Sports
Hockey (Boys Division 2)
On Wednesday afternoons for the past six weeks, a group of boys from Years 9 and 10 (with help from one Year 8 and a couple of Year 7 students) have played in the Friends’ team of the Boys Hockey Division 2. This has been held at the Tasmanian Hockey Centre.
Last week the boys played in the semi-final against Hutchins and won which qualified them to play against Taroona in the final.
On Wednesday evening, the boys played in an excellent display of hockey to go on and win the Final scoring 4-3. Before half time the boys were 3-0 up with goals being scored by Josh Walker (Year 10), Angus McMullen (Year 7) and Lachie Mills (Year 10).
After half time Taroona went on to score two goals. This made the Friends' boys more determined, leading one of the team's youngest players, Angus McMullen (Year 7) to score one further goal for the team. At full time, the Taroona team had earned a penalty corner which resulted in a goal. Throughout the season, the team showed great communication, teamwork, skill and resilience which has resulted in a wonderful outcome.
By Toby Legg (Year 10)
Year 7/8 Girls AFL Team Win Grand Final
Congratulations to the Year 7/8 Girls AFL team for winning the season grand final against Sacred Heart! It was a closely contested match at Bell Street, with strong endeavour by the girls all game. Well done to all the players, coaches, support staff and families who cheered them on last night and throughout the season. It is fantastic to see so many students playing AFL at Friends' and Bell Street hosting regular school AFL games.
Open Girls Hockey
This Open Girls Hockey team had a successful season making the Grand Final against Guilford Young College. Although the team narrowly lost 2-1, there was a fantastic mix of senior secondary and High School students in the squad, which bodes well for 2022 and beyond. Congratulations to all the players on a fine season and thanks to the coaches, support staff and parents cheering the girls on throughout the season.
Cross Country
SSATIS Cross Country Carnival
Congratulations to the 80 Secondary School students who represented The Friends’ School at the Queens Domain on Wednesday in the SSATIS Cross Country Carnival.
Friends’ students performed exceptionally well in the teams events to win four shields on the day. There were also a number of fine individual performances and school spirit shown on the day.
The results included:
Shield Winners: Girls Senior Shield, Co-Ed Senior Shield, Co-Ed Junior Shield and Co-Ed Aggregate Shield.
Team Age Group Pennant winners: U14 Boys, U15 Boys, U16 Girls and Open Girls.
1st place individuals: U13 Boys - Isaac Dixon, U/14 Boys - Sam Castle and Open Girls - Georgia Chambers
Top 3 Placings: U16 Girls Sophie Connolly 2nd & Maeve Bylsma 3rd, U16 Boys - Zac Menadue – 3rd, Open Girls - Imi Nation 2nd and Open Boys - Alexander Kwa - 2nd.
Tasmanian Secondary All Schools Cross Country Championships
The Tasmanian Secondary All Schools Cross Country Championships was held at Symmons Plains on Tuesday. A smaller team of 35 Friends' students competed and all performed very well with the following students placing Top 3.
Georgia Chambers - 1st U20 Women
Alexander Kwa - 2nd U18 Men
Sophie Connelly - 2nd U17 Women
Sam Castle - 3rd U15 Men
Jemima Lennon - 3rd U15 Women
(other top 5 placings)
Imogen Lennon - 4th U15 Women
Imi Nation - 4th U18 Women
Isabelle Gan-Pain - 4th U17 Women
Maeve Bylsma - 5th U17 Women
Thanks to Richard Jupe and The Mercury Newspaper for many of the photos – more can be viewed online at http://bit.ly/SSATISXCountry
JSSATIS Cross County
Congratulations to our 50 Year 3-6 students who ran in the JSSATIS Cross County at Rokeby Police Academy in Term 2. In perfect conditions, our team competed to the best of their ability and showed true team spirit, enthusiasm and commitment.
Special congratulations to the following children who placed in the top three for their year level:
Alex Gee 3rd Year 4 Girls
Ben Cooper 2nd Year 4 Boys
Violet Owen 1st Year 6 Girls
Lehan Redwig 2nd Year 3 Boys
Roscoe Lawler 3rd Year 5 Boys
Japanese Sports Day
At the end of April, Morris students participated in an Undoukai - A Japanese Sports Festival to celebrate our Japanese language program.
Year 6 students led the younger children in collaborative sports games using the Japanese language and modelling Japanese etiquette. The concept of the day was ‘Ganbarimashou’ which translates as ‘Let’s do it together, let’s give our best, good luck’. The focus of the day was collaboration and working together as a team.
