Diocesan Cross Country
On 5 June, we finally got to compete in the Diocesan Cross Country. Unfortunately, the students did not have the opportunity to run one of the best courses in the state, due to a very soggy track; however, McAuley students made the best of the situation and competed extremely well on the impromptu course at the Wiigulga Sports Complex in Woolgoolga.
McAuley had 38 athletes compete across most of the age groups, with the largest numbers in the 13’s and 14’s - well done to all students who competed on the day. As a whole group, we ran very well with several students competing at the front of their race:
| Frankie Grant 2nd |
Owen Kelly 3rd |
Anastasia Vereyken 3rd |
| Jasmine Iredale 3rd |
Kane Patricks 3rd |
Tara Commerford 6th |
| Willow Seivers 7th |
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Congratulations to those who also qualified and competed in the State Cross Country event held in Sydney on 11 June - Tara Commerford, Kayla Hancock, and Owen Kelly.
NSW High School State Surfing Titles
Results update - a huge congratulations to Madora Barton who got 2nd in NSW for the U16s Females (shortboard) division and Heidi van Leest who got 2nd for U18 Females (longboard) at the VW State Classic-NSW Surfing Titles held recently in Coffs Harbour. This means that they are both on the NSW State teams for their respective divisions and will be competing at the Australian National titles later in the year. A wonderful achievement, and we wish them all the best for their ongoing preparation for the National event.
The next chance for McAuley students to compete against other local students will be on June 18th at the Coffs Coast Classic, hosted by Woolgoolga High School - good luck! Watch for some great surfing action pics in our next newsletter.
Netball News
Ava shines at CCC Netball: At the recent NSW Combined Catholic Colleges (CCC) netball trials in Sydney, Ava Whiley (Year 12) made it through to the Top 16 out of 120 regional team athletes - a fantastic achievement. Well done, Ava! Thanks also to Mrs Corcoran, who was the coach and manager for the Lismore Diocese team.
U17s Netball representative side - State winners! In other fantastic netball news, we have many McAuley students who recently travelled to Sydney for the State netball titles as members of Grafton and Lower Clarence representative teams. Congratulations to the Grafton 17's side, who won 14 of their 15 games and came away as State Title winners - Congratulations to all!
