Kristy Genc | Head of Sport | PDHPE Teacher | Year 11 Tutor

Term 1 has been an exciting period of basketball for Emanuel. We have increased the number of teams competing in the Easts Sunday basketball competition and selected multiple junior boys and junior girls teams that competed in both the Jewish Schools Gala Day as well as the Sydney Schools Cup. We have also created an elite pathway with the creation of the Emanuel Senior Firsts and introduced strength and conditioning sessions in the Wellness Centre. Through all of these opportunities there has been an exciting level of engagement by students, which has seen a massive rise in participation as well as an increase of individual skill and development. As a whole, it is definitely fair to say the Emanuel basketball program has had a term of extreme growth and success!

Junior girls basketball team

Emanuel hosted the Intermediate Girls Sydney Schools Cup each Tuesday throughout the term and also convened the Jewish Schools Gala Day. We now look forward to convening the highlight event of the year, the CDSSA Gala Day in June.

Some notable performances from the term include:

• The Emanuel Firsts team finishing in the top 8 at the AICES Basketball Schools Championship
• The Junior Girls team winning the Sydney Schools Cup
• The Intermediate Boys making the Grand Final of the Sydney Schools Cup
• The Years 7/8 Girls Team finishing 2^nd in the Jewish School Gala Day

Individual achievements include:

• Zac Greenberg representing CDSSA at the AICES Basketball Championships, with the team finishing 2^nd overall
• Georgia Kahane representing CDSSA at the AICES Basketball Championships
• Ben Shapiro making the Sydney Comets Under 6 Representative Team
• Alexander Kirievsky making the Sydney Comets Under 14 Representative Team
• Marcus Tsimbler making the Sydney Comets u14 Representative Team

As the program continues to develop, things we can look forward to next term include:

• Emanuel girls and boys teams to compete in the CDSSA championships in both the Senior and Junior divisions
• More Emanuel teams to compete in the Easts Basketball Sunday Competition – boys and girls
• A girls inter-school social basketball competition
• A primary focus on individual skill development, through small group sessions

Thank you to all the fantastic coaches who have put time and effort into teaching the students and good luck to all the teams who have qualified for a final this Sunday in the Easts Competition.

Indiana Faithfull – Basketball Coach