Term 3 has seen many opportunities for the Lindfield Boys to be showcasing their abilities in sport. The Term started with the Primary and Junior Primary Athletics Carnivals, combined with Wyvern, which involved each boy participating in running, jumping and throwing events to gain points for their colour house. Following these two Carnivals, for the first time, Lindfield will have our own team (24 boys) to compete at the IPSHA Athletics Carnival on Monday 29 August at SOPAC. These boys have competed at the Invitational Carnivals over the past couple of Saturdays in preparation for IPSHA. The following Monday we will be sending a team of 52 boys from Kindergarten to Year 6 to Hensley Park to compete at the Quad Carnival. Best Wishes to all of the boys progressing to these representative carnivals. 

Saturday 30 July was an opportunity for the schools strongest Football and Rugby players to play Wyvern at “Back to Newington Day” preceding the Senior School First XI and First XV matches. These were competitive matches played in front of large crowds at Stanmore. The Lindfield and Wyvern boys were then able to stay and see the older boys play and be a part of welcoming them onto the field and supporting them. 

Unfortunately, the last round of winter sport was washed out so I was delighted when the opportunity came up for the Lindfield Boys to be part of a Japanese Rugby Tour with students from Suginami Rugby, Setagaya Rugby and Nerima Rugby combining to bring some teams over. It was pouring with rain, and a fairly miserable afternoon at Lindfield Oval, but the boys embraced the puddles and the mud with many spectacular tackles and some great tries scored. The four games were all close with Newington losing by a try or 2 in each game. The offloading skills of the Japanese players were very impressive and enabled them to break through our defensive lines.

Ms Eliza Monaghan – Sports Mistress