Student Success
Hidden Talent
Year 7 Rainelle Micosa has a unique and hidden talent. When she swaps her College blazer for a 'judogi', she is a mini-master of judo and its grappling technique that involves off-balancing or lifting an opponent and throwing them to the ground – or immobilising an opponent in seconds!
Rainelle is so adept at the modern Japanese martial art she earned fourth place in her age group at this month's National Judo Championships held on the Gold Coast and now has her sights on representing Australia.
Having taken up judo two years ago, Rainelle practices her combat skills at Belmont’s Centenary Park along with her brother, Raven.
Currently an orange belt, she was chosen to represent WA in the Senior Girls division comprising 10 opponents from around Australia who faced each other in two-minute bursts.
“I really enjoyed the experience and meeting opponents from different places,'' Rainelle says. “Judo is tough, but you do get used to it and it’s important to be nice and help opponents up after the game.’’
The word judo consists of two Japanese characters, ju, which means "gentle", and do, which means "the way". While it demands both physical prowess and great mental discipline, it does not involve kicking, punching or striking techniques of any kind.
Now back in training three times a week, Rainelle is working towards selection at the next Oceania Judo Competition. Good luck, Rainelle.
Fields of Dreams
JULY will be a busy month for Year 8 Paige Craven-Bower both on the football field and in track and field.
During the school holidays, Paige will travel to Malaysia to compete in an international athletics championship before heading to Tasmania to represent WA in an AFLW competition.
A javelin thrower, Paige will compete in 27th annual SSSC/MSSM/LAWA International Athletics Championship in Kuantan, Malaysia, where she hopes to propel her spear more than 35m.
It’s not the first time Paige has thrown the javelin on a big stage, having competed in the All Schools Athletics Australia championships in Cairns last December.
Her berth in the Under-15s WA ALFW team means she will face fellow School Sports teams from the Northern Territory, NSW and South Australia on the Apple Isle.
Paige, who first picked up a Sherrin in Year 1 and plays Full Back for the Belmont-Redcliffe Year 8 boys team on Sundays, enjoyed a solid season playing alongside much older students in the Canons Senior Girls AFLW team. Good luck in both competitions, Paige.
Artistic new look for NAIDOC Week
Canons Indigenous All Stars basketballers have been busy exploring their artistic side, creating design concepts for a new sports uniform to be worn in a game to celebrate NAIDOC Week and to further extend the College’s cultural literacy and connection to Aboriginal and Indigenous Australians.
Year 9 Lachauntae Eades was one of three students selected to present her design concept (pictured) of dot-paintings, stars and waterholes to graphic designer Yvette Ricciardello who will digitally create a final masterpiece using elements of each of the student's drawings. The new design will also be worn as clash jumpers. Mr Price and Mrs Martin, who are working with students on the project, were impressed by how each student used different symbols in their designs that relate to them.
"The bigger picture going forward (2020 and beyond) would be to arrange a game with Clontarf to be played during NAIDOC week and create an annual celebration,'' Mr Price revealed.
NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee) Week is an Australian observance lasting from the first Sunday in July until the following Sunday .
Mrs L Quartermain (Community Relations
and Marketing Officer)