Kristy Reed | Head of Sport | PDHPE Teacher

It has been a successful start to the Term for the School’s athletes, with a number of students competing in representative sporting events. These events are highlights of the sporting calendar and those students who progress through the representative pathways gain a wealth of sporting experience by playing at a high level and competing with students from various schools throughout the state.

Last Friday, Gabriella Goodridge competed at the NSW All Schools Swimming Championships at Homebush. This event is the highest schools swimming carnival in the State and includes athletes from the independent, Catholic and public systems. Gabriella swam in the 100m butterfly, finishing 6^th in the State. Well done Gabi!

Last week, Alexis Joffe and India Sacks played in the 15 Years CDSSA Netball team which competed at the AICES Championships at Netball Central. The girls were selected for this team earlier in the year and were joined by other students in the association. The AICES Championships are always a very competitive day and both of the girls performed exceptionally well throughout the tournament.

Six of the Emanuel’s best Rugby Union players were selected to compete at the AICES Rugby Championships which were held at the TG Millner fields in Marsfield. Leo Carroll, Alan Drannikov, Jonathan Eremeev, Elijah Grynberg, Ari Karjalainen and Adam Riesel all participated in what was a great day of rugby development. The boys played in a round robin tournament and also participated in a skills program run by NSW Rugby. Congratulations to Leo Carroll who has been selected as a shadow player for the AICES opens squad.

Ethan De Melo, Hannah Kim, Eden Levit and Ellie Morris all competed at the AICES Football Championships recently, playing in the CDSSA football teams. This high calibre tournament proved to be an exciting and successful event for the Emanuel students. The CDSSA boys team went through the tournament undefeated to win the AICES Championships, which was an exceptional result. Furthermore, Ethan De Melo has now been selected in the AICES 16 Years Football team to play in the CIS tournament. The girls team had their strongest performance for several years, also progressing to the grand final, however they were beaten by the stronger team on the day.

Congratulations to all of these talented students on their commitment to school sports and the integrity that they have displayed whilst representing Emanuel.

AICES football team 2018