STANDOUT SPORTS PERFORMANCES KICK OFF IN FIRST TERM

The 2023 year kicked off with an exciting term of team sports and some fantastic individual performances.

The team sports played in Term 1 were tennis, badminton, softball, water polo and AFL in the senior school and football in the junior school. Twenty two teams competed in grand finals, with many others also making it through to 3rd v 4th playoffs.

Our grand final winners included PLS01 AFL who dominated in the wet conditions. The PLS03 tennis team had a fantastic grand final win over Abbotsleigh who had defeated them earlier in the season. Five other tennis teams also won their grand finals. It was also a strong term for our water polo teams, with PLS01 and PLS04 winning their grand finals.

Runners up for the term included the PLS01 Badminton team, who finished second on the ladder and were only defeated throughout the season by a very strong Meriden team.

Our two softball teams made it through the finals, with PLS02 finishing runners up.

The Year 7/8 AFL divisions did not play grand finals, but teams finished in the following places:

• PLS03 - 2nd place (7/8 Div 1)

• PLS04 - 1st place (7/8 Div 3)

• PLS05 - 1st place (7/8 Div 4)

These teams played in a gala day in the final week of sport in place of a finals series. The PLS03 team did well, winning all matches on the day.

Our Football 1sts made a strong start to the NSWCIS Cup, with solid wins against Arden Anglican College and Emanuel School.

Term 1 was a superb term for the PLC Sydney swimmers and divers. The year started with the Junior and Senior Swimming and Diving Carnivals, which proved to be fantastic days with plenty of school and House spirit, and great competition with a number of girls making it through to representative carnivals.

The highlight of the term was PLC Sydney being crowned the overall winner of both the IGSA Swimming and Diving carnivals. The performances of these teams were exceptional and winning both carnivals in the one year will go down in the history books.

The Junior and Senior Cross Country Carnivals were also held with some strong performances across the board. The Junior girls have also competed in the IPSHA Cross Country, with seven students making it through to CIS.

PLC Sydney finished a commendable 5th in Tildsley Tennis Tournament. The stand-out performances were Shiori Takeda making it to the quarter-finals in singles and Alyssa Brown and Ella Soo making it to the quarter-finals in doubles.

In February, PLC Sydney had three teams and six individuals line up for the Triathlon events at the NSW All Schools championships held at the Penrith Regatta Centre. All our athletes competed strongly over the two days of competition.

In March, 14 PLC Sydney rowing crews competed in the prestigious NSW Schoolgirl Head of the River at the Sydney International Regatta Centre. There were several outstanding performances including a silver medal to Isabelle Yardley in the Year 10 Single Scull, a bronze medal to Sarah Bebbington in the Senior Single Scull and gold, silver and bronze medals to Amber Bradley, Ella Dunphy and Pelin Ozen, in the Para Single Scull. The following players were also successfully selected in representative teams during Term 1:

Lilah Ajami (Year 6) - CIS Football

Lily Harman (Year 6) - IPSHA Netball

Shiori Takeda (Year 11) - CIS Tennis

Jessica Steventon (Year 7), Keira Toohey (Year 8), Amelia Steventon (Year 9), Neave Balzan (Year 12) and Isabella Murray (Year 12)IGSA Touch Football

Tiffany Gao (Year 10) - NSW All Schools Volleyball

Aimee Longhurst (Year 12) - CIS Cricket

Sherry Zou (Year 7) - CIS Golf

Meadow Milner (Year 11)IGSA Basketball