Secondary Sports News

Parent/Daughter Camps

Just a reminder that with the upcoming parent/daughter camps for Year 7 and Year 9 coming up in November, all students are required to still fulfil their Saturday morning sporting commitments.

FIBA World Cup Basketball

On 22 September myself and 28 other girls attended the opening ceremony of the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup. The competition consists of 12 countries that face off over the span of a week to qualify for the quarterfinals. The World Cup hasn’t been held in Australia for almost 30 years so this was a very exciting opportunity for our young, keen, SCEGGS basketball players to see and support our National Women’s team.

We arrived at school, all set in our green and gold scarfs and Aussie t-shirts. The first game we saw was China vs. Korea, China taking a comfortable victory, 107-44. Next, was the official opening ceremony which was very exciting and a real privilege to see in person, with performances from multiple Australian artists including well-known singer Tones and I.

Next the Aussies were set to face France. After a long and physical fight, the Aussie Opals lost 70-57 but received constant and enthusiastic support from the home crowd.

This was a great experience especially for our younger players to see the hard work and dedication the Opals demonstrated on the court. I hope it provided the girls with some inspiration and we all enjoyed it immensely.

Australia went on to qualify for quarterfinals and then semi-finals where they played China, a tough team, only having lost 1 game so far. China continued this streak narrowly defeating Australia 61-59. Australia was set to play Canada for the bronze medal. The Opals, cheered on by the home crowd, played to perfection, securing the bronze medal with an impressive 95-65 win.

Isabella May
SCEGGS Basketball Captain

Water Polo

Congratulations to Claudia Quinn who represented the NSW Blues at the Australian 15 and Under Water Polo Championships. The team was successful in winning the Gold Medal and Claudia was named in the Cadet Women National Age Group Australian Squad. We wish her well as she commences her training with the squad.

Sailing

Congratulations to Grace Morrow (Year 11) who has been busy over the holidays competing in the 420 class, a two-person boat. Grace’s achievements were as follow:

• 3rd in the NSW 420 State Championships and 1st Girl’s boat
• 2nd in the NSW Youth Championships for 420s and 1st Girl’s boat

Grace is now busy training for the Australian Championships in January. We wish her well with her preparation.

Volleyball

Aliyah Bensan (Year 8) has also been busy over the holidays competing at the Australian Youth Volleyball Championships that were held in Victoria.  Aliyah played in the NSW U’15 team that finished in 3^rd place, winning the Bronze Medal. Congratulations!

Australian Cross Country Skiing

Congratulations to Phoebe Cridland (Class of 2019) who is continuing to produce wonderful results on the international stage in the sport of cross-country skiing. Phoebe competed at the World Junior Cross Country Skiing Championships in Norway. Phoebe will have a busy schedule ahead after being named in the Australian Continental Cup Team and the Australian U’23 Team which will see her travelling to Europe, the USA and Canada to compete throughout 2022-2023.

Phoebe was on hand to help coach some of our SCEGGS Cross Country Skiers at the recent NSW Championships that were held in Perisher, before flying out to compete in Norway. We look forward to sharing more of Phoebe’s journey with the SCEGGS community throughout 2023.

NSW All Schools Athletics Results

SCEGGS had several athletes compete at the NSW All Schools Athletics overall the holidays.  All competitors achieved outstanding results as highlighted below. Congratulations to Matilda Emanuel and Coco Espie have now qualified for the Australian Championships.

SCEGGS Training sessions before and after school plus Saturday Sport

Please check the @SCEGGSSport Twitter feed for the latest updates relating to cancellations.

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. 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