Touch Football

TOUCH FOOTBALL CAPTAIN’S REPORT

Despite an impacted Touch Football season due to COVID-19, the Term 4 IGSA competition went ahead in a modified format with Pymble students demonstrating their enthusiasm in weekly trainings and games, not to mention the participation in the Term 3 online program. Earlier in the year several Pymble students were selected to trial for the IGSA Representative teams. Congratulations to Sienna Bond, Year 11, who was selected for the IGSA Opens team and to Grace Townsend, Year 8, Mia Sams, Year 8, and Asha Goddard, Year 10, who were selected for the IGSA Under 15 team. Both teams competed at the NSWCIS Championships with the Opens team finishing top of the ladder with three wins and a draw. The Under 15 team finished second with four wins and one loss and from this competition Mia Sams and Grace Townsend, Year 8, were selected for the NSWCIS team, congratulations girls! The Pymble Touch Football online sessions helped to prepare the girls for the Term 4 IGSA competition. The dedicated coaches worked hard to make sessions both fun and engaging. The sessions were educational and taught the girls a variety of new skills and techniques in the limited home training environments they had access to.

The Term 4 IGSA Touch Football competition ran in a modified format for four weeks with a focus on girls running around in the sunshine, enjoying all the benefits of physical activity and therefore the competition had no formal results or grade winners. Well done to all teams and players for their positive and competitive attitude. Thank you to the Pymble Touch Football coaches, referees and parents for your support of the program. Furthermore, thank you to all girls involved in Touch Football 2021 for your commitment and enthusiasm. It was a great year. I am very excited for the future of Pymble Touch Football! Niraaya Jayasinghe, 2022 Captain of Touch Football Captain of Touch Football Lauren Geddes

TOUCH FOOTBALL AWARDS

Year 11 Red

Sienna Bond, Emilia Duncan, Isobel Gosper, Chloe Hanlan, Olivia Inkster, Niraaya Jayasinghe, Claudia Johnston, Georgina Maher, Ami Naito, Eliza Nelson, Ruby Nicholas, Aneeka Reilly, Georgia Spanswick, Brianna Worsfold

Year 10 Red

Abigail Ballhausen, Philippa Begg, Amarley Bron, Kaitlyn Chan, Asha Goddard, Alice Hillsdon, Natasha Newham, Aimee Ng, Lucy Robertson, Phoebe Vowels, Saskia Willoughby-Winlaw Year 9

Red

Megan Abdo, Chloe Brogan, Sophia Grindlay, Amber Halliday, Olivia Linfoot, Nicole McCrostie, Mila Seidler, Georgia Short, Madeleine Short, Demitria Volos, Lucy Yates

Year 8 Red

Tully Black, Mathilde Goddard, Aimi Jenkin, Louise Lovell, Sarah Lovell, Emilia Massaro, Mika Naito, Mia Sams, Sophia Slater, Adelaide Taylor, Tiana Walsh

Year 7 Red

Amelia Brandon, Matilda Harrison, Lucy McLean, Elke Payne, Phoebe Roberts, Ruby Scarf, Abby Smith, Charlotte Tidemann, Elizabeth Yates

Lauren Geddes, Year 12

TOUCH FOOTBALL REPRESENTATIVES

IGSA Representatives

Sienna Bond, Asha Goddard, Mia Sams, Grace Townsend

CIS Representatives

Mia Sams, Grace Townsend

It was a great year. I am very excited for the future of Pymble Touch Football!

JUNIOR TOUCH FOOTBALL REPRESENTATIVE

CIS Representative

Lily Mancey

Back Row: Chloe Hanlan, Sienna Bond, Olivia Inkster, Ruby Nicholas, Ami Naito, Georgina Maher Front Row: Brianna Worsfold, Aneeka Reilly, Eliza Nelson, Georgia Spanswick, Isobel Gosper, Niraaya Jayasinghe

YEAR 10 FIRSTS

Back Row: Saskia Willoughby-Winlaw, Natasha Newham, Alice Hillsdon, Philippa Begg, Phoebe Vowels Front Row: Abigail Ballhausen, Kaitlyn Chan, Lucy Robertson, Aimee Ng Absent: Amarley Bron, Asha Goddard

Back Row: Olivia Linfoot, Megan Abdo, Amber Halliday, Demitria Volos, Sophia Grindlay Front Row: Lucy Yates, Madeleine Short, Chloe Brogan, Georgia Short, Mila Seidler Absent: Nicole McCrostie

YEAR 8 FIRSTS

Back Row: Aimi Jenkin, Mika Naito, Emilia Massaro, Louise Lovell, Sarah Lovell Front Row: Adelaide Taylor, Tully Black, Tiana Walsh, Mia Sams, Sophia Slater, Mathilde Goddard

Back Row: Charlotte Tidemann, Matilda Harrison, Elizabeth Yates Front Row: Ruby Scarf, Lucy McLean, Elke Payne, Abby Smith Absent: Amelia Brandon, Phoebe Roberts

JUNIOR SCHOOL TOUCH FOOTBALL REPORT

In Term 3, Junior School girls had the opportunity to be involved in IPSHA Touch Football as their Saturday sport. Although it was online due to COVID-19, most girls attended the online sessions. During training, everyone worked hard to develop agility skills and found their areas of strength in the game. Touch Football was a favourite Saturday sport, and the coaches always gave lots of energy online. No matter how hard the sessions were, the girls never gave up. The girls and coaches always tried their best to have fun and be at the top of their game every training session. Katherine Boyce, Sanaa Kapoor, Hayley Browne and Isabel Neal, Year 6

IPSHA TOUCH FOOTBALL TEAMS

Pymble 1

Hayley Browne, Elisa Cui, Eloise Fisher, Annabelle Johnston, Lucy Lakeman, Lily Mancey, Harriet Murphy, Mie Naito, Sophie Rigg, Isabella Woodall

Pymble 2

Katherine Boyce, Emily Englund, Bonnie Hebblewhite, Amelia Lee, Jenny Ling, Victoria O’Sullivan, Annie Pennington, Leila Rich, Stella Sharp, Isabelle Younger

Pymble 3

Ella Handley-Greaves, Zara Kinniburgh, Monique Marinovic, Sophie Ngai, Irisara O’Brien, Eden Orena Barlin, Sahana Vivekanandhan, Lara Waterhouse, Catherine Zeng

Pymble 4

Eve Clark, Emily Finucane, Sophie Harris, Elizabeth Macpherson, Clara Mudaliar, Emma Scott, Stacy Sharp

Pymble 5

Amara Ahmed, Ashira Fonseka, Cabrini Lee, Mea McBurney, Tia Pillai, Kate Rogers, Caitlin Stoodley

Pymble 6

Adele Cassidy, Orla Cottrell, Amelia Hardas, Olivia Hicks-Duncombe, Jing Yuan Liu, Phoebe Scott, Chloé Shires, Iris Tang, Anika Verma

Pymble 7

Aarna Ashwin, Madison Burns, Sueann Deng, Indie LeonSearle, Izabella Prokop, Bethany Tucker, Amari Wilson