Girls Rugby League Killa 9’s

Congratulations to the Girls Rugby League Killa 9's team who played Wednesday 1 November in the Regional Finals at Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School. The girls played really well defeating Oxley 3 tries to 1, Moree 3 tries to 1 before going down to a very strong St Joseph's Aberdeen team 5 tries to 1. The girls played incredibly well on a hot day with limited reserves. Thank you to Tanya Laird and Jorja Barnett for all their help.

The team included; Ellie Crompton, Emily Dietrich, Lily Dow, Isobel Murray, Lucy Pascoe, Bonni Porter, Addison Reid, Ashyla Strudwick, Jayla Suey, Lily Walker, Zara Wise, Amber Wright and Ellie Mckechnie.

Congratulations to Jayla Suey who was named in the Under 16 NSW Waratahs Northern Regional Academy U16 Girls Rugby Union team. This is an exciting new program that has not been offered before in NSW for this age group. This is another great achievement for Jayla.

Jayla Suey's induction was Saturday morning 28 October, into the Rabbitohs 2024 Lisa Fiaola Under 17’s Rugby League Team. She received her kit and had a tour of the amazing facilities at the Rabbitohs Centre including the gym and burrows. Congratulations on this outstanding effort.

Boys Rugby League

Well done to the under 14 and under 16 boys who on Wednesday 25 October competed in the Mental health footy day at Oxley High School. The under 14 team played first up and had a very close game against Oxley High School. They went down by one try in a very competitive contest. The under 16 boys played next and had a great win. Both games were very competitive and played in great spirit. Thank you to Damian Kenniff and Bernie Williams for their coaching and organisation.

Junior NSW CCC Basketball Championships

Three teams travelled to Sydney for the NSW CCC Junior Basketball Championships at Bankstown Basketball Stadium which was played 29-30 October. All teams played well in a very strong and competitive competition. The year 9/10 boys played extremely well to finish at the top of their pool only losing one game. Going into the quarter finals they were confident of winning and were ahead for most of the game before unluckily going down by 2 points. The year 7/8 girls and boys each won a match and were and played some very close games. All the players should be proud of their efforts. A big thank you to Katie Ezbery, Amy Gambrill, Brad Ralston and senior students Sam Morris, Phoenix Souter and Gabby Higgins in their coaching/training and support of our students. The teams included the following students.

Year 7/8 Girls	Year 7/8 Boys	Year 9/10 Boys
Erica Holzigal Bronte Rankmore Sara Belfield Scarlett Connor Chelsea Hayman Abigail Walker Ruby Brooks Anna Barwick Lucy Collison Chloe Smith	Tom Mahony Tom McMullen Bayley Ralston Max Ryan Roland Tacao Sullivan Butler Jabez Parrenas Jayden Vu Haydon Allan Saunders Chevy Souter	Sam Peeters Charles Missen Cooper Holzigal Padraig Maher Riley Jones Cohen Wolter Ben Cini Zach Whalan Kody Ring

NSW Schools Cup Netball Finals

Well done to the boys and girls year 9/10 netball teams who played on Wednesday 8 November in the NSW Schools Cup Finals in Sydney. Both teams played really well and just missed out on qualifying for the semi-finals. Congratulations to the year 9/10 boys team who won the spirit award for sportsmanship. A huge congratulations to Zach Whalan who won the most valuable player award in the year 9/10 boys division. Thank you to Amy Gambrill, Ryan Saban and Matt Hill for their coaching and supervision during the trip. The teams included;

Year 9/10 Girls

Year 9/10 Boys

Milly Archer
Sommer Fitzgibbon
Mia Gentle
Penelope Hutchinson
Sophie McMullen
Jess Shiels
Tilani Smith
Anika Sutton
Brooke Thompson

Josh Beard
Jack Benjamin
Ryan Dunill
Cooper Holzigal
Charles Missen
Samuel Peeters
Zach Whalan
Samuel Salvestrin
Ben Cini

Under 16’s League Tag

Well done to the Girls under 16 League Tag team who played at the Plain Street playing fields Tamworth defeated Oxley 17-4, Inverell 17-0, Glen Innes 15-4 before going down 13-0 to Aberdeen in the final. Thank you to Tanya Laird for the coaching and organisation.

Diocesan Boys Cricket

On Thursday 7 December the last sporting event of the year was held at Donnelly Fields Gunnedah. It was the boys Diocesan cricket game which was a 20 over a side game against St Mary’s College Gunnedah. The boys did well to restrict St Mary’s to 112 of 20 overs. In reply, unfortunately some good bowling from St Mary’s meant that we lost wickets at regular intervals and we were bowled out for 75 runs. It was a good game played in the right spirit in hot conditions. A big thank you to Mr Damian Kenniff who drove the bus out and coached the boys.

College Sports Awards 2023

On Monday 4 December, the College Sport Awards were held. Congratulations to the following students who were awarded a College Sporting Blue as a result of being selected in a NSW CCC team.

Mackenzie Scott 16 Girls Hockey

Laura Hall 16 Girls Hockey

Jayden Scott Open Boys Hockey

Mitchell Scott Open Boys Hockey

Khye Poulton Open Boys Hockey

Ben O'Connor Open Boys Hockey

Emily Dietrich 16 Girls Rugby League, and Girls Rugby 7s

Bonnii Porter 16 Girls Rugby League and Girls Rugby 7s

Tarnee Ingram 18 Girls Rugby League

Also a big congratulations to our other major sporting award winners

Senior Sportsman of the year Ben O’Connor

Senior Sportswoman of the year Tarrnee Ingram

Junior Sportsman of the year Parker O’Neile

Junior Sportswoman of the year Sophie Morgan

Male Sports All rounder of the year Zach Whalan

Female Sports All rounder of the year Emily Dietrich

Male Outstanding Sporting Achievement award Zach Whalan

Female Outstanding Sporting Achievement award Bonnie Porter

Olympic Changemaker Award Tarnee Ingram and Emily Dietrich

MCC Team of the Year

Girls Under 15’s Bill Turner Shield (North West Regional Champions)

The students involved in this team included; Sonia Chin, Ellie Crompton, Grace Dietrich, Anna George, Kyiah Holland, Eva Kenniff, Grace Knight, Charli Manning, Bailee McClurg, Isabel Murray, Sophie McMullen, Allshya Paul, Jessica Shiels, Emma Taggart, Abigail Walker, Cordelia Wilson and Penelope Torrens.

Staff Sports Awards

On Friday afternoon 8 December an afternoon tea and small presentation was held to recognise and acknowledge the contribution of our sporting volunteers and staff at the college. A big thank you to the McCarthy Catholic College staff and volunteers that have enabled our students to compete in many different sporting competitions. A special thank you to our volunteers both on the committee and coaches who have supported the MCC Wednesday night basketball, Saturday netball and cricket competitions. Thank you for the time, commitment and effort you have put into supporting our students and allowing them to have the opportunity to play competitive sport.

Thank you to the following people who contributed to sport within the College:

MCC Basketball Volunteers

Brad Ralston, Kylie Ralston, Carol Rickard, Britanny Jenner, Tracey Rankmore

Luke Norman, Grant Lee, Wendy Lee, David Holzigal, Matt Jenner, Mel Timbury,

Adam Smith and Emma Noad.

MCC Netball Volunteers

Amber Fitzgibbon, Mel Bolsom, Jo Kepellar, Alyssa Downey, Bec Belfield, Belle Little

Kaye Sweeney, Leah Jones, Matt Hill, Donna Smith, Ben Handsley, Rebecca Mckenzie

MCC Sport Staff

Jorja Barnett, Nicole Anderson, Geoff Denton, Ryan Saban, Shaun Nichols, Bernie Williams, Steph Halpin, Sophie Collins, Tanya Laird, Damian Kenniff, Ash Jones, Amy Gambrill, Katie Ebzery, Brad Mitchell, Ronny Rindo, Liam Ball, Tahlia Urquhart, Kaysha Gale, Craig Drew, Olivia Guilbert, Paige Berthold, Lisa Smith, Abbey Wakely, Sam Cox, Mel Lees.

Student Sport Coaches

Sam Morris, Phoenix Souter, Gabbi Higgins.

Staff Sport Awards

Congratulations to the following staff who have recognised for their contribution to sport at the college;

Male Coach of the year Bernie Williams

Female Coach of the year Katie Ebzery

MCC Service to Sport Damian Kenniff

Armidale Diocesan Service to Sport Awards

Congratulations to the following staff who have contributed hugely to the Armidale Diocese Sports Council and have been recognised for their contribution.

Tanya Laird, Amy Gambrill and Damian Kenniff

A big thank you to staff, students, volunteers, and parents/caregivers for their support of sport over the 2023 year. Well done on all the outstanding achievements and I look forward to another great year in 2024.

Brad Mitchell Sport Coordinator

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