Secondary Sport News
SCEGGS Secondary Inter-house Cross Country Carnival
The Secondary Cross Country Carnival will take place on Monday May 2 at Queens Park. Please arrive promptly at 6:45am for a 7am start. We will assemble on the Queens Park Rd side, near the exercise equipment.
Buses will depart from Baronga Ave (outside Moriah College) immediately at the completion of the event to take all students back to school.
Results from this event, along with SCEGGS Cross Country training times, will be used to determine selection for the IGSA Cross Country Championships to be held at Frensham School on Friday May 13.
Please check SCEGGS Sport Twitter in the event of heavy rain on the morning.
Sailing
Over the holidays Olivia Chadwick (Year 12), Xanthe Kibble (Year 12) and Grace Morrow (Year 11) travelled to Melbourne for the Youth Sail Victoria Championships. They competed in the International 420 Class – a double handed, highly technical dinghy. After four days of competing in varied and sometimes quite extreme conditions, they were selected to participate in the four-day Australian National Youth Camp with 40 sailors across six classes from all over Australia. The crew are now ranked in the top 12 in their class (420). Their next competition will be held in Adelaide and we look forward to hearing of their progress.
Swimming
Congratulations to Georgia Cate Baker Wood who competed at the 2022 Australian Age Swimming Championships in Adelaide over the holidays. Georgia placed 24th overall in the 200m Breaststroke.
Water Polo
SCEGGS was very well represented at the National Youth Water Polo Championships that were held in Brisbane over the holidays.
- Sienna Green represented Sydney University in the U18 Gold Division winning a Bronze Medal.
- Cassandra Davies and Ashley Goldschmidt represented the Sydney University in the U16 Green Division and won a Bronze Medal.
- Mia Costa represented Sydney University in the U16 in the Gold Division and won the Silver Medal.
- Claudia Quinn represented UTS Balmain in the U16 Gold Division and won the Bronze Medal.
- Elizabeth Shin represented Sydney University in the U14 Gold Division which placed 5th.
- Charlotte Woollard and Sophie Graham represented Sydney University in the U14 Green Division.
At the completion of the tournament Claudia Quinn was named in the Australian Cadet Squad!
A big congratulations to all students on their wonderful results, and the way in which they all supported each other throughout the tournament.
Australian Surf Life Saving Championships
Following up from the Surf Life Saving report in an earlier edition of Behind the Green Gate, congratulations are also extended to Jemima and Adelaide Sewell who competed in The Aussies held on the Gold Coast in early April. Jemima in Year 9 and Adelaide in Year 7 both represented Coogee Surf Club, competing against clubs from all around Australia. In the individual beach sprint, Jemima placed in the top 16 and Adelaide in the top 20 competitors in Australia. In the beach flags, Jemima also placed 16th. The sisters were in the mixed Under 13/14 relay team who won a silver medal – well done girls!
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 plus Saturday Sport
Please check the @SCEGGSSport Twitter feed for the latest updates relating to cancellations.
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 alisongowan@sceggs.nsw.edu.au
Alison Gowan
Director of Sport
