From the Head of Knox Sports Academy
Mr Chuck Ardron
I congratulate all those students who took up the opportunity to avail themselves of the Athletic Development Centre being open in the holidays as it was a great opportunity to maintain or improve their fitness and skills.
From this championships 5 students were selected to represent NSW at the Australia schools Rugby championships held at Riverview also in the holidays From those championships James Armstrong has been selected to represent Australian Schools team and Nicholas Frost Australian Barbarians team and I wish both boys all the best.
I congratulate all those involved in the Inter Schools Snow Sports competition and congratulate them on a job well done – they secured the Snowboard Championship and came second in the Ski-ing championships. Many students qualified for the state championships and Mr Reardon and Miss Badenhorst are currently finalising the teams to compete at these championships.
Well done to our Track and Field athletes, a small but dedicated group attending the DownUnder meet on the Gold Coast with all involved having a great few days, and assisting towards fitness and competition for the upcoming Track and Field championships.
Knox also hosted the Australian Pararoos team on Knox 1 and Curagul and we wish the team all the best for their upcoming overseas trip. Knox also hosted the Australian Rugby 7s team in their last hit out against the Japanese 7s team before the Olympics in Rio.
Australian Rugby was very appreciative of the support Knox gave and once again Knox did a great job in hosting this event, and we wish the Australian Men and Women’s team all the best at the Olympic Games, especially Cam Clark, a Knox Old Boy who was on the team.
Also during the holiday period we hosted numerous camps, Rugby Tennis and Football and all those involved thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
I would also like to advise that sports choices for summer will be advertised in next week’s bulletin, with selection in Week 3. I ask that boys start to think about their choices.
This Saturday Knox plays away to Barker and I ask that all students continue in the vein as they did in Term 2 and ensure their attitude, attendance and attire is exemplary. Good luck to the 1st AFL team as they play their first night schools cup game against Trinity at Sydney University this week.
Finally good luck to Will Bayliss who is competing for the NSW State Team at the Australian Golf Championship. Well done! Go the Black and Blue!
Quote of the week
Ralph Waldo Emerson
HIGHLIGHTS
PREP SPORT
SENIOR SCHOOL SPORT
Firsts Rugby, Football and AFL Supporters
We ask boys to attend the Football at 11.15am at Curagul or the Rugby at 3.15pm at Knox 1. AFL is as scheduled.
Saturday 6 August
Saturday 13 August
Summer Sports Choices
Baseball
Mr Jason Van Blerk, MIC Baseball
See the attached for more information.
2016 Baseball Juniors Come'NTry (2627 KB)
Cricket
Football
Mr Steve Roche, MIC Football
2016 Annual Football Dinner (754 KB)
Holiday Report
Football did not rest over the three week holiday period and saw numerous training sessions coaches seminars referees courses and a National team training at our Knox facilities.
70 boys took part in the annual July Football Holiday camps in the second and third week where the boys kept the ball rolling tuning their skills and technique with the Knox coaching staff. As always the last day of the camps is a favourite with a mini world cup played with great passion and competitiveness, the boys showing the skills that have been imparted on them.
The 9As, Bs and the 10As, Bs along with the 1st and 2nd XI all trained throughout the holiday period looking to keep the momentum flowing as we now come back into term 3 and the resumption of the CAS competition. The 1st and 2nds leading their respective tables with four matches remaining. The 9As are rallying from previous seasons and are in second place putting the pressure on the leader. 10As are also topping the table and face off against Barker in the local derby this Saturday.Knox also hosted the Referees Level 2 course and continues to build a great partnership with the KDFRA training and supporting our Referees at Knox.
We also had the Pararoos take advantage of the great facilities here at Knox with the National team spending three days training and preparing for their upcoming qualifiers for the next World Cup coached by our own 1st XI coach Kai Lammert.Not forgetting to look after our fantastic coaching staff, we hosted FC Barcelona Escola who presented their first ever coaching seminar in Australia at Curagul Pavilion and fields which was a great opportunity for our coaches to learn more on the Barcelona Philosophy and Style of Play after our Knox football tour the previous year to Spain, and we will now be able to present some of the sessions to our boys in the coming weeks.
Golf
Mr David McGowan, MIC Golf

Racquet Skills Holiday Camps Report
The idea of this camp was obviously to have fun, but improve the hand eye co-ordination of all of the boys in their racquet skills.
The boys each day were split into groups where the boys played a round robin tournament in that sport. The camp consisted of 3 racquets sports per day over the 4 days, so the boys got equal amount of time to play each sport. The coaches noticed as well as the boys the amount the boys had improved even after the second day of camp. Some of the boys were struggling to make clean contact in the badminton on the first day, but by the end of the camp especially the boys were rallying well and competing and winning in their matches.
The camp was a great success and all of the boys and not to mention the coaches had great fun! It was great to see how all of the racquet sports helped improve of their dexterity and understanding of spins and swing styles for certain shots. We will be looking forward to our next Racquets Sports Camp next holidays.


Rugby
Mr John Rownes, MIC Rugby
Snow Sports
Mr Michael Reardon, MIC Snow Sports
On Sunday 3 July 39 students discovered excellent early season snow conditions upon arrival at Thredbo, ski hire sorted – everyone was eager to get onto the snow.
Everyone went to bed on Tuesday evening with high hopes of magnificent snow on Wednesday, but sadly the weather played a miserable trick on us, as we awoke in the early morning to the sound of rain falling onto the roof, which turned to non-stop torrential downpours throughout the day.
Thank you to all the boys, whether on the trip or competing for Knox. Also a big thank you to all the parents assisting as either team managers or volunteers, your efforts and work is greatly appreciated.
Swimming and Diving
Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre (SOPAC), Friday-Sunday, 15-17 July 2016
From 75 different swim clubs from the Sydney Metropolitan area, 1200 swimmers raced at SOPAC for a final time before the NSW State Champs in August.
22 Knox boys competed across the three days. Winning six Gold, one Silver and two Bronze medals.
Gold
Leon MacAlister (yr 10) won 200m IM, 100m Back, 200m Back, 100m Free and 50m Back.Josh Collett (yr 7) won 100m Breastroke
Silver
Will Yang (yr 12) 100m Backstroke
Bronze
Andrew Hemsworth (yr 12) 100m Fly
Shane Ting (yr 8) 100m Breastroke
Pointscorers/Top 10 Finishers
Louis Bebb Yr 7 (11), Mark Buddee Yr 8 (14), Joshua Collett Yr 7 (83), Brendan Hee Yr 9 (5), Andrew Hemsworth Yr 12 (51), Joshua Johnson Yr 8 (60), Lachlan Kelly Yr 9 (42), Leon MacAlister Yr 10 (192) Josh Mercer Yr 9 (14), Declan Owers Yr 9 (20), Jack Ryan Yr 11 (11), Shane Ting Yr 8 (91), William Yang Yr 12 (44).
Congratulations to the following swimmers who qualified to compete.
Kaea Bidois Yr 11, Charlie Bladon Yr 8, Sam Druce Yr 9, Bailey Farris Yr 8, Angus Hornery Yr 8, Angus Menzies Yr 8, Sydney Robertson Yr 10, Oliver Weeding Yr 8, Alexander Wu Yr 9.
Tennis
Mr Ben Higgins, MIC Tennis
There were some outstanding tennis played by some of the boys with special mentions to:
Pedro Papangelis - currently playing in the finals of the U/16s Hawkesbury Junior Open Tournament. He managed to beat the No.2 seed in the quarter finals match and then beating fellow 1st team member Hugo La Hei in the semi-finals who was ranked No.4.He then played in the doubles with Charlie Wong (2nd team Knox member) who lost in the semi-finals to Hugo La Hei and partner in a marathon 3 set match losing 9-11 in the third set.
Hugo La Hei - made the semi-finals of Hawkesbury Junior Open losing to Pedro Papangelis.
Currently playing in the finals of the doubles with partner. Hugo also played many other tournaments in the holidays working hard to improve and learning from every match he played.
It was great to see the Knox boys continuing to improve and play in the holidays helping to make the Knox team even stronger and more experienced. Well done to all of the boys for giving the tournaments a good go.

Track and Field
Mr Andrew Ferris, Track and Field Director
The 2016 Track & Field Season Launch will be on Sunday 24 July, 2-5pm at Curagul Field, with special guest Matt Shirvington providing a training session for boys that wish to take part.
With the sun shining as brightly as the enthusiasm of the athletes the 2016 edition of the Knox Track & Field Championships was nothing short of fantastic from start to finish. A total of 241 boys participated on the day and I would like to congratulate each of them on their efforts.
Starting with the 3000m, year 7 student Sam Rockliff broke the Open record by over 40 seconds. Sam wasn’t finished with the 3000m as he came back later in the day to also break the 13years 1500m record. Thomas Shannon also managed to break the 13 years Shot Put record. Great effort boys!
Another highlight of the day was Rory Cheal literally raising the bar, known to most as a standout 400m and 800m runner, Rory also managed to win the high jump, clearing well over head height.
Age Champions
13 years
1st Riley Hemsworth
2nd Mitchell Smith
3rd Jack Craig
14 years
1st James Constable
2nd Daniel Lum
3rd Lucas Chamen & John Hunter
15 years
1st Austin Thompson
2nd Luke Parks
3rd Harrison Muller & Thomas Constable
16 years
1st Tom Leigh
2nd Lachlan Antoinette
3rd Joshua Batten & Zac Schieber
17 years
1st Rory Cheal
2nd Ben Fitton
3rd Rhys Taylor
18 years
1st Roger Xia
2nd Jack Harrigan-Purchase
3rd Alexander McConnell
With such a positive start to the season, 2016 will be a great year of Track & Field.


The first event of the championships saw John Hunter in the Discus, where he finished 4th. He also managed a 3rd in the Shot Put and 4th in Javelin and Hammer Throw. Amazing consistency from John. Our 800m runners were up next and in a tightly contested heat, Austin Thomson managed to find himself with a spot in the final. Peter Sherlock and Jackson Croker were both unfortunate to miss the final. Unfortunately an injury to Rory Cheal bought a premature end to his weekend.
In his first ever hurdles race, Oliver Graham performed beyond expectation and qualified for the final, eventually placing 8th. Next up were the fast and furious 100m heats. Performing new personal bests Hunter Nicholas and Charles Barclay qualified for the next round, with Joshua Batten and Austin Thomson narrowly missing out. The Year 7 contingent of Tom Osborn, Max Purcell, Charlie Herdman and Hamish Lapsley were thrown into the deep end and while competing against older boys, managed to hold their own. I am sure this experience will hold them in good stead later in the season.
Next up the 400m heats. In his third race of the day Austin Thomson, managed to sneak into the final. After personal best performances Peter Sherlock and Joshua Batten were unlucky to just miss the final. Rounding out day one was Mitch Westhuizen in the 3000m. In a tactical affair, Mitch managed 2nd place only just outside his PB.
Day 2 saw the team head out to the track early for the 200m heats. With over 40 entrants in each age group, making the final was always going to be a tough ask. Hunter Nicholas, Joshua Batten and Oliver Graham all ran huge personal bests. Tom Osborn and Max Purcell also had great runs, just missing their personal bests. A quick turn around in events meant the 100m semi-finals followed immediately. Running on fatigued legs, Hunter Nicholas just missed the final. A quick break for lunch and then the 100m finals. After running a huge PB in the heats, Charles Barclay ran a swift final to end up 9th in a blanket finish. A highlight for many was watching USA athlete Jeremy Jennings toy with the rest of the field to run 10.74 seconds. Into the field and throwing a heavier shot put, Charlie Herdman and Max Purcell did incredibly well, throwing close to their PBs.
The distance quartet of Mitch Westhuizen, Angus Menzies, Jackson Croker and Charlie Herdman tackled the 1500m head on. Mitch had another great performance, with a new PB and a 2nd place finish. Charlie Herdman and Jackson Croker also recorded personal bests. On the comeback trail from injury, Angus Menzies ran quite well. After just sneaking into the final, a nervous Austin Thomson ran a fantastically engineered race to not only record a new personal best, but also take a silver medal. Ending the day on such a high, the team was excited to take on day 3.
Angus Menzies started the day off in style, taking out the High Jump. With his new found confidence and race plan, Austin Thomson took out the 800m. The last event of the competition was the 4x400m relay. With plenty of running already in the legs the thought of running a 400m was quite daunting for some. Stepping up to the challenge the young team of Oliver Graham, Charles Barclay, Max Purcell and Jackson Croker managed to finish 3rd. An outstanding way to finish the trip.
In a fantastic weekend of competition, Knox managed to collect two gold, three silver, two bronze and a swag of personal best performances over the weekend. All coaches and athletes are looking forward to fantastic season of competition ahead.



REGULAR NOTICES

Sport Wet Weather Information
Prep: 9901 7982
Senior: 9901 7701
Online: Download the 'Prep Skoolbag' or 'Senior School Skoolbag app' - search 'Knox Grammar' in the app store
These fixtures can change due to many factors and changes after 3pm on Fridays due to wet weather, cancellations or forfeits will be advertised on the sports info website and wet weather number.
Boarder Travel to Sport
No Dogs Allowed Policy
Dogs may not be brought onto any Knox Grammar School property, including the Prep and Senior School campuses and all playing fields, including Curagul and Gillespie Fields.
Signage has been installed and our Security Team has been asked to let parents and carers know that we are a dog-free school. If you bring a dog onto school property, you may be approached by the School's Security Team and asked to leave.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding on this safety initiative.
Mouthguards
Coaches have been asked to check that students have them as training will be modified if they do not have them.