Sport News

In this week’s Sport News, read about the International Women’s Day Run, Touch Football, Sailing, Term 2 Sport Trials, the upcoming Secondary School Inter-House Cross Country Carnival and the IPSHA Swimming Championships.

SCEGGS International Women’s Day Run – Monday March 8

SCEGGS International Women’s Day Run 6.45am – 7.45am
Meet at McKay Oval Centennial Park at 6:30am

Join us in walking/jogging/running around Centennial Park as a show of unity in the SCEGGS Community for accelerating Women’s equality. It is open to all students/staff/parents who would like to join us on International Women’s Day.

Junior State Cup – Touch

Well done to the following students who competed at the NSW Junior State Cup that was held at Wagga Wagga on the weekend: Lily Cooney, Olivia Davis, Sophie Davis, Ruby Hill, Emma Juneja, Dominique Liew and Sacha Parr. Well done also to Lucy Juneja and Clementine Hooper who were selected to referee at the tournament. Everyone performed well and all the Easts Roosters U’12, U’14, U’16 & U’18 teams progressed through to the quarter finals.

Grand Finals – Easts Touch Tuesday Competition at Queens Park

Well done to both the Senior 1sts and Junior 1sts Touch teams who were both runners up in their grades for the Tuesday Summer Competition.

The Senior 1sts were defeated by Brigidine College, Waverley in a very closely fought match. The scores were locked at 6-6 with Brigidine scoring the winning try right on the full-time bell!

Simultaneously on the next field the Junior 1sts played OLSH in their grand final. The scores were locked up at 2-2 when on the full-time bell OLSH scored the winning try! Miss Rogers, Ms Thompson and Ms Gowan watched on in amazement and couldn’t believe what they had just witnessed.  

Thank you to all of our SCEGGS spectators who were there to support both teams. It was wonderful to see so many students and parents on the sidelines at sport – we have missed you over the past year.

Sailing

Well done to Isobel Payne (Year 8) and Abby Tattersall (Year 6) who represented the RSYS at the ACT Teams Racing Championships on the weekend.

The team had a terrific result and finished 2^nd overall (behind Cranbrook) in a large field that included school and university teams from Ascham, Redlands, ANU, Knox, ADFA and CGS over a very long, hot and tiring weekend.  

Teams Racing is quite a specific form of sailing competition – it involves three boats from one team vs three boats from another, with endless round robins against as many teams as possible, and the overall aggregate points determine the winning team.  

Term 2 Sports Trials

Trials for Football and Basketball will commence over the upcoming weeks. Students should look out for emails from the PDHPE Department detailing exact times and venues.

Secondary Inter-House Cross Country – 16 March

The Secondary Inter-House Cross Country Carnival will be held on Tuesday 16 March at Queens Park. Students should assemble at 6:45am near the amenities block at the Baronga Avenue end (opposite Moriah College).

The first race will commence warm up at 7:00am (15, 16, 17 & 18 years age groups) and the second race (12, 13 & 14 years age groups) will commence warm up at 7:15am. Please note that a student’s age is what they will turn in 2021 eg their age at the 31/12/2021.

This is a participation based event that all students can take part in. All age groups will run the same 3km course.

All spectators are required to remain on the perimeter of the course and not stand near any students. Spectators must not enter the marshalling area, finish chute or finish line.

Buses will take all students to school at the completion of the carnival at approximately 7:45am.

IPSHA Swimming

On Tuesday 2 March, our SCEGGS Representative Swimming Team competed at the IPSHA Swimming Championships held at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. Well done to all girls who competed on the day. We are so proud of your efforts and how well you supported of each other throughout the day!

Congratulations to the following girls who received ribbons on the day for placing in their heats:

A special congratulations must also go to Stella Dodwell who has been selected to represent IPSHA at the CIS Swimming Championships in both the 50m Backstroke and 50m Breaststroke. This is an amazing achievement, and we look forward to having her compete on Thursday 18 March 2021.

If families have any sporting news and achievements please send details to alisongowan@sceggs.nsw.edu.au. We love hearing about what our students are doing outside of school.

Alison Gowan/Director of Sport 
&
Sarah Carter/Assistant Primary Sports Coordinator