Sport
Eddie Willis - Year 7 Boys Schools National MTBA Championships
Eddie Willis competed in the Schools National Championships over the weekend of 3-4 August at Nerang QLD representing McCarthy Catholic College with 99 schools from across the country and 306 entrants. Year 7 boys had 57 in their category.
The racing consisted of XCC (Cross Country Short Course) on Friday, Enduro (individually timed downhill run) on Saturday and XCO (Cross Country Olympic) on Sunday.
Eddie rode well in each of his races finishing with 1st, 2nd, 1st making him Yr 7 Boys Schools National Champion. Next on his calendar is NSW State Championships held in Orange NSW in November.
An apology must go out to Eddie Willis where he was incorrectly labelled as Eddie Bates in the McCarthy Catholic College Newsletter dated 4 July 2019, we apologise for the unnecessary confusion that was brought about by the typographical error.
Divisional Netball
Congratulations to the Year 7 McCarthy Gems who won the Division 3 Netball Carnival!
Great to see the other Year 7 and 8 teams play in Division 4, with dedicated parents coaching and helping out. Year 10 and 11 students played with their club teams and last year's Year 12 students making a mixed team. Nice to watch them all play, proudly representing their College with excellent sportsmanship.
Mrs Tanya Laird - Sport Teacher
North West Finals Netball Success
On Wednesday 7 August, two Year 7 and 8 girls' netball teams, a Year 9/10 Girls' and Year 9/10 Boys' team travelled to Inverell to play in the North West NSW Schools Cup Netball Finals. All teams applied themselves well, playing some great netball through the round games. The Year 7 and 8 Team 1 (Tigers) consisting of Georgia Shephard, Mia Darcy, Jayda Constable, Tarnee Ingram, Aleisha Young, Isabel Kerr, Charlotte Leonard, Isabella Bolsom, and Gabrielle Higgins and the Year 9 and 10 girls' team of Georgia Horniman, Phoebe Porter, Holly Austin, Olivia Whittemore, Tyanna Kerr, Caitlin Downey, Aalinyah Smith, Macy Gillies and Brianna Elliott, played some outstanding netball progressing all the way to the finals. Both finals were tightly contested, with our girls showing some great skills, teamwork and fitness to claim the trophy.
The Year 9/10 Boys' team of John Flanagan, Nathan Summers, Noah Dunnill, Nathaniel Thrift, Charlie Sorensen, Clint Aitken, Julian Fuller worked hard with no reserves to call upon and reached the semi-finals, eventually succumbing to O’Connor Catholic College of Armidale.
Year 7 and 8 girls Team 2, comprising Olivia U'Ren, Elissa Lane, Rai-Lea Hayward, Keira Kerr, Jayde Elliot, Alyssa Downey, Savannah Barber, Amelia Easton, Lucy McMullen, Erin Hansen gained valuable experience and were very competitive in each game. Well done to all our students, showing great sportsmanship and representing the College with pride.
The Year 7 and 8 Tigers (Team 1) and the Year 9 and 10 Girls' team now have the opportunity to play in the NSW Statewide championships in Sydney in the last week of term. A big thank you to Georgie Hawthorne, Charlotte Leonard and Emma Higgins who helped out umpiring games. Melissa Bolsom and Tania Young for assisting in coaching the junior teams and to Miss Millie Woolaston, Mrs Nicole Anderson, Mrs Chloe Bushell and Miss Lauren Ryan for coaching and managing our students on the day.
National All Schools Hockey
Congratulations to Amber Witney and Nicholas O’Connor who represented NSW in the Australian All Schools Hockey Championships in Newcastle. Both played exceptionally well and were integral members of their teams. Amber’s team finished first winning the gold medal and Nicholas’ team came 3rd picking up the bronze medal. This was an outstanding achievement and both students are looking forward to representing McCarthy at the NSW CCC Championships later this month.
Mr Brad Mitchell - Sport Coordinator