Director of Co-curricular, Mr Steve O'Donnell
Fixtures, Training Schedules, Maps and Venues
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Strong Start to Term 2
Well done to all students, staff, coaches and parents/carers on a strong start to the Term 2 winter co-curricular season. The weather has been disruptive, however, students have demonstrated a good resilience and enthusiasm to want to represent Waverley last weekend. We did have some fixtures washed out including a full round of AFL but also had some strong performances in Debating, Football and Rugby across a number of age groups.
Team selections are still ongoing and we ask that parents/carers and students be patient with the coaches and staff. The weather and parent teacher interviews have meant we are still working to finalise teams.
Winter Co-curricular Leaders and 1sts Teams
Last Thursday we recognised our winter co-curricular leaders and 1sts teams. Congratulations to the students HERE.
Holiday Successes
We also had a number of staff, students and parents/carers sacrifice a lot of time and effort over the recent holidays to ensure Waverley students continue to be able to represent at the highest levels. A snap shot of some of these include:
- AFL – holiday training and trials
- Rugby – tournament and camp in Orange and won three out of four fixtures
- Football – successful St Andrew’s Cup with only one narrow loss to the winners
- Volleyball camp as well as Cooper Ryan and Guillien Dela Cueva representing Waverley at the Australian Beach Volleyball Schools Cup
- Robbie Muir – Cadet ATA award in Tasmania
- Aus Athletics titles in Adelaide – a number of students competing and making finals including Vaidas Levi 3rd in U15 Javelin and Evan Rowbotham 1st in 800m, 1500m and 3000m
- National swimming titles – Ollie Moclair qualifying to trial for youth Olympics, Jack Kerves making a number of Breaststroke finals and relays as well as a number of other students representing the College at the highest levels
- Ariki Wihongi being selected in the U13 New Zealand Māori Rugby League side as well as the NSW Touch Merit side
- Payton Tarau and Lior Barhaim selected in the NSW Oztag sides to take on QLD
- James Peate competing last Friday night in the prestigious Lawrence Campbell oratory competition
Hopefully the weather will hold out for this weekend and good luck to all students and teams.
Mr Steve O’Donnell
Director of Co-curricular
sodonnell@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Australian Track & Field Championships
Whilst the majority of our students were enjoying some rest over the first week of holidays, 10 of Waverley’s finest Track and Field athletes travelled to Adelaide for the Australian Championships.
The culmination of a long and arduous season is a true test of every athlete’s mental and physical capacity. Waverley was well represented with 10 athletes spanning from the U13 to U20 age groups. Our boys competed over various disciplines with many resulting in personal bests or their highest placing at a national championship.
Highlights included a historic treble by Evan Rowbotham in winning the U15 800m, 1500m and 3000m events. Vaidas Levi secured a bronze medal in the U15 Javelin and George Lambousis narrowly missed a bronze medal by 0.01s in the U13 100m. Congratulations to all our other boys who represented NSW at the highest level.
Detailed results are listed below;
Boys U13
100m Prelims (Heat 2 of 2)
- 3rd George Lambousis 12.79 Q
100m Final
- 4th George Lambousis 12.88
200m Prelims
- 2nd George Lambousis 26.62 Q
200m Final
- 7th George Lambousis 26.80
Boys U15
Javelin Final
- 3rd Vaidas Levi 42.08m
Long Jump Final
- 12th Vaidas Levi 5.41m (PB)
800m Prelims (Heat 1 of 4)
- 2nd Evan Rowbotham 2:06.01 q
800m Final
- 1st Evan Rowbotham 2:00.89
1500m Final
- 1st Evan Rowbotham 4:07.40
3000m Final
- 1st Evan Rowbotham 9:03.26
Boys U16
800m Prelims (Heat 3 of 3)
- 3rd Lachlan Feain 2:04.05
1500m Final
- 17th Lachlan Feain 4:24.99
Boys U17
100m Prelims (Heat 3 of 3)
- 6th Wol Albino 11.58 (16th Overall)
200m Prelims (Heat 2 of 4)
- 3rd Wol Albino 23.15
800m Prelims (Heat 3 of 3)
- 2nd Alex Marshall 1:55.05 (PB)
- 7th Jack Richardson 1:59.86 (20th Overall)
800m Final
- 9th Alex Marshall 2:01.63
Shot Put Final
- 8th Zoran Szekeres 13.61m (PB)
Boys U18
800m Prelims (Heat 2 of 3)
- 3rd Asher Thomasyu 1:55.55 (PB)
Boys U20
Long Jump Final
- 15th Ricardo Zanapalis 6.69m
Mr Jeremy Roff
Track & Field Head Coach
jroff@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Rugby Skills Sessions
Waverley College are pleased to announce we will be offering skills sessions for all rugby players. Please see information below for timings and the list of skills that these sessions will target. All players are encouraged to join with no registration required.
Venue: Queens Park
Day/Time: Wednesday 6:45am
Skills targeted:
- Attacking skills
- Defensive skills
- Set Piece skills (forwards/backs)
For any questions, please email ldrewmorris@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Kicking Club
Waverley College are pleased to announce that Mr Eddie Paea from The Kicking Academy will deliver kicking skills sessions for all age groups. Players who would benefit from these sessions include any player who wants to improve their in game kicking and goal kicking skills.
Venue: Queens Park
Day/Time: Friday 6:45am
Skills targeted:
- Kicking for accuracy
- Kicking for distance
- Goal kicking
For any questions, please email ldrewmorris@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Mr Lachlan Drew-Morris
Director of Coaching – Rugby
ldrewmorris@waverley.nsw.edu.au
