SPORT NEWS
Primary Netball Cup
On Wednesday 5 June we had over 140 Year 3-6 students compete at the Netball NSW Primary Cup in Inverell. The students had a great day, many of them learnt new skills and had fun. Thank you to our parents who helped on the day to run teams, our Secondary students who helped with umpiring and our staff who made it all happen. A special congratulations to our winning team pictured below! They were the overall winners of the day.
Infants Cross Country Results
Congratulations to all our students who participated in the Infants Cross Country last Friday. A big thank you to all our families for coming along to cheer them on. The results were as follows:
Kindergarten
1st Cohen White & Amelia Stieger
2nd Annabelle Hollingworth & Edward Guilfoyle
3rd Lillian Wright & Ashton Apthorpe
Year 1
1st Matilda Andrews & Archer Jones-Devlin
2nd Willow Forsyth & Blake Schwarz
3rd Eden Murphy & Leo Tasker
Year 2
1st Indi Forsyth & Caine Macey
2nd Zara Caskey & Bronx Simpson
3rd Maggie Pennington & Jack McMahon
Diocesan Rugby Union
Congratulations to our Open Rugby Union side who won the Gary McSweeney Diocesan Knockout in Tamworth on 4 June. The team will now travel to Sydney next term to compete in the finals. Congratulations to Digby Roger, Darcy Kennedy and ?? for being selected into the Armidale Diocesan team. These boys will travel to Forbes in the last week of school and compete in the Polding Carnival.
Year 3-6 Athletics Carnival
The Primary School Athletics Track Carnival will be held on the school oval. This will be combined with the Secondary students this Friday, June 21, Week 8, starting at approx. 9:15am. Some field events for Primary will be held on this day. The remaining field events will take place on Friday, June 28. Families are welcome to come and watch but must remain seated and cannot move onto the oval where events are being held.
Year 2 students will participate this year and attend the carnival to compete in their age race only – this is an introduction to what to expect in Year 3. Students wear their sports uniform.
Year 3-6 will compete in age groups – 8\9 years, 10 years, 11 years & 12 years (opens). It is the age they turn this year. Track events to be held on the day include 1500m, 800m, 200m, 100m & house relays. The order of events will be 800m, 100m, 200m, 400m & 1500m. All events start with 8/9year girls. No exact start times can be given as it depends on the number of entries received. The 1500m entries (top 6 in 800m) and House relays (based on 100m heat times) will be formed on the day. No finals are being held. All overall places will be determined by heat times.
Field events include high jump, long jump, discus and shot put. Students are to wear their full school sports uniform but may wear house colour T-shirts on the day (Johns – yellow, Marks – red, Pauls – blue, Leos – Green). Children should bring their hat, sunscreen and water bottle. If your child suffers from asthma, they need to bring their own Ventolin. The school canteen will be available on the day.
Students must place in the final top 2 (field & long-distance events) and final top 3 (track events) and must meet Diocesan qualifying times to progress to the Diocesan Athletics Carnival next term in Tamworth.
Term 2 Primary Sports Dates
*Year 3-10 Athletics Carnival, HTS Oval Friday 21 June
*Year 3-6 Field Event Finals, HTS Oval 28 June
*Polding Touch Football Trials 14 June, Parkes
*Polding Rugby 30 June -1 July, Forbes
*Toni Palmer Memorial Shield 4 July, Inverell
Secondary Sports Dates
HTS Athletics Carnival, 21 June