K-12 Sport
Heath Morley – Director of Sport K-12 | PDHPE Teacher
Emanuel First XV AICES Schools Cup 2023
The Emanuel First XV competed at the AICES Schools Rugby Cup at T.G Millner Rugby Field in Eastwood on Tuesday 30 May 2023. The overall day was successful in that our students had the unique opportunity to apply their training, skills and fitness against the best Rugby Schools in the AICES Association.
We unfortunately lost our first two matches against fierce competition in Arndell College and Nowra Anglican College who were two schools that progressed far into the tournament. In the playoff match, we defeated William Clark College 10–5 in a thrilling match which displayed many ups and downs but the Emanuel 1st XV managed to overcome a determined opposition to close out the game, with some impressive defence efforts by all in the final few minutes.
Notable performances go to Zack Gerber who scored two tries in the playoff match to secure the victory off the back off some big runs from our forwards like Gideon Pozniak, Charlie Kerlander, Zak Michelson and Koby Michael. Boaz Hadid carried the team forward all day with strong runs, always beating his first defender and gaining valuable metres for the team so they could play attacking rugby. Ethan Epstein steered the team around the field effectively from scrum half managing both the forward and backs. Jonah and Ziggy Broughton-Oshlack were our defensive tackling machines throughout the day. They tallied up an impressive amount of tackles and their never give up attitude was inspiring for all our players. Jasper Selinger and Henry Faktor were on debut for the Emanuel 1st XV Rugby Team and didn’t disappoint with some impressive runs when given the opportunity to display their speed. David Winter, as always, was an attacking threat and provided much needed stability and organisation in defence out wide in the backline.
Well done to all players who put in a big effort to play throughout the day. A big thank you goes to our new Rugby Coordinator, Archie Maggs, who has done a fantastic job up-skilling and inspiring our players this season and Ben Rosen, 2022 Emanuel graduate and former AICES Representative, who also assisted Archie coach throughout the day.
I look forward to watching the Emanuel 1st XV progress in their rugby development as players and a team this season:
- Ziggy Broughton-Oshlack, Henry Faktor, Zak Michalson, Gideon Pozniak, Jonah Broughton-Oshlack, Charlie Kerlander, Koby Michel, Boaz Hadad, Ethan Epstein, Jasper Selinger, Zack Gerber, David Winter, Joshua Gordon (injured – water) and Oliver Novy (injured – water)
Erin Archer | Sport Administrator – Head of Netball
Primary School Netball NSW Cup
Emanuel School was represented by four teams at the Netball NSW Cup held at Heffron Park on Tuesday 30 May 2023. This involved students from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6. Putting their skills against a range of schools from across the Sydney metropolitan area, the girls and boys participated enthusiastically and developed their knowledge of the game throughout the day. It was a pleasure to be involved in this annual event.
Mateusz Rabenda – Head of Tennis
NSW Secondary Schools Championships in Table Tennis
Emanuel School entered 10 of our most talented table tennis players into the NSW Secondary Schoolboys Challenge Cup held at Sydney Indoor Sports Hall, Olympic Park last Monday. There was an extremely high level of table tennis at this event. Nearly 160 students participated of which many ranked junior Australian players were there.
Three teams were entered:
- Junior Team: Julian Fisher and Arlo Broughton-Oshlack
- Intermediate Team: Daniel Newfield, Zach Sherman, Daniel Zipser and Joshua Barnett
- Senior Team: Isaac Gorelik, Jake Newfield, Jack Goldberg and Lachlan Hoening
We achieved amazing results. Isaac Gorelik and Jake Newfield reached the quarterfinals performing very well and displaying outstanding skills beating some strong teams on the way.
A big congratulations to Julian Fisher and Arlo Broughton-Oschlack who reached the final without losing a single set! On the way to the final they beat one of the strongest teams from Trinity in the quarterfinals which was a huge upset of the tournament. In the final they lost to the strongest team from North Sydney after a solid performance. Arlo and Julian played strongly throughout the tournament showing not only amazing talent but a maturity and composure beyond their years.
All our students played to the best of their ability and showed wonderful sportsmanship and are congratulated for their efforts.
