While most school students were enjoying their winter break, it wasn’t all rest for several students at Calrossy Anglican School.
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There was a number of students involved in extra-curricular sporting and cultural activities throughout the three week break.
Calrossy Year 7 student, Zac Clarke, gained national selection following the Australian Junior Indoor Cricket Championships, in Dubbo during the holidays.
The talented 13-year-old played for the NSW Cyclones in the under 13 Division.
It was the teenager’s first season in Indoor Cricket and in an amazing effort he finished third in the player rankings.
Zac was voted as runner-up "Player of the Tournament" and was selected in the Australian All-Stars Junior Indoor Cricket team.
Still on sport, and nine Calrossy Secondary Boys played representative rugby during the break, lining up for AICES (Association of Co-Educational Independent Schools) in the NSW Junior Rugby Championships in Sydney.
Riley Catts, A.J. Pretorius, Sam Gray, Ben Grant and Sam Buster played in the 16 years side; with Bill Buster, Charles Meyers, Tyler Simshauser and David Hines in the Opens. Calrossy also had two shadows named in the 16’s side – Joseph Tufrey and Blake Murphy.
Despite some injuries in the early games, both teams put in a great effort over the Championships, with Calrossy having the greatest representation from any single school at the event.
Meantime, in hockey two Calrossy students vied for selection in the NSW Under 13 Girls Hockey side in Sydney, with the team to be announced this week.
Twelve-year-old, Bella Cameron, and 13-year-old, Ashley Chaffey, were named in the State squad, following the Under 13 Field State Hockey Championships in Grafton, earlier this month.
The girls were part of the Championship winning Tamworth 1 side, which only conceded one goal all tournament.
The girls, joined by Jess Davidson also from Calrossy, went on to be named joint champions with a nil all draw in the final against North West Sydney.
Also in Grafton, Matthew Holmes swapped his cricket bat for the hockey stick and was part of the Tamworth U13 boys 1 team, who returned home with the silver medal.
From the sporting field to the stage, Calrossy Anglican School took part in State Naidoc Week celebrations and part of the cultural phenomenon, Moorambilla Voices during the winter break.
Two Calrossy girls, Laura and Abigail Murray, performed with the Moorambilla Voices in Sydney, in two moving performances at Government and Parliament House.
