KWS MAGAZINE May - August 2010 Issue No. 86 - Kinross Wolaroi ...

Top of the HillNicholas Hill (pictured above) hasjust been selected for the AustralianSchoolboys Under 17 Hockey Teamand will represent Australia in SouthAfrica next year.This latest achievement caps offa very busy 7 months for the Year10 student. Nicholas began 2010representing NSW at the U16 IndoorHockey Championships. This wasfollowed by his selection in theNSWIS Emerging Talent Squad, theU18 NSW Country team and the U18NSW Squad from which the 2011NSW team will be selected at the endof the year.Nicholas was also a member ofthe NSW CIS Open team that wererunners-up at ‘Hockeyfest'. He wasthen named in the NSW CIS and CCCmerit team.Nicholas travelled to WesternAustralia to compete in the NationalSchool Sport Championships as amember of the U16 NSW All schoolsteam. He was also a finalist at the“Orange Junior Sportsperson of theYear” awards this year.Lauren Coates (pictured),Year 9, showed plenty ofskill and determination onthe June long weekend,claiming a podium finish atthe NSW Junior Dirt TrackChampionships for 13-U16Years Girls. After falling ina high-speed crash in thesecond last race, Laurenfinished third overall behindlocal riders. Lauren's crashand resulting injuries meantshe missed competing in theNational Dirt Track Titles inJuly.In a stroke of bad luck,Lauren was only back onher bike for two weekswhen she was hit by anotherbike at the King of NepeanOpen Championship,breaking her collarbone.Lauren hopes to be race fitin time for the NSW JuniorLongtrack Championships inSeptember.The 2009/2010 rowingseason has been thebest for KWS in its sixyear history.Head Coach JoeDonnelly, instrumentalin the success ofthe programme,was awarded “BestSchoolboy RowingCoach in NSW”. Joestood down as headrowing coach with Haimish Karrasch, a dual Olympian, taking over theprogramme.At the conclusion of the season Daniel Whitehead attended a four-dayselection camp and trials for the Australian Junior teams. At just 16, he wasselected as a member of the Australian team for the Trans-Tasman seriesagainst New Zealand.To complete a stellar rowing year, KWS won the Team of the Year forthe second year running at the 2010 Orange Sports Awards. This was inrecognition for the silver medal won at the National Championships in2009.Pictured above: The rowing team’s latest awards join some of the others on display16