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Lightning Carnival
Jamie Long, HOLA Health & Physical Education
The Year 8 students had their first experience in representing Ashdale Secondary College in our regional winter lightning
carnival this term. Ashdale had teams in girls and boys Soccer, boys Basketball, girls Netball and Australian Rules. It was
pleasing to see the year eights well organised and enthusiastic on the day, with high levels of motivation and participation.
Although the focus of the day is on participation and social interaction with students from surrounding schools, Ashdale
had some great results on the day, particularly with the boys Basketball and Girls netball teams finishing in top 3 teams on
the day. Thank you to all the staff that assisted in the smooth running of the day.
The Colleges school sporting teams have been busy competing in the School Sport WA competitions. The Year 8/9 girls
and boys basketball teams had a day of competition in their region carnival. There was some tough competition with
some considerably larger opponents and well drilled teams. The girls finished second with the boys reaching fourth out of
eight teams, both results a real credit to each teams dedication and fighting spirit. The junior girls and boys soccer teams
reached the knockout finals stage. Both teams played against some very tough competition with the boys bowing out in
their first final and the girls making through to the second round before eventually getting knocked out by Perth Modern.
I would like to thank and congratulate all the students who showed a high level of commitment and passion in representing
the College in such a positive and professional way. Also a big thank you to the staff who gave up their time after school to
coach all our sporting teams.