Wet Weather Number: 9432 6460 (after 7am)
All Schools AFL Competition:  Friday nights Weeks 5 – 10
Auskick – Term 3, Years K – 2: Starts Monday Week 3
JP Athletics Carnival: Wednesday 12 September
South Harbour Invitational Athletics Carnival: Saturday 25 August  (SOPAC Warm up track – 8.00am)
ISPHA Athletics Carnival:  Tuesday 28 August (SOPAC Main Track – 8.00am)
QUAD Athletics Carnival: Wednesday 5 September (Hensley Athletic Field)
** Please note Athletics Morning Training has now ended. 

Last Round of Sport: ‘Barrack for a Buddy Day”- Winter Sport wrap

As the last try is awarded, and the last football retrieved from the back of the net, how do we sum up? I can sum up season 2012 with these telling statistics. We had two teams go through the entire season undefeated (10 years football and 9 years rugby). This has not happened for over 25 years! We had more goals, more tries and more wins this season than in over a decade and I have not seen as many smiles on boys faces after a Newington sporting weekend……..I would sum that up as a successful season.

I need to thank several people for making this season the success it was. The first is the boys, who took the plunge, dared to dream and put in the hard work at training, determined to improve on previous years. Not afraid to step up to the challenge against our more fancied rivals. I then need to thank the parents, the chauffeurs, the inspiration, the voice of encouragement. You have been an asset to both teachers in assisting with coaching and managing, and also the boys themselves. You are the people they look up to and you really stepped up this season to make this a reality for all the boys.

And finally, to the incredibly dedicated staff at Newington who braved the cold, braved the crowds and coached with enthusiasm, with commitment, and instilled the values that the college stands by. I must also throw in the support coaches from kick start, and also our rugby co-ordinator Peter Kay, who helped make this the most successful rugby season in quite some time, much to his delight. I can’t wait for the summer season to recommence so we can keep this momentum going!!!!!

Newington Invitational Athletics Carnival

It was cold. It was windy. But the sun was shining, the grass freshly cut, the track looking immaculate and fast, so let’s get into the first of the Inter school competitions for Athletics in 2012.

We started in the field and young James Moore was the star for Lindfield in the high jump. Not a known high jumper, James put his name on the map in the junior event with a leap of 1.25m, a 10cm improvement from his school result. Young Julian Kwok also impressed in the long jump, with a personal best 4.01m.

On the track, it was the aces from the 11 year age group stealing the show for Newington, as James Karabesinis and Aiden Fisher flexed their sprinting muscles in a powerful display in both the 100m and 200m events. These boys, plus Harry Clarke and Jonathon Lyons then combined to produce a record breaking relay win in the 4 x 100m, beating the old record of 56.44 sec by just 0.03 of a second. Great effort to these boys and indeed all the competitors at the Carnival. Let’s hope we can get some similar, if not better results from the South Harbour Invitational on Saturday.

Inter House Rugby/Football

Another year, another series of interhouse competitions and it seems that Rydal is out for revenge. After going down by one activity last year, Simon James and his band of merry ‘blue’ men were looking to start with a bang in this years competition.

It was Oz Tag and Soccer up at Koola park on a bright and warm winters afternoon. Balls were flying, whistles blowing, goals and tries being scored and the odd photograph being taken just for good measure……and when it was all said and done……….Rydal took out the Football competition, but Kingswood took out the Oz Tag. Another very hotly contested competition and only time will tell how the two sides fair when faced with the white and red ball required for Baseball…..

Mr Mark Caulfield
Sports Coordinator

AFL All Schools Round 1 v Barker

With a team that was unsure of what to do in their first game of AFL together as a team, we went out onto the field fired up and prepared to be easily beaten by Barker. After waiting on the field for about five minutes before the siren went, we were off to a flyer with Simon kicking a behind and a goal in the first couple of minutes.

After that confidence booster we then went on to kick another goal and a few unlucky behinds in the remaining time in the 1st quarter. After a quick talk from Woody the kickstart coach we were back on the field for the second quarter.

We quickly booted 4 goals with Alessandro kicking a couple and Simon, Julian and Max all contributing. Our midfield played a big part in the quarter with some lovely kicks down forward. With all the action happening, Barker kicked their first points, a behind. At half time we changed positions and got ready for another quarter. With not so much action going on we only kicked 1 goal by Liam. Three quarter time came quickly and our fourth quarter was also played very slowly.

The end score was 55-17 our way. It was a great game by our whole team. We were all happy with our confidence boosting win and are all keen to get out there next week. Well done to all the boys in the team and thanks to the parents who took us out there at night and supported us with great encouragement throughout the game. Well played boys!

Max Gordon – Year 6