Paul Kelly Cup

Back in late Term 1 Lindfield sent 2 teams to the Northern Suburbs Paul Kelly Cup AFL Competition where our A Team placed first overall. This meant that early this month the boys played the regional final at Queens Park, competing for a spot in the State Championships. The games were played in a pool format with the team with the most wins and best for and against progressing following that day. The Lindfield boys represented the College with pride, many with very little AFL experience! They won all 3 of their pool games to give themselves a chance at playing the state final but ended up placing 4th. Congratulations to all of the boys who were involved! It was a fun couple of days of competition and great for many boys to represent the college in a new sport.

Combined Independent Schools (CIS) Selections

Each year CIS offer children all across NSW the opportunity to trial and then compete at the NSW State Championships across a whole range of sports. These trials are highly competitive with children from every independent school in NSW eligible to enter. The College will often send Year 6 boys to different trials, partly to experience the standard of play with some of the strongest players in the state but obviously also in the hope that our boys may be selected into the NSW CIS Team.

Congratulations to Finn Wicks (Rugby Union) and James Fergusson (Softball) who have both been selected into the 2018 CIS Teams in their respective sports. Both boys will train with their teams in the coming months and head away for State Championships later in the year. Best wishes to Finn and James in their competitions!

Athletics

In their PE Lessons the Years 3-6 boys have all been preparing for the Combined Wyvern/Lindfield Athletics Carnival with the High Jump and 800m heats already completed. As the carnival is in Week 1 of Term 3, I would encourage all boys to be training over the holidays! Practising some starts and getting used to the 100m and 200m distances would be ideal preparation for every boy before they race! All boys will also need to be prepared to compete in shot put, discus and long jump events.

Kingswood brought home the trophy last year! We would love to see it in the Lindfield Trophy Cabinet again in 2018!

Eliza Monaghan – PDHPE Teacher