Achievements
A number of ASC students competed in the State Touch Finals in Dubbo, playing in the Armidale Bushrangers team.
Their results were one of the best Armidale Touch association had seen in their time of attending the state cup. Jamarl Widders and Marley Griffiths were awarded player of the competition and most improved for the Armidale team.
From there Yr 7 students Kai Prater and Edward Lockwood were chosen to trial for a spot in the Northern Eagles teams.
A big Congratulations to Edward Lockwood on his selection in the Under 12’s Boys team to participate at the Junior Regionals held in Mudgee on 27th-28th April.
Luke Rees
Luke Rees (Yr 9) has been selected to be a member of the Department of Student Voices in Education and Schools and has travelled to Sydney for his induction.
Luke visited NSW Parliament House and met with Deputy Premier and Minister for Education Prue Car and Secretary of the Department Murat Dizdar, where Luke received his badge. Following that the DOVES attended a leadership workshop at Apple's Sydney HQ.
Luke has been an outstanding representative of our school community and will be a strong voice for regional schools at future council meetings.
This is awesome, congratulations Luke.
Also, thank you to Mr Patrick Lane for accompanying Luke to Sydney.
Congratulations to Skye Vaughan in Year 11 who traveled to Sydney to accept her Year 10 Academic Achievement Award from the University of Sydney.
What an achievement, we are very proud!
North West Schools Sports Association (SSA)
A very big congratulations goes to these four year 8 girls, Lydia Sewell, Sophie O'Connell, Connie Burgess & Renee Murdock who competed in the relay at Armidale pool.
The girls came a wonderful 3rd and now they will be heading to Sydney in May to compete in the NSW Combined High Schools (CHS).
Fantastic achievement girls.
A massive congratulations to the Open Girls Cricket Team.
North West Rugby League
Congrats to 4 girls from ASC who have been selected in the NW Rugby League side.
Masie Moran, Leilani Simon, Sara Dixon and Laura Grant (not in photo). Congratulations girls!
Awesome effort girls!
CRICKET CHAMPIONS
The open girls cricket travelled to Bathurst from the 25th - 27th of March to play in the state finals of the Marie Cornish Plate. On the Tuesday, the girls versed Westfields Sports High School who were a tough opponent on a wet wicket. Unfortunately, Westfields got the win in on the day.
The journey did not finish there though, on Wednesday 27th there was a game for third place against Orange High School. Sophie Parsons won the toss and elected to bat. Sophie batted magnificently at the top of the order scoring 105 runs not out. Samantha Marshall dug in deep to put a good partnership in and scored a gritty 11. The whole team were able to hang on and were able to score 150 by the end of their innings.
The fielding innings was an all-round team display with the bowlers having a sharing in the wickets. Brooke Moran took 2 in the first over and was unlucky to not get her hattrick. Lailani Simon took 3 wickets which included a great caught and bowled. Maddison Bull and Alynyah Moran also getting wickets.
The girls ended up winning the match by 102 runs and were crowned the best comprehensive high school in the state. Thank you to all of the girls for their hard work, commitment, teamwork and sportsmanship over the three days.
Thank you to Mr Andrew Curry and Mr Andrew Watkins for taking the time to drive the girls down and support them.
North West Girls
Alexis Lockwood, Brooke Moran and Nahri Slater-Saunders were selected into the North West Touch team they travelled to Mudgee to compete in the CHS girls U/15 touch
carnival all girls did amazing, Congratulations girls!
Congratulations to Tia Slater-Saunders, Year 10
Being selected in the girls NIAS/UAA 2024 Rugby League Sqaud.
TOUCH FOOTBALL Gala Day
Boys team won the Gala day and the girls were Runners up for their comp.
Well done everyone.
Exciting News Alert!
We're thrilled to announce that ASC Year 7, 8 and 10 won the Northern NSW Regional competition of the da Vinci Decathlon, hosted at TAS, and our Year 9s placed third.
Their outstanding performance has earned them a spot in the State competition in Sydney, where they'll be showcasing their talents against other schools from across NSW.
A huge congratulations to our incredible students - your hard work and dedication have paid off!
Let's continue to cheer them on as they embark on this next stage of the competition.
Celebrating our Mathletes.
On March 27th, our brilliant academic mathematicians took on the first math competition of the year, Kangourou sans Frontières - the world's largest math competition, boasting over 6 million participants annually.
Here are the outstanding results (provisional):
High Distinctions:
Year 7: Billiam Andersson
Year 10: Hugh Watson-Rote
Distinctions:
Year 8: Tim Flavel, Reuben Kenedy, Tristan Todd
Year 10: Dezi Suddaby
Credits:
Year 7: Benjamin Kirkaldy
Year 8: Thomas McDonagh, Tilly Wise
Year 9: Brooke Hellyar
Year 10: Jay Gates, Rachel Gooley, Daniel Hellyar, Akash Islam, Alma Kanety, Soren McCarthy Wilkie, Hugo Moulynox, Edward Rowe-Dawson, Oliver Rush
What an impressive display of mathematical prowess! Congratulations to all our participants for such excellent achievements!
