Sports Report: 8 Feb

By Dianne Wilson, Sports Operations Manager

Futsal

Congratulations to the following students who represented Capital Football at the Football Australia National Futsal Championships in Melbourne in January:

  • Frieda Cookson
  • Michael Lo Pilato
  • Steven Maglasis

Michael and Steven’s team finished as runners up.

Steven Maglasis playing futsal.
Steven Maglasis (Year 9) playing futsal.


Congratulations to the following students who represented ACT Futsal at the Australian Futsal Association Nationals in Sydney in January:

  • Isla Murphy
  • Caitie Checksfield
  • Cameron Terry
  • Callum Baran

Isla and Callum were selected in the Australian All Stars teams for their age groups. Cameron played in the Youth Men’s U19 team, alongside Radford Class of 2021 students Cooper Terry, Tom Langworthy, Jake Hart and Orlando Jeffery.

Cameron, Cooper, Tom, Jake and Orlando at the National Futsal Championships.
Cameron, Cooper, Tom, Jake and Orlando at the National Futsal Championships.

Netball

Congratulations to Sarah Rogic who has been nominated for a 2022 School Sport ACT Excellence in Sport Award by her 12&U State Netball coach for the Sportsmanship Category. The top four nominations will receive an invitation to attend the Awards Ceremony where they will be acknowledged and a winner will be announced by Minister Yvette Berry.

Basketball

Over the weekend, Basketball Australia hosted an Association Coach (Level 4) Accreditation Course at the Australian Institute of Sport. In attendance were several well-known club and representative coaches from across the ACT.

As part of their accreditation, these coaches completed an on-court assessment session with U16/U19 basketball players. Radford College would like to thank the following players for their involvement in said assessments:

  • Poppy Smith
  • Heidi Rankin
  • Sarah Rogic
  • Kaitlin Barsby
  • Kaiya Barsby
  • Jack Dimond
  • Max Dimond
  • Ambrose Musgrove
  • Simon Wu
  • William Bott
  • Aayush Bhatia

Cricket

Stage 3 Div 1 ‘grudge match’ between Radford Navy and Maroon.
Stage 3 Div 1 ‘grudge match’ between Radford Navy and Maroon.


The Radford Navy vs Maroon Stage 3 Div 1 ‘grudge match’ was the feature event of the weekend. In a low-scoring thriller, Navy emerged victorious with Jack Dunn hitting the winning runs off the second-last ball after Rudra Rathod played a match-winning cameo as number 8.

The Sixers, Stars and Scorchers continued on their winning ways in Stage 2; as did the Raiders in Stage 3. Special mention to Raiders Captain, Will Harrison, who scored 57 off 40 balls.

The First XI had a convincing win over Ginninderra on Sunday, with Luke Davis notching up his first fifty for the First XI.

Football Refereeing

Former student Aisha Strutt started her refereeing career at Radford.
Former student Aisha Strutt started her refereeing career at Radford.

Capital Football has significantly increased referee payments (as much as 50 per cent in some age groups) for the 2023 season. You can now earn up to $70 refereeing Junior League games. Parents and students are encouraged to consider refereeing, which is also a great way to develop life skills and keep fit.

Those who commit to refereeing at Radford will also have the cost of the course and registration and half the cost of the uniform and equipment reimbursed.

Check out the Capital Football website for further information and upcoming courses, including online and female-only course options starting as soon as early February. The Level 4 course is recommended.

Contact Dianne.Wilson@radford.act.edu.au once you have completed a course to be appointed to games.

Please note – Radford Sport does not get officially notified by SSACT nor ACT-based associations when a student is selected in a representative team. This information is publicised on the SSACT Facebook page, the State Sporting Association websites, or needs to be provided by the student or parent to CCSports@radford.act.edu.au to be celebrated.

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