Sport update Term 1 Week 9

Thursday, 30 Mar 2023

Surfing Competition Report 2023

On Monday 27th March, the NCIS Surfing Competition was held at Sawtell Beach. After covid and cyclonic conditions affected the last few years of competitions, it was great to host the event once again. With over 50 surfers entering the competition this year, which is double the previous event, excellent surfing was seen throughout the whole day. Conditions were clean in the morning with 3-4 foot surf and even though the wind became strong throughout the day, conditions still allowed strong surfing in all heats and finals. 

BDC was represented by 11 surfers, with 4 of these surfers reaching the finals in their age groups. Zoya Dryburgh finished third and Xavier Poole finished second in their Under 16 age groups and Creed Smart was the winner of the Open Boys competition in a really strong heat against some strong surfers from Lindisfarne. This included some amazing aerial moves and carves in critical parts of the wave. 

The following are the results of the competition.

U16 Girls School U16 Boys School
1
Ivy Parsons
LAGS
Lachlan Arghyros
LAGS
2
Dahlia Alagich
LAGS
Xavier Poole
BDC
3
Zoya Dryburgh
BDC
Kade Martin
LAGS
4
Coco Winchester
CBS
Mac Brindley
LAGS
Open Girls School Open Boys School
1
Manon Pouget
CBS
Creed Smart
BDC
2
Ava Arghyros
LAGS
Tommy Horn
LAGS
3
Aroha Foster
LAGS
Bowie Robinson
LAGS
4
Sumari Getz
SMSS
River Robinson
LAGS
5
Layla Hutchinson
LAGS
Ollie Correy
BDC

Primary NCIS Netball

Four senior primary students (Stella Jephcott, Sienna Fernon, Scarlett Hazeldene & Emily Mengel) represented BDC at the Primary NCIS Netball Trials last Thursday at Tweed Heads. The girls participated in skills sessions followed by multiple games as part of the selection process. All students play extremely well and are looking forward to hearing back from the selectors to see if they advance to play at CIS in Sydney in May.

NCIS Swimming

Great day at Alstonville with 30 BDC students competing at the NCIS Secondary Swimming on 20th March.

Students did well against strong swimmers from other schools. The following students were successful in qualifying for CIS Championships in Sydney next term.

  • Nick Alford             
  • Toby Alford          
  • Taj  Butcher         
  • Saul Easman         
  • Flynn Hall          
  • Matthew Healy       
  • Bayley Johnson   
  • Rachel Lenard     
  • Aria Matthews       
  • Thomas Ricketts  
  • Charlotte Ricketts  
  • Mitchell Rieth      
  • Isaac Ryan         
  • Molly Williams         
  • Poole Xavier 
  • Eva Zuvela

Congratulations to our CHAMPIONS at NCIS Secondary Swimming at Alstonville.

  • Bayley Johnson  13 Girls Runner Up
  • Matthew Healy 13 Boys Runner Up
  • Aria Matthews 15 Girls Age Champion
  • Flynn Hall 15 Boys Age Champion
  • Nick Alford Open boys Age Champion 

Great Work by all of our swimmers.