Senior School Sport &
Co-curricular

Equestrian

At the beginning of June, the KWS equestrian team consisting of 33 riders headed to Coonabarabran for the North West Equestrian Expo, Australia's largest high school interschool equestrian event. Once again, the students were fabulous ambassadors for the school, with well-prepared horses, demonstrating great sportsmanship, fantastic comradery and support of each other within the camp and bought home a swag full of ribbons.

Our team was lead by Jess Taylor and consisted of Olivia Gordon, Mackenzie Mitchell, Isla Robb, Matilda Whitley, Lilian Granger, Charlotte Pearce, Lily Englund, Elke Richens, Millie Taylor, Mim Day, Sid Weston, Stella Davis, Amy Caldwell, Audrey Pearce, Eliza Tozer, Eadie Wilson, Isabella Pearce, Lillian Pearce, Imogen Thurgate, Lily McBeath, Ava Rouse, Erica Stuart, Isabella Lloyd-George, Holly Bennett, Ryan Weston, Tom Day, Zoe Stevenson, Jackson Raffen, Hannah Goodsir, Lucia Varian, Claire Nelson.

Results;

Combine Training (dressage & showjumping)

CT 1 - Isla 3rd, Eliza 5th, Holly 5th, Jackson 7th, Zoe 9th, Erica 12th

CT2 - Amy 1st, Isabella P 3rd, Lil P 5th, Millie 7th

CT3 - Elke 4th, Lucia 8th, Matilda 10th

CT4 - Hannah 5th

Eventing (dressage, showjump, cross country)

80cm - Isabella 10th, Tom 10th

65cm - Claire 1st, Lil G 1st, Charlotte 2nd, Stella 7th

Pentathlon - Ryan 3rd

Working Horse Challenge - Olivia 12yrs 1st, Isabella P 16yrs 4th

Six bar jumping - Hannah =4th

Freestyle dressage – Amy 4th, Lucia 6th

Polocrosse A grade – KWS 1 (Ryan, Zoe, Sid) 3rd

Showjumping – Charlotte 65cm Champion, 65cm- Lil G 5th & 3rd, Elke 1st, Ava 3rd, Lily M 5th,

80cm – Stella 3rd, Tom 4th

95cm – Lilly R 4th

Dressage – Amy 1st & 3rd, Jess 4th & 5th, Lucia 7th & 8th

Warrumbungle Way – Ryan 2nd

Sporting – Sid 15yrs reserve champion, Ryan 1st, Matilda 3rd, Erica 5th, Imogen 5th, Mim 5th

Team barrels – Erica, Eadie, Zoe 6th, Sid, Ryan, Tom 9th

Team hunt – Isla, Lilly, Matilda, Elke 5th

A big thank you to the wonderful parents that support their children in this sport, you are as busy as they are at events like this. Not to mention the build up beforehand, thank you.

We now look forward to competing at the OAGS event after the holidays, the end of July.

Bardi Mannix

MIC Equestrian

CIS Cross Country Championships

Kinross Wolaroi School participated in the CIS Cross Country Championships across various age groups for both primary and secondary levels. The event, hosted at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre, featured over 500 students from 50 schools and attracted approximately 1,000 spectators. Despite challenging wet conditions due to recent heavy rain, the championships offered demanding courses with diverse terrain.

Highlights:

Skye Napier showcased dedication and competitive spirit by finishing 23rd out of 63 participants in the 14-year-old girls' category.
Ash Robinson demonstrated perseverance, securing 36th place out of 74 competitors in his age group.
Maxwell Horne displayed resilience throughout the race, finishing 46th out of 76 participants.
The U15 Girls Team, comprising Alice Dymock, Rahni Jarick, Alloway Whittle, and Anna Childs, showed significant improvement from their previous race at AICES, earning 2nd place. Their performance highlighted teamwork and determination.

Congratulations to all of our 2024 CIS Cross Country Representatives for their commendable achievements and contributions to the event.

Rugby

Last Friday our Girls Rugby players were treated to an outstanding opportunity. Thanks to our Rugby Club, Wallaroo Emily Chancellor came to Orange for the day to work with our girls. Adding to this experience, former Wallaroo Captain and ex-student Grace Hamilton had just returned home from playing in France, so our girls were gifted the chance to work with two female Australian Rugby legends.

The girls were put through a number of skills drills that focused on catch and pass, support lines and the contact areas of the game. Our girls were then offered the opportunity to mingle and ask questions. As we continue to develop our Girls Rugby Program, we look forward to taking the learnings from this session and applying them to our upcoming games.

Given the long weekend and then the decision to cancel our most recent games, there is little to report from Boys Rugby however in exciting news a number of our boys have been selected to represent ISA at the upcoming NSW Schools selection trials. Congratulations to Oscar Cleary, Jack Tink, Patrick Toberty, Sam Fabar, Harry Shea and Shep Taylor who were selected in the Opens squads. Congratulations also go to Lachlan De Vries, Pio Sinisa, Tom Tink and Angus Peterson who were selected in the U16s squads. We wish them the best of luck.