Secondary Sport News

Olympic and Para Olympic Sports Hub

The SCEGGS Olympic Sports Hub is up and running in full swing in the Old Gym. SCEGGS students can access this area at recess, lunch and free periods to watch replays of the Olympic action as it happens overnight. There is lots of information around the gym detailing athletics and times/days of events. There is a special area which highlights our Old Girls Olympians.

We were very lucky to be visited by Old Girl Lucinda Whitty (class of 2007) who opened our Olympic and Para Olympic Hub. A Silver medallist in Sailing at the London Olympics in 2012, Lucinda shared her Olympic journey with students, providing inspiration and excitement for the games ahead.

Cross Country

SCEGGS had 4 secondary students who competed at the NSW All Schools Cross Country Championships that were held at the Sydney Equestrian Centre last week.

All students produced excellent results:

Congratulations to Nancy Newton who has been selected in the NSW All Schools team to compete at the National Championships to be held in Victoria in August.

Hockey

Congratulations to Jess Weatherall (Year 10) who represented NSWCIS at the NSW All Schools Open Hockey Championships that was held in Newcastle last week. The NSWCIS team placed 2^nd overall.

At the completion of the tournament Jess was selected in the Open NSW All Schools team. Well done Jess!

Gymnastics

Jamilla Yamani (Year 8) competed as part of the NSW Level 7B team who placed 3^rd overall at the National Border Challenge that was held at the end of Term 2.

In the Individual event Jamilla placed 1^st on the beam with a score of 12.6 for her routine. Well done on being the Level 7 National Champion! We are all very proud of you Jamilla.

Sailing

During the holidays, Year 11 student Isobel Payne competed in 2 high-level Sailing regattas. The first regatta, the Interclubs Competition, is a 4-day competition spread over 6 weeks where teams from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Newcastle Yacht Club and the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron compete in a fleet racing format. Isobel led her team and club to victory for the first time in 8 years.

The second regatta Isobel competed in was the NSW Match Racing Championships, racing against the best match racing sailors in the state, many who are much older than her. Her team placed 6^th overall after a weekend of challenging conditions, with both light and heavy winds on choppy water and long days of racing.

Around the Grounds

Students Driving to Sport

As more of our students are gaining their driver’s licences, it is timely to remind everyone that no student is to drive another student to or from school, sports training sessions or matches, or any other co-curricular event or activity.

Due to safety concerns, particularly those associated with inexperienced drivers, we strongly encourage all students to use the buses provided to and from sporting venues.

Please refer to page 18 of the SCEGGS School Diary.

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.

All Clipboard notifications will now come through the SCEGGS Mobile App too, so if you have been receiving notifications from Clipboard (eg when sport is cancelled due to wet weather), you will need to download the SCEGGS Mobile App to ensure that you continue to receive these push notifications.

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