It was lovely to be able to host the Winter IPSSO Finals Day at College last Wednesday 6 September. The Northern pool met the Southern pool in the cross-over games, to crown the overall winners of each Sport.
IPSSO Finals were last contested in 2019, so it was exciting to be able to once again play in the Finals Day.
Thomas Hassall has had a great winter season, with all our teams showing improvement of skills and teamwork.
Congratulations to the 6 teams who competed on Finals Day. Special mention to our Tee-ball and Softball teams who were victorious and took home the gold medal!
Mrs Sharon Evans
P-6 Sports Coordinator
Netball
The Primary Junior and Senior IPSSO Netball teams enjoyed the winter competition. Both teams trained consistently, developing their skills, teamwork and confidence. We played competitively in every game and I was very proud of the way they conducted themselves throughout the season.
The Junior team progressed to the recent IPSSO finals, held at College last week. The girls all competed exceptionally well, representing THAC with a positive team spirit. On the day, we finished 4th, which was a fantastic achievement!
Congratulations!
Mrs Bronwyn Ferguson
Tee-ball and Softball
The Tee-ball and Softball teams have improved greatly over the Winter season and it was wonderful that both teams had the opportunity to play in the Finals. The Tee-ball team went through the season undefeated and were dominant with the bat. Their defence was strong and they worked well as a team. In the Grand Finals they has a convincing win 14-7 against St Marks.
Our Softball team steadily improved during the season and on Finals day faced William Carey who were undefeated. Our team played brilliantly in the field, pitching well and fielding all balls that came their way. Showing exceptional teamwork, they proved too strong with the bat and dominated from the outset, winning the game 11-1. Congratulations to both teams on your fine performance over the Winter season.
Your coaches are very proud of you!
Miss Georgia Beikoff and Miss Breanna Evans
Junior Boys Soccer
The Junior Boys soccer team had an outstanding winter season, making it through to the finals undefeated.
In a tense semi-final against St Gregory’s, the Thomas Hassall team had control for much of the game, defending strongly and launching a number of attacks on goal. The difference proved to be an opportunistic first half goal from Fawzy (Ozzy) A that settled the score at 1-0.
The final was a nail-biting affair against a strong team from Wollondilly Anglican College. In a very even contest, it was Wollondilly who triumphed by a single goal to put to an end our unbeaten run of matches. The team certainly gave everything on the pitch and can be immensely proud of their effort this season to finish in overall second place.
Mr Peter Butchatsky
Newcombe
Our Thomas Hassall Newcombe team showed great team work during the season, especially on finals day. In game one our opponent won the first set, however we came back strong and won the second set and then the third, putting us into the Grand Final. This was a close game, with Thomas Hassall wining the first set, however Wollondilly worked hard to take the win.
Both our Junior Newcombe ball and senior volley ball teams have shown great improvement throughout the season. They worked hard to improve their serving and communication throughout the game and this is something to be extremely proud of.
Miss Ashlea Wotton
AFL
It's been another fantastic AFL season for both the Junior and Senior teams. It was great to see so many students giving AFL a go for the first time. Our Senior team only just missed out on playing finals. Our Junior team were competitive on Finals Day but ultimately finished 4th overall. Well done to both teams this season!
Mr David Stroud