Secondary Sports News
Welcome
Welcome back to Term 3. We look forward to another busy term. Training for all team sports has started, with matches commencing this weekend. Please check Clipboard for all training commitments and fixtures as they are uploaded this week. All skill based and other sporting activities will commence from next Monday.
Athletics
Congratulations to Coco Espie (Year 11) who has been selected to represent Australia at the World Para Athletics Championships to be held in New Delhi, India in September. Coco will compete in the 100m, 400m & 800m events.
Cross Country
The NSW All Schools Cross Country Championships were held on Tuesday. Well done to our SCEGGS girls who achieved some outstanding results:
| Annabelle Jessup (Year 9) | 4th in the 15 years |
| Lily Cooney (Year 11) | 9th in the 17 years |
| Ruby Fry (Year 12) | 8th in the 18 years |
Well done also to Ruby Fry who won the gold medal at the Sydney 10 in the U20 age group!
Football
Well done to the following SCEGGS students who represented Easts FC in the Kanga Cup that was held in Canberra last week: Louisa Brooks (Year 8), Macy Barnett (Year 8), Tully Greiner-Sharp (Year 7) and Diya Shankar (Year 7). They faced some tough competition on their way to reaching the Semi Finals.
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, 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
