From the Secondary Sport Coordinator

**Ms Meg Henderson**
Secondary Sport Coordinator

Saturday Sport – Finals Approaching!

This week marks the final round of regular season games for soccer, badminton and netball. Semi-final draws will be released after tomorrow’s games and uploaded to the Term 2/3 Sport SEQTA Portal next week.

Please take the time to familiarise yourself with game venues and times for semi-finals. After these games have been played (Saturday 10 August), play-off finals details will be released and communicated to teams before Saturday 17 August. Live premiership tables can be accessed on the SACSSGSA website: Catholic Secondary Girls Sports | Results & Ladders 2024 (cesa.catholic.edu.au)

Knockout Sport

It’s been a very busy two weeks of interschool sport, with our Open knockout footy team, Year 9/10 knockout netball team, Year 11/12 knockout netball team and Year 11/12 knockout basketball team competing in their respective competitions.

After a thrilling win against Adelaide High in the first round, our senior Australian Rules Football faced two tough opponents in Heathfield and Cardijn College for round 2 in Week 1. They played a very strong first half against Heathfield, who were the team to beat on the day but unfortunately lost some momentum in the 3^rd and eventually went down by just over 2 goals at the final siren. A big thankyou to coach Mr Heath for sharing his knowledge and expertise, and for guiding our knockout teams year to year with positivity and dedication. Many of the players of this team will be graduating in 2024, so we specifically thank them for representing our college with pride over the last few years in Australian Rules Football.

The Year 11/12 knockout netball team also played their first round against Kildare and Mitcham Girls High School on Tuesday. Kildare were a tough and well-oiled opponent and were ultimately the winners on the day. However, our girls maintained their spirit and determination to finish strong in the last quarter against them. This set them up well for their second game, winning by 5 points against Mitcham. We congratulate the girls on their efforts, particularly our Year 12 students who have represented the college in knockout netball for several years.

Some positive results in the netball, with our Year 9/10 knockout team progressing through to round 2 of the division 2 statewide schools netball competition after three wins against Golden Grove High, St Pauls and Glenunga High. They will set their sights on the next round in Week 3, coming up against Unley High School and Unity College. Stay tuned for results!

Additionally, our Year 11/12 basketball team are through to the final after a win against Adelaide High by 63 points and a win against a strong St Mary’s outfit by 25 points. There were strong performances across all nine of the girls, with each of them stepping up in their own way to have two strong team games. Considering this team consists of students from Year 7-11, this is an excellent result! The finals will take place on Wednesday of Week 4.

Sporting Spotlight

Year 7 student, Raya has recently represented South Australia in the U15 State Badminton Championships in Perth during the holidays. Raya and her SA Team fought with courage and enthusiasm to place 4^th out of eight states. It is an honour to be able to represent your state in the sport you love – congratulations Raya on this amazing achievement!

And finally, a big congratulations to Mr Michael Heath (Health and Outdoor Education teacher) for his outstanding achievement at the Gold Coast Marathon during the holidays. His preparation and dedication to his weekly run club well and truly paid off, shaving an impressive 10 minutes of his PB. We couldn’t be prouder of his efforts! Well done Mr Heath.

Ms Meg Henderson
Secondary Sport Coordinator

From the Secondary Sport Coordinator