Broken Bay Swimming

Congratulations to the Stella Swimming team who competed at the Broken Bay Swimming Championships on Tuesday 12 March. The Stella swimmers were outstanding, with amazing performances from so many of our swimmers! The highlight of the day was our intermediate relay team, who had big wins in both the 4 x 50m relay and the medley relay!

A huge congratulations to Jess O, who was named 15 years Broken Bay Age Champion. Zara D was runner up in the 16 years.

We have four students who have been selected to compete at the NSWCCC Championships in April: Zara D, Zoe B, Mila C and Jess O. Congratulations to these girls on this fantastic achievement!

Well done also to the girls who finished with top three performances in their events:

Jess O, Charlie C, Piper B, Emma C, Zara D, Ella B, Zoe B, Mila C and Katie F.

Good luck to the swimming team who is competing at IGSA this Friday.

Stella Cross Country

The Stella Cross Country carnival will be held on Tuesday 2 April (the day after the Easter long weekend). The races will be held around the lagoon and on Manly Beachfront. Distances for the races are:

• 12 – 13 years: 3km
• 14 – 18 years: 4km (please note that 18 years will run 6km at inter school carnivals)

Students have been sent the link to register. Anyone interested in competing must register by Monday 25 March.

A Consent2Go with all details will be sent to participants next week.

Stella Athletics Carnival

The Stella Athletics Carnival will be held on Tuesday 30 April at ES Marks Kensington. This is the first day of Term 2. More information will be sent to students in the coming days.

Peninsula Cup Touch Football

Congratulations to the nine Stella teams who played in the Peninsula Cup Touch Football Competition. It was a short but fun competition, against lots of other Northern Beaches schools including Mater Maria, Oxford Falls and St Luke’s.

The Stella teams played well all season and showed so much improvement from the start of the season.

We look forward to the NSW Touch Regional Gala Days in Term 2.

Term 2 Sports

The Sport Department is busy planning Term 2 sports. Registrations will be sent out next week. Some sports have already called for expressions of interest, including water polo, hockey and netball.

Netball: teams will play in the Peninsula Cup competition on Tuesday afternoons in Term 2

Hockey: teams will play in the Mollie Dive Competition on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings at Barker

Water Polo: teams will play in the NSSWPA competition at the Warringah Aquatic Centre.

• Year 8/9 will play on Monday evenings.
• Year 10 – 12 will play on Friday evenings.

Students have been sent the link to register for these sports.

All other registrations will be sent next week.

NSWCCC Sport Trials

There are a number of NSWCCC sport trials in the coming weeks or early next term. These trials are for students who have a high level of experience (representative). The level for NSWCCC trials is extensive representative experience. There are also strict age requirements, which vary across different sports. If you need more information, or wish to register your child to trial, please click on the link to the websites below.

Only students with high level representative experience will be approved to attend trials.

NSWCCC nominations

Please go to the NSWCCC website to register for any of the following sports: AFL, Basketball, Hockey and Water Polo.

https://csnsw.sport/sports/nswccc

AFL

• NSWCCC GIRLS 15 YEARS & UNDER AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL (AFL) - closes 12 April 2024.
• NSWCCC selections - Monday 6 May & Tuesday 7 May at Wagga Wagga.
• The cost is $90.

Basketball

• NSWCCC 16 YEARS & 18 YEARS BASKETBALL - closes 3 May 2024.
• NSWCCC selections - 18 Years Monday 13 May, 16 Years Tuesday 14 May at Sutherland.
• The cost is $45.

Hockey

• NSWCCC 15s & OPENS HOCKEY SELECTIONS - closes 3 May 2024
• NSWCCC selections - Monday 20 May at Bathurst.
• The cost is $45.

Water Polo

• NSWCCC 17 YEARS & UNDER WATER POLO SELECTIONS - closes 17 May 2024
• NSWCCC selections - Monday 27 May at Ryde, 12pm - 3:30pm.
• The cost is $35.

Local Sports Champions

Stella has had lots of students achieve outstanding results in various state championships over recent weeks. Some of these amazing results include:

Surf Lifesaving: NSW Championships

• Zoe B: Gold medal – NSW State Champion Lifesaver
• Eva R: Silver medal – Junior NSW Lifesaver of the Year
• Amelia M: Gold and Silver in the 2km and 1km beach relay events

NSW Junior Athletics Championships

• Lyla R: Gold in the U15 Steeple Chase; 7^th in the U15 1500m
• Avie R: Silver in U15 Long Jump, Bronze in U15 100m, 6^th in U15 200m
• Pip Q: Gold in U16 1500m, Bronze in U16 3000m, 4^th in U16 800m
• Elisabeth P: Silver in U17 Discus
• Erin H: 4^th in U18 high jump

All of these athletes have now qualified for the NSW team to compete at the Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide in April.