CDSSA Basketball Gala Day

Last Tuesday Emanuel entered five basketball teams in the annual CDSSA Basketball Gala Day – two junior girls teams, two junior boys teams and one senior boys team. Enthusiasm was high on the agenda for all teams, as was some outstanding basketball performances and terrific sportsmanship.

All teams played some exceptional games, however, it was the Junior Boys 1 team that bought home the Championship shield. After a hard fought win over Pittwater House School in the semi-final, the ultimate match against Moriah College was always going to be a great one.

The game was tight from the outset and really went down to the wire. Emanuel held the lead throughout the match winning 15-11.

Best and Fairest on the day with some thrilling plays were Ariel Odes and Matthew Bozic.

Congratulations to all members of the team including Ethan De Melo, Zac Greenberg, Aaron Lemberg, Jonathan Sebban, Ben Shapiro and Jesse Waller.

Special mention also to our Junior Girls 1 team who also qualified through to the final, going down to Galstaun College 8-18. Best and Fairest were Gabriella Goodridge and Isabella Shulz.

Congratulations to the two Year 12 students, Aidan Zlotnick and Joshua Behr, who took time out from their busy Year 12 studies to compete on the day and lead an extremely young Senior Boys team.

The basketball program at Emanuel has really grown in participation and strength under the guidance of Kristy Reed, our High School Sports Co-ordinator. A special thank you to Kristy, who was the convenor of the event, and her merry band of helpers from Emanuel School who ran the Gala Day superbly.

Mazal tov

Sharon Fairfax

The winning Junior Boys 1 Team

Junior Boys 2 team

Senior girls team

Senior boys team