From the Head of Sport

This weekend we have all our teams at home so I am looking forward to a big Home Day.

The BMGS Touring Rugby team will be running a barbeque on the day so everyone is encouraged to support them. If you are available to help out either in the canteen on the BBQ please email Mr Michielsen on amichielsen@bmgs.nsw.edu.au

Congratulations - Rowing

Last Saturday afternoon Year 9 students Jessica Harris and Sophia Whitelaw represented BMGS by competing in the 2023 Rowing NSW Independent Schools championship Regatta.

They achieved Silver medal in the SGYr10 2x Schoolgirl Year 10 Double Scull. Narrowly missing out on Gold to Kinross with Tara coming in at Third place. A wonderful result for two dedicated BMGS rowers.

Mountain Biking

We currently have a number of students who are competing in School Mountain Biking competitions. As a result we have designed a BMGS top that can be worn for these events. The Uniform Shop would like to place an order for these tops prior to the end of term. Could any students who would like to purchase one of these tops attend the uniform shop to check sizing and place order. 

Australian Schools Basketball Tournament

BMGS will be sending two teams to the Australian Schools Basketball tournament over the next week. I wish all the players the very best. This is a great opportunity to work on the skills that have been drilled at training.

Please watch the Basketball Tour page on MyBMGS for further information.

Triathlon

The NSW All Schools Triathlon will be held on the 22nd February 2024. If you ride a bike, run or swim and are interested in putting in a team in the Junior, Intermediate or Senior division, please come and see me in the sports office.  I have placed a clipboard on the bench at my office. If you have a team, list them on this. If you are an individual without a team, list the leg you would like to do.

Distances for each age group are listed below:

Juniors 12, 13, 14 years                     400 m SWIM              10 Km CYCLE            3 Km RUN

Intermediates 15, 16 years               600 m SWIM              15 Km CYCLE            4 Km RUN

Seniors 17, 18, 19 years                    750 m SWIM              20 Km CYCLE            5 Km RUN

Sporting Fixtures Saturday, 25th November

Mrs Megan Harris

Head of Sport

Tennis

Last Saturday we went back to Orange , with the Odds team playing against Scots All Saints. Our Evens team had a Bye. I would like to commend Hugo Lewczak, who after a week of being on Year 8 camp, turned up on Saturday morning to play tennis. Thanks to Chris Lewczak who drove Hugo to Orange and watched him play.

It was a lovely warm and sunny day in Orange and we started off with our Doubles matches. Whilst being unsuccessful, they were often very close with many times having to have a tie-break to complete the set. 

In our Singles, Neil played a very entertaining match with some excellent rallies and winners. Unfortunately, his opponent was too strong overall. Hugo Hammon was unlucky in his match, losing 2 sets to 1, with his opponent winning both of the tie-break sets. Jed had a good game against his opponent, but she also proved too strong.

Alex had a good win in his match. Noah, after losing the first set, turned his match around to win the next two sets in tie-breakers. Hugo Lewczak also had a good win in his Singles match, winning the match tie breaker convincingly.

Overall, the score was a loss 14 sets to 7. 

Interested in playing tennis or learning more about the game? 

You are warmly invited to a Tennis Open Day – see flyer below.

Mrs Catherine van Gelderen

MIC Tennis