Active & Alive 

Green and Gold Day

On Friday 2nd August, our school joined other schools from all over Australia on cheering on our Paris Olympians with green and gold day. Students and staff had the opportunity to dress up in those colours to show our support and appreicate to all our olympians on their quest for gold in Paris. 

School Sport Unit Tenpin Bowling Competition

22 students recently participated in a school trial to be selected in the primary and secondary ten pin bowling competition run by the School Sport Unit. Both teams will play in the Western qualification event in Week 4 for the opportunity to progress to the State finals in Term 4. Best of luck to Connor S, Heidi, Claire and Lewis for making the primary team with Harrison, Kohen, Leilana and Toby in the secondary team. The highest 4 scorers from the trials were selected in the team. 

Western Region Athletics Championships

On Friday 2nd August, Dylan, Libby, Egan and Felicity represented the school at the Western Region Secondary Athletics Championships in Dubbo. Feedback from Mrs Mortimer and Mrs Corcoran was that they were amazing and represented the school beautifully. Libby, Dylan and Felicity qualified for the Western team to go to the NSWCHS State Athletics Champions at Homebush in September by finishing in the top 2 in various events. 

Final results from the day were 

Wednesday Sport Fun

It is never a dull moment at Wednesday sport. Our mini golfers had to stop early during their first week of sport due to plovers hovering over the course. Despite the best efforts of our staff and Orange City Bowling Club, the plovers just wanted to join the fun which meant the round of golf had to be cut short. In great news, our golfers got to enjoy the course this week with less obstacles from above. 

Matthew Tabbernor

Sports Coordinator