BATHURST HIGH CAMPUS NEWSLETTER JULY 31ST 2013 FOCUS ON PDHPE The Personal Development, Health and Physical Education department continues to maintain a very busy program of events in 2013. Our senior students are preparing for Trial Higher School and Preliminary Yearly Examinations. Best of luck to these students! We are presently reviewing the second draft of the national curriculum syllabus for Health and Physical Edu- cation (HPE). This review will finish at the end of July, leading to the new national syllabus being written and then given to the Board of Studies, hopefully by the end of the year. This will provide greater opportuni- ty for our students to engage in ranges of physical activity as they get older. We are also very enthusiastic about the prospect of combining this with our new gymnasium, class rooms and movement laboratory. This will substantially improve the opportunity to provide our students with new experiences in some of the best facilities in the state. It is exciting to see the Gymnasium project starting to take shape, and there is no doubt it will add a new dimension to the delivery of our subject area. Our Combined High School (CHS) knockout teams have had great success so far this year. Open Boys Soccer are now in the State semi final after beating Smith ‗s Hill HS from Wollongong 1-0 in the quarter finals. Before this they beat Sydney Tech High School in a thrilling game at Kelso HS with a golden goal scored by Andrew Smith. In extra time. Open Girls Soccer won against the Sydney East school from Cronulla 3- 0 after being nil all at half time. The girls are now playing in Sydney in the state quarter final against Glenwood HS. Open Boys Rugby League played the final 16 of the State round– University Shield against Chifley Senior Campus from Western Sydney on Tuesday 30th at Carrington Park. This was an exciting win and the boys are now in the state quarter finals. Under 14‘s Buckley Shield played the final 16 of the State round against Chifley College at Carrington Park on Thursday 25th July. They were narrowly defeated 32-24 after being 12 all at half time. Three quick tries in the second half by Chifley made the difference to the final result after coming back well in the second half. Western School Sport and Representatives to CHS State Carnivals Cross Country – Damian Mays, Kayne McDougall, Brianna Woodhead, Olivia Pugh, Aidan McBur- ney, Danielle Pearson, Emily Woodhead and Samantha Chapman. Damian was the best performed, gaining a top twenty spot coming 17th out of over 100 runners in his age. Western Region Athletics carnival ran on Friday 26th July at Morse park in Bathurst with our largest ever contingent of athletes representing the school in outstanding fashion. Individual Sporting success Jed Betts was selected in the NSW CHS Development squad to tour New Zealand later this term. Ryan Peacock and Tyler Horton were both selected in the Australian Indoor cricket teams for their re- spective age group. .Harrison Carter has been selected in the NSW Cycling Road Racing under 18 team. Scott Matheson played very well in the State age golf championships recently. Denison College of Secondary Education—Bathurst High Campus—www.bathurst-h.schools.nsw.edu.au PAGE 2 BATHURST HIGH CAMPUS NEWSLETTER FOCUS ON PDHPE cont…….. Previous Students sporting success Doug Hewitt, Blake Seager and Jack Siejka are playing for their respective NRL clubs, Penrith, Can- berra and Eastern Suburbs in the under 20‘s NRL competition. All the best to our teams this year and many thanks to those parents that continue to support the PDHPE staff, school coaching staff . We are especially thankful of your help in transporting students to and from buses in the early mornings and late nights. Mr Darren Hamilton Astley Cup report 2013 Pride, jubilation, sense of accomplishment and adulation are words which come to mind. It is hard to de- scribe the feelings amongst team members, parents and coaching staff over the last 2 weeks of Astley Cup competition. Scenes, the like of which I have never seen before on the return journey from a sport- ing trip filled the Bathurst High Campus buses with students and coaching staff having the school song ringing in their ears. Renditions were sung with gusto as we passed through towns on the way home! What a spectacular effort from everyone involved over the last two weeks of the Astley Cup. The sports- manship and behaviour of the team was commented on by members of the public from Dubbo and Bath- urst, other team players and members of staff from Orange and Dubbo High Schools. The manner in which this team conducted themselves bought great credit to themselves and Bathurst High Campus. Round 1 vs Orange High School Netball was played first in the round and Orange dominated as expected, though not to the extent that they would have liked. The girls played exceptionally well to keep them to a relatively modest goal dif- ferential. Thursday, our Tennis team came up against formidable opponents, with Orange victorious 13- 3. Our boys were able to claw back a large portion of the points difference by winning, in a great display of basketball, 63-28. Orange were expecting to dominate the hockey , having many Western Region and State representatives in the team. Holding them scoreless for over 60 minutes was something special to watch, every girl on the field giving 100% effort! The final score of 2 – nil came with two late goals to Orange after many times pressuring our goal circle. The girls should be very proud of their effort! Going into day 2 and behind by Orange by 116 points was not encouraging but our strongest sports were yet to come. Athletics is a very close sport each year in points, 2013 again the same, with the score being just in our favour 52-48 and our relay teams coming home strongly to cement the win. The Rugby League was pencilled in prior to the round starting as an important sport for Bathurst High and they did not disappoint. Watched by one of the biggest crowds ever seen at Carrington Park, our team came out firing, scoring 18 unanswered points in the first half. The final score of 36 -6 was a fitting finale to a great game played by both teams. Soccer was going to be our big ace card, both teams being Western Region champions, a big plus in our favour. The girls game was exciting with teams having multiple scoring opportunities but they failed to put the ball away. The only goal was scored by Hayley Cheney and Bathurst came away victorious. Denison College of Secondary Education—Bathurst High Campus—www.bathurst-h.schools.nsw.edu.au PAGE 3 BATHURST HIGH CAMPUS NEWSLETTER Astley Cup cont…... The equation was simple coming into the final sport, with the team that won the boys‘ soccer winning the tie. A draw in the game would also have been enough to give Orange the win. After a nail-biting match where the scores were locked at nil-all at half-time, Bathurst was able to get the all-important goal through an abso- lute belter from Andrew Smith with less than 15 minutes to go. At the finish, the home crowd went wild with delight. ASTLEY CUP DAY ONE POINTS Netball: Orange def Bathurst 54-22 (71-29) Tennis: Orange def Bathurst 13-3 (81-19) Basketball: Bathurst def Orange 63-28 (69-31) Hockey: Orange def Bathurst 2-0 (75-25) Total: Orange 258 Bathurst 142 ASTLEY CUP DAY TWO POINTS Athletics: Bathurst def Orange (52-48) Rugby League: Bathurst def Orange 36 – 6 (86- 14) Football Girls: Bathurst def Orange 1 – 0 (66-34) Football Boys: Bathurst def Orange 1 – 0 (66-34) Total: Bathurst 270 Orange 130 Overall: Bathurst 412 Orange 388 Denison College of Secondary Education—Bathurst High Campus—www.bathurst-h.schools.nsw.edu.au PAGE 4 BATHURST HIGH CAMPUS NEWSLETTER Astley Cup cont…... Denison College of Secondary Education—Bathurst High Campus—www.bathurst-h.schools.nsw.edu.au PAGE 5 BATHURST HIGH CAMPUS NEWSLETTER Astley Cup cont…... Round 2 vs Dubbo Senior College It‘s always hard getting up ear- ly and 4.30am is especially difficult on a cold and wet Bathurst morning. Adding 2 ½ hours of bus travel to Dubbo capped this off nicely. The first sport of the Dubbo round was tennis. Our tennis players were able to sustain enthusiasm throughout the morning despite coming up against some stiff competition. One of the highlights was the final game of mixed doubles which went down to a tie breaker. Felicity King and Bryson Richards were eventual winners 7-3. The final score of 13 sets to 3 sets was exactly the same as the previous week against Orange HS. Our girls‘ football team was hoping for a role reversal and regain lost points. This was achieved and more, as they scored 5 unanswered goals. Goals were scored by Haillie Provest x 2, Haley Cheney x 2 and Jess Fearnley. The boys football game was a different scenario, Dubbo putting a high ball through and scoring within 3 minutes of the kick off. A see-sawing game over both halves ended up being tied at 2 all at full time, a fitting end for a fantastic game between two very evenly matched teams. Goals were scored by Mitchell Rooke and Andrew Smith. On the journey to the girls‘ hockey game in West Dubbo, text messages of the score went from 1 to 4—nil at half time.