Sport

Congratulations!

Well done to Alana Kavanagh (Year 8) who has been selected for the U15s State Blues Hockey Team. She’ll be competing for NSW at the National titles in April so we wish her all the very best.

Huge congratulations to our swimmers who competed at the State Open titles last weekend. There were squads from all over the world as well as some Aussie Olympians and some of the results from our girls were tremendous.

IGSSA and  IPSHA Swimming and  Diving Carnivals

What a fantastic couple of days in the pool! On Tuesday our Primary Swim Squad did Loreto Normanhurst proud at the IPSHA Swimming and Diving Carnival with some really great times across the meet.

Our IGSSA girls then doubled down because they stepped up on Thursday and finished 5th overall which is a sensational effort for the squad. The squad even came away with some bling, courtesy of our Diving Team, made up of Tatiana Chapman (Year 10) and Alexa Yu (Year 7) – they combined to win the “Most Improved” trophy as well as be declared Division 2 point score winners.

Thanks to our superstar cheer squad (a.k.a. our Year 7 girls) and the Sport Leaders (plus our always excellent Year 7 team) who cheered the girls on in every race.

Open Day

Some quick FAQ’s about  Open Day tomorrow…
 

“When you say ‘football’, do you mean… soccer?”
 “The school does equestrian? That’s so cool – where are the stables?”
 “Am I allowed to try the rowing machines?”

To find out the answer to all these questions and more, come along to the Sport desk in the gym at tomorrow’s Open Day. We’ll also have demonstrations from our Dance, Cheer and Taekwondo groups as well as gymnastics and our annual Students vs Old Girls tennis match on Court 1 at 12pm. And yes, you can have a go on the rowing machines!

CIS FOOTBALL CUP

Good luck to our footballers who will begin their season this Monday with a CIS Cup fixture vs Covenant Christian College at 4pm on the school oval. The girls are fired up and ready to avenge last season’s elimination with a solid performance. Please come along and support our girls as their quest for the cup begins!

athletics trials

With the 2017 Athletics Carnival coming up on Wednesday 5 April, we will be holding the preliminary trials for all field events and the 200m/400m on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 of March. These will be held on the school oval from 3:30pm and finish each day at 5:00pm. A detailed schedule will be emailed to all girls as well as information regarding qualifying distances/heights.

All girls will receive an email to nominate for our championship races in 100m, 800m and 1500m prior to the carnival. All other events will require a trial with the top eight girls in each event across each age group being selected to compete in the final at the school carnival.

Loreto Sports Girl Profile: Ainsley Woods

Current sport/activity: Rowing.

Favourite school sport/activity: Basketball.

Highest level of sporting achievement: NSW Country Tour for Basketball (NSW State Team).

Best moment of Loreto Sport for you: Rolling across the finish line first  in a rowing race knowing you gave it 100%.

Favourite sporting moment as a spectator: Athletics carnival!

Best subject at school: History.

Any superstitions before playing sport: I always have to put on my left sock then my left shoe first, then I will do my right. Also I have to take this elephant charm with me, it is always in my sports bag.

Best tune to listen to before competing: Something chill to get you relaxed – my favourite is Thirsty Merc, then some pump up to get you ready – I always listen to Stronger by Kanye West!

Photos

We love seeing photos of our girls enjoying sport, but unfortunately we can’t be everywhere at once. If you’re out and about over the weekend at your daughter’s fixtures, please send through any snaps you get to sport@loretonh.nsw.edu.au.

If you’re on Twitter, you can follow us at @loretonhsport – tweet us and use the hashtag #LetsGoLoreto and we’ll retweet as many as we can!

If you’re on Facebook, our page is at www.facebook.com/LoretoNHSport

EVENTS CALENDAR

SATURDAY SPORT BBQ ROSTER

There will be no Sports BBQ at the school tomorrow.

TERM  2 SECONDARY SPORT ONLINE NOMINATIONS

Term 2 2017 Secondary School IGSSA Sport online nominations have now closed. Girls who would like to request a late nomination for IGSSA Sport, Cheerleading or Dance Performance Troupe or Hills Netball must speak to the staff in the Sports Office.

2017 Sport Contacts Term 1 

Primary

Secondary

All details of the Sport and the Sport Specific Booklets (draw, lists, contacts, training details, uniform requirements), are posted on the Student Sports Portal and on the Sports Noticeboard.

For IGSSA competitions the full draw points table, venue lists and wet weather details are also available from the IGSSA website here.

Mr Matt Mulroney

Acting Head of Sport