Sport

Twilight Swimming Carnival

The inaugural swimming gala, held on Thursday 14th February had a terrific atmosphere and was enjoyed by all who attended. The swimmers were well encouraged by the supporters with many students dressed up in their house colours adding to the atmosphere. Mr Molyneux - the DJ - kept the music going, and a P&C run BBQ kept everyone sustained.

Thank you to all the parents who attended to support their children.

Age Champions:

Boys

12y - Eli Robb

13y - Jack McLeod

14y - Caleb Bettison

15y - Nick Bugden

16y - Will Fittler17y Will Cotton

Girls

12y - Dakota Jex

13y - Ellesse Peltonen

14y - Clio Knight

15y - Lillian Ridges

16y - Heather Girard

17y - Bethany Counsell

House Points

Bradman 504

Freeman 550

Fraser 479

Rose 496

Even though all race winners will be new records,

2 students broke the existing AHS / Duval records

Will Fittler - 16y 50m breastroke , time 35.81

Bethany Counsell 17y 50m backstroke, time 34.75

North West Girls Volleyball

Congratulations to the following girls who made the North West Girls Volleyball team!

Caitlin Schuman

Katie Haynes

Kasey Gaukroger

Michelle Haynes

Margaret Conroy

Sabrina Ho

Jasmine Babington

Ella Pringle

Futsal @ ASC

Futsal has already started with a large number of students already expressing their interest in participating in this highly skilled and fast paced sport. ASC will nominate teams for the upcoming New England School titles held in Armidale on the 28th and 29th of March. This tournament is the first stage for school teams qualifying for National Tournaments and individual players being selected in regional/state and national representative teams.

In order to prepare for the New England Tournament, every Friday in the ASC Gym is Futsal Friday. Futsal Friday is composed of structured game based futsal training and sessions will be used to select students for respective school representative teams. Futsal Friday is open to all students of all ages with recesses being structured towards students in stage 4 and lunches for stages 5 & 6.

All students interested in Futsal are recommended to join the ASC Futsal Google Classroom - class code 410jy6f to gain access to coaching and skill development materials.

Rugby League & Union

Extensive Rugby League and Union opportunities are available to our students in 2019. There are many boys and girls competitions and gala days that ASC will be entering. The mascot for ASC is the eagle. Students signing up for ASC Eagles League and Union teams will be requird to enter into a Code of Conduct Contract. This is a three way agreement between the school, student and parent/guardian regarding expectations. Breaches in the contract may result in exclusion from League and Union opportunities.

Opportunities for students in 2019 include but are not limited to:

New England Zone RL Trials
North West RL Trials
NRL Country Cup
University Shield KO (Opens)
Buckley Shield State Knockout
North West RU Trials
UNE Rugby 7s KO
Friday Night Regional RU
UNE 7s Friday Night RU
NRL Country Cup RL
Waratah Shield KO RU
Buchanan Shield KO RU

Students are also required to have a season permission note signed and returned to the school before they can participate in Rugby League or Union functions in Armidale. This includes home games, training sessions visits by NRL, NSWRL,NSWRU and ARU players and officials.

Visit from NRL Players

We were visited by current NRL player Tim Mannah and former players Joe Galuvao and Nathan Friend. The NRL players were generous with their time and mingled with students at school during recess.

The trio also spent time in our English language support unit talking with the Yazidi students. The students asked the players questions and could relate to Tim Mannah's own personal story of his parent's coming from war torn Lebanon and his development as a professional rugby league player. All 37 Yazidis students agreed they will support Tim Mannah and the Parramatta Eels this year in the upcoming NRL season. Tim quipped "Well at least we'll have at least 37 supporters this year!".

Thank you ever so much Tim, Joe and Nathan for your time. Your visit was indeed a highlight for our students!

Archery

A big congratulations to sharp-shooter Ella-rose who recently competed in the Australia Day Tournament in Canberra as part of the National Match Play series, and WON!

Very impressive indeed Ella-rose!