NSW All School Oz Tag State Champions!
Congratulations to our Year 11/12 Oz Tag team who recently competed at the NSW All School State Oz Tag Championships and were successful in the grand final against Woolooware High School to be named the best team in NSW.
After progressing through the regional finals undefeated, St Patrick’s had two Oz Tag teams qualify to compete at the State Championships. The two teams were our Year 7/8 team and our Year 11/12 team.
The Year 7/8 team started the day with a win before going on to have a draw and two losses finishing in 5th place overall. This placing then allowed the girls to progress into the quarter finals where they faced a strong St Mary’s team in a sudden death game. Unfortunately, St Mary’s were too strong for the girls and they bowed out of the competition, remaining in 5th place overall. The girls gained a lot of experience from the event which should see them go from strength to strength in the future.
The Year 11/12 team started the day in a similar fashion to the juniors, with a strong win over arch rivals St Mary’s and from then on, the girls went from strength to strength dominating all games leading into the semi-final where they were ranked as the number one team. In the semi-final, the girls easily accounted for Mount View High School, which resulted in a grand final match against a strong Woolooware High School. The grand final was a closely contested game that went right down to the wire. The girls looked in control of the game with three outstanding individual tries to College Sports Captain Ana C, but unfortunately Woolooware hit back to level the scores at 4 all with only a minute remaining. With only seconds to go on the clock, an outstanding display of individual brilliance from Olivia F saw her slide through the defence to score the match winner, just as the siren sounded. This was a massive achievement for the girls who set themselves the goal of winning this tournament (and getting championship jumpers) 12 months ago after being narrowly defeated in the grand final last year and finishing as runners up.
Congratulations to all the girls on the way you played, supported each other and conducted yourselves throughout the day. Special congratulations to the girls who were selected in the NSW Merit Teams including Darcy E, Olivia F, Amy S, Lily M, Julia P and Sarah P. A big thank you must also go to our supporting parents and to Mr David for his work with the girls as coach.
The teams consisted of:
Year 7/8 Team: Amelia B, Tavara S, Stella B, Jessica A, Italia N, Amy Y, Tahlia M, Meg O, Darcy E, Lucy G and Eden G. Coach Mr David.
Year 11/12 Team: Julia P, Sarah P, Amy S, Olivia F, Natalie S, Ana C, Kiarra B, Lily M, Emily A, Andrea M, Tara B and Eden G. Coach Mr Ashcroft.
Scott Ashcroft - Sports and Activities Coordinator