Volume 29 Issue 35 13 Nov 2020 26 Heshvan 5781

High School Sport

Kristy Genc – Head of Sport, PDHPE Teacher & Year 12 Tutor

On Wednesday, Emanuel Year 7 and 8 students had the opportunity to compete at the Jewish Day Schools Oztag Gala Day at Queens Park. This is always a fabulous event, where students are able to play other students from the local Jewish community. 

The Emanuel White Girls Team had a fantastic day, undefeated throughout the tournament and winning the grand final against Moriah 3 – 1. A special mention goes to Amelie Trope and Romy McCorquodale for their amazing tries and Ashley Urbach for her great speed and tagging skills. Congratulations also to Marina Akstein, Ruth Durbach, Ashleigh Gold, Leah Grunseit, Franki Kurlansky, Amari Rosen-Tal, Alyssa Simmons and Abby Sarraf. 

The Emanuel White Boys Team also progressed to the Grand Final, playing an undefeated Masada College. Leo Latter and Ethan Hirst scored exceptional tries in the final, taking the game into extra time. Unfortunately the boys lost 3 – 4 in a what was a spectacular match. Well done also to Jack Goldberg, Josh Gordon, Aiden Kanevsky, Ben Maserow, Zak Michalson, Koby Michel, Gideon Pozniak and Jasper Selinger. 

Congratulations to Alexander Kirievsky in Year 8 on his recent selection in the Basketball NSW State Performance Program. This program is a talent identification scheme and is a very select program for the best athletes in NSW ranging from 13 to 17 years old. It is quite rare for a player this young to be selected. 

Well done to our Senior Boys Cricket team who played in the Douglas Shield Cricket Competition this week. Although the result did not go our way, it was great to see the boys playing their first game this year. Well done to Jonah Trope, Maximillian Kidman and Zac Sidley on the positive leadership that they displayed at the match. 

The Emanuel basketball teams are half way through the Term 4 Easts Basketball League Sunday season. These teams are training hard and working to improve their skills every game. We wish these teams the best of luck for the rest of the season.