Sports Shorts 

NSW All Schools Athletics

Six students competed at the NSW All Schools Athletics Championships at Homebush recently. Our standout performers were:

Georgia Portelli won Gold in the 16 years Girls Javelin.

Branson Po won Gold in the 14 years Boys 100m. He also placed 5th in the 200m.

Zaia Korkis won Silver in the 15 years Boys 100m.

Cayden Boyter placed 5th in the 14 years Boys Triple Jump, 6th in Long Jump, 7th in Shot Put.

William Has placed 8th in the 15 years Boys 100m.

Congratulations to our star athletes on their medal-winning performances. We look forward to future success.

CHS Athletics

Eleven students competed at the CHS Athletics Championships at Homebush last term. Our students won medals in six events.   Our standout performers were:

Georgia Portelli won Gold in the 16 years Girls Javelin. She also placed 4th in Shot Put.

Cayden Boyter won Silver in the 14 years Boys Shot Put. He also placed 4th in High Jump and 6th in Discus.

Zaia Korkis won Silver in the 15 years Boys 200m.

Branson Po won Silver in the 14 years Boys 200m and Gold in the 100m.

Zaia Korkis, Branson Po, William Has, Simon Lim won Gold in the 15 years Boys 4x100m relay.

Congratulations to our star athletes on their outstanding performances.

Year 7 Gala Day

In Week 7, our students competed in the Bernera Zone Year 7 Gala Day. The boys participated in Soccer, Hockey, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball and AFL while the girls played Basketball, Oztag Softball and Ultimate Frisbee. A number of our teams achieved success on the day:

Pool Winners:  Girls Basketball, Boys Hockey, Boys Soccer

Pool Runners-up:  Girls Oztag, Girls Ultimate Frisbee, Boys Hockey, Boys Soccer

Congratulations to all our students for their efforts at the Gala Days, all displaying good levels of skill, enthusiasm and sportsmanship. A big thank you to the year 9 and 10 student helpers for their refereeing and coaching. Your leadership and maturity was outstanding. Your assistance is very much appreciated by the students and PDHPE staff.

UK showcase identification clinic

Introducing our seniors scholarship winner from our UK showcase identification clinic. Jarred on a tough day, with many quality players turning up, showed our EPL Scout that he had many qualities to play football in the United Kingdom and worked hard for the four hours on this event.

Jarred currently plays for Powerhouse Club Sydney United 58 in their 18s team and has also been called up to the 20s team on many occasions. He has already been capped for the Australian Schoolboy later this year. Jarred has won the scholarship to travel to the UK and experience living like a pro footballer (photo courtesy Simon Bennett, Liverpool City Champion - read the Champion's story below).

Jarred McKinley has won a scholarship to travel to the UK and experience living like a professional footballer.  Jarred will also be in training with pro-academies and work alongside some of the best coaches to gain the best exposure.

Mr B Condon

Sports Organiser