EFS Gymkhana

The Eastern Fleurieu School Equestrian Interschool Gymkhana was held at the Strathalbyn show grounds on the 20th August 2016. The team of St Michael’s kids, ponies and parents all did our school proud with fantastic achievements and places for all competitors including Anna & Karl Nitschke, Lane Hera-Singh, Liam Marston, Zac Alhburg, Millie Koster, Caitlin Edwards and Rory Falzon. A special mention goes to Rory Falzon & Liam Marston for winning their age group Aggregate Trophies and Millie Koster for Runner-Up Aggregate.  St Michael’s School competed to a high level winning the Overall Runner Up Aggregate School Trophy only a matter of points behind the host school.  What a fantastic effort!!

Please let me know if you ride and would like to be included in the next Equestrian Interschool event.

 

 

Soccer Success

On the 20th of August the Hahndorf Magpies U12 soccer team played Strathalbyn at Strathalbyn. St Michael’s was well represented in the team with six students taking to the field. After a slow first half the Magpies started to use the ball well and put on a dominant display in the second half winning 5-1.  Congratulation the team who have been undefeated this year.

 

SAPSASA Netball

Congratulations to Taylah Kruger who competed for the Barker District at the recent State SAPSASA Netball competition. The team won three of nine games and the highlight of the week for Taylah was meeting new people and playing netball everyday. Well done Taylah!

 

Karate

Congratulations to Mary Conolly who received two bronze medals representing South Australia at the Universal Shotokan Karate Union Invitational Nationals on the weekend.

 

Cornerstone Connections

On Monday, Yr 11 students from Cornerstone came to St Michael’s to run coaching courses in Football (girls only), Netball (boys only) and Soccer (mixed). The Cornerstone students are training our year 5 and 6 students to participate in a winter sports carnival in week 7 at Cornerstone. This is a fantastic opportunity which allows the College students to develop their skills in coaching and sports organisation whilst giving our students experiences in new sports and extra physical activity. I will let you all know how the carnival goes next week!

 

City to Bay

Our City to Bay running group is getting bigger and fitter each week. You still have time if you want to join this awesome and committed squad! 18 days and counting till the big race!

 

 

 

Littlehampton Tennis Club is holding a ‘Come and Try’ session on Sunday 25th of September. Click on the link below if your children are interested in attending.

Tennis Come and Try

Happy Hitting!

Welcome back everyone to Term 3. It has been over a month since my last post so there are a few things to report on from the past five weeks.

Holidays

Firstly, I hope you had a great break and were able to engage in some physical activity over the holidays. It has been great seeing all the kids and catching up on their news from the break. I had a busy break which included playing in and winning the Southern Group A Grade golf premiership for Mt Barker/Hahndorf Golf Club and spending time with the family both at Goolwa and in Sydney.

 

The last week of Term 2 was extremely busy with 3 different sporting events taking place.

Yr 5 Badminton

On Tuesday the 5th of July the finals of the Year 5 Badminton competition were held. Mitch Zander played against Samuel Kemp in the boys draw and Georgia King played Ava Campbell in the girls. Both finals we tightly contested with Mitch getting the win in the boys and Georgia in the girls. A huge congratulations must go to all the Year 5’s who competed as there were a number of outstanding matches and all the games were played with good spirit and sportsmanship.

 

Knock Out  Soccer

On Thursday 7th of July the St Michael’s KO Soccer team played against Aldgate Primary. Aldgate came out the blocks strong controlling possession and creating numerous scoring opportunities. Fill in goal keeper Fletcher Squires did a fantastic job stopping these until a one slipped past midway through the first half. After this the boys settled and began to get more possession but unfortunately couldn’t get on the score board. Aldgate scored mid way through the second half after some great play and unfortunately that was our KO soccer campaign over. We congratulate the boys on their efforts.

 

Knock Out Football

On Friday 8th of July the St Michael’s KO Football team played Happy Valley Primary at Hahndorf Oval. Running out onto the field it was obvious that Happy Valley had a height and size advantage over out young side, but this didn’t deter the boys whose effort and determination couldn’t be questioned. Inaccurate kicking in the first two quarters resulted in St Michael’s being three goal down at half time, however, a  2.3 to 0.1 third quarter had the St Michael’s team heading into the last quarter with all the momentum. Unfortunately we didn’t make the most of our opportunities in the 4th quater and Happy Valley won 4.7 to 2.5.

A special thanks to Ben Judd for umpiring and the army of supporters who came out and assisted on the day. With some outstanding performances from our younger players I look forward to next year.

 

City to Bay

On the 18th of September the City to Bay Fun Run is being held. This year Mrs Taylor and I are looking to participate in the event and thought it would be a great occasion to bring the St Michael’s community together for some extra fitness. If you are interested in participating in any of the City to Bay races and would like to engage in some pre race training I would love to hear from you. I am looking to start trainings on Thursday afternoons from 3:30pm – 4:15pm and I invite both students and parents to participate in these.

If you are interested in taking part in the City to Bay you can register at www.city-bay.org.au. It is important to know that parents will need to accompany their children on the day and are responsible in getting them to and home from the event. After the race St Michael’s intends to provide a sausage sizzle and drinks for those who have competed.

 

If you would like to be apart of this or you have any questions please email me MPhillips@stmichaels.sa.edu.au

Something to Cheer about

It’s always great to hear about students having sporting success outside of school. Thanks Therese for the report about Emily and Tanayah’s Cheer group success.

On Saturday 2nd July Emily and Tanayah competed in their first state cheer event.  It was a day of fun, excitement and nerves.  They competed in 2 events; cheer group and stunts.  The highlight was coming 1st Place in their Cheer Group event.  An amazing feat!