CSSA Touch Football Tournament

On Friday 22, March, nine of our students (5 girls & 4 boys) were selected to represent the CSSA North Coast Touch Squad in a Touch Football Tournament held in Coffs Harbour. From these squads the students had a chance to be selected for the NSW CSSA State Team. This tournament consisted of other regions/schools from all over NSW. There was some tough competition but not for our Open Boys. Billy , Zac and Alphonsus were a part of the Open Boys championship winning team. They were undefeated on the day and all three boys played a massive part in the team. Zac and Fonz were selected for the Open Boys NSW team, but to our surprise Billy was not selected, although he was a standout player. Eli was playing for the 15's and was outstanding, he directed the team with his abilities in setting up tries and also scoring them. Eli was also selected for the State U15's Team. To our Open Girls, Taylor, Katrina and Hannah , our congratulations. You all played exceptionally well and we are all so proud of you. Our U15 girls Courtney and Tyler also played their hearts out, showing the great Pacific Coast spirit. Courtney made it to the Possibles v Probables match for the State Team but unfortunately didn't qualify. Still a massive achievement Courtney, well done. Thank you Mrs. Thompson for driving the bus, thank you Mr. Donnelly for your commentary and thank you Mr. Peck for all the organising you did. It was a great trip had by all and am so very proud of all our students.

Zone Athletics Carnival

On Friday, 29 July a number of students attended the Zone Athletics Carnival in Coffs Harbour.  The Senior School bus left Pacific Coast Christian School at 3:30am with lots of excited and overly tired teenagers.  We showed our enthusiasm for the event by being first to arrive at the beautiful venue and prepared ourselves for a great day.  The weather cleared up beautifully which was an answer to prayer and the students performed very well in there events.  Of particular note were those that qualified for the state athletics carnival.  To qualify for State students had to finish in the top two places in their allotted age groupings.

From the junior school Tynan (200m and 400m) and Shekinah (400m) qualified for the State Carnival to be held on the 23 August in Sydney.  From the Senior School, Catherine qualified for the 100m, Long Jump and Shot Put and Charlotte for the Shot Put and discuss.  For the boys Kytelan qualified for the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and long jump.   Benjamin (800m, Discus), Daniel (Shot Put, Discus), Eli (High Jump), Luke (800m) and Aiden (1500m) also qualified for 30 August in Sydney.

In the overall competition Kytelan achieved age champion in the 13yrs boys division which is a fantastic effort.  His brother Tynan achieved second overall in his age group for the junior boys which is to be commended.  Pacific Coast as a school came fourth out of 11 schools that represented for North Coast.  I would like to give a special thanks to the parents that brought down their kids to participate and for helping out on the day which helps make events such as these possible.

Senior School Athletics Carnival

The Senior School Athletics Carnival took place on a beautiful sunny day on Tuesday 19th June at Walter Peate Reserve in Kingscliff.  It was a great day and was wonderful to see so many students participating enthusiasitcally in events and showing a willingness to help out with the running of the events.  Many records were broken and some impressive times and distances were recorded in different events.  Our most competitive age group was the 14yrs boys where all of the boys were involved and showed great competitiveness and team spirit.  It was particularly pleasing to see good sportsmanship evident at the carnival with one student (Kirsty Hergenhan) helping out another student (Caitlin Byrne) when she got injured during a race, sacrificing her own race.  Other students also encouraging students to finish and do their best rather than pull out of events. was a pleasure to witness.  

I would like to thank all the students, staff and parents who helped to put on a fun and successful day!  A special thanks to Mrs Leonard for putting on a barbeque which was much appreciated and tasted fantastic!  The overall winning house for the day was Norman but all houses put on a good showing.  The zone carnival will take place down in Coffs Harbour in week one of Term Three on the 27th July.  Students achieving in the top two posiitons for an event are eligible to attend.  Participants are encouraged to train and stay fit during the holidays so they are able to perform to their best on the day.  

State Cross Country

Congratulations to Ben, Luke, Aiden and Kirsty who recently represented the School at the State Cross Country.

The results were:

Kirsty, 67th out of 100 runners (15 girls)

Ben, 35th out of 97 runners (14 boys)

Aiden, 31st out of 47 runners (17 years)

Luke, 60th out of 100 runners (16 years)