Secondary Sport News
Secondary Inter-House Cross Country – March 8 (International Women’s Day)
Picture this: early mornings at Centennial Park, the rare sight of actual SCEGGS correct sports uniforms, the angelic sound of Ms Thompson’s whistle in the distance during a fartlek, the weekly check-ins to late duty and being stranded at the park as the bus forgot to pick us up yet again. What could be better than this?
Cross Country is now into Week 6 with all students training hard and enjoying their early morning runs in the park – if you are interested and would like to try Cross Country, it’s not too late – please contact Ms Thompson for details on how to trial or join the squad.
Inter-House Cross Country is coming up on Tuesday 8 March, which also happens to be International Women’s Day. Please be at Queens Park, Baronga Rd at 6.45am for a 7am start. The races are 3km, so everybody is encouraged to participate either trialling for a spot on the IGSA team, earning a House point for their House or showing support for International Women’s Day. So wear your House colours with a touch of purple to support this important event. I hope to see many of you there.
Gabriella Ibrahim
Cross Country Captain
Water Polo
Congratulations to Sienna Green who has been selected in the Australian Women’s Water Polo Team! Sienna has been training in Queensland with the squad and has now flown to Lima, Peru where the team will compete in the FINA World League Intercontinental Cup from March 7-13. This is the first major international competition since the Tokyo Olympics and will give up and coming players like Sienna a great opportunity to compete at the next level. We wish Sienna well and will be cheering her on back here in Australia.
Sailing
Several SCEGGS students competed in the ACT teams Racing event held in Canberra on the weekend. Representing the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron teams some our SCEGGS sailors battled through lots of rain and windy conditions. This is a sport that is not for the faint hearted. Isobel Payne (Year 9) and Michaela Docherty (Year 7) had a great regatta and were coached by SCEGGS Old Girl, Gretel Payne (Class of +2021). Michaela was racing in her first regatta with her team placing third overall!
NSW Junior Track and Field Championships
Several SCEGGS students and alumni competed over the weekend at the NSW Junior Track and Field Championships that were held at SOPAC, Homebush.
Well done to Coco Espie who won each of her U15 events: 100m, 400m, 800m Wheelchair races, as well as the seated Discus and Shotput.
Congratulations to Ruby Fry who placed 8th in a time of 10:34 in the 3000m and won Bronze in her first 2000m steeplechase race. Ruby has now qualified for the NSW team in both events.
Old Girl Laura Roderick (Class of 2021), continues to shine on the track by winning the U20 3000m and placing third in the U20 1500m.
Surf Lifesaving
Congratulations to Bella Buckley who competed at the recent Surf Lifesaving Branch Championships whereby she represented North Bondi in various beach events including U13 Sprints, Flags and two relays (Girls and Mixed). She achieved third place for the U13 Girls Relay.
Bella was subsequently selected to participate at the NSW State Nippers Championship Titles held last weekend at Manly Beach. Weather conditions were extremely poor over the weekend; however, Bella managed to successfully run her sprint race and compete in the U13 Girls relay. Unfortunately, due to poor weather and water quality, officials suspended all remaining events for that day which resulted in the entire competition being cancelled.
Indoor Hockey
There was some spirited Indoor Hockey hosted at SCEGGS in the Sports Hall last week as part of the Sydney Indoor Hockey Schools competition.
On Wednesday evening SCEGGS 1 played a tough match against Ascham 2 which ended in a 4-4 draw. Meanwhile SCEGGS 2 were defeated by Queenwood 14 – 2.
On Thursday evening SCEGGS 3 played SCEGGS 4 in a very close game. The SCEGGS 4 team, consisting of all Year 12 players, narrowly won 4-2.
Wet Weather Arrangements for Term 1
New IGSA Fixtures, Results and Wet Weather
There is a new IGSA website and platform for accessing wet weather and team results. You do not need to register or sign up to be a member to access this site.
SCEGGS Training sessions before and after school
Please check the @SCEGGSSport Twitter feed for the latest updates relating to cancellations.
Easts Touch
- Eastern Suburbs Touch Association Facebook page
- Wet weather number – 1 900 957 394
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact myself on 9052 2721 or 0418 491 521. Alternatively, if you have any news or photos that we can highlight in the newsletters please email me.
Alison Gowan
Director of Sport
