District Athletics was held on Monday 7 August at a windswept Lakeside stadium. With the St Catherine’s team devastated by injury and illness following a busy week of Year 6 Canberra camp and a demanding Cross Country ski weekend, coming 6th place overall was a courageous result from some very tired athletes.

Results:

Congratulations to the following students:

  • Emma Peele (Year 3), Imogen Begley (Year 3), Harriet Koco (Year 3) and Paloma Gattino (Year 3) for winning the 9 Years relay.
  • Chelsea Harris (Year 5) who had a successful day with solid performances in High Jump (2nd), the 200m Sprint (2nd), and 100m Sprint (2nd).
  • Sienna Darcy (Year 6) who placed 3rd in the 200m sprint and 3rd in the 800m Sprint.
  • Millie Nilsen (Year 5) who placed 3rd in Triple Jump.
  • Olivia Howitt (Year 6) who placed 1st in Shot Put.
  • Milla Naylor (Year 6) who placed 3rd in Discuss.
2017 Subaru Australian Interschools Snowsports Championships

What a tremendous effort by our Barbreck Cross Country Skiers who took home the trophy for winning the overall Junior Girls Division, last weekend. In difficult conditions and illness to several key team members the Barbreck students found a way to bravely soldier on.

The Junior School now takes a commanding lead into the other Snowsports events to be held in Week 6. Many of our teams qualified themselves for the National competition.

 Results:

Division 4  Classic

  • A Team: 1st  Julia Kent (Year 6), Zoe Hall (Year 6) and Lily Maisano (Year 6)
  • B Team: 5th  Isla Burrell (Year 6), Indi Cunningham (Year 5), Sienna Opray (Year 6)

Relay

  • A Team: 1st
    Julia Kent (Year 6), Zoe Hall (Year 6) and Lily Maisano(Year 6 )
  • B Team: 3rd
    Millicent Brown (Year 5), Indi Cunningham (Year 5) and Georgia Szer (Year 6)
  • C Team: 6th
    Charlotte Wood (Year 5), Sienna Opray (Year 6), Sienna Bamford (Year 5)

Division 5 Classic

  • A Team: 3rd  Lucy McAllister (Year 4), Bella Burdett (Year 4), Isabella Soutter (Year 3)

Relay

  • A Team 2nd  Lucy McAllister (Year 4), Bella Burdett (Year 4), Eliza McCurdy (Year 4)

At an individual level, Julia Kent (Year 6) placed first in the Division 4 Classic race to take home the perpetual trophy and Cross Country debutante, Lucy McAllister (Year 4) hit the podium with a 3rd place and a Bronze medal.

Other Top 10 pacesetters included  Zoe Hall (Year 6) (4th) and Lily Maisano (Year 6) (5th) in Division 4 and Bella Burdett (Year 4) (10th) in Division 5.

A big well done to all of our team who braved the conditions and represented the School so well. Nationals here we come!

Mr Tom Crebbin, Junior School Co-ordinator of Co-curricular Sport