Over the last week, 12 boys from all three Newington campuses were invited to compete against the best skiers and boarders from across New South Wales. The boys competed in a range of events from Cross Country skiing to Snowboarding and Moguls. All the boys competing were present because they had finished in the top percentage of their events amongst the Sydney competition at Thredbo during the winter holidays. So competition on the mountain was fierce, as well as the conditions! Our skiers and boarders who competed on the Thursday and Friday had to also deal with some pretty difficult conditions with poor visibility on the mountain; this made their job even harder.

I am pleased to announce that of the 12 boys competing, four finished in the top percentage of their events and have been invited to compete in the Australian National Competition at Mt Buller, Victoria from 4 – 8 September.

Those boys were: Flynn Gannon (4/HO) for both Snowboard and Snowboard Cross, Alexander Woolley (6/KI), Sam Martin (5/WI) and Josh Billingham (5/WI) who all qualified for the Moguls event, a particularly difficult discipline, especially in poor visibility!

I congratulate all the boys that competed, for their spirit and enthusiasm and I’m sure you’ll join with me in wishing the boys all the best at the National Championships!

Mr Justin Verco
Master-in-charge Snowsports