Sports
Basketball
Our Friends' Div 2 Basketball team put in an amazing effort at the Tasmanian College Championships held 24 & 25 July in Launceston. Friends' came third in Division 2 winning against Launceston College in the play off.
AFL
Boys Senior Seconds Exhibition
An excellent contingent of Year 10, 11 & 12 boys represented Friends' at the Football Senior Seconds Exhibition in August. The team put in a valiant effort but Guilford Young won the day in the end. Great work team!
Girls' 7/8 AFL
The Year 7/8 girls had an amazing season, only losing two rostered games: one to Fahan and one to Sacred Heart. They were lucky enough to play in the Grand Final against Sacred Heart, dominate the play and take home the premiership trophy for The Friends’ School for the first time.
Congratulations girls, for all of the hard work you put into this season and good luck for season 2022!
Athletics
Congratulations to all the students who competed at the SATIS Athletics Carnival this week. It was a great effort to win the Junior Co-Educational Aggregate shield.
Congratulations especially to all our 1st place getters and to Sophie Connelly (Year 10) who broke the 3000m record and also would have broken the U16 1500m record.
Friends' 1st Place Winners:
Imi Nation - 1st Place, Girls 1500m Open
Sophie Connolly - 1st Place, Girls 3000m Open
Maeve Bylsma - 1st Place, Girls 400m U16
Bella O'Rourke - 1st Place, Girls 100m U15
Cam Large - 1st Place, Girls High Jump U14
Alexander Kwa - 1st Place, Boys 1500m Open
Andreas Kreiss - 1st Place, Boys High Jump Open
Joshua Hwaba - 1st Place, Boys Triple Jump Open
Sam Castle - 1st Place, Boys 1500m U14
Isaac Dixon - 1st Place, Boys 400m U13
Alejandro Fisher - 1st Place, Boys 1500m U13
Isaac Dixon - 1st Place, Boys Long Jump U13
Alejandro Fisher - 1st Place, Boys Javelin U13
Pennant and shield results are on the SATIS website: https://satis.com.au/
Soccer
Friends' had three teams competing in the end-of-term (Term 3) SATIS Years 7 to 10 boys soccer finals. The strong number of Friends' teams on display was matched with some excellent performances, exemplary sportsmanship and commendable school spirit. The games were part of a new finals format and we look forward to having more events like this in the future.
Congratulations to all three teams, with the Year 8 team winning their final against Sacred Heart and the title. The Year 9 and Year 10 teams had close contests with both teams drawing against St Virgils. With those Friends' teams finishing second on the table at the end of the roster, the title went to the St Virgils teams for 2021.
Thanks to SATIS for organising this finals event, to all the coaches for their efforts, the parents and supporters, and the players for their fantastic seasons.
Rowing
During the first week of the Term 3 school holidays, we had 42 students register for ourSculling Skills program. This program is an introduction program to rowing, which acts as a wonderful opportunity for Year 6 students to come together. These students are both current students at Friends, along with external students who will start at Friends in Year 7next year. The program provides wonderful opportunities to build connections and grow friendships, while gaining confidence in being on the water and understanding the dynamics of rowing.Each day provided a new challenge for our beginner rowers, yet they embraced it and advanced in style. The group was amazing and advanced from basic rowing knowledge to balancing a single scull, then standing in a boat, to eventually gaining confidence to row on their own. Finally, they worked as a team in a Quadruple Scull by participating in a mini-regatta on the last day. Thank you to everyone who helped to support this wonderful program and ensure it ran smoothly.
Anthony Edwards - Head of Rowing
As an open rower, coaching our beginner rowers and seeing how far they have come in just one week has been really exciting. Sculling Skills is a great opportunity for students not only to gain skills within a single scull and quad, but to become a part of the welcoming community that is Friends’ School rowing and make connections with both other kids their age and older students like myself. It has been really great getting to know all the year 6’sand see their personalities become more prominent across the course of the week as they threw themselves into our rowing culture. The other coaches and myself have noticed some real talent in the group this year which is extremely exciting for the future of Friends Rowing.
Eloise Underwood - Open Girls Rower
Waterpolo
Friends' has had an eventful and successful Waterpolo season. Our Boys 7/8 team won the finals 11-6 against Taroona and both our College Boys teams, as well as the Girls 9/10 Blue team, making it to the semi finals.
Badminton
For the 7th year in a row, The Friends' School has emerged victorious as the High School Badminton Champions! Amazing to everyone who made this possible.
