From the Secondary Sport Coordinator

**Ms Meg Henderson**
Secondary Sport Coordinator

Winter Season Draws to a Close / Pink Round Highlights

This weekend marks the final round of winter sport for 2025. We wish our soccer, netball and badminton teams the best of luck, particularly those playing-off in grand finals (see below!)

Middle SAC 1 Soccer – Grand Final for Middle C competition
Year 7 SAC 1 Netball – Grand Final for Year 7 B2 Competition
Senior SAC 2 Netball – Grand Final for Open C1 Competition
Middle SAC 1 Badminton – Grand Final for Middle B2 Competition

A huge thankyou to the teachers, old scholars, parents and senior students who have stepped up to support or coach a team this season.

We also had an exciting turnout for Pink Round, which was held on the 2^nd August. Students, officials and spectators wore pink to raise breast cancer awareness, generate discussion encouraging breast screening, and show support for the 20,000+ women and men diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia every year. Enjoy some photos from our best-dressed teams!

semi-finals in full swing!

Term 4 Sport Nominations Closing 22 August

A friendly reminder that Year 7-12 nominations for Term 4 sport will close 12pm, Friday 22^nd August.

Teams will be finalised and sent through to the association after this point, and therefore, late nominations are unable to be accepted.

Sports on offer:

Touch Football, Tennis, Basketball, Indoor Volleyball – Saturday mornings any time between 8-11am
Water Polo – Thursday afternoons anytime between 4 – 6:30pm
Dance & Fitness – Weekday Lunchtime

Commitment:

All team sports (besides Water Polo) have 1x morning training per week. These are before school and attendance is compulsory. See SAC Sport Policies & General Information for more info.

Nominate:

Nominate by logging into our Clipboard School portal – this link can also be found on the SEQTA Welcome Page.

If you haven’t set up an account yet, see the information below.

Sporting Spotlight

Year 7 student and talented basketballer, Alessia, was selected to represent SA in the U12 girls basketball at the School Sports Australia Games earlier this month. The School Sports Australia Games is a weeklong championship featuring great athletes across Australian Rules Football, Basketball, Netball, Golf, Diving, Soccer, Bowls, Rugby League & Swimming. SA finished 4^th in the basketball, narrowly missing out on the bronze medal. We are so proud of Alessia to have been selected to represent her state at such a high level!

Superstar Amelia (10SL) has recently come back from competing at the East Coast Challenge – an annual Water Polo tournament held in Melbourne for 15&U state squads across the country. This prepares her and her SA state team for Nationals, which will be held later in the year. She had a successful stint, playing 6 games and even snagging a goal against Victoria! Amelia has come such a long way from Thursday night games out at Pembroke pool playing for SAC in middle years! We are super excited for what the future holds – watch this space!

Aria (Year 9) also represented SA recently, in the 15 & Under School Sport Australia Hockey Championships from August 3^rd – 9^th. She was one of few players selected for this team to compete against NSW, QLD, TAS, WA, VIC & ACT at the Hockey Centre in Lyneham, ACT. Her team was able to snag a couple of wins and a draw, finishing 6^th overall. We are so very proud of Aria – as not only was she selected to represent SA in Hockey, but also in the 15 Years & Under School Sport Australia Touch Football Championships in October, and she also was named vice captain for her hockey team. Well done, Aria!

Ms Meg Henderson
Secondary Sport Coordinator

From the Secondary Sport Coordinator