The Huddle
Kambala Snowsports Shine at Sydney Division
Junior School
Our Junior School competitors had an outstanding competition winning medals in every skiing event they entered. The first day of competition saw our snowboarders hit the mountain and with Division 4 pair Siyi (Chloe), Wu and Ruby Lin winning Bronze in the Snowboard GS. Melody Li in Division 5 finished with a top ten finish in both Snowboard GS and Cross.
The Division 5 Alpine team of Lexi Ogane, Emma Kennedy, Olivia Rodriguez and Georgia Robertson won Gold in Alpine, a result that is most impressive as they have another year in this division! The girls went on to win Silver (Lexi and Olivia) and Bronze (Emma and Georgia) team medals in Skier Cross. Lexi Ogane won the Individual Silver medal in this event! Not to be outdone, the Division 4 Skier Cross team of Isadora Neale, Avery Lee and Piper Bell won Silver and then Bronze in Alpine.
In the Moguls Qualifier Lexi Ogane was the top performer in Division 5 and was invited to the State Championships. Emma Kennedy 3rd, Olivia Rodriguez 7th and Georgia Robertson 8th performed well in their first Moguls event.
Congratulations to everyone who took part as for many team members it was their first Interschools. Kambala team - Piper Bell, Ruby Lin, Emma Kennedy, Avery Lee, Sienna Littke, Isadora Neale, Lexi Ogane, Aurelia Qian, Georgia Roberston, Olivia Rodriguez, Siyi Wu, Sophia Zhang, Melody Li
Senior School
Our snowboarders had Kambala off to a great start with Ally Folsom and Frankie Johnston qualifying for State in Snowboard GS and Cross. Frankie won individual Gold and Silver in her events.
The skiers then hit the slopes and achieved strong results. The Division 2 Alpine team of Isabella Hupfau, Arabella Bugden, Claudia McKee and Lillian Brown finished 4th to progress to state. Isabella Hupfau also qualified for State in Skier Cross. Our Division 3 Alpine team of Ally Folsom, Sienna Howell, Billie Quick and Frankie Quick finished 5th and Sienna won the Individual Bronze medal! Sienna Howell and Frankie Quick combine to win Bronze in Skier Cross. Special mention to our only Year 12 competitor Charlotte McKee who had her final interschools competition in Skier Cross. It was great to have many new families join us in Perisher and we hope you return to competition next year.
Kambala Senior team - Lillian Brown,Arabella Bugden, Grace Campion, Ally Folsom, Zahara Gregory, Sienna Howell, Isabella Hupfau, Frankie Johnston, Bianca Littke, Charlotte McKee, Claudia McKee, Billie Quick, Frankie Quick,
Kath Sambell OLY
Director of Sport
NSW State Cross Country
The NSW State Cross Country Championships were held at the International Equestrian Centre and our Kambala girls excelled. Year 12 Gabriella Gamerov was competing for NSWCIS for the first time and finished 19th in NSW in the 18 years 6km race. 12-year-old Aria Calabro finished 9th in NSW in the 12 years. We are thrilled to announce she has been selected to compete in the NSW team at the 2024 Australian Cross Country Championships along with Junior School runner Olivia Boulton. Olivia also competed at State but unfortunately both she and Alexia Coburn were unwell, and Olivia finished a brave 45th while Alexia had to withdraw from the NSWCIS team.
Ms Kath Sambell OLY
Director of Sport
Tennis Achievement
Over the holidays Mila Duchen Year 10 competed in the Rod Laver Queensland State Championships. Mila and her doubles partner were runners up in the U16 Doubles competition. Well done Mila!
Learn To Play Badminton
The inaugural Learn to Play Badminton sessions commenced last Saturday at Badminton Worx. Year 4 started the morning first learning the basics of serving and receiving and their progress was impressive. They were followed by the Year 5 and 6 group who were already talking about match play at the end of the session and looking forward to progressing their skills to play ‘real’ games. Thank you to our coaches Ethan, Matthew and Natasha for their work with the girls who all reported they can’t wait to return to Badminton next week!
Kath Sambell OLY
Director of Sport
Junior School Athletics
Our Junior School Athletes have been braving the wintry conditions to attend sprint training on the oval each Monday and Wednesday morning 7.15-8am. The girls have been working on starts, acceleration, speed and correct technique.
Kath Sambell OLY
Director of Sport