Primary Sports News

I hope everyone has enjoyed watching the action from the Paris Olympics. There were so many memorable moments over the 19-day competition. Sienna Green (Class of 2022) achieved a silver medal in the Women’s Water polo and Stage 3 students had the opportunity to partake in some Olympic-type events during their Sports Hall lunchtime session, including the Pool Noodle Javelin, Basketball Shooting, and Football Passing. What a fantastic job they did! A shout out must go to Year 4 who celebrated the Olympics in style.

IPSHA AFL

All three IPSHA AFL teams had convincing wins for Round 3 of the competition. Well done to the Year 6 team who showed excellent teamwork and sportsmanship in their game against Ravenswood. It was great to see them focusing on their passing and supporting each other both on and off the field. Holly Shennan (Year 6) had one of her strongest performances to date, leading by example and executing several hand passes to help her team to a 36-1 victory.

Congratulations girls. It was great to see you in action and ‘shining your light’!

IPSHA Touch Football

IPSHA Touch Football came away with one win from their five games. The 6A team had a close game against Queenwood and came away with a 4-1 win. They showed a good ‘drive’ to get the ball forward and took advantage of space at opportune times to score their touchdowns. The 5A team showed improved attack in a high scoring game, although couldn’t overcome a strong St Andrew’s team going down 6-3. The 4A team drew 5-5 against Kincoppal. What a close game!

A reminder there is no primary sport on 17 August due to the Mid-Term break.

With IPSHA in full swing and many of our SCEGGS teams doing well in their respective divisions, a reminder of the IPSHA Game Management Guidelines that are in place to support the enjoyment and participation across IPSHA competitions.

Game Management Guidelines

IPSHA Core Values include: Participation, Progression of core skills / tactical strategies and, above all, Enjoyment of the game. We should praise players and encourage good sportsmanship. Whilst teams will not always be evenly matched, we endeavour to keep games meaningful for both schools participating in the contest. Should a game be one-sided, ie. denoted by highly uneven possession, territory or score then strategies need to be implemented to ‘even up’ the contest.

Year 3 Minkey

The Year 3 Minkey competition continued with Round 2 at Ascham. It is great to see all the girls organised with their equipment for both training and games. Mrs Sweeney is proud of your efforts so far, particularly working as a team and applying feedback from the coaches to improve your game. Keep up the good team spirit.

Snowsports

Good luck to the Primary Students who are competing at the NSW Interschools Snowsports Championships next week.

Student Achievements

Well done to all the girls who completed the City2Surf last weekend. What a big event it has turned into with thousands of participants walking and running the 14km course. What an excellent way to be active! Adelaide Cowan (Year 6) managed a personal best time.

Well done, Adelaide!

Upcoming Dates:

Mr Adrian Hammond
Primary Sports Coordinator