In September, Newington College had several boys representing the College at both the NSW State and Australian National titles. From  25 to 30 August in Perisher, we had 12 boys from both the Stanmore and Wyvern campuses (Flynn Gannon (6/HO), Toby Phillips (6/LU), Will Rumi (6/LU), Harry Quinn (8/KL), Max Inglis (8/MO), Lachlan Rennie (7/LE), Thomas Billingham (6/WI), Josh Billingham (7/MO), Jonathan Sharpe (9/JN), Eden Bradford (10/LE), Alex Woolley (8/MA) and Sam Martin (7/MA) ) competing across several disciplines in both Skiing and Boarding.

I am pleased to report that of those 12 boys that competed at Perisher, eight boys qualified in the top 10 of their respective events (either through individual or team performance) and therefore earned their place on the starting line at the National Championships at Mt Buller. By far the largest cohort of boys the College has seen at Nationals. Some of the more impressive results at the State titles included Max Inglis (8/MO) finishing a personal best of 10^th in the Cross-Country, the Division 3 Moguls team (Sam Martin (7/MA), Alex Woolley (8/MA) and Josh Billingham (7/MO) ) finishing 5^th overall and the Division 4 Snowboard team (Flynn Gannon (6/HO), Toby Phillips (6/LU) and Will Rumi (6/LU) ) finishing 4^th. This included an incredible 1^st placed finish for Flynn Gannon (6/HO) who also finished 4^th in the Snowboard Cross event.

At the Nationals last week, we also had some very impressive results against the best young skiers and boarders in Australia. Our Division 3 Moguls team (Sam Martin (7/MA), Alex Woolley (8/MA) and Josh Billingham (7/MO) ) finished 6^th overall with some very consistent performances from all three boys in difficult conditions. Max Inglis (8/MO) finished a very impressive 18^th in an unfamiliar cross-country event whilst the Division 4 Snowboard team (Flynn Gannon (6/HO) and Toby Phillips (6/LU) ) finished 9^th overall. This included another exciting display from Flynn Gannon (6/HO) who finished 3^rd and 4^th for Snowboard and Snowboard Cross respectively, an amazing effort!

I wish to congratulate all boys who represented the College on the mountain in what has been an extremely successful year for the College in the Snowsports program.

Mr Justin Verco
MiC Snowsports