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Diocesan Junior Soccer Carnival

Our junior girl's soccer side had an impressive performance at the annual Diocesan Junior Soccer Carnival in Coffs Harbour. The girls were undefeated in their pool matches defeating St Mary’s Casino 4-1, St John’s Woodlawn 3-1, St Joseph’s Banora 6-0 and 0-0 draw against St Joseph’s Regional Port Macquarie.

These results saw the team finish top of their pool and the first team through to the finals. The girls played Xavier Catholic College in the final and ended up going down in extra time 2-1.

Congratulations to all players and a special mention to Navah Crofton, Lily Tough, Jasmine Chellew, Steffany Nudo, Hazel Golding and Melliah McCann for their outstanding skill and sportsmanship each and every time they ran out to represent the College.

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Daily Examiner Netball Carnival

On Wednesday 25th March, 8 Netball teams travelled to the Grafton Netball Courts to represent our school in the Schools Cup/ Daily Examiner Netball Tournament. Other schools were shocked to see how many students were there to represent McAuley. Then our second bus arrived, adding to the intimidation. We commenced the day by acknowledging the Indigenous artwork of Aneika Kapeen, a proud Yaegl woman. Her work is now the feature of the senior netball uniforms for our school. We were extremely enthusiastic and proud to wear these for the first time during this event.

• 8 teams were selected during multiple lunchtime trials 
• 20+ training sessions were held within our school 
• 84 students attended this excursion 
• 35 bandaids were distributed throughout the day. 
• 41 games were played by McAuley 
• 50+games were umpired by students from our school
• A huge thank you goes out to our Umpires Convenors Jorja White and Eden Maitz who successfully had an umpire allocated to each and every game. 

Round 1 began at 9:30 am which saw our first win for the day when our 9/10 Girls beat MACLEAN. Round 2 alerted us to the fact that ST MARYS had developed a Year 10 Boys team who were aiming for the win from the get-go. By Round 4, our Year 8 Boys had the chance to terrify ST MARYS going down by a narrow two goals. The shooting style and handy bounce passes of Ollie Godfrey and Max Forwell were memorable in this particular game. 

• 7 / 8 Girls RED won multiple games on the day and finished 3rd
• 7 / 8 Girls BLUE won all games progressing them to the next level of competition 
• 9 / 10 Girls RED finished 3rd 
• 9 / 10 Girls BLUE finished 2nd progressing to the next level of competition 
• Both Ava Whiley and Sahara Powell won Most Valuable Player for their divisions

Our 9/10 Boys played a series of entertaining games throughout the day, including taking on our 7/8  boys. The hang time of James Zimmerman was only tested by Peter Hammond. Both our Year 7 / 8 Boys team and 9 / 10 Boys BLUE have progressed to the next level of competition. 

The Grand Final Daily Examiner was scheduled for 2:30 pm. After the first quarter, it was a 4-point draw. Minimal changes were made to the team's on-court positions resulting in them settling into the game and securing the 3rd quarter with a 5-point lead. With the fresh legs of Laynie Reinberger and Eliza Rose Bullen coming on in the final quarter, we were able to pull away with a 15-point win. Beth Goodall, Molly Imeson and Anna Gillies were accurate shooters throughout the game. Lauren Ferry, Grace Fels and Madi Newman showed strength in defence. Stella Van Leest and Jorja White controlled the midcourt and Sahara Powell won the player of the match as Centre. 

Our team CAPTAINS were responsible for carrying equipment, distributing uniforms, positioning players and providing positive feedback to their teammates. Each of these students should be extremely proud of their leadership throughout the day. This includes; Anna Gillies and Madi Newman, Charlie Imeson and Sienna Clifton, Zoe Bailey and Lilly Fisher, Lani Cole and Emily Newman, Raimi Mortimer and Molly Dick, Max Forwell and Liam Salvestro, Rhys Berry and Thom Austin, James Zimmerman and Lucas Becker. 

The comradery shown by our school was extremely intimidating for the opposition throughout the day. Having 84 students attend this excursion meant that we had many opportunities to cheer and applaud each time team McAuley were successful. A massive thank you goes out to Miss Thompson for allowing us to all attend this event. We understand how much large excursions can impact our school and we are grateful for this opportunity. The midday torrential rain didn’t even dampen the event. Of our 8 teams, 4 have been invited to the next level of the Schools Cup Competition due to be held on August 9th in Term 3. All Netball parents should keep an eye out for the next permission note for McAuley Netball. Congratulations to all players who were involved. We look forward to taking on even more Netball teams to represent our school in 2023.