From the Primary Sport Coordinator

Term 1 Primary Sport was busy!

After School Sport and School Clinics

Come ‘n Try was again on offer for Receptions to Year 2s where they participated in dance, multi sports and basketball clinics across six weeks.

Year 5/6s were involved in Water Polo Clinics run by SAC Secondary students and a new opportunity offered was for Year 3-6 students to travel to the parklands on a Tuesday after school to participate in lacrosse and AFL clinics.

Year 4-6 students played competitive basketball games each week and improved their skills with the help of secondary coaches and coaches from Kelly Sports.

Year 5/6 students travelled to East Torrens Baseball Club to participate in a day long softball clinic that was run by the Walkerville Softball Club. The girls were introduced to many new skills finishing with a fun game at the end of the day.

Representative Sport

Year 4-6 students participated in the East Adelaide SAPSASA Swimming Trials where Year 6 student, Chloe, was selected to be a member of the East Adelaide District team. At the State Carnival, Chloe came first in the 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle as well as the freestyle relay and the East Adelaide team came first overall in Division 1. She has now been selected to be a member of the 12 and under state team to represent SA later in the year on the Gold Coast. Good luck Chloe! We cannot wait to see all of your hard work pay off!

Year 3-6 students participated in the SACPSSA (Catholic Schools) Swimming Carnival where we finished 4^th overall. It was such a great team effort and atmosphere, lots of ribbons being won throughout the day and the support for each other was excellent.

Year 6 students Eden and Eloise were selected to be members of the East Adelaide Softball team. They competed in a 3-day event at West Beach in Week 9 of Term 1 where they developed their skills and knowledge and by all accounts had a fun three days.

Term 2 Begins…

After School Sport

Our Lacrosse team has started the season strong, improving every week. They have had a couple of close losses, a draw and a win so far. They also competed in the SACPSSA Lacrosse Carnival where they won 3 games, drew 1 and lost 2. A big thank you to our experienced Year 6 students who came to play on the day.

We have two Year 3/4 teams and four Year 5/6 teams competing in the ThunderCup Netball Competition being held at Netball SA on Thursdays after school. The teams are predominantly coached by secondary students who plan training sessions and organise the game time and positional changes. Everyone is learning and it has been a positive start to the season.

Reception to Year 2 students have started their Come ‘n’ Try Gymnastics, Lacrosse and Soccer clinics. It is wonderful to have over 50 junior primary students being active after school.

Representative Sport

Year 4-6 students travelled to Foxfield Oval to be involved in the East Adelaide SAPSASA Cross Country Trials. All team members ran their best with Year 6 student, Chelsea, earning her place to represent the East Adelaide District in the upcoming Cross Country State Carnival to be held at Oakbank later in the term. Good luck Chelsea!

Congratulations to Year 6 students Harsnajh and Eleousa who have been selected to represent the East Adelaide District to participate in the SAPSASA State Netball Carnival. There were over 90 girls who trialled so this is an amazing achievement. Good luck for your competition in Week 8!

Ms Sarah Anderson
Primary Sport Coordinator

SAPSASA Cross Country Team

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