Secondary Sports

BISSA Swimming Carnival Report

Yesterday our Secondary swimmers competed at the BISSA swimming carnival in Wagga Wagga. Our students were a credit to our school at this meet by not only performing the best they could, but supported each other well and represented our school in a positive manner.

There were a number of students who were very close to receiving a ribbon and many students who swam faster than they did in qualifying for BISSA, but a few had outstanding performances which saw them achieve 1st, 2nd or 3rd. These students were:

Bernard Uys -17-19 age group

50m Breaststroke 1st with a time of 36.88sec
50m Freestyle 3rd with a time of 26.66sec
50m Butterfly 3rd with a time of 28.77sec
Ashleigh O’Neill – 15year age group

50m Breaststroke 3rd with a time of 41.09sec
50m Backstroke 3rd with a time of 35.60sec
Tahlia O’Neill – 14 year age group

50m Breaststroke 3rd with a time of 41.82sec
Tahlia O’Neill, Maia Uys, Emma Weiser and Tilli-Rose Peters

14 year old girls Freestyle relay team 1st with a time of 2:14:48, which was a clear 5 seconds ahead of second place.

From this carnival we have had 8 students qualify for individual events at the CIS Swimming in Sydney on 4&5 April 2018. This is a fantastic achievement and I would like to congratulate and recognise these students.

They are:

Bernard Uys – Age 17 – 19 - 50m Breaststroke, Freestyle, Butterfly, and Backstroke.
Ashleigh O’Neill – Age 15 – 100m Freestyle; 50m Breaststroke, Freestyle & Backstroke; and 200m Individual Medley
Tahlia O’Neill – Age 14 – 100m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke
Maia Uys – Age 14 – 50m Freestyle and Backstroke, and 200m Individual Medley
Emma Weiser – Age 14 – 50m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke
Chloe Brown – Age 13 – 100m Freestyle, 50m Freestyle and Butterfly
Meiha Burns – Age 12 – 50m Freestyle and Backstroke
Oscar Burns – Age 12 – 50m Backstroke

I will be sending out information about the CIS carnival to these families shortly.

I would like to congratulate to all students who attended the BISSA carnival on your great results and more importantly your fantastic efforts and positive attitudes. I would also like to extend a special thank-you to Mr Lee Macey, Mrs Megan McMaster and Mr Regan Smith who travelled with the team and supported our students throughout the trip and the carnival. Without teachers who will offer their time to travel, our students would not have the opportunity to participate in events such as today’s BISSA swimming carnival.

CIS 15 and under Boys & Girls AFL nominations

The CIS AFL (15&U Boys and Girls) Trials are on Thursday 10 May 2018 at Blacktown Int Sports Park, Sydney. RAS students who wish to nominate (which includes students from our school) will travel by bus from Albury (leaving at 9:30am) on Wednesday 9 May and stay at the Valentine Sports Park (VSP) in Glenwood as a group. The bus will return to Asbury by 10:40pm on the Thursday night. Travel is available to parents for the same cost as players if any parents decide they wish to accompany the group. The cost of the trip is around $200.00

If you are male and turning 14 or 15 this year (born 2003 or 2004), you are eligible to nominate for the CIS 15 and under boys trials.

If you are female and are turning 15 or less this year (born 2003 or after) you are eligible to nominate for the CIS 15 and under girls trials.

If you are interested in attending the CIS AFL 15and under trials please email Mrs McFadden to get a nomination form. Nomination forms are due back by Friday 23 March 2018.

RAS Netball Trials

The RAS netball team is selected from students attending Riverine Independent Schools and will compete at the Combined Independent Schools (CIS) competition. Once again this year RAS will hold selections for the RAS Netball teams, 15 & under and open, in Albury on Monday 7 May.

Athletes selected from these trials will play at the CIS 15 Years & Under and Open Netball Challenge Day at Genea Centre, Sydney Olympic Park on Monday 20 August 2018. A mini bus will transport the two teams to Sydney leaving Albury on the morning of Sunday 19 August and returning to Albury in the evening on Monday 20 The cost of the Sydney trip if an athlete is selected will be around $200-250.

All athletes who attend the trials in Albury must be committed to travel to Sydney should they be selected.

If any female Moama Anglican Grammar Secondary student is wanting to express an interest in attending these trials please email Mrs Kim McFadden to get more information and a nomination form.

2018 Secondary Athletics Carnival Friday 23 March 2018

This is a busy term for sport and the Athletics carnival is fast approaching. All students are encouraged to participate in at least one event. You never know when you will do something and find out that you actually are good at it if you don’t try.

Students were sent an email with a link to register for the preferred events. This needs to be completed by Wednesday 14 March. The nomination form can also be accessed by the following link https://tinyurl.com/magsathletics2018

I am aware not all students are athletic or want to compete in the athletics carnival. We expect students to attend the carnival and support their peers, another way they can participate in the carnival is to be a student helper. It would be helpful to have 15-20 students to help out with the running of the carnival. All students interested in being a student helper should email me (Mrs Kim McFadden) and let me know you would like to help.

If any parents would like to volunteer their help, please also email me on kmcfadden@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au.

Mrs Kim McFadden

Head of Sport and VET and Duke of Ed Coordinator.