Celebrating Sporting Success

 

2016 Marsden High School Sports Assembly

Yesterday saw Marsden High School's PDPHE faculty, together with Sports Captains, Sarah and Jordan host the 2016 MHS Sports Assembly, where they paid tribute to the best of our school's sporting talent. Many medals and trophies for both team and individual sporting success were handed out to very deserving recipients, with the most notable being the 2016 Sports Persons of the Year. This year MHS celebrated the sporting achievements of Angela W. and Ethan G., both of whom had a very impressive year of sport.

Angela was crowned Table Tennis Australia's Junior Champion, where she took home 5 gold medals across multiple age groups and in both singles and doubles tournaments. Unfortunately Angela was unable to join us in receiving her trophy, as she is currently in China attending a Table Tennis Training Camp.

Ethan demonstrated his talent across a diverse range of sports. Ethan represented Volleyball Australia in the U16's, was a part of the Elite Cricket Camp held at the Sydney Cricket Ground, a CHS High Jump representative as well as the Zone Athletics Age Champion.

Special mention also goes to William S., who was Age Champion at all 3 major carnivals – swimming, athletics and cross country.

Other notable sporting achievements from 2016 include the following students.

Not only were accolades handed out for outstanding sporting achievement for both team and individual sports players, but we also inducted the new house captains for 2017, awarded Bradman as the house with the most points for 2016 (closely followed by Cuthbert). We also recognized Mrs. Watson for School Service to Sport and Mr. Lustica as Coach of the Year. Sarah T. accompanied by pianist Mr. Lechmadry, also treated students to a beautiful vocal performance.

To conclude the event, students were given the opportunity to review their year of sport, by viewing videos and photos capturing all the highlights from the Athletics, Swimming and Cross Country Carnivals along with footage from a range of Grade Sport matches.

This years Sports Assembly was a great success and once again we would like to congratulate not only the recipients of our sports awards but all students for their hard work and dedication to sport. It is important to also note that these achievements would not be possible with out the amazing efforts of our staff and coaches and wider community.