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STUDENTS IN FOCUS
SENIOR School
Students in Focus
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During the 1st week of the school holidays, Leo Degeling, William Smith and Michael Elasi made the trek to St John’s XXIII and competed in a chess competition for year 12 students. They played 7 games each for a total of 21 games in a round-robin against all other schools.
Some very tough matches against Patrician Brothers, Blacktown who took 3rd place overall. The day came down to a very close ‘grand final’ vs St Dominic’s, Kingswood who had 13 points and St Greg’s who had 14 points before the final match. If we won only 1 game it would be a draw, but we managed to win on board 2 and 3 with Leo barely losing with a blunder in the end game costing him a draw. The boys had a fantastic performance, won 16 games and took home 1st place! Big congratulations to Michael and William who both only dropped 1 game on the day, especially Michael, who surprised himself and expected to only win about half of his games. Leo won 4 and lost 3 as 1st seat played the strongest players from each school. Congratulations Leo, William and Michael.
Rugby League - Tom Fletcher, Health Mason, Charlie Guymer and Tom Fisher
Tom Fletcher (Year 12), Heath Mason (Year 11), Charlie Guymer (Year 12) and Tom Fisher (Year 12), competed at the Australian All Schools Rugby League Championships. They all competed very well throughout their matches with Tom Fletcher earning a Man of the Match Award for NSW CCC.
To top this off, Tom was named in the Australian Schoolboys Rugby League team – an achievement that has not been reached since 2017 by Ethan Parry. Congratulations to the boys and their achievements.
Triathlon - Ryan Carter
Ryan Carter (Year 11), represented Australia at the 2022 Triathlon Age Group World Championships in Montreal Canada from 24-26 June.
This past summer Ryan travelled around Australia competing in State Sprint Triathlon Championships taking home 3rd place age group points in Tasmania and NSW to gain points towards selection in the Australian Age Group Team as a 16-19 year old.
In March he was selected in the Australian Age Group team to compete in Montreal and has just been selected in the team for the Super Sprint Age Group World Championships in Abu Dhabi in November.
VET MWLP - Lachlan Bush
On Wednesday 29 June, Lachlan Bush (Year 12) was awarded MWLP Work Placement Student of the Year.
He was nominated originally in the Construction Work placement category. He then won this category against three other students. To get to this stage, he was nominated by his host employer and also underwent an interview.
The winners of each of the Work Placement categories then competed for Overall Work Placement Student of the Year.
Lachlan then won this category! This is a wonderful and well-deserved achievement.
Canoeing - Dominic Curtin
After competing in a rigorous Canoeing series over the past months, Dominic Curtin (Year 12) was selected for the Australian Team to compete at the recent World Titles in Italy - a huge achievement.
Dominic had an absolute ball heading over to Italy to compete in the World Titles with an impressive 20th place in the world. Dominic has high hopes of heading back to the World Titles in 2023 to do even better.
Photos courtesy of JGRImages and LivingMoments studio
Sheep Show Team - Thomas Andersen, Alex Gorey and Max Gorey
Thomas Andersen (Year 11) Interbreed Sheep Judge and Associate Corriedale Judge of the Show! This is an amazing achievement for such a young gentleman! Thomas was also the Overjudge at the Royal Bathurst Show and certainly has a bright future in the industry!
Alex Gorey (Year 8) 1st in <15yrs Merino Sheep Judging 1st in <15yr Sheep Handlers 2nd in <15yrs Meat and Dual-Purpose Sheep Judging (came 2nd to his brother) Champion Junior Judge of Show!
Max Gorey (Year 7)
1st in <15yrs Meat and Dual-Purpose Sheep Judging 5th in <15yrs Merino Sheep Judging 6th in <15yr Sheep Handlers Champion Corriedale Handler of the Show! The judge was blown away by how competent Max was, especially considering he is only in Year 7! Reserve Champion Junior Judge of Show! (Placed 2nd to his brother)
Top Left: Thomas Andersen as judge with winners, Dubbo Show 2022.
Top Right L-R: Alex Gorey, Year 8 and Max Gorey, Year 7.
Bottom Right L-R: Thomas Andersen judging at Dubbo Show 2022.
Rostrum Public Speaking - William Carter & Angus Limbrey
At the backend of last term, we were so impressed to have two of our boys make the NSW Rostrum Public Speaking Finals. Both William and Angus did an amazing job at the finals with both having to race back to school after the event to be back for the closing night of the College Musical. Angus performed extremely well and did our school so proud in the Senior Division – unlucky not to be a win (not that we are bias). William Carter ended up winning the Rostrum Final and will compete at the upcoming National Title. Well done to both boys! William Carter Angus Limbrey
NSWCC Championships
It is with great pleasure to report that we had some fabulous Cross Country results on Friday 24 June 2022. We had 9 students run at the NSWCCC Cross Country Championships at Eastern Creek. The boys all qualified for this event at the Parramatta Diocese carnival earlier in the term.
The results from the day were:
Cooper Clugston, Archie Nott, Joel Offord and Lucas Bucca will now progress to the NSW All Schools Carnival in NSW All Schools Cross Country on 22 July, 2022.
13 Years
• Cooper Clugston - 4th place • William Beale - 18th place
14 Years
• Nathan Salter - 13th place • Max Anastasio - 18th place • Ashton Tsagalas - 29th place
15 Years
• Archie Nott - FIRST PLACE
17 Years
• Joel Offord - 5th place • Elliot Power - 18th place
Opens
• Lucas Bucca - 7th place
Archie Nott Joel Offord Lucas Bucca Cooper Clugston
Little Athletics - Joshua Henry
Athletics NSW Young Volunteer of the Year
On July 16, at the LANSW Annual Awards Dinner, Joshua Henry (Year 12) was awarded Little Athletics NSW Young Volunteer of the Year, beating three other finalists & many nominees for the title.
Joshua started Little Athletics as a Tiny Tot at the age of 3 & continued through until Under 17 where he “graduated” Little Athletics in season 2019/20. The following season, he joined the committee at Liverpool City as the Championships Officer. He obtained his accreditation as a Level 1 official in his final year as an athlete and is working towards his Level 2, spending many hours volunteering at Zone & Region Championships as well as at Little Athletics NSW State Championships and Australian Track & Field Championships. He would love to reach Level 5 accreditation in time for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics (after heading to Melbourne in 2026 as a volunteer at the Commonwealth Games too).
Josh is always lending a hand at his club with setting up & packing up equipment, working in the canteen in addition to keeping the clubs website updated. He steps in to lend a hand to the junior age groups, demonstrating techniques for his favoured throwing events. In 2021 he was awarded Junior Life Membership of Liverpool City Little Athletics Centre. Congratulations to Josh!
