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Sporting highlights
IGSA Diving Team
Congratulations to the following teams that were named Independent Girls’ Schools Association (IGSA) champions in Terms 1 and 2 this year:
DIVING TEAM
• Champion School in Diving for the tenth year which is a record of the most consecutive wins.
• Our Pymble team consisted of 56 athletes, eight in every age group from 12 to 18 years. There were approximately 200 athletes in every race with 26 schools competing. • The College reclaimed the championship trophy for the first time since 2017 by 83 points!
SENOR FIRST FOOTBALL TEAM
• The Senior First Football Team remains undefeated.
SAILING TEAM
The Pymble Sailing team competed at the 2021 NSW Secondary Schools Teams Racing Championships at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron from Friday 30 April to Sunday 2 May.
The competition had 24 teams competing over three days in a teams racing format.
The team achieved the following results:
• Best girls’ school in NSW • Third best overall school in NSW • Fifth placed team in NSW • First Pymble Sailing Team to qualify for Nationals. Congratulations to team members Isabella Green, Year 12, Charlotte Wykes, Year 9, Isabelle Holdsworth, Year 11, Chantelle Wu, Year 10, Clio Moran, Year 10, Olivia Williams, Year 11, and Tiffany Mak, Year 9.
SWIMMING TEAM
• The results this year were team-based results with all seven relay teams winning which is a new IGSA record.
• Twelve first places, 14 second places, two thirds, and the College won all three age categories; Junior,
Intermediate and Senior, and won the combined overall trophies for multi class and able bodied.
IGSA Swimming Team
TRACK AND FIELD TEAM
The Australian Track and Field Championships were held in Sydney from Monday 12 April to Monday 19 April. These championships include the best Juniors and Open athletes in the country. It was also the Olympic trials and World Junior trial event for 2021. Pymble was represented by 21 athletes and five ex-students (all past and present coaches). This was the highest number by any girls’ school in Australia. All our athletes performed exceptionally well and should be congratulated for a fantastic week. In total our girls won five gold medals, two silver medals and five bronze medals.
Well done to all our coaches and athletes on a fabulous week. A big thank you to Ms Deb Walsham, Mrs Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Mr Lawrie Barclay, Ms Leanne Pejkovic and Mr Jack Pennington for all your time, effort and commitment.
Katie Edwards, Marguerite Andrews (Year 12), Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Sarah Baker (Year 9)
