SPORT
Primary Swimming Carnival
Congratulations to all of the students from Year 2-6 who participated in our Annual school swimming Carnival on Thursday night. It was great to see so many families and friends there who came along and supported our students. Results were as follows:
House Points Leos 444 Marks 336 Pauls 325 Johns 230
Age Champions & Runners-Up 8/9yrs - Casey Brabant & Oscar Monie; Maggie Newton & Hugh Ditchfield 10yrs - Emma Brabant & Rocky Roger; Ellie McSpedden & Nick Hilton 11yrs - Prue Black & Jack Calman; Edie Simmonds & Kane Salvador 12yrs - Lil Rainger & Jock Hollis; Sam Hilton & Anouska Byrne
Lost Property
There was a number of items collected from the pool after last Thursday's Carnival. If your child is missing any items please ask them to go to the front office or see their classroom teacher. Some items include towels, goggles, odd shoes and odd sports socks.
Diocesan Swimming Carnival
The Diocesan swimming Carnival will be held on Thursday 23 February in Moree. Students who have qualified received notes yesterday. In order to qualify students had to come in the first 3 places overall and meet qualifying times put down by the Diocesan Sports Committee.
Primary Sport
This week students from Year 3-6 will start class rotations through a variety of activities for sport. As part of the rotation each week, one class will be going Ten Pin Bowling at ‘Shake, Rattle and Roll’ and another will be heading to the Indoor Centre. This week it is 5/6M’s turn to go to Indoor ($3.50) and 3/4M will go bowling ($7.50).
Diocesan Touch Trials
Sports trials for Diocesan Touch will take place this week at snack break. These trials are for individuals in Year 5 & 6 only and only 4-6 students can be selected for each sport. Team selections for these sports will take place later in the year. Individuals who are selected this week for Touch will receive notes at the end of the week.
Up-Coming Sports Dates
•Primary Diocesan Swimming Carnival, Moree, 23 February
•Senior Primary Diocesan Touch Trials, Tamworth, 3 March
•Senior Primary Winter Trials, Inverell, 24 March
• Polding Swimming Carnival, Homebush, 22 March
•School Cross Country (Year2-6), Inverell Sports Complex, 7 April
Secondary Sport
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the swimming carnival last week. Results as follows:
House Points: Marks 440 Pauls 315 Leos 254 Johns 222
Age Champions & Runners-Up
12yrs girls: Abbey Murray, Bridie Kennedy
13 yrs boys: Thomas Young, Jake House
13 yrs girls: Sophie Mijic, Holly Ryan
14 yrs boys: Hugh Gibson, Oscar Rainger
14 yrs girls: Emma McInnes, Hannah Huynh
15yrs boys: Noah Hilton, Sebastian Pianko
15 yrs girls equal champions: Georgia Wilkinson & Brittany Camp
16 yrs boys: Thomas Gibson, Josh McLachlan
16 years girls: Hunter Hollis, Lacey Myhill
Congratulations to Thomas Gibson and Hunter Hollis who broke records on the night. Tom broke two records: the 100m Freestyle record (1:04.12) previously held by Tim Leach from 1981 with a time of 1:02.74 as well as Tim's 50m backstroke record (34.40) also from 1981 with a time of 31.47.
Hunter broke Hannah Wales' 50m backstroke record (38.17) from 2015 with a time of 36.22. Congratulations Tom and Hunter.
School sport for the next two weeks will be novelty events at the pool. Students are reminded to bring $3 for entry, swimmers, towel, sunscreen and a water bottle. Students not swimming will be walking to the pool.
Up-Coming Secondary Sports Dates
•Inverell Rugby 7’s February 17, 24
•9’s Rugby League Inverell March 8
•Diocesan Swimming Moree March 8
•Diocesan Touch Trials Inverell March 16
•Under 15 Diocesan Rugby League Trials Tamworth March 21
•Girls League Tag Inverell March 22
•Holy Trinity School Cross Country Inverell March 30
•NSWCCC Swimming Homebush March 31
•Northern Country Rugby League Trials Smithtown April 5