Congratulations
World Sailing Championships
The 29th World Sailing Championships, held in Germany last weekend involved 218 entries from 23 countries. Nathan Edwards (10/MO) earned a place in this open age Regatta, qualifying 24th into the Gold Fleet. After 10 Races in the final round, Nathan and his skipper Harry (Scots College) placed 16th in the Gold Fleet. They were the second highest placed Australian Boat and the highest placed Australian Youth Crew. Finishing in the top 20 at such a young age is fantastic for Harry and we congratulate him on this.
Success in Speed Skating
Keanu Blunden (8/JN) had a very successful weekend representing NSW in the Duke Trophy Short-track Speed Skating Competition in Brisbane. In a division above his age group, Keanu was awarded the “Most Improved Skater” award, presented by Steven Bradbury. Keanu also achieved his personal best for the 500m at 45.783 seconds, just 0.13 sec short of breaking the current National record for his age division, and helping the NSW team to score the most points overall. We look forward to Keanu’s attempt at breaking that record at the National Championship in October this year at Canterbury; well done on a fantastic weekend.
Football Frenzy
Newington has been well-represented at recent Football Development sessions. Finn Ballard McBride (7/PR), Tomas Petsianis (7/MA) and Marco Stocca (8/LE) as well as Wyvern boy Liam Nikos were identified by Sydney FC as part of the future of the Club, after impressing coaches at an Inner West high-performance clinic. Heavily involved in the clinic was our very own Mr Brian Dene, who outside of his Newington duties as Director of Football is also the Head Coach of Sydney FC’s National Youth League team.
Featured Image – Newington boys in the Sydney FC Elite Squad: Finn Ballard-McBride (back row, 2nd from left), Tom Petsianis (back row, 4th from left), Liam Nikos (front row, 5th from left), and Marco Stocca (front row, 6th from left).
