Secondary Sport News
Athletics
A massive shout out to Coco Espie (Year 9) who won the 1500m Para event at the Australian Athletics Championships that were held in Brisbane during the holidays. Coco set a new Australian U17 record. Coco also won the Bronze Medal in the Discus and 800m. Well done Coco, we are so proud of you.
Save the Date
The SCEGGS 1500m races for Primary and Secondary students will be held on Monday May 29 at ES Marks. These are being held prior to the Primary and Secondary Athletics Carnivals.
Cross Country
A reminder to all competitors who are attending and competing at the IGSA Cross Country Championships to be held at Frensham next Friday that you need to return your permission forms to Ms Thompson ASAP.
This term will see several of our SCEGGS runners competing in the AAGPS Saturday races. The first of the series of races was held on the weekend at Rydalmere. We look forward to seeing everyone competing in Centennial Park this coming Saturday: Ruby Fry (Year 10), Nancy Newton (Year 9), Annabelle Jessup (Year 7) and Matilda Emanuel (Year 9). Good luck team SCEGGS!
Cricket
Well done to Elspeth Herbert (Year 8) who has been selected in the NSW Metro U15 Girls Cricket Squad for 2023.
Hockey
A huge shout out to Jess Weatherall (Year 9) who represented NSW at the Australian U15 Championships in Darwin over the holidays. The NSW team was successful in winning the Bronze Medal with Jess having a strong individual tournament.
Congratulations to Eva Ancher (Year 8) who has been selected in the SEHA U15 team to compete at the State Championships. We hope that this is the start of a long and enjoyable representative career.
Swimming
Congratulations to Georgia Cate Baker Wood (Year 9) who competed at the Australian Age Swimming Championships that were held on the Gold Coast in the holidays.
Georgia has a busy competition and competed in four events: 50, 100 and 200m Breaststroke as well as the 4x50m Medley Club Relay, in which she swam the breaststroke leg. She swam personal bests in all events and placed 17th in Australia for the 200m Breaststroke.
NSWCIS Swimming Championships
Congratulations to both Laura Davies (Year 12) and Georgia Cate Baker Wood (Year 9) who represented IGSA at the NSWCIS Swimming Championships that were held at Homebush this week.
Laura competed in the 17-19 years 50m Freestyle and placed 4th in her heat and 11th overall. Georgia won her heat in the 15-16 years 200m Breaststroke and placed 4th overall.
Gymnastics
Well done to Alexa Falzon (Year 7) who competed at the Level 7 Border Challenge Trials for Artistic Gymnastics. These were the trials for the NSW team to compete at the Border Challenge in Queensland. Alexa placed 2nd in floor, 6th on vault and 5th overall. She also placed 3rd overall (out of 80 competitors) for floor. These were excellent results for Alexa who has recently stepped up and only started training at Level 7 in recent months.
We are all excited to hear more from Alexa’s NSW and National competitions as the year progresses.
IGSA U15 Netball Trials
Well done to Zara Torrance (Year 9), Alicia Singh (Year 10) and Annaliese Stackpool (Year 9) who trialled for the IGSA U15 Netball team on Monday. Alicia was successful in being selected for the possibles and probable stage. The day was a terrific learning opportunity for all three players.
Touch
Congratulations to Emma Juneja (Year 12) and Sophie Davis (Year 12) who competed at the Junior Regional Championships in Tuggerah on the weekend. After slow start to the wins, the Under 18s came back from 2 losses to win the next 3 games and make the semi-finals. Unfortunately, they were defeated in a nail biting 3 all draw that went to a drop off.
Water Polo
Our Year 7 Water Polo team celebrate their final match of the IGSA Water Polo season
Surf Life Saving
Well done to Jemima Sewell (Year 10), Adelaide Sewell (Year 8) and Ruby Fry (Year 10) who all competed in Perth at the National Surf Life Saving Championships at the end of Term 1.
Jemima made the semi-finals of the Sprint and her Relay team won the Silver Medal in the U15 age group.
Adelaide’s relay team also had a terrific time coming 4th in the U14 Beach Sprint Relay.
Ruby won a Silver Medal in the U19 Beach Relay. She also placed 8th in the U’17 2km Beach Run and 8th in the Open Beach Relay.
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 alisongowan@sceggs.nsw.edu.au
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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
