Sport

Touch Football Success

On Thursday 21 March, McCarthy Catholic College was represented by one boys' and one girls' team in the Year 9/10 NSW All Schools' Touch Football North-West Championships held at Gipps Street Playing Fields, Tamworth.  It was a great opportunity for the students to test their skills against teams from Qurindi High School, Gunnedah High School and Narrabri High School. The boys' Year 9/10 team started slowly, but improved significantly throughout the day as they developed their skills. Under the coaching of Mr Shaun Nichols, the boys' positional play and team structure improved. The girls' team have played a lot of sport together before, particularly Oztag and League Tag, and they were able to use their skills, fitness and teamwork to win every single game and take the title. A big congratulations to all the girls who, under the astute coaching of Mrs Tanya Laird, were able to execute the right plays at crucial times. A big thank you to Hamish Sparke, Nicholas Taggart and Lochlan Bynge who refereed on the day, and to all the students who played in the right spirit and represented the College with pride and distinction. The girls now have the opportunity to go to Sydney to play in the state-wide championships in Sydney on 14 June. Girls team consisted of: Mackenzie Alderson, Holly Bynge, Skyler Dowden, Macy Gillies, Georgia Horniman, Sienna O’Mally, Chloe Shanley, Georgia Simm, Phoebe Porter, Daisy George and Georgia Goodwin. The boys' team comprised Noah Dunnill, Clint Aitken, Bailey Jameson, Liam Nicholson, Nicholas O’Connor, Charlie Sorensen, Nathaniel Thrift and Zackary Cook.

Diocesan Touch Football

On Friday 29 March, the Diocesan Touch Football trials were held at Inverell. Twenty-nine students from McCarthy Catholic College attended the trials. The boys' Open division was well represented by two teams from McCarthy and one girls' team. All teams were very competitive and the standard of play was very good. The junior teams were able to combine with other schools and the students were given plenty of game time and played very strongly. Many of the senior girls were chosen in the possible v probable’s team. Students who attended the trials included; Jim Zell, Cameron Lane, Thomas Ferguson, Noah Dunnill, Liam Ball, Nathan Summers, Thomas Lange, Charlie Sorensen, Clint Aitken, John Flanagan, Nathaniel Thrift, Ethan Russell, Nicholas O’Connor, Nicholas Taggart, Holly Bynge, Macy Gillies, Mackenzie Alderson, Sienna O’Mally, Abbegale Ryan, Skyler Dowden, Georgia Horniman, Phoebe Porter, Chloe Shanley, Liam Nicholson, James Scott, Benjamin Chick, Wunda Jaffer-Williams, Hamish Sparke and Erin Hansen.

Congratulations to the following students who were chosen in the Armidale Diocesan team who will compete in the NSW CCC Touch Football Championships on Wednesday 10 April at Nelson Bay; Benjamin Chick, Wunda Jaffer-Williams, Erin Hansen, Liam Ball, and Hamish Sparke. Thank you to Mrs Sally Sparke for assisting me on the day with the teams.

Mr Brad Mitchell - Sports Coordinator

Netball

On Thursday 28 March, five netball teams attended the TAFE NSW Schools' Netball Cup in Armidale. McCarthy nominated three Year 7 and 8 girls' teams, Years 9 and 10 girls' and a Years 9 and 10 boys' team. Four out of the five teams were successful in going into the next round of the competition. A big thank you to our senior students who umpired on the day and the teachers who coached the teams.

Miss Millie Woolaston