Sport

IGSSA Softball, Tennis and Badminton Finalists

Term 1 Sport concluded with some outstanding results from our finalist teams in IGSSA Softball, IGSSA Tennis, and Loreto Badminton. Congratulations to the following teams who were successful in making the Finals or Playoff for 3rd/4th place after a competitive Term 1 season.

IGSSA Softball

IGSSA Tennis

Loreto Badminton

IGSSA Netball
Good luck to the following girls who are trialling for the Open and U15 Years IGSSA Netball Representative Team:

School Tennis Championships Doubles Final

Congratulations to Hannah Nicholson (Year 10) & Mya-Rose San Diego (Year 10) who won the School Tennis Championships doubles final, beating Faith Zalm (Year 10) and Annabelle Gohl (Year 8) 6 – 5 in a tiebreak.

Swimming – NSW All Schools

We wish all Loreto Normanhurst swimmers competing at the NSW All Schools Swim Carnival the best of luck. These swimmers will representing NSWCIS at this NSW All Schools event on Friday 11 May. We look forward to posting their results from this carnival in the coming weeks.

6x50m Freestyle All Age Relay

4x50m Junior Medley Relay

Abby Hartshorne (Year 10)

Breanna Ivankovic (Year 11)

Maddison Hinds (Year 7)

Swimming – Australian Age Championships

Congratulations to the following swimmers who competed at the State Age National Championships in the school holidays. This Championship event is a qualifying event, and so for these swimmers to even qualify for a competing position is outstanding! Well done to all swimmers who took part, and further congratulations to those who were successful in making a final.

Maddison Hinds (Year 7) competed in the Multiclass S14 category in the:

Abby Feurtado (Year 9) competed in the:

Abby Hartshorne (Year 10) competed in the:

Kate Law-Whitting (Year 10) competed in the:

Breanna Ivankovic (Year 11) competed in the:

Jacqueline Feurtado (Year 12) competed in the:

Rowing – Junior Australian Rowing Team

Congratulations to Hannah Cowap (Year 11) who has recently been selected into the Junior Australian Rowing team. Hannah will be travelling to the Czech Republic in August to compete in the World Junior Rowing Championships. We wish Hannah all the best in her preparations for competing on world stage, and look forward to seeing Hannah and the Australian team race! Congratulations Hannah!

Rowing – Australian Trials

Congratulations to following Loreto Normanhurst students who represented Rowing NSW Pathways Eight at the recent Australian trials:

archery

Congratulations to Elizabeth Parington (Year 10) who competed at the Archery Nationals recently and won the gold medals for the Target Championships and Short Distance Championships. Elizabeth has also been selected to represent Australia at the 2018 Oceania Championships in New Caledonia. Well done Elizabeth!

Netball – Schools Cup

Good luck to the following students who will be competing in the Netball Schools Cup Tournament next week.

Team 1

Team 2

Team 3

australian U18 Rugby Sevens

Congratulations to Tatum Bird (Year 12) who was selected and played for the Australian Under 18 Rugby Sevens team at Riverview last weekend. She attended a week’s camp at Riverview with 16 others and was one of the final 12 selected for the team. Tatum’s team reached the final and were runners up to New Zealand.

correct sport uniform

An important note regarding correct sport uniform for Saturday competition sport.

Students who are not dressed in the correct uniform for competition will NOT be allowed to play. In the case that a Loreto Sport Staff member is not present, your team coach will have the authority to remove a student from play and/or not allow a student to start play. Thank you in advance, for your cooperation in this matter. It is our expectation that you will be appropriately dressed and in uniform while representing Loreto Normanhurst. Please see your sport specific booklets for full details on what uniform is required for your sport.

LORETO SPORTS GIRL: Elizabeth Parington

Current sport/activity: Archery.

Favourite school sport/activity: Tennis .

Highest level of sporting achievement: The highest level I have reached in archery is winning two national gold medals in target championships and short distance championships and I have been selected into the national team to represent Australia in the 2018 Oceania Championships held in Noumea, New Caledonia.

Best moment of Loreto Sport for you: In 2016 when my netball team won the grand final.

Favourite sporting moment as a spectator: Going to AFL games with my dad.

Best subject at school: Food technology because of all the cooking practicals.

Any superstitions before playing sport: I have no superstitions for my sport, I believe that everything happens for a reason.

Best tune to listen to before competing: The best song or type of song to listen to before I shoot is a catchy upbeat song that uplifts my mood.

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

Week 1 Saturday 5 May

Week 2 Saturday 12 May

Duties involve cooking on the BBQ or serving. If you are unable to fulfill your duty you must arrange a replacement (contact other day girls’ families in your team from the team contact list).

2018 Sport Contacts Term 2

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