NPS HOUSE ATHLETICS DAY - 2019

The Annual House Athletics Sports for will be held on THURSDAY 12th SEPTEMBER,

commencing at 10.15 am. All parents and family members are welcome to attend to cheer on our students.

Children from all year levels will represent their houses in individual and team events on the day
All children are requested to wear comfortable running shoes on the day
If students have t-shirts in their house colours, we encourage them to wear them
Individual competitor’s cards in house colours will need to be pinned on to a t-shirt. These cards will be distributed to students on the day, before the sports, and will be a record of your child’s participation and achievements to keep afterwards.
Programs will be available at the general office from Wednesday 5th September and at the Scorer's desk on the day
All students are to bring their own morning snacks, lunch and drink bottle
LUNCH TIME 1.20PM – 1.40PM (approx.) There will be no lunch orders available
There will be a Sausage Sizzle will be available with Sausages in bread, Soft Drink, Water and Moosies.

DIVISION ATHLETICS 2019

As part of our Athletics program at NPS, and following on from our own House Athletics Day, students may have the opportunity to compete at the next level, which will be Division Athletics in Shepparton. Selection here involves teachers monitoring and observing students efforts and achievements throughout the course of Term 3, through our weekly training sessions with Skillzone, the House Athletics Day, and then scheduled trials the previous 3 weeks leading up to the Division day on MONDAY 14th OCTOBER. Please take note of point 6 below, which states that each school may nominate one competitor for each event, e.g. - one boy, one girl, and also point 7, family cost is $10 per competitor. Please think carefully about supporting and encouraging our students here, whilst also being aware that for some events there are minimum standards (see high jump below). Before the event, I will complete the application forms for students wishing to attend and compete. The due date for these forms is Friday 20th September. Parents are responsible to transport their own child and supervise them at the Division Athletics.

Further Details for DIVISION ATHLETICS 2019:

The 2019 Athletics Carnival for the Goulburn Murray Division will be held at Mc Ewen Reserve Track and Field Complex Shepparton on MONDAY 14 OCTOBER.
MARSHALLING BEGINS: 9.45 am STARTING TIME: 10.00 am
Ages are calculated, as at December 31 of the current year, e.g. a child who turns 11 at any time during 2018 will compete in the 11 years events.
A child is permitted to compete in two individual events. No child can enter the same event in two different age groups.
Each school may nominate one competitor for each event, e.g. - one boy, one girl.
Family cost is $10 per competitor.
Place getters in each event will receive division ribbons.
Please be aware that we start the high jump at the following heights at division.

Boys 11 & 12/13 yrs 115cm, boys 9/10 yrs 105cm.

Girls 11 & 12/13 yrs 110cm, girls 9/10yrs 100cm

REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:

The first 4 place getters in 100m, 200m, 800m, & 1500m and the first 2 place getters in the Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Discus & Shot Put will be eligible and invited to compete in the Regional Championships at Alexandra Park, Cadell St, Albury on Friday 19 October.

Football Report Lightning Premiership

On the 16th August the NPS football team held their heads high, it was obvious that they were ready for an amazing day at Cobram.

As soon as we got to our field we started to do some warm up kicking and handballing drills.

The competition started and we were on the wet and dewy field playing our first game, which we won by three goals and a couple points. All our players showed great team work.

We lost our second game by a couple goals. However, all players gave their best effort and we never gave up.

Our last game was very interesting… we all waited for the siren to start (beep) the ball was thrown up in the air, both ruckmen hit the ball and we were under way. At half time we were down by one goal but I thought that the opposition had no energy left in them… so that’s when we showed them we are Numurkah Primary and we were there to win! And win is what we did by four goals. Even though we didn’t make the grand final we all knew we had done our best!

Report written by Darby

2019 Lightning Premiership Year 5/6 Smashers Netball Report

Swish went the net. On Friday 16th August the Year 5/6 NPS team got on the bus very happy, because they were off to Cobram to play in the Lightning Premiership. We were a bit late and missed the first game but we ended up playing that game at the end of the day.

The first game we played was against St Joseph’s Cobram and we won that game because of our great team work. The second game we played was against St Frances, Nathalia, it was a really close game. The scores were level until they got a goal in the last second. We were pretty tired and lost the last game that we played against St Joseph’s Numurkah.

Over all best on court was Bridget and Breanna for accurate goal shooting and Lily for some amazing defence. Also a big thank you to Sarah for coaching us during the day and also a big thank you to Mrs Hope for getting us ready for the Lightning Premiership. Overall, we were proud of our efforts throughout the day.

Report written by Breanna

SHOOTING STARS NETBALL REPORT

On Friday 16th August, NPS Shooting Stars Netball team travelled to Cobram for the Lightning Premiership.

We played three games for the day. Our first game was against St Joseph’s Numurkah, our second was against Sacred Heart Yarrawonga and our third was against Katunga PS. The whole team played really well during the day and everyone supported each other. Ella, Holly and Tyeisha showed great skills.

Thank you to Mrs Hope, Shae and Miss Young for coaching our netball team this year. We are looking forward to next year.

Report written by Marli

Softball Report – Lightning Legends

The NPS Lightning Legends softball team played in the 2019 Lightning Premiership on 16th August. The team played really well in all games.

In our first game all players showed great skills, catching and throwing the ball accurately, and we won the game by three home runs. At the end of the game we shook hands and moved on to our next game which we tied. Blake consistently caught and threw the ball accurately.

Overall, we won 4 games and played in the semi-final. As we got on the bus at the end of the day, we were all very proud of the way we played during the Lightning Premiership games.

Report written by Bobby

Lightning Premiership – The Blues Report!

On the 16th August, the NPS Blues Year 6 netball team went on a bus trip to Cobram. We were all excited to be going to the Lightning Premiership because we had trained for ages and it was our last Lightning Premiership! At the end of the day we were a bit disappointed because we only won one game out of three, but we soon got over it and were grateful to be there.

The schools we played against were Strathmerton, Yarrawonga and Nathalia.

We had loads of fun throughout the day.

Report written by Charlie

Softball Report 16th August 2019

The NPS football, netball and softball teams played in the Lightning Premiership on the 16th August, at Cobram.

When we first arrived our team had some snacks as we had to wait 20 minutes for our first game. My team the Diamond Demons played really well in their first game and we beat our opponents by 3 home runs, at the end we shook hands and said “Good game.” Then we moved on to our next game and let me tell you, it was a hard one.

We had lunch with the other team. After that we went on to the next game and we won thanks to the big hits from Jake, Ryan and Lloyd. Jasmine was on fire in the outfield, throwing and catching the ball accurately.

The Diamond Demons won their semi-final and made it to the grand final coming runner-up. We tried our hardest during all games and we were super happy with our achievements.

Report written by Lloyd

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