Secondary Sport

This week we celebrate International Women’s Day as well as achievements in softball, swimming and Touch and talk sport choices and trials for Term II.                  

International Women’s Day Run (Walk)

To celebrate International Women’s Day the SCEGGS Cross Country Team has organised a fun run tomorrow, Friday March 6.

This event is open to all parents, staff, students, and old girls who would like to join in. We will meet at 6:45am at the pavilion in Mackay Oval, Centennial Park.

Current students who would like to attend need to sign up on the Sports Noticeboard so we can arrange bus transport back to school at the completion of the event.

Softball 

Our softball teams were hard at play on the weekend. Our senior team won a close match 11-9 against Abbotsleigh whilst the Juniors had a tough game against Loreto Normanhurst going down 15-5.

Swimming

Good luck to our SCEGGS Swimming team who will be competing at the IGSSA Swimming Championships at SOPAC on Friday.

Well done to Elizabeth Shin (Year 7) who competed at the 2020 Speedo Sprint Series. She placed 8^th in the 50m Freestyle (Girls 11 years old) and 5^th in the 50m Butterfly (Girls 11 years old) in NSW. She broke her own Personal Best times in both races!

Queens Park Touch Finals – Tuesday March 3

Well done to both the SCEGGS Junior 1sts and Senior 1sts who competed in the Queens Park Touch Competition over Term 4 and Term 1.

The Junior 1sts lost their final  7-8 in a close battle with Brigidine College Randwick. The girls came home strong however and scored more tries than Brigidine in the second half.

The Senior 1sts defeated Ascham 3-0 in their final. The team took control of the game early in the first half and continued their excellent teamwork and formations through to the end of the match.

A big shoutout and thank you to all the SCEGGS students who came out to watch the matches and support the girls despite the drizzling rain throughout the afternoon.

Congratulations to Abby Burge (Year 11) who was named the Best & Fairest for the Senior A Grade.

Sports Choices

The Primary Sports Choices for Term II are now due. An email was sent to all parents on Tuesday.

The Secondary Term II & III Sports Choices have also been emailed out to all students. We are asking that you complete both Term Choices together so we can prepare for the two terms ahead. Please note that there are now two terms of Saturday competition for Basketball and Soccer. (We are anticipating that we will move to two terms of Netball and Hockey in 2021).

Student should not commit to a team sport if they have outside commitments that clash. We expect full commitment from all our students.  A reminder that parents are to write to request leave from Ms Allum or Ms Dempsey if they need to miss Saturday sport.

Buses to Frensham

We will be organising buses to take students to matches at Frensham once again in 2020. Our first buses will depart on March 14 and 21. Parents will receive an email advising of the details. Miss Xanthe Axford will be co-ordinating all bus bookings.

Sports Trials for Term II

SCEGGS Boarders Need You

We have several boarders at SCEGGS who need your help getting to sport on Saturdays. If your daughter has a boarder in her sports team and you live nearby could we ask families to support and assist with getting the student to and from Saturday sport from the St Vincent’s Boarding House. Xanthe Axford in the PDHPE Department will co-ordinate the schedule.

Sports News

Do you have news to share about your daughters’ sporting activities? Please email any relevant news to alisongowan@sceggs.nsw.edu.au. We love hearing about what our students are doing outside of school and seeing some photos.

If any parents have a great photo from Saturday sport that you would like share with our community please email them to myself.

Alison Gowan
Director of Sport