K-12 Sport news
K-12 Sport news
On Thursday 18 March, the two Emanuel 16 years girls futsal teams competed at the NSW Schools Regional Futsal Championships at Blacktown. This is always a top class event, with strong football schools taking part. Well done to an outstanding performance by the Emanuel students, with one of the teams making it through to the grand final, playing Mamre Anglican College. In what was a very tight match, Mamre won 1 – 0. Fortunately, both grand finalist go on to play in the state finals in early August, so the team now have a great opportunity to continue to improve over the coming months. A special mention to Captain Hannah Kim, Eden Levit who scored an abundance of goals and Gemme Odes who performed outstandingly well, playing well above her age division.
The Emanuel Boys Firsts Football team had another victory in the CIS Football Cup on Wednesday, beating Shellharbour 5 – 0. Well done to all the boys on what was a solid performance. Special mention to goal scorers, Shai Farhy, Aaron Lemberg and Michael Heymann. The team will now prepare for their Round 3 match against Moriah.
High School basketball had a successful week. Both the junior and intermediate teams won the Sydney Schools Cup grand final on Tuesday afternoon. The Year 7/8 team had a strong win over International Grammar School, 50-29. The Intermediate team were down with only minutes on the clock but came back to win by three points over Moriah College. Well done to all students involved in the Sydney Schools Cup this term.
Zac Urbach and Eden Levitt at NSW Junior Athletics Championships
Individual sporting achievements
Congratulations to Shai Farhy, Eden Levit, Alexander Kirievsky and Zac Urbach on their outstanding performances at the NSW Junior Athletics Championships. Shai performed a personal best in triple jump, jumping 12m and placing 6th and came 8th in long jump and 7th in the 200m. Zac achieved a personal best time of 11.42s in his 100m event, placing 9th in the final. Eden achieved 7th place in the under 18 years 100m event and placed fourth in the 17 years 200m. Eden has now qualified for the Australian Championships in April. Alexander placed 5th in the hammer throw, 6th in shot put and javelin and 8th in discus. Alex has also recently been named in the under 16 years NSW Metro basketball team.
Coach profile: Aytek Genc
Emanuel Head Football Coach, former Socceroo, Aytek Genc, has a playing and coaching career spanning over 40 years. Aytek has been coaching the football and futsal teams at Emnauel for the past six years and has previously coached at Knox Grammar and Oakhill College. Outside the school system, Aytek has an impressive playing career in the NSL and overseas in football, and represented NSW in futsal. Currently, the Head of Football at St George City, Aytek has previously coached championship winning teams in the NPL, was assistant coach at Sydney FC and was an SBS commentator for over 20 years.
Upcoming events
Wednesday 21 April
14 years NSW Schools Futsal Regional Championships
Thursday 22 April
15 years AICES Netball Championships
ASISSA Netball Gala Day
Friday 23 April
Year 7/8 JDS Basketball Gala Day
Monday 26 April
First day of the K-12 weekly sport programs