SPORT NEWS
Term 4 has only just commenced, but already we have had some St Pat's kids competing at very high levels of competition.
Last week, Will Nicholson travelled to Armidale to play in the selected MacKillop cricket team. Will was chosen in this team earlier in the year. The wide area our archdiocese covers, doesn't allow for any real team practice as the boys come from all over southern NSW. Our city cousins are not only close together, they also have state of the art training facilities. The MacKillop team was very strong and won the two days of competition. Will was playing as a wicketkeeper. The state team that was chosen from these two days of competition were all year 6 boys. Will is only in year 5 and will have the same opportunity next year. With an extra year of experience and knowing Will's diligence to excel and succeed in what ever he does, I think he will have a great chance of making the state cricket team next year. Will was also selected in the 11-year old rugby league team at this same elite level. Well done, Will!
This week we have had Amelia Inwood in Sydney competing at the NSW All Schools competition. Catholic, Independent and public schools all compete together for a state team. Amelia won the 13 yr 100m event in Sydney last term and returned home with a gold medal. She was back in Sydney this week for the two day event. On Wednesday, Milly competed in her heat. There were three heats, with the first 2 competitors moving onto the semi finals. Amelia ran second in her heat which put her into the semi finals the next day. Yesterday, she competed in the semi final with the fastest 10 moving onto the final. Milly placed in this and made the final 10. This was a very exciting final with Milly missing 3rd by .20 of a second. What a great effort, Milly! You are the 4th fastest 13yr old girl in NSW at primary school. At the 2 day event, there were over 2 000 children competing from over 900 schools across NSW. With modern technology, it was such a bonus for Milly's class mates to watch her on the big screen back in Bega. I believe the noise was deafening.
We are so proud of both of our St Pat's students for their achievements.
As well as these 2 St Pat's kids we have had a good number of kids who have made representative teams this year. A great achievement for a little school way down on the south coast.
Mrs Harnett
