SPORTING DATES TERM ONE 2026

Just a reminder of the sporting pathways and opportunities available to GIHS students in 2026.

Firstly, there is the North West Representative Pathway, this is where a student, in their chosen sport, trials against other students from NW public schools for selection in a NW squad or NW team eg. swimming or netball.

It is important to understand that in some cases, New England Zone Trials occur as a stepping stone where participation rates are typically high, such as in league, touch, soccer, netball etc. Where student numbers are lesser, trials will sometimes go straight to the North West level, usually in sports like tennis or golf etc.

To stay up to date with North West Sporting Trials, I advise students and their families to connect with the NW Sports Association Facebook page and website which are available to all.

https://app.education.nsw.gov.au/sport/representative-sport

I will of course keep students well advised of these dates but they do have to let me know well before the date so their application to trial is confirmed.

Signing up for Zone and NW trials…..firstly they will be advertised in the daily notices and students need to adhere to these instructions promptly so sporting trips can be well organised ahead of time.

Glen Innes High School also participates in numerous North West Sporting Knockouts. These teams are usually an opens age category however in some sports there is an Under 15s knockout or sometimes a 14s knockout.

Students are asked to listen to daily notices on Sentral and sign up to these teams when invited to. These sign up sheets are placed on the PDHPE noticeboard.

Among the sporting dates listed are also school carnival dates SWIMMING, CROSS COUNTRY AND ATHLETICS. Other dates that will come up include the All Schools Netball and Touch Football Gala Days. League Tag Gala Days and other Rugby League days also pop into the calendar when the CRL officer informs us of the dates. Other sporting opportunities, such as Futsal Gala days may also become accessible to our students.

For any other information or questions regarding sport please contact me

katie.rossington@det.nsw.edu.au

Looking forward to another great year in sport!

Katie Rossington

Sports Coordinator Glen Innes High School

TBC- the Opens Basketball Gala Days for Girls and Boys will be around this time also. The date is yet to be confirmed but will be decided upon very soon.

February

Friday 20th Feb- NORTH WEST OPENS Boys & Girls Basketball Trials

Monday 23rd Feb- Open Girls and Boys ZONE Hockey Trials

Tuesday the 24th Feb- NORTH WEST SWIMMING ENTRIES DUE IN. ALL NOMINATIONS DUE TO THE NW CONVENOR BY THIS DATE

Friday 27th Feb- 15s Boys and Girls Touch Zone Gala Championships.

March

Wednesday 4th March - Opens Boys & Girls ZONE Touch Football Trials.

Friday 6th March - Rugby Trials Opens Boys 7s Girls

Tuesday 10th March - NORTH WEST SWIM MEET ARMIDALE

Friday 20th March - ZONE WINTER TRIALS FOR LEAGUE 15s, LEAGUE OPENS, OPENS NETBALL, OPENS FOOTBALL - Both Boys & Girls in Inverell

Thursday 26th March - GIHS CROSS COUNTRY

Monday 30th March - Opens Boys & Girls Touch NW TRIALS

Tuesday 31st March - NORTH WEST WINTER TRIALS

April

Wednesday the 1st April- Girls 16s and 18s Rugby Trials

NORTH WEST KNOCKOUT GAMES OR GALA DAYS THAT WILL BE HELD IN TERM ONE INCLUDE…….

OPEN GIRLS AND OPEN BOYS BASKETBALL GALA DAY

OPEN BOYS SOCCER ROUND ONE GAME V ASC

OPEN GIRLS SOCCER ROUND ONE GAME V TENTERFIELD

OPEN BOYS LEAGUE ROUND ONE GAME V ASC

Glen Innes High School Newsletter

Respect, Responsibility and Diligence

Issue 1 · 13 Feb 2026

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