Sports Shorts
Combined High Schools (CHS) Athletics
Fifteen students competed at the CHS Athletics Championships at Homebush last term.
- Georgia Portelli won a gold medal in the 15 years Girls javelin. Outstanding result Georgia! She also placed 8th in discus.
- Brandon Po won a sliver medal in the 13 years Boys 100m.
- Edwin Tarawali placed 5th in the 15 years Boys 100m.
13 years boys 4x 100m relay team (Brandon Po, Cayden Boyter, Stefan Konjevic, Antoni Prostizenovski) placed 5th in the final.
Cayden Boyter placed 6th in the 13 years boys high jump and 8th in discus. Zaria Korkis placed 7th in the 14 years Boys 200m.
12 years boys 4x100m relay team (Taye Sahib, Midason Sou, Isaac Doan, Milan Subotic) placed 8th.
13 years girls 4x100m relay team (Jorja Jackson, Evelyn Hay, Mary Sou, Chelsea Comer) placed 13th.
Congratulations to our star athletes and we look forward to future success.
NSW All Schools Athletics
Huge congratulations to Georgia Portelli who won the silver medal in the 15 years Girls Javelin event at the NSW All Schools Athletic
Championships. Brandon Po also won a silver medal in the 13 years Boys 100m. These two star athletes have had fantastic seasons and we wish them well in the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships in Cairns in December.
Football
Congratulations to Jarred McKinley for his continued outstanding
performances in football this year. He was an integral member of his NSW team who won the Gold medal and crowned National Champions at the School Sport Australia Boys U16 National Championships in Victoria.
Jarred’s superb displays were rewarded with his selection in the All Australian team to tour England next January. This is a truly outstanding achievement. Jarred becomes only the third student from Cecil Hills High School to reach this representative level in football. We wish Jarred all the best for his tour next year.
Year 7 Gala Day
In week 7, our students competed in the Bernera Zone Year 7 Gala Day. The boys participated in Soccer, Hockey, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball and AFL while the girls played Basketball, Oztag Softball and Ultimate Frisbee. A number of our teams achieved success on the day:
Pool Winners - Girls Oztag (x2), Girls Basketball, Girls Ultimate Frisbee, Boys Soccer (x2). Pool Runners-up - Girls Oztag, Boys Ultimate Frisbee, Boys AFL
Congratulations to all our students for their efforts at the Gala Days, all displaying good levels of skill, enthusiasm and sportsmanship. A big thank you to the Yr 9 and 10 student helpers for their refereeing and coaching. Your leadership and maturity was outstanding. Your assistance is very much appreciated by the students and PDHPE staff.
Oztag
Congratulations to our Yr7/8 Boys Oztag team who competed at the State Champions of Champions tournament recently. The boys were very competitive, winning two of their four pool games. They unfortunately went down 5-4 in the dying seconds of their quarter final match. A big thank you to Mr Dunn for his coaching of the team. Well done boys.
Grade Sport
A successful winter competition saw all 24 teams qualify for the semi-finals and 13 teams qualify for the finals. We had 7 Premiers and 6 Runners-Up. The summer competition has resumed this term. We wish all our teams the best for the remainder of the competition.
Knockout Competitions
U15 Girls Basketball - round 4 Lost to East Hills Girls High School; third place play-off defeated Leumeah High School.
Mr B Condon, Sports Organiser