The Huddle
NSW Netball Regional Finals
On Wednesday 3 September I had the pleasure of watching our Year 6A netball team compete in the NSW Netball Schools Cup Regional Finals. The team played four round games throughout the day, finishing at the top of their division. They then progressed to the semi-final and ultimately to the Grand Final.
In the final match they faced William Clarke College and secured a convincing victory, winning 21–5! The team has now qualified for the State Final where they will compete to be crowned the best primary school netball team in NSW.
While their performance on the court was outstanding, what made the day even more special was the way they represented Kambala. The girls demonstrated exceptional sportsmanship, teamwork, and behaviour throughout the event.
We are very proud of all of them.
Big congratulations to super coach Vicki Bassil who has led this team to victory throughout the whole season.
Team members: Alexia Coburn, Charlotte Holmner, Harper Dunlop, Madeleine Schmidt, Sylvia Fowler, Zoe Learmonth, Zoe Mackay and Zoe Tzaneros.
Ms Brigitte Athas
Sports Administrator
Netball Semi-Final Success
It was a massive weekend for Kambala netball, with 8 out of our 16 teams progressing to the RNA semi-finals this season – and 7 of those making it into major semis. We're thrilled to announce that 5 teams have now secured their place in the Grand Final!
Kambala 1 continued their undefeated streak, dominating the court with an incredible 20+ goal win. They've been a powerhouse all season and Saturday’s performance showed just why.
Kambala 2 made history becoming the first Senior B team from Kambala to ever reach the RNA Grand Final. Their determination, grit and belief have been nothing short of inspiring.
Kambala 7 are a team of Year 11 friends, including some who only started playing this year. They delivered one of the standout performances defeating our neighbours KRB by more than 30 goals! A true testament to the power of friendship and teamwork in sport.
Kambala 10 has been dominant all season and showed their class once again, playing outstanding netball to earn a convincing win and book their place in the final.
Kambala 14, who were moved up a division mid-season, have remained undefeated. In an epic semi-final clash against top team Mascot, they held their nerve through extra time and came out victorious. What a game!
Meanwhile, Kambala 13 Years Blue and Kambala 12 both had narrow defeats in tight matches. They'll get one more chance this weekend to secure a spot in the Grand Final. We're backing them all the way!
A special mention to Kambala 13, who didn't win a single game last year but made it all the way to the semi-finals this season – an incredible achievement that reflects their hard work and growth.
Congratulations to all our teams – we’re so proud of your efforts, sportsmanship, and spirit. Let’s bring it home!
Senior Tennis Championships
The Senior Tennis Championships were played on Thursday 28 August and were a fantastic display of skill, sportsmanship and competitive spirit. It was a great day with even greater tennis played by all involved.
In the Singles Final, Arabella and Mila battled it out in a high-quality match, with Arabella coming out on top to claim the title.
The Doubles Final saw Arabella team up with Mila to face Laura and Emma. After some exciting rallies and close games, Mila and Arabella were victorious, securing the doubles championship as well.
Congratulations to all players on a successful day of Tennis!
Ms Brigitte Athas
Sports Administrator
NSWCIS Athletics
Our Junior School 10 and under Relay team drew inspiration from their Senior School counterparts after having a final training session together. The team of Francesca Brown, Isabella Jabboury, Georgie Ross and Sage Somerville won Silver at the NSWCIS to secure a spot for the upcoming PSSA State Championships. Kambala had great success in the individual events. Isabella Jabboury won the 10 years High Jump, increasing her personal best to 1.31m, an incredible feat when she is only 1.37m tall.
Sage Somerville and Isabella finished with Silver and Bronze in the Long Jump to progress to State. They also contested the 100m with Isabella winning the Bronze and Sage in 4th place. Our 8-year-old sprinter Maelys Paoli just missed qualifying for State finishing 4th in the 100m, she will be an athlete to watch develop in coming years. Claudia Fern- Lee had a busy day competing in Field events finishing 11th in the Long Jump and 15th in the Shot Put.
Ms Kath Sambell OLY
Director of Sport
NSW PSSA Touch Football Championships
Congratulations to Claudia Fern-Lee who recently represented CIS at the NSW PSSA Touch Football Championships in Dubbo. Claudia made history as the first Kambala student to be selected for a CIS Touch Football team – an outstanding milestone given the depth of talent within our Touch Football program over the years. Across three days of competition, Claudia and her team played an incredible 12 games against the best primary school players in NSW, finishing a very respectable 7th overall.
We are so proud of Claudia for this remarkable achievement and the way she represented both CIS and Kambala with skill and determination.
Mr Tim Doyle
Junior School Sports Coordinator
Australian Snowsports Championships
Outstanding performances were achieved by our Kambala Snowsports team at the Australian Championships. The Junior School finished overall 5th in Australia, an outstanding result. Our Division 5 Snowboarders and Cross-Country Classic teams
narrowly missed the podium finishing 4th in their events.
Division 5 (Year 3/4)
Snowboard Cross Team 4th - Lexi Ogane 12th, Lexie Gao 18th, Zhinuo (Melody) LI 28th
Snowboard GS Team 4th - Lexi Ogane 8th, Lexie Gao 16th, Zhinuo (Melody) LI 24th
Cross Country Classic Team 4th - Emma Kennedy 14th, Lexi Ogane 15th, Olivia Roidriguez 31st
Cross Country Relay Team 5th - Lexi Ogane, Olivia Rodriguez, Emma Kennedy
Alpine Team 10th - Lexi Ogane 34th, Olivia Rodriguez 41st, Emma Kennedy 45th, Georgia Robertson 46th
Moguls Team 10th - Georgia Robertson 28th, Lexi Ogane 29th, Emma Kennedy 36th
Skier Cross Team Team 11th Lexi Ogane 16th, Emma Kennedy 42nd, Olivia Rodriguez 47th
Division 4 Isadora Neale Alpine 51st, Skier Cross 53rd
The Senior School team finished 10th overall in Australia and there were impressive individual and team results. Our Captains led by example with Isabella Hupfau winning bronze with the Division 1 Alpine team of Lillian Brown, Sienna Howell and Claudia McKee.
This achievement is more remarkable given Year 9 Sienna and Year 10 Lillian should be competing down in Division 2! Snowboard Captain Frankie Johnston always performs at her best and finished 9th in Australia in both Snowboard GS and Snowboard Cross. Frankie always supports all the teams all over the mountain when she is not competing.
The Division 2 Cross Country Relay team were the big surprise of the Nationals with Arabella Spence and Natalia Desmond only competing in Cross Country for the first time this year and together with Sienna Howell finished 4th in Australia beating a number of schools that train on snow every weekend in Victoria! Sienna Howell raced against girls 3 years older than her to complete the Division 1 team so her top ten results in Alpine and Moguls were outstanding.
Division 2
Cross Country Relay Team 4th Natalia Desmond, Arabella Spence, Sienna Howell
Cross Country Classic Natalia Desmond 16th
Division 1
Alpine Team Bronze - Sienna Howell 10th, Isabella Hupfau 13th, Lillian Brown 42nd, Claudia McKee 48th
Skier Cross Team 8th - Isabella Hupfau 23rd, Sienna Howell 27th, Lillian Brown 46th
Moguls - Sienna Howell 9th
Snowboard Cross Frankie Johnston 9th
Snowboard GS Frankie Johnston 9th
Cross Country Classic Team 7th Claudia McKee 17th, Lillian Brown 18th, Emily Duffy 19th
Cross Country Relay Team 7th Claudia McKee, Lillian Brown, Emily Duffy
Slopestyle Ski Claudia McKee 20th
Ms Kath Sambell OLY
Director of Sport
Record number of Athletes selected in the IGSA Athletics Team!
Congratulations to the following girls who have been selected in the IGSA Athletics team. They will compete at the NSWCIS Championships on September 23. We are thrilled to have our largest representation of athletes to compete at NSWCIS.
IGSA Athletics Representatives
Olivia Boulton 3000m. Aria Calabro 3000m, Elizabeth Coulston 100m and Relay, Araminta Dusseldorp Relay, Annabelle Ferguson Javelin, Gia Goldberg Relay, Margot Hindmarsh Long Jump, Savanna Kirkwood Discus, Javelin and Shot Put, Alina Meers Hurdles, 100m Long Jump, Triple Jump, Relay, Sophie Ross Relay Piper Sweeny 800m and 1500m.
Talia Gamerov was also selected in the 400m but will focus on competing at the NSW All Schools Championships.
Ms Kath Sambell OLY
Director of Sport
Senior Tennis Championships
The Senior Tennis Championships were played on Thursday 28 August and were a fantastic display of skill, sportsmanship and competitive spirit. It was a great day with even greater tennis played by all involved.
In the Singles Final, Arabella and Mila battled it out in a high-quality match, with Arabella coming out on top to claim the title.
The Doubles Final saw Arabella team up with Mila to face Laura and Emma. After some exciting rallies and close games, Mila and Arabella were victorious, securing the doubles championship as well.
Congratulations to all players on a successful day of Tennis!
Brigitte Athas
Sports Administrator
NSWCIS Athletics
Our Junior School 10 and under Relay team drew inspiration from their Senior School counterparts after having a final training session together. The team of Francesca Brown, Isabella Jabboury, Georgie Ross and Sage Somerville won Silver at the NSWCIS to secure a spot for the upcoming PSSA State Championships. Kambala had great success in the individual events. Isabella Jabboury won the 10 years High Jump, increasing her personal best to 1.31m, an incredible feat when she is only 1.37m tall. Sage Somerville and Isabella finished with Silver and Bronze in the Long Jump to progress to State. They also contested the 100m with Isabella winning the Bronze and Sage in 4th place. Our 8 year old sprinter Maelys Paoli just missed qualifying for State finishing 4th in the 100m, she will be an athlete to watch develop in coming years. Claudia Fern- Lee had a busy day competing in Field events finishing 11th in the Long Jump and 15th in the Shot Put.
Kath Sambell OLY
Director of Sport
NSW PSSA Touch Football Championships
Congratulations to Claudia Fern-Lee who recently represented CIS at the NSW PSSA Touch Football Championships in Dubbo. Claudia made history as the first Kambala student to be selected for a CIS Touch Football team – an outstanding milestone given the depth of talent within our Touch Football program over the years. Across three days of competition, Claudia and her team played an incredible 12 games against the best primary school players in NSW, finishing a very respectable 7th overall. We are so proud of Claudia for this remarkable achievement and the way she represented both CIS and Kambala with skill and determination.
Tim Doyle Junior School Sports Coordinator
Australian Snowsports Championships
Outstanding performances were achieved by our Kambala Snowsports team at the Australian Championships. The Junior School finished overall 5th in Australia, an outstanding result. Our Division 5 Snowboarders and Cross Country Classic teams
narrowly missed the podium finishing 4th in their events.
Division 5 (Year 3/4)
Snowboard Cross Team 4th - Lexi Ogane 12th, Lexie Gao 18th, Zhinuo (Melody) LI 28th
Snowboard GS Team 4th - Lexi Ogane 8th, Lexie Gao 16th, Zhinuo (Melody) LI 24th
Cross Country Classic Team 4th - Emma Kennedy 14th, Lexi Ogane 15th, Olivia Roidriguez 31st
Cross Country Relay Team 5th - Lexi Ogane, Olivia Rodriguez, Emma Kennedy
Alpine Team 10th - Lexi Ogane 34th, Olivia Rodriguez 41st, Emma Kennedy 45th, Georgia Robertson 46th
Moguls Team 10th - Georgia Robertson 28th, Lexi Ogane 29th, Emma Kennedy 36th
Skier Cross Team Team 11th Lexi Ogane 16th, Emma Kennedy 42nd, Olivia Rodriguez 47th
Division 4 Isadora Neale Alpine 51st, Skier Cross 53rd
The Senior School team finished 10th overall in Australia and there were impressive individual and team results. Our Captains led by example with Isabella Hupfau winning bronze with the Division 1 Alpine team of Lillian Brown, Sienna Howell and Claudia McKee. This achievement is more remarkable given Year 9 Sienna and Year 10 Lillian should be competing down in Division 2! Snowboard Captain Frankie Johnston always performs at her best and finished 9th in Australia in both Snowboard GS and Snowboard Cross. Frankie always supports all the teams all over the mountain when she is not competing. The Division 2 Cross Country Relay team were the big surprise of the Nationals with Arabella Spence and Natalia Desmond only competing in Cross Country for the first time this year and together with Sienna Howell finished 4th in Australia beating a number of schools that train on snow every weekend in Victoria! Sienna Howell raced against girls 3 years older than her to complete the Division 1 team so her top ten results in Alpine and Moguls were outstanding.
Division 2
Cross Country Relay Team 4th Natalia Desmond, Arabella Spence, Sienna Howell
Cross Country Classic Natalia Desmond 16th
Division 1
Alpine Team Bronze - Sienna Howell 10th, Isabella Hupfau 13th, Lillian Brown 42nd, Claudia McKee 48th
Skier Cross Team 8th - Isabella Hupfau 23rd, Sienna Howell 27th, Lillian Brown 46th
Moguls - Sienna Howell 9th
Snowboard Cross Frankie Johnston 9th
Snowboard GS Frankie Johnston 9th
Cross Country Classic Team 7th Claudia McKee 17th, Lillian Brown 18th, Emily Duffy 19th
Cross Country Relay Team 7th Claudia McKee, Lillian Brown, Emily Duffy
Slopestyle Ski Claudia McKee 20th
Kath Sambell OLY
Director of Sport
Record number of Athletes selected in the IGSA Athletics Team!
Congratulations to the following girls who have been selected in the IGSA Athletics team. They will compete at the NSWCIS Championships on September 23. We are thrilled to have our largest representation of athletes to compete at NSWCIS.
IGSA Athletics Representatives
Olivia Boulton 3000m. Aria Calabro 3000m, Elizabeth Coulston 100m and Relay, Araminta Dusseldorp Relay, Annabelle Ferguson Javelin, Gia Goldberg Relay, Margot Hindmarsh Long Jump, Savanna Kirkwood Discus, Javelin and Shot Put, Alina Meers Hurdles, 100m Long Jump, Triple Jump, Relay, Sophie Ross Relay Piper Sweeny 800m and 1500m.
Talia Gamerov was also selected in the 400m but will focus on competing at the NSW All Schools Schools Championships.
Kath Sambell OLY
Director of Sport