Stella Swimming Carnival

The Stella Swimming Carnival was held at Manly Andrew Boy Charlton Aquatic Centre on Friday 1 March. The conditions were perfect for a great day of swimming races and fun at a full school carnival!

The level of participation in all events was outstanding. There was a really good energy at the pool all day, with all students getting involved in the swimming events and cheering on their friends. The house spirit was amazing, with lots of students dressed up in their house colours. All of the students should be congratulated for their enthusiasm and fantastic house spirit.

The standard of swimming was also exceptional, with some amazing results in many events! Congratulations to the following students who received awards on the day:

Champion of Champions - fastest 50m: Jess O

Age Champions

• 12 years: Piper B
• 13 years: Charlie C
• 14 years: Freya C
• 15 years: Jess O
• 16 years: Zara D
• 17 years: Saskia B
• 18 years: Katie F

Well done to the students and teams who won our overall awards:

Best Dressed: Alexea M

Cheering Award: Bashir

Overall House Champions:

• 8^th: Noonuccall
• 7^th: Smith
• 6^th: Bashir
• 5^th: Shinnick
• 3^rd Equal: Chisholm and Mackillop
• 2^nd: Egan
• 1^st: Wood

Well done to the following students who have been selected to represent Stella at the Broken Bay Swimming Championships at Sydney Olympic Park on Tuesday 12 March:

Charlie C, Jess O, Katie F, Piper B, Abbey M, Emma C, Ella B, Freya C, Sophie L, Zara D, Mila C, Liv E, Jemima P, Gabi H, Zoe B, Charlotte H, Amira S, Pip Q, Alexis H, Ashleigh M, Heidi H.

A separate team will be selected for the IGSA championships which will be held at SOPAC later in March. This team will be announced next week.

A big thank you to all of the students and staff who worked hard on the day to make the carnival a success. Well done to the house captains who led their teams so well on the day.

Broken Bay Touch Football

Congratulations to the Stella U15 and Open touch teams who played at the Broken Bay touch championships on Tuesday 27 February. Both Stella teams played exceptionally well all day, moving into the grand finals without losing a game. Both teams had good games in the grand final, but were unlucky to lose in close matches.

Well done to the following students who have been selected to represent Broken Bay at the NSWCCC Championships in April:

April U, Giselle B, Zsa Zsa B, Sophie B, Jemma K, Summer B, Grace F and Mia S

Broken Bay Netball

Well done to Georgia B and Asher S who played at the Broken Bay U15 netball trials on Tuesday 5 March. Congratulations to Georgia who has been selected to play in the Broken Bay team at the NSWCCC Championships in May.

NSWCCC Triathlon

The NSWCCC/NSW All Schools triathlon was held at Sydney International Regatta Centre on Thursday 22 February. Stella had five junior teams compete in the teams event. It was a great day and the students enjoyed their first experience competing in a triathlon. Well done to our teams on their fantastic results:

CCC triathlon:

Stella 1: Emma C, Eve K, Mia T: 9th

Stella 2: Chiara D, Zaylee Z, Eva S: 7th

Stella 3: Chloe H, Ruby H, Ella M: 13^th

Stella 4: Abbey M, Alana H, Taya W: 20^th:

Stella 5: Lily L, Amelia M, Cara F: 18^th

Tildesley Tennis

The Tildesley Tennis Tournament was held at Pennant Hills Park on March 6 and 7. This is a prestigious tennis tournament with the Independent Girls Schools Sports Association. The level of tennis is extremely high and the Stella girls played amazingly well across the two days. We won lots of games in both the singles and doubles matches, and we were much improved on our results from 2023. The team has trained hard all year for this event and their hard work showed across all of the games. The team had a great time cheering each other on and watching some great tennis across the two days. Highlights of the singles matches were Eliza’s great round three match, Bella’s close game in round 2, Gracie and Zoe from Year 7 taking on a much bigger and older teams in the doubles (and winning a few games!), and the very exciting round two match from Alice and Sara.

Congratulations to all members of the Tildesley team:

Lara B (c), Bella C, Eliza A, Hanna G, Georgia B, Alex W, Sunny E, Morgan A, Chloe A, Lucy H, Winnie W, Sara T, Alice K, Sophie W, Bianca T, Belle C, Faren B, Ivy H, Ruby C, Zoe N, Gracie B, Keiley B, River L, Zoe A.