Secondary Sport News

Secondary Sport News

Commitment to SCEGGS Co-Curricular Sport

Regular physical activity is an essential part of promoting positive health and well-being. Building relationships, fostering sportsmanship and teamwork is another element to co-curricular sport. We expect full commitment to all co-curricular sporting activities at SCEGGS. Students should be respectful of the impact that any absence has on team sport: their teammates, the opposition, the coach, and the reputation of the school.

Students are expected to be fully committed and attend all scheduled training sessions and matches.

All absences must be communicated to the PDHPE Department using the following guidelines:

  • Parents and guardians are to request written permission for leave from Ms Allum (Secondary) or Mrs Dempsey (Primary) at least a week in advance from a sporting fixture e.g. Year 12 student attending a University Open Day
  • If a student is sick on a Saturday, a parent/guardian must email or message the relevant coach and Sport Coordinator, or Director of Sport, explaining the absence as soon as possible.
  • If a student is unable to attend a training session, the student, or a parent, is to notify the relevant Sports Co-ordinator. 
  • In case of a clash with school co-curricular activities e.g. Musicale, Sports Training, Duke of Ed Hike, the student is to liaise with both Co-ordinators to negotiate an acceptable outcome.

 

Failure to adhere to the above guidelines in the secondary school will result in:

  • A detention for any unexplained absences from a competition match.
  • A penalty point for any unexplained absence from training.
  • A penalty point for late arrival to more than 2 training sessions or matches in the same term.
  • If a student’s attendance is deemed unsatisfactory, they will be ineligible for house points and recognition on reports.

 

Hockey

Congratulations to Jess Weatherall (Year 11) who represented NSW at both the Australian U16 and U21 Indoor Hockey Championships in Canberra throughout December and January. The NSW U16 team were successful in winning the Gold Medal after a penalty shootout against QLD.

Triathlon

Well done to Gemma (Year 9) and Holly (Year 7) Shennan who both competed in the Callala Triathlon event in December. Gemma placed 2nd and Holly 3rd in their respective age groups. We wish them well as they prepare for the Huskisson Triathlon event later in February.

SCEGGS will be entering students in the NSW All Schools Triathlon Championships both as Individuals (February 26) and Teams (February 27). Please speak with Ms Thompson or Ms Gowan for more information if you would like to be involved.

 

Athletics

Congratulations to Coco Espie (Year 11) who competed at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships that were held in Brisbane in December. Coco had a wonderful competition including breaking the Australian U’17 record for the 800m!

  • 1st in Discus
  • 2nd in 100m
  • 1st in 800m

Coco then went on to compete at the Summer Down Under event (Wheelchair National Championships) at the AIS in Canberra. Here she won 4 Gold Medals in the 200m, 800m, 1500m & 5000m. In the 1500m she broke the T33 Australian Open Record. She also broke the World Record in an unofficial time. This does not stand as she did not have an international classification. She has since been Internationally Classified so Coco will now be able to compete on the world stage – watch this space!

In addition, Coco won the Oz Day 10km Junior Woman’s race after taking 2 minutes off her personal best time. Following this wonderful achievement, she was invited to a special reception at Government House as a guest of the Governor of NSW – Margaret Beazley.

Wheelchair Basketball

We are also delighted to share the news that Coco Espie was selected in the NSW Junior Wheelchair Basketball team in December. She competed at the Southern Challenge competition that was held in Melbourne in January. We look forward to hearing more of her exploits as she continues to develop in the sport.

 

SCEGGS at Play

Do you have any sporting news or photos to share in the Green Gate?

We love seeing our students being active and want to celebrate their passion and enjoyment amongst the SCEGGS community. Please send in any action shots from the weekend and any other interesting sporting highlights to Alison Gowan.

 

SCEGGS Training sessions before and after school plus Saturday Sport

Any cancellations or adjustments will be made in Clipboard and families will receive a notification or email when changes are made. Please ensure you have notifications enabled.

All Clipboard notifications will now come through the SCEGGS Mobile App too, so if you have been receiving notifications from Clipboard (eg when sport is cancelled due to wet weather), you will need to download the SCEGGS Mobile App to ensure that you continue to receive these push notifications.

 

IGSA Fixtures, Results and Wet Weather

The IGSA website and platform for accessing wet weather, fixtures and team results can be found here.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact myself on 9052 2721 or 0418 491 521.

 

Alison Gowan
Director of Sport