Rowing – Entire team compete in Canberra at the Black Mountain Rowing Club Regatta

On Saturday 27 October, the KWS Rowing Program competed in Canberra for the first race of the season.

Despite the lack of training, due to too much wind in the weeks leading up to the regatta, the Year 7 girls and boys showed remarkable resilience, and fight to demonstrate a steep learning curve in their second 1000 metre race of the day. All of our coaches were delighted with the improvement shown by these 5 crews, and are excited by the development these crews will achieve before the next regatta.

The Year 8 & 9 crews also raced twice in quads, with crews battling tough conditions as a stiff cross-headwind picked up. The boys crews faced off against each other, with 3 KWS Coxed Quad Sculls lining up at the start, and finishing an inevitable 1st, 2nd & 3rd place. The Year 8 girls faced tough competition, but finished strongly in the Finals to record 4th & 5th placings and 2nd in the B Final. Despite only the two KWS girls crews lining up in the Year 9 Coxed Quad Sculls, the race was on a knife edge, with one crew sneaking ahead across the line in both races.

Our senior crews faced off against Radford College in the Coxed Quad Sculls, and put in a strong race, but weren’t able to hold the speed entering the last part of the race. Those races resulted in a strong learning experience as all crews rowed more efficiently in their second races and put together a stronger and most consistent race. Just as our youngest rowers are learning from each race, our seniors need to learn from every row as they hone the art of rowing.

With just over 2 weeks until the next regatta, all crews are well positioned to develop the learning from the last regatta and build into the next important event for the season.

Tobias Wehr-Candler

Basketball Reports

The Grizzlies v The Brunks

KWS won 40-24

Right from the outset the team played positively, with fluent passing to players in space being the focus. Despite having many more shots than our opponents we struggled to convert our shots into points. Our opponents were comfortable shooting from well outside the key and were more efficient in their scoring. The game was in the balance until three quarter time, at which point, concerted pressure from our team yielded numerous turnovers and we quickly added to our points. I was impressed with the rapid progress and confidence shown by Lewis and Will, who made probing passes a feature. Alex contributed well to putting close pressure on his opponent. Peter, Mitch and Lochlan controlled much of the rebounding and transitioning down the court, as well as adding to the score. Lochlan and Mitch showed some excellent positioning and timing in the defensive key, often against superior numbers. Ryan also added some deft touches in attack. All up a pleasing start to the season.

Matthew Healey

Cricket Reports

Full match results can be viewed at http://kinrosswolaroischool.nsw.cricket.com.au/

1ST XI

Round 3 v Orange City, October 20 & 27

KWS hosted its first home game for the season against the defending premiers in a two-day fixture. The first day was highlighted by the weather, with a few interruptions but still a full days play was possible. Encouragingly, KWS batted almost the entire day, reaching 166 on a well prepared pitch. City bowled well which made scoring difficult but Ben Ronald (40) and Phoebe Litchfield (37no) helped give KWS a decent target to defend. The second day had much better weather and some returning Kinross students, Gus Cumming (3/57) and Charlie Greer, to assist with the bowling efforts. KWS made the chase hard for City but again the pitch provided very little for the bowlers and the opposition chased the total down after 63 overs with only four wickets down.

2ND XI

Round 3 v Orange City, October 20 & 27

The 2nd Grade KWS cricket team saw themselves up against Orange City for the 3rd round of the competition, and the first two day game of the season. The first day proved very tough as KWS were sent in to bat in tough, wet conditions. The team tried their best to withstand Orange City’s impressive bowling, but were eventually bowled out for 98. The day was cut short due to rain, with Orange City 1/25. The second day was much nicer conditions, and Orange City were able to slowly get the runs required for first innings success. George Cumming bowling extremely well, getting 7/29 off 15 overs. KWS were sent back into bat, and showed they are not an easy team to outright; ending the day 2/98: Tom Madigan with 37 n.o.

3RD XI

Round 2 v CYMS

KWS 86 (C Greaves 52no) lost to CYMS 4/87

Round 3 v Orange City

KWS 88 lost to City 181 (C Greaves 3/12)

CENTENARY CUP

Super Kings

Round 1 v CYMS

KWS 8/277 (B O’Brien 155, F Marais 29, H Goodlet 22) drew with CYMS 0/6 (Rain interrupted play)

Round 2 v Orange City

KWS 41 (H Goodlet 15) lost to Orange City 7/183 (J Davison 3/10)

KWS Blue

Round 1 v Orange City

KWS 8/139 (D Hunter 50, H Thompson 20) defeated Orange City 8/124 (D Tucker 2/13)

Round 2 v CYMS

KWS 6/151 (NA) defeated CYMS 48 (NA)

UNDER 15

KWS Scorches

Round 1 BYE

Round 2 v Orange City Gladiators

KWS 5/121 (J Rasmussen 51no) defeated City Gladiators 8/73 (W Englund 3/6, O Nuthall 2/9)

The Scorchers got their season off to a good start with a win against Orange City on Saturday. After being put in to bat the Scorchers mustered 121 for the loss of 5 wickets after 28 overs. The total was built around a fine 51 retired not out from Jono Rasmussen who impressed with his sound defence and ability to put the bad ball away for runs. He was well supported by Ollie Charlton who batted with great enterprise to finish undefeated on 19. The Scorchers restricted Orange City to 73 from their 28 overs and took 8 wickets in the process. Leading performers with the ball were Will Englund (3 for 6 from 4 overs), Oscar Nuthall ( 2 for 9 from 3 overs), Nelson Shepherd (1 for 3 from 4 overs) Jono Rasmussen (1 for 6 from 4 overs) and Arnie Tancred (0/1 from 4 overs). Seven of the 8 wickets taken were bowled. The remaining wicket came thanks to a stunning direct hit run out from Jono Rasmussen that plucked middle stump out of the ground. A big thankyou to all parents for their support and assistance on the day.

KWS Heat

Round 1 v KWS Royals

KWS Heat 7/137 (J Stuart 26, H Greatbatch 23, D Tucker 22, E Shaw 2/7) defeated KWS Royals 9/104 (C Tink 39, S Buckley 2/10, A McKenzie 2/0)

Round 2 v CYMS

KWS Heat 8/112 (H Sharpe 31) lost to CYMS 7/118 (S Gee 2/19)

A close loss for the U15's Heat vs CYMS on Sat 27th at Anzac Park. KWS won the toss and chose to bowl. After 28 overs CYMS were 7-118, a target that the boys felt that they were able to chase down. There was good support for our bowlers although we need to reduce our sundries. Sam Gee collected 2-19 from 3 overs. KWS missed the opportunity to hit the loose ball early on in our innings which put pressure on the later batsmen.

H Sharpe 31

A Stanniforth 14

H Pearce 11

KWS Royals

Round 1 v KWS Heat – see result above

The U14s Royals cricket side began their campaign in the U15’s ODJCA competition with a close 33 run loss to Kinross Heat. For many of our boys it was their first game of the season without much training, so to put up a very good fight against a strong year 8 team was what many of us thought a good start to the season, despite the loss. After winning the toss, we decided to have a bowl considering the wet outfield was in play. After a shaky start, we restricted our opponents to 7/137 after 28 overs, with many of our bowlers proving they were handy with the ball. Ethan Shaw was our main star, after collecting figures of 2/7. Dudley Shepherd, Hugh Thompson, Archie Baldwinson and myself were also amongst the action all taking one wicket each. Tom Storer also providing a run out from the Keeper’s end. We began our innings with an unfortunate start, losing two wickets after only two overs. As we began to build partnerships runs began to flow, but we than started to lose quick spurts of wickets near the end of our innings leaving us 33 runs short. Our middle order was one of our strongpoints with batters from 3-6 all reaching double figures. Dudley and Harry Priest both scoring quick fire 10‘s, Hugh Thompson scoring 12 off 18 deliveries and myself scoring 39. Many of the boys have definitely gained some confidence from the match and we will look forward to hopefully carrying some of that confidence into next week’s fixture against Orange City Warriors on Sharpe Oval. Written by Charlie Tink

Round 2 v Orange City Warriors

KWS 73 defeated City Warriors 68 (H Priest 4/2, T Storer 2/11, O Wong 2/2)

UNDER 13

KWS Sixers

Round 1 v BYE

Round 2 v Orange City Warriors

KWS 49 lost to City Warriors 3/157

KWS Girls Fever

Round 1 v CYMS Green

KWS 65 (M Murray 21) lost to CYMS Green 3/73

The KWS Fever started the season with a strong performance for the start of the season. Regardless of the weather each and every one of them banded together in what was a very entertaining but also a competitive game of cricket.

Julia Williams and Meg Murray started the day as the opening batters and both started very well playing out the first 7 overs. Meg continued to bat out the overs till drinks and unfortunately being bowled for a top score of 21 a marvelous inning for a marvellous player. On a bright note it was great for the girls to have the extras on the side with a total of 34. KWS Fever were all out for 65 in being a great start for the season. KWS Fever managed to bring in some extra fire power in Will Kerr and Will Fuller, in the 2nd ball of the innings a run out occurred giving Fever a good start. Both Wills bowling exceptionally only letting 13 runs between each other for 1 wicket. Hannah Arundell had the time of life claiming her first wicket technically on her first ball after two no balls prior. Pantsie Dwyer impressed the team with her bowling only letting 7 runs pass by. By doing the little things the wickets came such as walking in with the bowler and encouraging everyone to be their best.

The team went down by 7 wickets but that didn’t stop the fact that everyone enjoyed the first game of the season. With some little improvements to work on, each of them will be outstanding cricketers every one of them. Congratulations to all on the first game of the season and I’m looking forward to the many games to come.

Round 2 v CYMS Gold

KWS 41 (M Murray 24) lost to CYMS Gold 1/42

The KWS Fever had a tough day in the office playing against a strong Orange CYMS side. Unfortunately, the KWS Fever w

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