Secondary Sport News

Commitment to SCEGGS Co-Curricular Sport

Regular physical activity is an essential part of promoting positive health and wellbeing. Building relationships, fostering sportsmanship and teamwork is another element of co-curricular sport. We expect a 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.

To be eligible for House points and recognition on school reports, students must attend a minimum of 75% of 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 of a sporting fixture.
• If a student is sick on a Saturday, a parent/guardian must email or message the relevant coach and Sport Co-ordinator, or Director of Sport, explaining their 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 or 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 arrivals to more than two training sessions or matches in the same term.

SCEGGS Sports Values

For those of you who may be new or would like a refresher on our SCEGGS Sports Values please click here.

Athletics

Congratulations to Lily Cooney (Year 10), Matilda Emanuel (Year 10), Coco Espie (Year 10), Annabelle Jessup (Year 8) and Nancy Newton (Year 10) who all represented NSW at the Australian Track & Field Championships that were held in Adelaide during the holidays. All athletes produced outstanding results.

Coco Espie also achieved personal best times in 400m & 800m.

Last Saturday Annabelle Jessup also competed in the Athletics NSW Dual Relay Championships (a 2 x 2km relay) and won the silver medal.

Swimming

Congratulations to Georgia Cate Baker Wood who competed at the 2024 Australian Age Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast at the end of last term. Georgia’s results were excellent as she continues to achieve personal best results each time she races.

• Placed 13^th overall for 16 years 200m Breaststroke.
• Placed 30^th overall for 16 years 100m Breaststroke.
• Placed 11^th for the 4x50m Medley Relay (15 & 16 year olds) as part of the Cranbrook Swimming Club.

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.

IGSA Fixtures, Results and Wet Weather

The IGSA website and platform for accessing wet weather, 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