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Heartbreak for Mitchell!!

The Mitchell High School U14s Rugby Union team had their Round 1 clash in the inaugural Sydney West Schools Rugby Union Championship today.

After training with NSW Rugby development officers for eight weeks and learning the skills required to play high-quality Rugby Union, the boys finally got the opportunity to put those skills to the test at TG Milner Field (Eastwood Rugby Club) against Epping Boys High School.

The game day started with a few challenges, including the team bus arriving an hour late. However, this didn't distract the boys from the task at hand. Mitchell came out firing and scored the opening try through Liam to take an early 5-0 lead.

Epping Boys responded strongly, crossing for three unanswered tries to take a 15-5 lead into half-time.

After a Coach Carter-like half-time speech from Mr Cook the boys came out for the second half full of energy and belief. Despite having played only 20 minutes of Rugby Union, they were already showing an impressive understanding of the skills and strategies of the game. Their ability to learn quickly, work together, solve problems, and adapt on the run resulted in two second-half tries to Malakai and Liam, giving Mitchell a 17-15 lead.

With only minutes remaining, fatigue began to set in for the Mitchell boys, who played the entire match without a single reserve, compared to Epping's bench of 10 players. Unfortunately, a late breakaway try by Epping secured them the win, with the final score ending 20-17.

The boys should all be incredibly proud of themselves, considering it was the first game of proper Rugby Union for most of them. We received fantastic feedback from NSW Rugby, who commented that there are definitely some future representative stars in this team.

Congratulations to Flynn, who received the referee's 3 points for the match, and Tereomutunga, who earned 1 point.

A big thank you to Simon from NSW Rugby for facilitating this competition and providing such a professional and memorable experience for our boys.

Also a big thanks to Mr Skinner who ran the waters for the day, learning the ropes for his team in the future.

Stay tuned for round 2 vs Hawkesbury High School

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Opens Boys Rugby 7s

What a day for our Opens Boys Rugby 7s team last Thursday at Windsor. The boys have all been training hard during pre season with NSW Rugby delivering development sessions for our boys and girls. The signs are already showing of rugby union growing and developing at Mitchell High School.

The boys put together an outstanding run through the round games, showing skill, toughness, and great teamwork across all four matches:
• Defeated Wyndham 28–17
• Defeated Windsor 22–5
• Defeated Arndell 14–12
• Defeated Colo 24–5

Heading into the final, the team faced a strong Arndell side, a private school with a full rugby program. After an incredibly tough day and with three of our boys sidelined due to injury, the team dug deep despite being exhausted. In a hard-fought contest, we narrowly went down 17–12 — just one try short.

The effort from every single player was outstanding. The boys gave everything, put their bodies on the line, and showed incredible resilience and pride throughout the day. Every player played a crucial role in getting us to the final.

A fantastic achievement to finish runners-up and the top CHS school on the day 👏

Mr Cook and MHS are incredibly proud of this group. With lots of praise from the organisers and NSW rugby for the boys skills, determination and behaviour throughout the day.

Zone Cross Country

Last Friday we had 8 students represent Mitchell High School at the Zone Cross Country carnival held at Wyndham College. All students should be commended on the way they carrie themselves throughout the day, demonstrating great sportsmanship and pride in representing our school.

Each runner gave their best effort on the course, pushing themselves and supporting one another in a fantastic display of determination and resilience.

A special congratulations to Patrick and Zachary who qualified for Sydney West. We wish them the very best of luck!

Congratulations to Delinda and Jacinta who competed at the Sydney West Swimming carnival today. Tremendous effort from both girls throughout the day competing in multiple races.

Special congratulations to Delinda who qualified for CHS swimming in 5 events and Jacinta who qualified for 2. Delinda also broke 2 records along the way. One of these records hadn’t been broken for 13 years!

On Tuesday our Mitchell High School Swimming Team made their way to Blacktown Pool to compete in the Zone Swimming Carnival. All of the students put in amazing effort every race they competed in. They conducted themselves with the core values of being a REAL Mitchell High student.

Congratulations to Jacinta and Delinda who have both qualified for the Sydney West Swimming Carnival.

Special congratulations to Delinda who was the 15s girls zone swimming champion and broke 2 records along the way. One of these records has been in place for 50 years before Tuesday.

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Swim School is underway and the year 7 students are learning some valuable water safety skills

Year 7 took part in a Wellbeing Day where the focus was bringing each other up not down. Some valuable messages came out of the day and was a fun day for all involved.

A reminder that Year 7 MANDATORY Water Activities excursion permissions, consent and money is DUE TOMORROW. This can all be completed online via SchoolBytes, so parents and carers please check your emails to finalise this if you haven’t already! Please read all sections carefully. 🏊‍♂️🩱🌊