16 Oct 2025
🌟Celebrating Student Success! 🌟
We’re proud to celebrate outstanding student achievements across a range of International, National and state-level sporting and extracurricular competitions recently.
➡️ELLA D (Year 7) – Ella has had an incredible year of Netball achievements! 🏐 Earlier this year, she represented Indoor Netball NSW at the National Championships in Perth, where teams from all states competed across both 6-a-side and 7-a-side formats. Ella’s team placed 4th in 6s and 3rd in 7s, and she was named in the Australian Allstars Team — one of just ten players selected nationally from more than 100 competitors. 🌟 Ella has now been re-selected to represent NSW again at the 2026 National Championships in Queensland, and also recently placed 3rd in the state with Baulkham Hills Shire Netball Association at the Netball NSW Junior State Titles.
➡️MIENKE B (Year 7) – Mienke recently represented Australia at the Trans Tasman Archery Championship, earning two medals: silver in the U14 Female Recurve 30/720 round and bronze in the U14 & U16 Female Recurve Matchplay. Her Australian team also won the overall Challenge trophy — an outstanding achievement! 🏹🇦🇺✨
➡️ZACHARY V (Year 9) – Congratulations to Zachary, a Junior Varsity member of Sploove! 💃🕺 His Hip-Hop team achieved Silver at NSW Regionals and Gold at Nationals in Brisbane earlier this year.
➡️MAXIMUS P (Year 10) – Maximus recently represented NSW Sky (U15) at the Emerging Socceroos Championships (formerly the National Youth Tournament) in Melbourne. Competing against teams from across Australia, Maximus and his team finished in an impressive 3rd place. A brilliant result at a national level! 💙🇦🇺
➡️OLIVIA P (Year 10) – Olivia won Gold Medals in both the 18 & Under Mixed Doubles and Girls’ Doubles (with her sister Charlotte P, Year 12) at the NSW Pickleball Championships 2025 and the Sydney Winter Indoor Pickleball Tournament. A fantastic result highlighting her skill and teamwork! 💙🏆🏓
➡️SYRA M (Year 11) – Syra, a Youth Finalist in the St Columba’s Art Prize 2025! 🎨 Representing Marian Catholic College, her canvas artwork “Honestly?” earned her finalist status, and she was also one of 65 finalists in the Photography competition, selected from over 300 entries. An incredible achievement showcasing her creativity and talent across multiple mediums! 💙🖌️📸
➡️ANDRA V (Year 12) – Andra has recorded a new personal best of 34.04 seconds in the 50m Breaststroke at the NSW Senior State Short Course Championships, qualifying for the 2025 Nationals Short Course — after already qualifying for Nationals Long Course earlier this year. 💪🏊♀️
➡️CHARLOTTE P (Year 12) – Charlotte won Gold in the 18 & Under Girls’ Doubles (with her sister Olivia P, Year 10) and Silver in the 18 & Under Mixed Doubles at the NSW Pickleball Championships 2025. Another excellent display of skill and teamwork! 💙🏆🏓