Athletics Carnival 2019

McCarthy Catholic College Athletics Carnival was held at Tamworth Regional Athletics centre on Thursday 9 May. Some events were held at the College, with a number of students participating in the discus and javelin. The Carnival day was well attended and started with a large number of students keen to participate in the early events, 800 and 1500 metre. All events proved popular with participation rates high and a number of records being broken. The novelty events were a lot fun and students were able to gain valuable House points.

Thank you to Tamworth Little Athletics, Tamworth Regional Council and the College canteen for putting on some tasty food to fuel our students. Our senior students, in particular House Captains and Year 12 students are to be congratulated for promoting the Carnival both before and on the day. Their fancy dress costumes, enthusiasm and encouragement of younger students played a key role in making the day a success.

Friday 17 May saw an exciting conclusion to the athletics events with the running of the March Past, Aged Relays and Year 12 v Staff Relay. The atmosphere and cheering from all the students spectating on the hill was fantastic. There were some very close and fast relays. The boys and girls Open’s Relays were the highlight with a blistering pace set. The Year 12 v Staff Relay was a 50 metre event with 11 runners from the teachers who put in a good effort to narrowly finish behind the students.

The Sport Captains also ran a very successful bbq and food stall at lunch on the day of the relays, raising a total of $819.95 and all money raised went to Caritas. The Sport Captains, along with the House Patrons have done a brilliant job at both Carnivals and have shown a lot of initiative, effort and motivation in their roles.

The House Captains and House Patrons included;

Chisholm: Nick Taggart and Kealy Lett | Leader: Damian Kenniff

Dominic: Connor Roberts and Anabelle Pegus| Leader: Lauren Ryan

Edmund Rice: Calvin Farmilo and Keely Jameson | Leader: Rebecca Hannan

Mackillop: Nathan Watson and Josie Chick | Leader: Mel Davis

Records broken included;

Boys

Liam Gordon- 13 years 100 metres sprint 12.72 seconds, 200 metres sprint 26.34 seconds,

400 metres sprint in 1.02.15 seconds

Ben Nelson - 16 years 200 metres 25.56 seconds and 400 metres -57.47 seconds

Ben Joliffe- 17 years 800 metres run 2:26.44 minutes

Girls

Isabella Bolsom- 12 years discus 18.36 metres, and Javelin 12.00 metres

Emma Higgins- 17 years Discus 33.2 metres

Flo Davidson- 17 years 800 metres run 3:03.45 minutes

Athletics Age champions 2019

Boys

12 years - Achille Monet

13 years – Liam Gordon

14 years - Ben Chick

15 years - Kilian Apen

16 years - Ben Nelson

17 years - Nick Taggart

Girls

12 years - Tahlia Shephard

13 years - Rai-Lea Haywood

14 years - Wunda Jaffa Williams

15 years - Tyanna Kerr

16 years - Daisy George

17 years - Julia Hannaford

Well done to Edmund Rice on a great victory in the Athletics Carnival after the relays today.

Final Points Score

1st - Edmund Rice- 1245

2nd - Dominic 1227

3rd - Mackillop 1034

4th - Chisholm 989

The Diocese Athletics will be held on 30 August in Armidale and we look forward to many of our students competing at this Carnival.

Bill Turner Cup Football

On Monday 13 May the Under 15 boys played their Round 2 soccer game against Oxley High School. It was a fast paced match as play swept from one end of the field to the other and goals were at a premium. By half time the score was still 0-0 and the tension was obvious. McCarthy clearly had the advantage by dominating possession in the first half. It wasn’t until well into the second half that a break through arrived with William Albertson scoring a great goal from long range. Oxley rallied hard to get back into the match but superb goalkeeping by Kilian Apen prevailed and kept McCarthy in the lead. Brayden Boonstra who recently returned from representative duties in Tokyo secured the win with a wonderful long range goal from outside the box. Well done to Mr Ronny Rindo who has been regularly training the boys and this was evident in the cohesion they showed on the field. The boys are now looking forward to their Round 3 clash against Farrer Memorial High School on 4 June. The team included: Brayden Boonstra, Kilian Apen, Eoin Shepherd, William Albertson, Jack Stanton, Brady Painter, Augustin Monet, Connor Budden, Louis Johnson, Benjamin O’Connor, Ethan Ross, Achille Monet, Seamus Shepherd, Edward Williams and Frederick Williams.

Diocesan Sport Success

On Friday 10 May, 23 students travelled to Gunnedah for the Cross Country, Tennis and Golf Championships. In the Cross Country Achille Monet was 12 year Boys Age Champion and Georgia Simm was 15 years Girls Age Champion. Rai-Lea Haywood, Wunda Jaffer-Williams, Tyanna Kerr, Achille Monet, Mackenzie Scott, Eoin Shepherd, Layla Wood, and Georgia Simm who qualified for the NSW CCC Championships which will be held in Sydney on 14 June.

Well done to Liam Thompson, Ryan Mckinnon, and Brendan Scott in winning the golf teams event where some great golf was played.

The Boys and Girls tennis teams played really well to make the final. The team included; Darcy Walker, Samuel Tickle, Joshua Viertel, Hayden Volk, Brady Endemi. The girls team consisted of Taya Powell and Kaitlyn Lovell. Taya in particular has a big future in the game and all students enjoyed the day thoroughly. A big thank you to Mr Tim Godden and Mrs Kathryn Harvey for helping

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