Radford claims senior title at ASC Basketball Tournament

By Mr Ryan Kinnane, Head of Basketball

Radford College teams delivered a strong showing at the Associated Southern Colleges Basketball Tournament, highlighted by the senior squad’s unbeaten run to the championship.

After sweeping through the group stage, our seniors (Years 11 and 12) proved unstoppable! They produced a statement performance in the grand final, overpowering their opponents in convincing fashion to secure the championship.

The Years 7 and 8 team set the tone early, collecting 2 wins from their 3 pool games to advance to the semi-finals. Despite their best efforts, they bowed out just short of the decider.

The Years 9 and 10 team followed a similar path, also finishing second in their pool with 2 victories.

Radford snowboard-cross rider charges onto the podium in multiple events

By Mr Alex Timms, Snowsports Coordinator

The 2025 Youth ANC Snowboard Cross (SBX) series kicked off in spectacular style at Thredbo with Australia’s best athletes given a chance to ride the highest local SBX course ever built. Designed as a development opportunity for the next generation of snowboard cross athletes, these events allowed riders to compete 4-abreast on the course just like a World Cup SBX or Olympic SBX event.

Radford Year 7 athlete Jemima made her mark with impressive silver medal performances in both youth female SBX events on consecutive days of competition at Thredbo.

• Jemima has had a stellar season so far, with accolades that include:
• Second place in both snowboard-GS and SBX in Perisher at the ACT/Southern NSW Interschools Championships on 23 July
• Third place in SBX at the Snow Australia's Youth event at Mount Hotham on 13 August
• First place in SBX and second in snowboard-GS at NSW/ACT/QLD Interschools Championships in Perisher on 19 and 20 August.
• Third place in snowboard-GS at ACT Schools Cup in Perisher on 24 August.

We wish Jemima the very best for her final campaign for the year, the Australian Interschools Championships at Mount Buller from 2 to 7 September. She will be competing in both the SBX and snowboard-GS events on the challenging Skyline Ridercross and Little Buller Spur GS course.

We wish Jemima well with these upcoming events as the final highlight of her very busy and highly successful 2025 season.

ACT Schools Cup

Celebrating its 15^th year, the ACT Schools Cup remains an annual highlight of the Snowsports calendar for athletes from Kindergarten to Year 12.

The event was founded by Radford College through an initiative of the Friends of Radford Snowsports (FoRS) support group in 2009, who presented a proposal to the then ACT peak body, Snowsports ACT requesting an event occurring between the Regional Interschools Championships in July and the National Championships in September.

The first event was held in 2010 with Radford dominating for 5 consecutive years 2010–2014, winning both the boys' and girls' Cups before the addition of 2 additional cups introduced for Junior School boys and girls.

Held in very favourable spring-like conditions with good visibility and a blue-sky, a total of 279 athletes proudly represented their schools.

Friendly rivalries between Canberra schools ensured another competitive but highly inclusive and fun-based all-ages event, inviting recreational athletes to try a fun race experience for the very first time while also allowing our seasoned athletes an opportunity to get valuable racing experience in before the Australian Interschools event at Mount Buller next week.

Thank you to our wonderful parent volunteer course officials who made the event possible – competitor safety and fair adjudication are always paramount.

Special thanks to our tireless snowsports coordinator Mr Alex Timms whose team entry coordination optimised Radford’s chances of success in securing multiple Cup trophies on the day.

Outstanding performances on the day included:

Secondary Boys Cup

1st – Radford College (44 points)
2nd – Marist College (32 points)
3rd – Canberra Grammar School (24 points)

Secondary Girls Cup

1st – Merici College (54 points)
2nd – Radford College (42 points)
3rd – Canberra Grammar Schools (12pts)

Primary Boys Cup

1st – Canberra Grammar School (32 points)
2nd – Radford College (20 points)
3rd – Marist College (12 points)

Primary Girls Cup

1st – Canberra Girls Grammar School (46 points)
2nd – Canberra Grammar School (22 points)
3rd – Radford College (18 points)

Alpine Giant Slalom (GS)

Team 1^st – Division 1F: Charlie (Year 11), Amber (Year 12), Emily (Year 12) (Snowsports Captain) and Zali (Year 11).

Team 3^rd – Division 1F: Bella (Year 12), Sophie (Year 12) and Nicola (Year 12).

Team 2^nd – Division 1M: Joshua (Year 12), Jude Barlin (Year 11) and Connor (Year 11).

Team 1^st – Division 2F: Amelia (Year 10) (Individual 2^nd place), Taya (Year 9) (Individual 3^rd place) and Amelie (Year 9).

Team 1^st – Division 2M: Darcy (Year 10) (Individual 2nd place), Rajeev (Year 9), Lincoln (Year 9) and Sam (Year 10)

Team 1^st – Division 2F: Amelia (Year 10) (Individual 2nd place), Taya (Year 9) (Individual 3rd place) and Amelie (Year 9).

Division 3F: Georgina (Year 8) (Individual 3rd place)

Team 2^nd – Division 4M: Ethan (Year 6) (Individual 2nd place), Jarrah (Year 5) and Ethan (Year 6)

Team 3^rd – Division 4F: Tahlia Smith (Year 6), Adele (Year 6) and Jacinta Huang (Year 6)

Team 3^rd – Division 5M: Nathan (Year 3), Jack (Year 4) and Elliot (Year 3).

Snowboard Giant Slalom (SBGS)

Team 2^nd – Division 1M: Liam (Year 12) and Charlie (Year 12).

Team 2^nd – Division 1F: Charlie (Year 11) (Individual 1st place), Aanya (Year 11) and Emily (Year 12)

Team 1^st – Division 2M: Lincoln (Year 9) (Individual 2nd place), Miles (Year 10) (Individual 3rd place) and Elijah (Year 10).

Team 3^rd – Division 3F: Jemima (Year 7) (Individual 3rd place), Angelia (Year 8) and Mikayla (Year 8).

Congratulations to all our participating athletes for once again giving your very best representing Radford College in the 15th year of the ACT Schools Cup!