National Interschool Snowsports Championships

St Catherine’s Snowsports Team wowed at the National Interschool Snowsports Championships in Perisher, NSW! 

After an extremely impressive Victorian Interschools campaign, we had a total of 24 students across all disciplines and ages make their way to Perisher for the National Championships.  

With what might be one of our smallest Snowsports Teams in a while, our competitors did not disappoint. St Catherine’s Junior School is officially the Australian Primary Girls School Champions! Our Senior School, despite not having any Year 11s or 12s competing, was able to finish an incredible second place behind Sydney school, Wenona. Congratulations to all our competitors! 

Day one of the Championships began with our Division 6 Alpine Team. With only three members there was no room for error on the challenging front valley dual course. A learning experience for all with many of the junior competitors at Nationals for their first time. Division 5 extraordinaire and all-rounder Avalon Pascoe continued her exceptional results finishing eighth in the XC Classic, ninth in the Alpine and tenth in the Snowboard GS.  

Friday 9 September was the big day for St Catherine’s. We were six points behind Melbourne Girls’ Grammar for the Best Primary Girls School in Australia. Despite the rain and cold weather, with resilience and determination our Cross-Country Team were able to perform some exceptional results.  

St Catherine’s Division 4 girls proved to be too strong as their teams won the Classic (Camilla Aberdeen, Isabella Wilkins, and Annika Gill) and Skate Relay (Coco Thomas, Isabella Wilkins and Camilla Aberdeen). Every point and member of each team played a vital role in the Junior School securing the Overall Primary Girls Championship.  

The Senior School competitors began competition on the Friday with many competing in the Cross-Country events in the morning (a very big day for all these girls!). With some quick, and at times dangerous courses, all Senior School competitors represented St Catherine’s with a smile on their face all weekend long.

Outstanding Individual Performances 

  • Division 5 XC Classic: 8th Place – Avalon Pascoe 
  • Division 4 XC Classic: 3rd Place – Camilla Aberdeen 
  • Division 4 XC Classic: 7th Place – Isabella Wilkins 
  • Division 4 XC Classic: 10th Place – Annika Gill 
  • Division 3 XC Classic: 6th Place – Amity Morris 
  • Division 5 Alpine: 9th Place – Avalon Pascoe 
  • Division 3 Moguls: 7th Place – Kayleigh Yap 
  • Division 5 Snowboard GS: 10th Place – Avalon Pascoe 

A huge thank you to all families and students who made the effort (and the eight-hour drive) to get to Perisher. We could not have achieved some of the incredible results without competitors and volunteers.  

  

Cross Country Results 
Division 5 Classic  4th Place 

  

  

  

6th Place 

A Team 

  

  

  

B Team 

Avalon Pascoe 

Lily Uthmeyer 

Camilla Wilkins 

  

Amelia Wood 

Elizabeth Switkowski 

Camilla Koidl 

Division 4 Classic  1st Place  A Team  Camilla Aberdeen 

Isabella Wilkins 

Annika Gill 

Division 3 Classic  3rd Place  A Team  Amity Morris 

Clover Roche 

Isla Morris 

Division 2 Classic  6th Place  A Team  Catherine Ross 

Indi Cunningham 

Amelie Snell-Bliss 

Division 5 Skate Relay  4th Place 

  

  

  

6th Place 

A Team 

  

  

  

B Team 

Lily Uthmeyer 

Camilla Wilkins 

Avalon Pascoe 

  

Elizabeth Switkowski 

Camilla Koidl 

Amelia Wood 

Division 4 Skate Relay  1st Place  A Team  Coco Thomas 

Isabella Wilkins 

Camilla Aberdeen 

Division 3 Skate Relay  4th Place  A Team  Isla Morris 

Amity Morris 

Clover Roche 

Division 2 Skate Relay  6th Place  A Team  Indi Cunningham 

Amelie Snell-Bliss 

Catherine Ross 

  

Downhill Results 
Division 2 Alpine  5th Place  A Team  Chamonix Stafford 

Catherine Ross 

Sienna Bamford 

Amelie Snell-Bliss 

Division 3 Alpine  11th Place  A Team  Clover Roche 

Piper Pascoe 

Kayleigh Yap 

Imogen Forster 

Division 4 Alpine  7th Place  A Team  Annika Gill 

Coco Thomas 

Camilla Aberdeen 

Isabella Wilkins 

Division 5 Alpine  8th Place  A Team  Avalon Pascoe 

Lily Uthmeyer 

Elizabeth Switkowski 

Amber Jiang 

Division 2 Moguls  4th Place  A Team  Sienna Bamford 

Amelie Snell-Bliss 

Division 3 Moguls  4th Place  A Team  Kayleigh Yap 

Clover Roche 

Division 4 Moguls  10th Place  A Team  Camilla Aberdeen 

Annika Gill 

Isabella Wilkins 

Division 2 Ski Cross  5th Place  A Team  Catherine Ross 

Sienna Bamford 

Chamonix Stafford 

Division 3 Ski Cross  8th Place  A Team  Clover Roche 

Kayleigh Yap 

Piper Pascoe 

Division 4 Ski Cross  7th Place  A Team  Annika Gill 

Coco Thomas 

Camilla Aberdeen 

Division 5 Ski Cross  10th Place   A Team  Avalon Pascoe 

Lily Uthmeyer 

Amber Jiang 

Division 6 Ski Cross  5th Place  A Team  Camilla Wilkins 

Camilla Koidl 

Henrietta Switkowski 

 

Miss Olivia Cody, Snowsports Coordinator