K-12 Sport
Stuart Taylor – PDHPE Teacher
Primary Swimming Carnival
On Thursday 17 February 2022, the students in Years 3 -6 converged on the Des Renford Aquatic Centre for our annual swimming carnival. With the grandstand decorated brilliantly in red, green, and blue, the scene was set for a fantastic day. As war cries and cheering were put on hold this year, the innovative House Captains choreographed wonderful dance moves that saw their respective houses moving and grooving in the grandstand to earn extra house points.
Each race was great to watch with many ending in a nail-biting finish.
Well done to each and every student who swam on the day!
My gratitude is also extended to the Primary staff of Emanuel School who work tirelessly to make the day successful for our students.
Age Champions
8 Years – Ravi Keller and Alicia Butt
9 Years – Brody Reid and Zella Benko
10 Years – Ryan Miller and Tali Strous
11 Years – Jake Rosenfeld and Talia Gellert
12 Years – Noah Kessell and Noaa Smily
Results
Cowen – 730 points
Monash – 560 points
Wynn – 419 points
As a result of their performance on the day, the following swimmers have been selected to represent Emanuel at the ASISSA Swimming Carnival on 18 March 2022 and have commenced team training:
Jake Rosenfeld, Noah Kessell, Netali Jadouin, Noaa Smily, Ravi Keller, Aviv Smily, Brody Reid, Zella Benko, Courtney Kadish, Ryan Miller, Dylan Pal, Amelie Lipman, Claudia Kaplan, Alfie Berger, Akira Aronstan, Liam Frankham, Shayna Abitz, Talia Gellert, Jonathan Shmuel, Zara Keller, Dan Garfinkel, Eitan Shmuel, Ariel Efrat, Mia Goodridge, Jessica Gellert, Cooper Adler, Heidi Martin.
A thank you to photographer Ofer Levy!
Indi Faithfull
Basketball News
Term one is always this biggest term of Basketball during the year and within the first few weeks, Emanuel basketball students have started off with a bang!
There are twelve teams competing in weekly basketball competitions, across Years 5-12, which is the highest participation for the sport to date. Teams play in the Easts Basketball League competition on Sundays, as well as the Sydney Schools Cup which is on Tuesday afternoons.
The teams range from newcomers Years 5 and 6, to the 18A’s team, competing in the top division. Although these competitions are only a few weeks in, there have already had some fantastic performances.
Well done to Jaime Goldman, Year 9, who sunk a free throw with seconds left on the clock of his match on Sunday and to Josh Fraser, Year 10, who shot a top three pointer to push the game into overtime.
The High School girls’ teams are competing in the St Catherine’s competition on Wednesday afternoons. The Junior A’s have had a good start to the season. Although they were behind Moriah at half-time, with great play by all, and strong defence Arielle Sharp of Year 9, who had an unbelievable ability to rebound every shot, the team made a great comeback.
Representative Basketball
Over recent weeks, the Primary students have had the opportunity to take part in the representative pathways. Following Emanuel trials, five students were chosen to represent the School at the ASSISA basketball trials.
Congratulations to Sophia Kirievskaya, Grace Lyons, Cooper Rosen, Joshua Greengarten and Cooper Adler for representing the School at this event. They did a fantastic job and caught the eyes of the selectors, with Cooper Rosen selected to represent ASSISA at the CIS trials. Cooper competes against sixty other Year 5 and 6 students from schools across NSW.
As Cooper is in Year 5, he was one of the youngest players there, but that didn’t stop him from impressing the selectors with his, speed, ball handling and shooting range! Cooper made the cut to the final twenty players, only to just miss out on the CIS team of 10 that will compete in the NSW PSSA Basketball Cup. Well Done Cooper!
CDSSA Basketball Championships
Emanuel recently convened the CDSSA Basketball Gala Day for the eleven schools in the association. It was a fantastic day, with some very competitive matches. Emanuel 1st & 2nds Boys and Girls teams competed at the event. Congratulations to all students who competed at the event.
The Emanuel Boys 1sts played exceptionally well, going down in the semi-finals.
Well done to Alexander Kirievsky, Ben Shapiro and Sacha Rosen, who have been selected for the CDSSA Representative teams.
