K-12 Sports News

Stuart Taylor – PDHPE Teacher

Primary Girls CIS Netball

The ASISSA netball team finished in second place behind CSSA (Christian Schools Sports Association) at the CIS Netball competition and trials on Friday 5 May at Netball Central, Sydney Olympic Park.

Comprised of girls from ASISSA membership schools, Akira Aronstan and Shayna Abitz were the Emanuel representatives in 2023.

The results below reflect a very successful day on the court for the girls:

ASISSA 18 def HICES 3
ASISSA 13 def SASSA 1
ASISSA 14 def HRIS 5
CSSA 9 def ASISSA 7
ASISSA 21 def HZSA 4
ASISSA 18 def NCIS 1
ASISSA 13 def IPSHA 10
ASISSA 16 def RAS 3
ASISSA 21 def NASSA 0

After the round robin phase, five girls from the ASISSA team were selected in the Possible v Probable round (more than any other association), with 3 of them making the final trial game. Akira was one of the three girls, narrowly missing out on selection in the CIS team.

The team was coached and managed by Erin Archer and Stuart Taylor. It was a fantastic day working with the girls and they represented themselves, their school and ASISSA with the highest level of sportsmanship.

Sport Administrator – Head of Netball

AICES Championships

CDSSA under 15’s Netball Team came a very close second overall on a countback at the AICES Championships last week.

Ashley Urbach and Hayley Kanevsky represented Emanuel in this team with Hayley making it through to the possibles and probables.

The team was coached by Erin Archer who is now representing Emanuel School coaching the next stage being the AICES Team.

Heath Morley – Director of Sport K-12 | PDHPE Teacher

Football News

On Thursday 2 May 2023, four High School Football Teams competed at the CDSSA Football Championships. The day included a round-robin event, where teams played other schools within the association.

The Emanuel 15 years girls team had a very successful day. This team scored an plenty of goals, finishing the day undefeated and winning the championship. Stand out performers were Gemma Odes, Riley Carr and Julliette Robertson, who were also selected in the CDSSA representative team.

The Emanuel Open Girls 1sts played very well at the tournament, winning 3 from 5 matches. The girls came up against tough opposition in Moriah and SEDA Sports School. Congratulations to Eden Levit who was selected in the CDSSA representative team and Sienna Poswell and Mischa Speilman who were selected in the shadow squad.

The U16 boys had a slow start to the championships losing their first two games and then went on to draw their next match and win their last two matches There were some pleasing individual performances and a special mention goes to Daniel Allul Orozco who was selected in the U16 years CDSSA representative team.

The Emanuel Boys 1sts performed very well, drawing to Moriah in their opening match of the day, winning against IGS & PAL and progressing through to the semi final where they played a tough opposition in SEDA Sports School, Emanuel lost the semi final 3-0. Congratulations to all the boys on a very positive championships and in particular Coby New, Reece Carr and Ethan Hirst who were selected in the CDSSA representative team to play at the AICES Football Championships this week.

Last week the Primary Years K-2 and Years 3-4 after school Football Development Programs commenced, with an amazing level of interest in the younger years. The future of the Emanuel Football Program is looking bright, with so many keen young footballers. The Years 4-6 students have also commenced their term of football, playing in the Thursday Inter-school Sport Competition each week.

U16 Boys Team

CDSSA and AICES Rugby Representatives

Last week, 10 students trialed for the CDSSA Rugby Teams, with 3 students trialling for the opens team and 7 students trialling for the U16s team. The Trials were held at Nagle Park in Maroubra and the students were provided training in the morning, followed by a match in the afternoon where they were able to display their skills.

It was pleasing to see all 10 Emanuel students who trialled on the day were all selected into the CDSSA Rugby Team to compete at the AICES Rugby Championships on the following day.

U16s Emanuel CDSSA Representatives: Oliver Novy, David Winter, Zack Gerber, Ethan Epstein, Jonah Broughton-Oshlack, Ziggy Broughton- Oshlack, Ari Bencheom

Opens Emanuel CDSSA Representatives: Zak Michalson, Joshua Gordon, Charlie Kerlander

A big congratulations to our students, who competed at the AICES Championships, with the CDSSA Opens Team going undefeated and the U16s CDSSA Team having the most successful AICES Championships thus far.