Hi everyone,
We have a few sporting events to report on.
Interschool bowls
Brianna Pullan had the pleasure of taking three teams to Booleroo recently for an interschool bowls competition. Students had a great day out and were quite competitive. Thanks to the Booleroo Centre Bowls club for hosting the event.
Gladstone High School, Orroroo Area School, John Pirie Secondary School and Booleroo Centre District School all fielded teams for the day. By all accounts, the sportsmanship present on the day was notable, and all returned home with a positive attitude.
Statewide Netball
Helen Gaunt, Brooke Skinner and Lauren Amey had a great day out at the Statewide Netball competition in Port Pirie. The netballers had great competition across the board and demonstrated teammanship throughout the day.
Extra congratulations to our 9/10 team who are going straight to Adelaide on the 27th August after finishing first on the day, and the Open girls have one more round, after winning in Pirie.
Thanks to everyone who assisted with these events.
Knockout Hockey
On Wednesday the 11th of June, a group of students, many with little experience in hockey, ranging from Years 8-12 travelled to Kadina to compete in Knockout Hockey.
The first game brought a challenge to our squad, with the likes of St Mark’s finest hockey talent putting up a strong fight. We lost that game, but we still managed to have fun! The next game was against Kadina Memorial School, which also put a wall of talent against us. We lost that game too, but again, we still had fun! We braved the cold in the last game, which was against the first-class hockey players of the Yorke Peninsula team. The team carrier, Eli Tucker, took a ball to the leg in this game, which left a mighty imprint! Ouch. You guessed it - we lost that game too.
But the McDonald’s promise at the end made it worth it! Overall, it was a really fun day for all, even those who had never picked up a hockey stick in their lives!
Thanks to Ali Gulin and Paul Fogarty for making this day possible.
Max Pedler - Year 12
