many of the selective and private schools across the state, including North Sydney Boys, James Ruse, Sydney Boys and Knox Grammar. Both teams did exceptionally well. The B team started slowly but built into the day finishing on 12 points (out of 21) – Daniel Spittle on board 2 winning 5.5 out of 7 was an amazing effort (A Parpia 4/7 and L Costello 2.5/7).
The A team also had a slow start but then got on a real roll to be 2nd moving into the final round. Unfortunately against eventual run away Champions Knox, the boys went down 3-0 and would finish 11th overall (13/21). An amazing achievement when you consider the schools they played against on the day. Alvis Gan led from the front on board 1 winning 6/7, our youngest competitor Max Reichel on board 2 contributing 4/7 and Tae Sung Ha finished the day with 3/7. A fine effort from all the students.
Upcoming Events:
- Term 4 Week 1 Thursday Rd 1: Volleyball, OzTag, TeeBall (TBC)
- Term 4 Week 2 Thursday Rd 1 of Cricket