Sport

Rowing  Nationals

Congratulations to all Loreto Normanhurst rowers on their successful Rowing Nationals Campaign. It was a wonderful end to the rowing season and hope you all enjoy a well-deserved rest.

Further congratulations to the following rowers who made an A Final in their respective crews:
Laura Gourley and Rosalind Daly – placed 8th in the U19 Women’s Double Scull Final and placed 1st in the U19 Women’s Coxed Eight in a composite crew.

Tildesley Tennis Results

Congratulations to all Tildesley Tennis players who took part in a rather wet Tildesley Tennis Carnival earlier this term. Thank you for your hard work in preparation for this carnival and congratulations on your fantastic achievements.

Further congratulations to the following girls who were successful in making it through to Round 3 of the carnival:

Hannah Nicholson (Year 10) – Doubles and Mya-Rose San Diego (Year 10) – Doubles

Chloe Reeves (Year 9) – Singles

School Tennis Championships

Thank you to all students who took part in this year’s School Tennis Championships. Players Faith Zalm (Year 10) and Mya-Rose San Diego (Year 10) were our finalists in the Singles category this year and played a fantastic finals match. Congratulations to Faith Zalm who is our 2018 Singles Champion.

Swimming

This week 13 Loreto Normanhurst students represented at the NSWCIS Swimming Championships. We’d like to congratulate these students firstly on being selected into the IGSSA team to compete at these championships, and secondly, for the outstanding results over the two days of competition.

Further congratulations to the following swimmers who received podium finishes in their respective events:

Abby Hartshorne
– Placed 1st in the 15-16 years 200m butterfly

Maddison Hinds
– Placed 3rd in the 15 Years 50m freestyle multiclass
– Placed 2nd in the Open 50m butterfly multiclass
– Placed 2nd in the Open 100m backstroke multiclass
– Placed 1st in the Open 50m breaststroke multiclass
– Placed 2nd in the Open 100m freestyle multiclass
– Placed 2nd in the Open 50m backstroke multiclass

Breanna Ivankovic
– Placed 3rd in the 17 Years 200m butterfly
– Placed 2nd in the 17 Years 100m butterfly

Open 6x50m Relay team placed 3rd
– Cordelia Stephen
– Charlotte Rigney
– Hannah Saw
– Abby Feurtado
– Abby Hartshorne
– Jacqueline Feurtado

Junior 4×50 Medley Relay team placed 3rd
– Samantha Cox
– Clare Doherty
– Lily King
– Abby Williamson

Both relay teams have now qualified for the State Championships to be held in May. Congratulations and good luck!

Badminton

Best of luck to Yasmin Say (Year 9) who will be competing at the Australasian Under 17s Badminton Championships in New Zealand next week. We will all be thinking of you and look forward to hearing about your experience.

Netball

Congratulations to Sophie Dwyer (Year 11) who was recently selected as the captain of the NSW under 17’s Netball team. What an outstanding achievement! Good luck Sophie, and we can’t wait to hear about your experience with the NSW team.

ipsha cross country

Good luck to all Primary students taking part in this weekend’s IPSHA Cross Country.

ipsha netball

Congratulations to Abbie Maley (Year 6) and Emily Paterson (Year 5) who have been selected into the IPSHA Netball team.

Water Polo

Well done to Sarah Dal Molin (Year 8) and Clare Doherty (Year 8) who competed at the National U14 Water Polo competition in Albury/Wodonga last month. Sarah’s team placed 7th overall and Clare’s team placed 20th overall.

LORETO SPORTS GIRL: Lily Holmes

Current sport/activity: Badminton/Gymnastics.

Favourite school sport/activity: Netball/Badminton.

Highest level of sporting achievement: State for Gymnastics.

Best moment of Loreto Sport for you: When I got into the finals for badminton and when I received the coach’s award for touch footy.

Favourite sporting moment as a spectator: Watching the Inter House cricket and my house winning!

Best subject at school: Italian.

Any superstitions before playing sport: Do my best.

Best tune to listen to before competing: Finesse by Bruno Mars.

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 Sport BBQ this weekend.

2018 Sport Contacts Term 1

PRIMARY

SECONDARY

For IGSSA competitions, the full draw points table, venue lists and wet weather details see the IGSSA website here.

Mrs Jasmine Palmer

 Head of Sport