Athletics

Boys from all sports across all year groups are invited to attend the running/speed/power sessions held on Wednesday afternoons. Boys should gather on Buchanan Oval at 3:20 PM near the swimming pool. Boys will need to wear their PE uniform and runners. The session will finish at 4:45 PM.

These sessions are designed to increase the students’ reaction time, acceleration, speed, power and technical abilities. This will be achieved via the implementation of technique drills, medicine ball throws / medicine ball accelerations and acceleration hill runs over a distance of 10-40 m.

Training for the Athletics season will commence on Monday 16 March. The training schedule will be posted on the Athletics SPACE.

Cricket

Newington 1st XI players Saahil Parekh (12/MO), Jordan Gauci (12/FL) and Fergus McKenna (12/JN) have been selected to represent the AAGPS Cricket 1st XI in Tamworth, March 9-13. Congratulations boys and all the very best for the Tournament.

Rowing

This Saturday will see all AAGPS schools head out to Penrith for the 2015 Head of River Regatta. Newington will be represented by over 45 boys in seven crews. The boys have been training hard since September 2014 under the guidance of Mr Partridge and the Rowing coaches. We wish all boys and coaches the very best for Saturday.

Water Polo

Congratulations to the Newington 1sts, 2nds and 16As for winning their respective 2014 – 2015 Premierships. All three teams went through the season undefeated. Well done to Mr Moar and coaches for their time and effort this season. To the boys who showed character across the season, they were rewarded for their hard work and commitment to their team mates.

In mid-February, a number of Newington Water Polo players travelled to Tamworth to compete for their club teams in the NSW U14s State Water Polo Championships. In the ultimate match of the Championships, Sydney University (with a strong contingent of Newington boys) took on Cronulla. At the end of the match it was Year 9 student Jack Rudkins (9/MA) who left with a big grin on his face having scoring a State Championship Gold medal with his team winning 5 goals to 2.

Well done to all Newington boys who played in the tournament