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• All Saints' students blitz the competition

  16 November, 2009

  
  
  By Roslyn Cox
  
  All Saints' College in Bathurst has earned accolades for its Agriculture program over the past few weeks, with a series of wins and places at the Australian National Field Days, the Carcoar Show and the Beef Bonanza - held recently at Scone.
  
  Students from Years 9, 10 and 11 competed in a number of categories at each event, judging meat sheep, beef cattle, pastures, weeds, crops, fleeces - and taking part in parading and carcass judging competitions.
  
  At the Beef Bonanza, Julian Gaal finished fifth in a field of 200 with "Bruce" in the heavy weight section - and second in a heat of paraders with 336 entries.
  
  Danielle Plummer finished second in heifers and, along withHarry Phillips, earned a place in the final in paraders.
  
  Matt Elias was runner up in section two of the carcass judging section. Matt Elias, Danielle Plummer, Harry Phillips and Sophie Mumford were also named Australian Carcass Judging Champion team.
  
  
  
  At the Australian National Field Days, students were asked to identify 26 different plant varieties of crops and weeds. Students from All Saints' College did particularly well in this section, with Stephanie Ferguson (Year 5) the overall winner.
  
  "We are really thrilled with the results from these events,which have been so encouraging for the students - and a measure of the quality of the agriculture programs here at All Saints' College," said head Agriculture teacher Leanne Ferguson.
  
  "Taking part in these types of regional and national competitions provides opportunities for students to test their knowledge in areal-life environment - and that is a wonderful learning opportunity for everyone involved."
  
  Ms Ferguson said Agriculture is a popular subject for students from Year 9 to Year 12, with 15 to 20 per cent of students in the different year groups choosing this elective.
  
  "Agriculture is a popular elective for the students, with a good mix of practical skills and theory, and we are very proud to see the students doing so well," she said.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Strong win for 1st XI Cricket

  16 November, 2009

  All Saints' 1st XI moved to second position in Division 2 of the ISA competition with a strong win over Blue Mountains Grammar despite a pre-game injury to Innes Smith.
  
  Bowling first, All Saints' restricted BMG to 124 all out in the 50th over. Early wickets had the opposition in trouble at one stage to be 5/51, but lack of pressure in the field allowed a respectable total.
  
  Harry Phillips finished with the excellent figures of 5/24. Bill Hurley and Tom Hines managed two wickets each, the latter hampered by a mystery illness. Max Hope took three catches including a one handed diving effort. Michael Waldren effected a run out to reduce the innings to 3/17.
  
  Most of the batsmen got starts in the run chase, with top scorers Josh Crofts 49 and Michael Waldren 51. All Saints' batted through the 50 overs to finish at 9/190. An excellent partnership of 57 for the 8th wicket between Waldren and Smith (on one leg) was a highlight of the innings.
  
  The side travels to Bowral next week to take on Oxley who, like All Saints', have only lost one game so far to St Pat's Strathfield.

• Staff Cake Cooking Competition

  13 November, 2009

  The annual Staff Cake Cooking Competition, which was held on Friday, 13th November in conjunction with a morning tea to welcome the Year 11 students to their HSC year, was a great success.

  The winning creations were judged by two of the Year 11 students, Lucy Pickford and Harry Phillips.

  Winners were as follows:

  Most Professional - Mrs Suzanne King

  

  Best Smalls - Mrs Catherine Dundon

  

  Best Cheat - Mr Wayne Feebrey

  

• Transition 2010 Orientation Days

  13 November, 2009

  

  This week our youngest and most eager students for the 2010 school year attended orientation sessions with their new class and teacher.

  A yummy morning tea was enjoyed at the conclusion of their time in class and many children were looking forward to starting in January.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• All Saints' Kanga Cricket

  13 November, 2009

  

  Cricketers from the Junior School recently played against Pittwater House in Kanga cricket. ALL Saints' fielded two teams - our regular 9 Years team who play in the local Saturday competition and a 7 Years team made up of a group of students from the in2CRICKET programme.

  

  The students had the privilege of playing on Watson Oval and responded with some enthusiastic and skilful play against their Sydney opponents.

  

  

  The games were played in a fine spirit with students from both schools displaying excellent sportsmanship. The occasion concluded with a delightful afternoon tea and this provided the players with an opportunity to get to know the children from the other team.

  

  I would like to thank Mr Christopher Morgan (who co-ordinated the Pittwater House teams), Mr Ray Pickard (the coach of the All Saints' 9 Years team) and the group of parents who supplied and set up the afternoon tea. I would also like to commend the players from both teams on a wonderful afternoon of cricket.

  Mr Phillip Cant

  

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