High School Sport

Kirsty Reed – Sports Co-ordinagtor and PDHPE Teacher

Jewish Day Schools Years 7 and 8 Oztag Gala Day

Last Wednesday Emanuel School entered the annual Jewish Day Schools Years 7 and 8 Oztag Gala Day held at Queens Park.

Georgia Kahane, Year 7, with the winning shield

Back row, left to right: Georgia Kahane, Arin Miller, Mikaela Fraser, Isabella Schulz, Sophie Sawicki and Noam Meretz. Front row, left to right: Rayah Moses, Danielle Rutstein, Maya Armstrong and Charlotte Lyons

Each of the Emanuel teams performed well on the day with both the girls and boys reaching the grand final up against arch rivals Moriah College. The girls were victorious winning 4-0 and scored over 20 tries throughout the day. Danielle Rutstein, who led the team by example, was also awarded the Best and Fairest Award.

Junior boys team, back row, left to right: Jonathan Eremeev, Ariel Berger, Ari Karjalainen, Elijah Grynberg, Adam Winter. Front row, left to right: Jake Lewitton, Mathew Bozic, Ethan De Melo, Alan Drannikov and Dylan Christie

The boys were also dominant throughout the day and unlucky not to bring home the Shield, going down 2-3 in extra time.

The Jewish day schools sports gala days are designed to provide an opportunity for the Years 7 and 8 students to experience competition-style events. They are excellent events for our less experienced sports students to enhance their performance prior to competing in the CDSSA gala days, which normally draw students from Years 9 and above.

The Jewish schools gala days have proved to be very successful and we look forward to seeing Emanuel teams participate in them once again next year.

Combined Districts Secondary Sports Association Oztag Gala Day

On Tuesday, the Combined Districts Secondary Sports Association (CDSSA) launched a new initiative. Due to the popularity of Oztag amongst many of the schools in the association, a trial gala day was introduced to the calendar. I was fortunate enough to be the convenor of what was a very successful event, hosting over 60 games throughout the day. All of the schools that participated in the competition enjoyed the day and it proved to be an excellent display of the talent and skill of the students in this association.

Emanuel entered teams into all four divisions on the day; junior girls, junior boys, senior girls and senior boys. For many Emanuel students who have traditionally played touch football, playing Oztag was a new and exciting opportunity. For others who have a strong rugby union or rugby league background, it was a chance to show their well-developed skills. Each team performed exceptionally well and displayed admirable sportsmanship at the event.

Congratulations to the students who participated for their commitment to sport and their excellent teamwork. Thank you to Heath Morley and Sharon Fairfax for coaching and supporting our teams on the day.