Sport
CCC Soccer
CCC Basketball
Cochrane Cup
On Thursday June 13th our U14 Boys and 7-10 Girls travelled to Inverell, to compete in the Cochrane Cup/League Tag Gala Day. The girls won their first game against Holy Trinity, and narrowly lost their other two games in some entertaining football. The boys played some tough, skillful footy, winning all four games against; St Philomena's, McCarthy, St Mary's and Holy Trinity. The lads will now progress through to a Finals Gala Day, in Port Macquarie, in a few weeks time. Congratulations and well done!
Hockey
Tyler Riggall and Andrew Knight represented Hockey New England at the U16s State Championships in Grafton last weekend. The team played very well and maintained their place in the Division 1 group, finishing 8th in the State.
Equestrian
Results and photos from our students who represented O'Connor at the 2024 North West Equestrian Expo.
Polocrosse – Division 1
Riders: Ava McFayden, Darcy Jones and Jade McFayden
O’Connor played 2 Polocrosse Grading Games in which they won 2 games and lost 1, this then put the team into the B Grade. In B Grade they won 1 and lost 2 games only being knocked out of the final by one goal.
Darcy played her first games of polocrosse in the top division with grit and tenacity.
Abi Van Eyk had her first polocrosse game in the Division 2 and had an absolute blast – all O’Connor students and friends cheering Abi on from the sideline.
Working Horse Challenge
Riders – Ava McFayden, Abi Van Eyk, Jade McFayden and Darcy Jones
Jade was a finalist in the working horse challenge placing in the top 10.
Warrumbungle Way
Riders – Ava McFayden, Abi Van Eyk, Jade McFayden and Darcy Jones
Darcy Jones placed 5th
Team Penning
Ava McFayden, Jade McFayden and Darcy Jones
In the 1st round O’Connor qualified under time and all cattle in the pen.
2nd round – ran out of time.
3rd round – fastest time all cattle in, then cattle broke out of the pen, and they were knocked out of round 3.
O’Connor ended up 8th overall in the team penning in Division 1, a huge effort !
Sporting
Riders – Ava McFayden, Abi Van Eyk, Jade McFayden and Darcy Jones
Jade placed 3rd in the Flag race and Darcy Jones placed 4th out of a large group of competitors.
Team Barrel Race
Jade, Abi and Darcy competed in this event, finishing with a fast time however not quite quick enough for a placing.
Hack Show/Ring Events
Abi Van Eyk competed in the ring events, narrowly missing a place in her division.
Team of Four
Riders – Ava McFayden, Abi Van Eyk, Jade McFayden and Darcy Jones
The team presented beautifully and stayed together for the entire class, just missing a placing.
