Sport

Armidale Diocese Open Netball trials

On Wednesday 3rd July the Armidale Open Girls Diocese Netball trials were held in Tamworth. A big thank you to Tanya Laird who ran trials and coached the team. Congratulations to Kiera Kerr, Gabbi Higgins, Isabella Bolsom, Mia Gentle, Brooke Thompson and Tarnee Ingram who made the Open Girls Diocese team. The girls will now compete at the NSWCCC Championships on Tuesday 27 August at Penrith. 

Interdiocese Girls Junior Soccer trials 

The Junior Girls Soccer team who won the Armidale Diocese Championships earlier in the term travelled to Coffs Harbour to challenge Mackillop College of Port Macquarie who won the Lismore Diocese Soccer Championships. The girls played really well before going down 4-2 against strong opposition. A big thank you to Bernie Williams, Rob Meppem and Georgia Sheppard for driving the bus, supporting and coaching the team. Thank you to Ryan Saban for organising the event. 

Jackson Medlock Futsal

Congratulations to Jackson Medlock who was selected in the under 16 National Futsal squad. He will train for 10 weeks every Sunday and the tournament starts on the 27th of September at the beginning of the holidays. They will have three days playing 5 games per day. Good luck Jackson.

Jayla Suey Rugby League and Basketball

In the last week of the school holidays Jayla Suey  competed in the PCYC Nations of Origin Rugby League Comp in Sydney for the Kamilaroi Team.

Jayla and her team went through all the rounds undefeated and finished the rounds first out of 19 teams. Unfortunately, they lost by 2 in the finals. Jayla was interviewed by National Indigenous Times and the PCYC NSW for her performance and sportsmanship during the competition. 

She was then recruited for the Nations of Origin Kamilaroi basketball team. 

The girls played incredibly well and ended up fourth place out of 10 teams.

Jayla also  traveled to Wollongong University for her official induction into the Australian Raptors U16s Women's Spain Tour Team. Congratulations Jayla

Armidale Diocese Athletics Championships Thursday 8 August

On Thursday 8 August the Armidale Secondary Athletics Championships were held in Tamworth. The College was well represented with 51 students participating across a number of events. 

There were some outstanding performances with Kallie Griffiths, Miley Jeffery, Maggie Highlands, Mia Gentle, Cailtlyn Costello, Felicity Shields, Neight Toomey, Tom Errington, Joshua Roach, Henry Weinthal, Jack Baiocchi, Sam Thompson, Adrian Lu, Noah Nolan, Isaac Edgar and Cooper Jones all qualifying for NSWCCC Athletics in Sydney on September 16.

Congratulations to Felicity Shields, 13 Year girls and Cooper Jones 13 Year boys, who were Diocese Age Champions. A big thank you to all students who came along to help out on events and the bbq/canteen, as well as Amy Gambrill, Rob Meppem and the canteen staff, Tanya Laird, and Sam Cox who helped out on the day as officials. 

Brad Mitchell

Sport Coordinator