Sport News
Knights U19 Tarsha Gale Team
Congratulations to our 2020 Sports Captain Tori Brazier on her selection in the Newcastle Knights U19 Tarsha Gale Team for 2021. An amazing achievement Tori!
State All Schools Athletics
As we go to press, Tom Bible Emerson Fittler and Brooke Newberry are competing at State All Schools Athletics. We have heard that Brook has come 9th in the Race Walk and will provide more details as they come to hand.
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Tom Bible, Emerson Fittler and Brooke Newberry are currently competing at NSW All Schools Athletics Championships. The Championships bring together the best of both State, Catholic and Independent Schools and all athletes have performed at their best with some great performances already.
PHOTO: Emerson on the bend in the 200m. (Photo - Jay Stone)
Coached by Jay Stone (Viper Squad Athletics), Emerson won his heat of the 16 Years 200m running a big PB and National Championships qualifier of 22.58 with a +2.5 tail wind.
3 hours later, he was back in the final to clock a wind legal PB of 22.65 (-0.1ms), winning the bronze medal .
PHOTO: Tom Bible in the 3000m (photo Jay Stone)
Tom Bible raced in the 16years 3000m.
@tom_bible1589 started well and finished in a time of 10:28.88, over a minute faster than his previous personal best, which slotted him in 22nd in NSW.
Brooke Newberry has come 9th in NSW in the 3000m race walk in a time of 17:49 minutes. A PB by 2 minutes and 41 seconds.
PHOTO: Emerson (right) sporting his State All Schools Bronze medal for the 200m (photo - Jay Stone)
Cricket Report
On the 2nd of December the O’Connor cricket team travelled to Tamworth to take on McCarthy Catholic College. After winning the toss O’Connor elected to bat first, tallying up 177 runs on the board. The best of the batters were Hayden Schumacher (66), Ryan Simpson (25) and a very tidy and well placed 19 from Clancy McDermott.
McCarthy went in to chase down the score falling short of the total on 132. The best of the O’Connor bowlers were: Hamish Biddle 3 for 9 off 4, Blake McElroy 1 for 1 off 1, Clancy McDermott 1 for 11 off 2 and a very tidy 0 for 8 off 3 overs from Vanessa Simpson.
Congratulations to both teams on their sportsmanship displayed under very hot and testing conditions in Tamworth! A special mention to captain Hamish Biddle who led his team by a fine example both with the ball in hand and in his mannerisms.
Thanks to Mr Honeysett for organising the match and to Mr Honnery and Miss Clydsdale for accompanying the boys and girls on the day.
The Team
Hamish Biddle (C)
Benjamin Heagney
Jack Hedges
Samuel Johnson
Alanah Keene
Clancy McDermott
Darcy McDermott
Blake McElroy
Luke Montgomery
Mitchell Northam
Hayden Schumacher
Ryan Simpson
Vanessa Simpson
Indiana Ramage
Indi Ramage trialled for the Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) girls identification camp in November at Lake Macquarie. She has been selected for the next trial in January, if successful she will then compete in the National Youth championships for girls scheduled to play in July 2021 We wish Indiana all the best.
Rugby League Well-Being Cup
O'Connor Catholic College the Armidale Secondary College came head to head in a number of grades at the Well-Being Cup. ASC were too good on the day but a great day was had by all.
Results:
U/13s ASC 12 - OCC 4
U/16s ASC 22- OCC 6
Tennis News
In Tamworth on Wednesday, our girls tennis team consisting of; Chelsea Morley, Brienna Naden, Charlotte Killen and Amelia Roberts, represented O'Connor against McCarthy.
Upon arrival, noticing the hot temperatures, the students and Mr Honeysett were pleasantly surprised that McCarthy were providing water and or a Zooper Dooper.
Our young ladies played singles and doubles with Brienna and Charlotte winning all of their games. Amelia and Chelsea played well, improving throughout the morning.
After a couple of hours, and adhering to Heat Regulations, we called an end of play.
Triathlon
Congratulations to the 4 Teams that represented OCC at the Armidale Triathlon Club’s Inter-school Triathlon on Sunday 29th November. The students completed the short course consisting of 200m swim in the TAS pool, a 10km cycle out Longswamp road with a strong headwind on the return leg, and a 2km sprint around the block of TAS.
Year 7 Girls - Tahlia Bird (Swim), Laura Billings (Ride), Shanae Wark (Run)
Year 8 Boys - Hudson Williamson (Swim), Fraser McQueen (Ride), John Harris (Run)
Year 10 Boys - Calan Louden (Swim), Ned Mauer (Ride), Tom Bible (Run)
Senior Mixed - Brydie Giles (Swim), Alex MacMohan (Run)
The Year 10 Boys took out 1st place in the Senior Boys group. Congratulations to all athletes, and we look forward to the possibility of more triathlons in 2021.