A brilliant day at Pymble Ladies College as we acknowledged Reconciliation Week with an Indigenous Round of IGSA Sport. Thank you to Pymble Ladies' College, Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College, Loreto Normanhurst and Abbotsleigh for your participation. 

Congratulations to both of our IGSA Sport Open and 15&U touch football teams that competed at the NSWCIS Championship on the 16th June. Our Opens team finished top of the ladder with 3 wins and a draw and our 15&U team finished 2^nd with 4 wins and one loss.

After 103 years, in 2021, the first ever Year 7 student to take home a championship trophy was awarded to Meriden student Giselle Guillen. Giselle, together with her partner Subeksha Suren Raj made Tildesley history as the partnership were awarded winners of the doubles  trophy. 
 

IGSA Sport returned to Sydney Olympic Park on the 31st March for our annual swimming and diving championship. It was wonderful to welcome parents back as spectators to our major carnivals. As always, the standard of competitors thrived within the interschool competition, with coaches and staff commenting on the continued quality of performance.  In particular, the standard of IGSA diving is of the highest level in memory with less than 100 points splitting top and bottom places. We commend our schools for the continued development and increased depth of talent across all competitors in both the swimming and diving.

Congratulations to our IGSA Sport Softball team that competed at the NSWCIS Championship at Peace Park on Tuesday 23rd February, 2021. The girls finished second to ISA on a countback, winning 3 of their 4 games.

IGSA Sport's Inaugural Representative Rowing VIII’s

On the 13th February, 19 students made up the inaugural IGSA Sport representative rowing VIII’s to compete at the PLC Sydney / Kings Regatta led by coaches Ciarán Glynn (QUE) and Ali Williams (PYM).

The First VIII finished third and the Second VIII finished fifth in their respective races. We are confident that the girls have taken the first steps in contributing to the start of a legacy that will last far longer than our time. We would like to congratulate the girls and their coaches for being part of the 1st Chapter.

In 2019 the IGSA Sport overall champion trophy will be named in honour of Mary Webster.

If you are unaware of Mary’s history with IGSA Sport, she worked for the association from 1983 - 1999 and has continued to assist with our representative pathways through her role at NSWCIS where she currently works in a sports administration role.

Mary is a wonderful friend to the association and a personal role model. I am inspired by her dedication to creating sporting opportunities for students of all levels but mostly I admire the extensive kindness she shows to everyone and the feeling of warmth that creates within our sporting community. We feel very privileged that Mary will be attending our swim and dive championship next Friday 22nd March, 2019.

As a former Pymble student we feel very lucky to embrace her as a friend of the association and I hope you enjoy the opportunity to read about her in the interview below.

On Sunday February 22nd IGSA Sport hosted the annual IGSA Sport Rowing Regatta at the Sydney International Regatta Centre. It was a beautiful day on the water and I would like to acknowledge the spirit of the rowers, staff and officials for contributing to a very successful regatta. Congratulations to Pymble Ladies College, the overall champions of the day, Loreto Kirribilli for taking home the handicap champion trophy and St Catherine’s school for being the most improved. As always, Donna Baker (LOK) coordinated the carnival with great organisation and extensive expertise. We feel exceptionally lucky to have her as our IGSSA convener and extend a very special thank you for her efforts.