Kristy Reed -Sports Co-ordinator and PDHPE Teacher

NSW Schools Futsal State Championships

Earlier in the year Emanuel School had great success at the NSW Schools Regionals Championships. As a result of this success the 16s girls and 16s boys teams progressed to the State Championships held at Penrith Sports Stadium last Thursday.

The standard of play at this prestigious event is always of an exceptional quality, with many representative players in attendance from schools throughout the State. Both teams performed exceptionally well in the pool stage and progressed to the quarter-finals. The girls team played in a very tight game against Cherrybrook and were unlucky to be beaten by only one goal. The boys team followed a similar fate, going down also by the one goal to a highly skilled Dapto team.

The NSW Schools Futsal Championships overall was a quality tournament and a successful campaign for the 6 Emanuel teams. Well done to all of the players for their excellent training, dedication and representation of the School. I would also like to thank our dedicated coaches Robbie Ezekiel and Aytek Genc for their expertise and ongoing support of the futsal program.

Front row (left to right): Nina Brown, Lara Joffe, Ellie Morris, Sienna Meyer, Lara Rutstein. Back row (left to right): Aytek Genc (coach), Kaia Ziman, Isabella Schulz, Jordan Weizman, Sarah Sharwood, Alexa Narunsky.

Front row (left to right): Joel Epshteyn, Oskar Beck, Dylan Ephraim, Leo Lipman.   Back row (left to right): Matthew Gitli, Jake Hyman, Ethan De Melo, Justin Sarif, Jared Kleviansky, Robbie Ezekiel (coach)