Welcome back to another year of sport at Newington!

Sporting fixtures and trials will be held on the following Saturdays in Term 1.

• Saturday 13 February
• Saturday 20 February
• Saturday 27 February
• Saturday 5 March
• Saturday 12 March – Head of the River Rowing Regatta – Penrith
• Saturday 19 March – Winter Trials
• Saturday 26 March – NO Sport, Easter break
• Saturday 2 April – Winter Trials

Winter Sport training will commence on Monday 14 March for boys in Years 8 to 12 and Tuesday 8 March for Year 7.

Triathlon

Boys wishing to compete in the NSW All Schools triathlon at Penrith on the 2 – 3 March should see Mr Dickens in the Sports Department by Wednesday 17 February. Individual events are on Wednesday 2 March and team events are on Thursday 3 March. Further information will be posted on the Sports page on SPACES. Age Groups are:

Junior 12-14 Years

400m Swim    10km Cycle   3km Run

Intermediate 15 – 16 Years

400m Swim    10km Cycle   3km Run

Senior 17-19 Years

400m Swim    10km Cycle   3km Run

Rowing

On Saturday 13 February the State Championships out at Penrith will be held for the senior crews. At the same time the Newington regatta will be held for the junior crews at Hen and Chicken Bay. We wish all crews the very best. We would also like to acknowledge the support of the Newington Rowing Association in the running of the Newington Regatta.

Swimming

The Newington Age Swimming Championships were held on Friday 5 February with boys from Year 7 – 12 competing in a number of events. Reports from Mr Moar, Director of Aquatics indicate a strong season ahead for the Newington Swimming team. It was very encouraging to see many boys striving to do their best. Final results will be posted on the SPACES Swimming page.

Newington College offers a twice weekly swim squad for students. The purpose of the swim squad is to help boys improve their fitness and technique for competition in swimming, water polo and for general wellbeing.

During Term 1 2016 the squad will operate at the following times:

Tuesday 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Thursday 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Water Polo

On the weekend of 30 January the U16 Water Polo State Championships were held in Canberra. Newington was well represented with 13 boys competing for varying clubs for the title.

Congratulations to the boys on your selection.