Sports

Year 8 and Year 10 Boys Soccer teams finish on top 

Congratulations to the Boys Year 8 Div 1 and Year 10 Div 1 Friends’ Soccer teams who recently won their respective finals. 

The Year 8 team competed against MacKillop College in their final and came from one goal down early in the first half of the match to fight back and win 2-1. 

The Year 10 team competed against Hutchins in a close contest. The Friends’ team skills and composure was the difference between the two sides. With the game finish at 2-2, Friends’ were declared the winners, due to them finishing on top of the table at the end of the regular season. 

Congratulations to all players, coaching staff and supporters throughout the season.

Sailing

By Adelaide O'Donoghue (Year 11)

School sailing has given me the opportunity to connect my love of sailing to hanging out with friends whilst also representing the school. This year I was very proud to be a helm in the first team. We come second at states with a close loss in the final. I have always found it great to see so many first-time sailors and the younger students coming into school sailing and giving the sport a go. I am glad to be able to give back to the school by sharing my knowledge, skills and passion for the sport. School sailing has not only given me the opportunity to help my younger teammates develop, it has given me the ability to develop my own skills, especially working with others as a team. When I sail and compete out of school, I am an individual racing against the rest of the fleet. In teams racing, three boats form a team, each boat with two sailors, a helm and a crew and they race the other team comprising of three boats around a short course. Unlike other racing, the results are not determined by who is first across the line, it is about the team's total score, which is why working as a team is such an important factor in school sailing. I am looking forward to the upcoming sailing season and encourage anyone who has thought about doing school sailing to sign up and give it a go. 

Tasmanian College Basketball Championships

Clemes Years 11 and 12 students recently took part in the Tasmanian College Basketball Championships. The squad was made up of a combination of both of the boys teams from the SSATIS roster. The team played five games and finished a very credible fourth out of 11 teams. There were wins against Rosny College and St Pats. We thank Ronnie Riggs for coaching and we also thank our leaving Year 12 players for their commitment to the Friends' Basketball program since Year 7 for some.

Mackenzie Walch (Year 12) Wins Equestrian Event

Well done to Mackenzie Walch (Year 12) and her horse, Eliva Corduroy, who won the Australian Interschool Equestrian Championships 2* Eventing at the weekend (highest level). Mackenzie also won the Eventing Trophy over all grades.

This year the Championships had 2,000 school-based competitors, their families, friends, and supporters and was open to equestrians aged 5-18 years old. A fantastic effort from Mackenzie indeed!

Volleyball Success

This season our School Volleyball team played the SATIS State Final against Scotch Oakburn College. The team came away with another trophy for the cabinet, with a three sets to one, victory. Congratulations team, a very well deserved win indeed.

Girls Hockey Win

Our Firsts Hockey recorded a resounding 12-0 win in the SATIS State Final against Launceston Church Grammar this season. The win caps off a stellar year for the girls and for Friends' Hockey.

SATIS Swimming Success

Congratulations to our students who participated in the recent SATIS Swimming Carnival. We had some excellent results including the Open Boys placing 2nd in the Open Boys Shield and placing 3rd in the Co-Ed aggregate. The U13 girls and U16 boys placed 2nd and the U13 boys placed 3rd in their age group pennants. We also had some strong races from our individual swimmers which was fantastic to see.

Gymnastics

Wing Wai Brown has recently returned from the Gold Coast in Queensland where he competed in the National Clubs Carnival. This event was the selection trials for the upcoming World Championships in Gymnastics. Wing Wai placed a very credible fourth in the Under 22 Junior Division for tumbling. Well done, Wing Wai! 

AFL 

Sophie Strong was recently selected to play in the AFLW Futures game at Kinetic Stadium in Frankston, Melbourne. This match showcased the top 44 players nationwide at Sophie's age level for potential AFL draft picks next year.  

Olive Hooper Sails for Australia

Congratulations and well done to Year 7 student Olive Hooper who finished sailing for Australia (Her 3rd cap) in the International Cadet Class World Championship in Belgium. Along with her helm Faye Read (Collegiate Yr 11) they placed 4th overall. The Cadet is a class of sailing dinghy designed to be sailed by two children up to the age of 17. It is a one-design class, originally designed in 1947.

Hockey 

Congratulationsand well done to the Clemes Years 11 & 12 students (Maeve Bylsma, Giselle Fernandez, Belle Kruimink, Lucy McMullen, Oscar Pritchard, Emily Rawson, Charlie Rockefeller, Emily Rockefeller and Joshua Walker) who represented Tasmania at the National Hockey Championships played in Hobart at the end of Term 2. The Under 18 Boys remained undefeated in the tournament and won their grand final match on Sunday 5-2 against Queensland.

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