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Summer Sports Awards
2020/21
Contents Introduction
From the Head of Sport
Megan Fritsch
Introduction 3 The 2020 / 2021 Summer of Sport for • 130 students participated in the
Cricket 6 Radford did not disappoint. The mix of Radford Tennis Program and one team
navy and maroon on sporting fields across competed in the ACT Junior Tennis
Futsal 8
Canberra on our wonderful summer Pennant Competition
Oztag 10 evenings and on weekends was a great sight • 35 students participated in the Radford
Rowing 13 to behold. Taekwondo Program.
Golf 15 The College had more than 1000 students There were also many highlights across
Tennis 16 participating in the following sports and the season where our students have
programs: demonstrated outstanding commitment,
Water Polo 18
grit and determination to achieve
Blast Cricket Centre launch 19 • 14 teams played in the ACT Junior
competition success, with the notable
Cricket Competitions and 60 students
K–1 basketball and football programs 20 performance of the Radford Rowing
participated in the K–3 Cricket Blast
Athletics 21 Team who were awarded #1 Schoolboys
Centre.
and #1 Schoolgirls (shared with Loreto
Australian Representatives and National Champions 21 • 21 teams played in the North Canberra
Normanhurst) teams at the 2021 Australian
Futsal Competition
Rowing Championships.
• 22 teams played in the ACT Oztag
Competition Sport helps our students explore and
• 130 students competed in the Radford develop skills which are considered
Radford Sports Program Rowing Program at various domestic beneficial throughout their lives. By
Department Managers and interstate competitions participating in sports, children are exposed
• 30 students participated in the Radford to various mental, emotional, physical and
Megan Fritsch – Basketball – educational benefits.
Junior and Secondary Athletics
Head of Sport Brad Luhrs and Kelsey Griffin
Program Sport at Radford is continually growing,
Tamara Phelps – Cricket – • 60 students participated in the Radford with great enthusiasm across both the
Assistant Head of Sport, Junior School Darryle Macdonald and Wally Wright K–6 Football Program Junior and Secondary student cohorts.
Di Wilson – Futsal – • 60 students participated in the Radford The next 12 months is an exciting time for
Sports Operations Manager Tom Crossley and Dianne Wilson K–1 Basketball Program Radford Sport!
Tameka Collins – Oztag – • 40 students participated in the Radford We hope you enjoy reading through
Sports Program Coordinator Megan Fritsch and Tameka Collins Golf Program at Royal Canberra Golf the 2020/21 Radford Summer of Sport
Jan Legg – Rowing – Club publication.
Strength and Conditioning Coach Vicky Spencer
Cover photo courtesy of Rowing Australia / Linda Higginson Radford College — Summer Sports Awards 2020/21 3
From the Assistant Head of Sport/
Junior School
Tamara Phelps
Developing fundamental sports programs young students. As a result, in Term 1
at our grassroots level creates one of the 2021, Radford introduced a Cricket Blast
most important foundations contributing Centre to foster up-and-coming cricket
to improving healthy lifelong habits. players. This program was aimed at younger
The Radford Junior School is ensuring students with the majority being in the
students have the opportunity to engage Kindergarten–Year 3 age group.
in both non-competitive and competitive It is always nice to introduce new
sporting programs. experiences, that not only contribute to
The mid-year commencement of the new important skill development but, more
sporting precinct will provide opportunities importantly, foster a positive sporting
to establish pathway foundations for our culture at Radford.
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Cricket
Radford had another successful year on the Grammar School for the first time in five
cricket pitch, with nine teams entered in the years in the T20 competition. This is a
local competition. Of the nine teams entered, fantastic achievement and something the
five made it to their respective grand finals team should be proud of.
with three of those teams taking 1st place. Thank you to all the coaches and managers
Having more than half of Radford’s teams who helped foster the growth of cricket this
make it to the grand final is a wonderful season. A special thank you must be extended
achievement within itself but taking out three to Mr Darryle Macdonald, who continued to
of the finals demonstrates the program’s work tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure
ability to go from strength to strength. that every cricketer has the best opportunity Improvement Contribution Excellence Age Group
The First XI had another strong season, to compete. Following the completion of Samath Yakkala Patrick McNamara Alex Wheeldon U12 Div 1
progressing to the finals where they were the 2020/21 season Mr Macdonald will be
Oliver Blight Benjamin Kopras William Schulha U12 Div 2
beaten by Marist College. Despite the loss, stepping down as Technical Director of
the team still played exceptionally well, Cricket. On behalf of the entire Radford Steven Maglasis Avyukth Sudharsan Aminda Weerasooriya U13 Div 1 Heat
and demonstrated a high standard of Sport Department, we want to thank Will Harrison Neil Grover Thomas Derix U13 Div 1 Scorchers
sportsmanship. A highlight for the team Mr Macdonald for his contribution to the
was claiming victory against Canberra cricket program over the years. Sebastian Bardelang Charlie Feld Theo Gould U13 Div 2
Jordan Scholfield Luke Davis Jack Ryan U14 Div 1
Shyam Bhatia Amber Smith Gibson Rhys Milthorpe U15 Div 1
Tom Brown Hamish McKee Oscar Johnson U15 Div 2
Gen Casarotto Jonty Probyn Darcy Macdonald First XI
In addition to the ICE award winners,
Radford Cricket presents two prestigious Radford College Jack Walker
awards: the Radford College Christopher Christopher Pollard
Pollard Award and the Radford College Award
Cricketer of the Year award. Radford College Darcy Macdonald
• The Christopher Pollard Award is Cricketer of the Year
presented to a player who displays
good cricket aptitude and reliability, Finally, many Radford cricketers were
as well as sportsmanship. recognised at the Cricket ACT Awards
• The Radford College Cricketer of Night, with Krish Joshi (Year 9) winning
the Year is presented to the most the Cricket ACT Junior Male Player of the
outstanding player of the season. Year award and Steve Maglasis (Year 7)
Congratulations to the recipients of winning the Cricket ACT U11–U13
these awards. Encouragement Award.
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Futsal
Futsal at Radford continued to enjoy The teams competing this year again
sustained numbers, with 21 teams entered demonstrated a highly competitive nature,
in the North Canberra Futsal competition with five teams qualifying for semi-finals
and a further 30 students competing in and one of those teams progressing on to
the intra club U7s and 8s program on the grand final. Unfortunately, the U14 Div 1
Monday afternoons. team was unable to go back-to-back and
went down in an exciting grand final, 6–4.
Improvement Contribution Excellence Age Group
Charles Kendall Daniel Do Isaac Waldren U11 Div 1 Open
Xavier Neves Michael Harsdorf Otis Hibberd U12 Div 1 Open
Joshua Alex Sebastian Cartwright Damian Singer U12 Div 2 Open
Jessica Boreham Olivia Grellman Joanna Beswick U12 Div 2 Girls
Rodriguez
Oliver Luppi Liam Norton Daniel Barbatano U13 Div 1 Open Maroon
Nina Williamson Xandy Lulic Jeb Jeffery U13 Div 2 Open
Vinny Do Luke Kendall Callum Baran U14 Div 1 Open
Yoonie Lee Pranav Vallurupalli Max van de Loo U14 Div 2 Open Maroon
Rose Berge Diego Ruta Felix Juusela U14 Div 2 Open Blue
Lucy Prime Hannah Appaneal Emily Watson U14 Div 1 Girls
Alice Abbott Scarlett Quaedvlieg Caitie Checksfield U14 Div 2 Girls Maroon
Alannah Arthur Sohanna Stannard Lauren Dixon U14 Div 2 Girls Blue
William Abbott Eric Hood Alex Checksfield U15 Div 2 Open Maroon
Hamish McKee Michael Vincent Ramon Luo U15 Div 2 Open Blue
Callum Cheng Aaren Nikolovski James Woods U16 Div 1 Open
Tayte Wildie Jacob Miller Robin Forster U16 Div 2 Open
Amy Zheng Madison Gordon Samantha Black U16 Div 1 Girls
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Oztag
Oztag has continued to see growth in development at trainings and effort during
the 2020/21 season, with the number of the games. There was a significant number
registered players growing to 250 and the of students who played Oztag for the first
number of teams entered extending to 22. time this season, demonstrating outstanding
The teams this year were made up of players effort and enthusiasm in all games.
from Years 2 to 12 and were split across All teams’ and coaches’ efforts were
seven boys’ teams, eight girls’ teams and rewarded, with a particular mention going
seven mixed teams. Radford had the highest to the Radford Aussie Taggers (U13 mixed)
number of teams registered compared to who came 3rd, Radford Roadrunners
any club, so congratulations to all involved (U9 mixed) who came 2nd and the U15 girls
for your effort in making this happen. Wild Cats team who placed 1st.
Throughout the season, all Radford teams A big thank you to all our coaches and
demonstrated their passion and commitment managers who made the season such a
for Oztag through continued skill wonderful success.
Improvement Contribution Excellence Age Group
Audrey Fillingham Udara Manage Chelsea Hately U12 Girls Rhinos
William Bott Xavier Zerger Hayze Shepherd U13 Boys Raptors
Michael Lo Pilato Micah Primrose Angelina Babic U13 Mixed Aussie
Taggers
Cameron Hewitson Zachary Lloyd Oliver Luppi U13 Boys Storm
Genevieve Nguyen Ambrosie Brassil Hugo Hayward U14 Mixed Sharks
Kahlia Athanasiou Madeleine Sadleir Anisha Judge U15 Girls Wild Cats
May Flanagan Evelyn Hambly Madison Gordon U15 Girls Radtags
Lily Evans Katie Ceniza-Drake Olivia Cox U15 Girls Ninjas
Nikita Crabb Campbell Kruger Ben Heatley U16 Mixed Reckers
Justine Hobson Amali Weerasooriya Alicia Freemantle U16 Girls Dragons
Bradley Clench Tom Warren James Anderson-Bowell U17 Boys Warriors
Gigi Lo Amy Cai Eri Niisato U17 Girls Droiders
Lincoln Batt Helena Nutt Mathew Rogalewicz U17 Mixed Hello
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Rowing
The 2020/21 season was arguably one of the Schoolboy and Schoolgirl Head of the River
best for Radford Rowing in recent years, competitions. In the NSW Championships,
with the program going from strength to Radford finished equal 10th in the point
strength on the local and national stage. score, just below the ANU Boat Club and
The summer rowing season began with the ahead of Canberra Grammar School,
Australian Indoor Rowing Championships, the next-best placed ACT school. The
which was hosted at Radford once again. schoolboys’ and schoolgirls’ crews both had
Students from Years 7–11 contributed to win successful regattas, with the boys finishing
the overall point score, school point score, 3rd on the overall point score and the senior
school U14, U16 and U19 point score, and girls finishing 8th on the overall point
to claim multiple prizes totalling 32 pairs of score table.
Bont rowing shoes. The pinnacle of the rowing season came at
The school competed in six local regattas the Australian Rowing Championships held
during the season, culminating in the at Lake Barrington in Tasmania. Held over a
ACT Head of the Lake and ACT Junior week, the Australian Rowing Championships
Championship regattas. Radford won 11 brings the best crews from across Australia
events at the Head of the Lake and backed together, all vying for the opportunity to be
it up again with the same number of crowned national champions. This year,
titles wins the next day at the ACT Junior Radford sent a contingent of 32 rowers to the
Championship regatta. event, the largest ever taken by the school.
After a successful regatta season in Heading into the event, the crews knew that
Canberra, the Radford crews took to they would be up against stiff competition
the NSW regattas, competing in the but carried a common goal: they wanted to
NSW Rowing Championships and the race in one A final.
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Most Improved Girls Crew Major Service Award (The Oar)
(A.J. Wrigley)
Senior Shed: Sam Roberts |
Year 9B Quad: Chloe Miller, Junior Shed: Pippa Humphries
Sophie Espeland, Gemma O’Rourke,
Zoe Hickey, cox: Pippa Humphries Crew of the Year Girls
Under 17 Schoolgirl Eight: Nikita Crabb,
Most Improved Boys Crew Hannah Hardy, Josie Truswell,
(A.J. Wrigley)
Hannah Sampson, Zoe Macintosh,
Year 10B Quad: Connor Jacopino, Siobhan Hall, Mia Kluth, Eliza Lilley
Curtis Garrett, Jan Weber, Aidan Roberts,
cox: Pippa Humphries Crew of the Year Boys
School Boy A Quad: Will Gregory,
Coxswain of the Year Award Sam Roberts, Angus Walker, Ethan Toscan,
Ben Heatley cox: Ben Heatley
This goal was completely blown out of the and Schoolgirl point scores, meaning
water, with Radford taking out four national the squad was crowned the Australian
titles: U17 Boys Double Scull, Schoolgirl Championship School.
Quad Sprint, U17 Schoolgirl Eight, and the The achievements of all our rowers,
Schoolboy Coxed Quad. On top of the four coaches and managers should be
impressive gold-medal finishes, the crew
Golf
applauded, as the club achieved some
also took away two silver medals: U17 Girls exceptional results. A big thank you to
Coxed Quad Scull and the U19 Boys Quad, Vicky Spencer, Rowing Technical Director,
and a bronze medal in the U17 Quad. To whose commitment over the last four years
top off the group’s incredible achievements, has seen the program go from strength Golf is offered at Radford during the summer
Radford Rowing won the overall Schoolboy to strength. season and sees students from Years 2–12
invited to attend Royal Canberra Golf Club
Age group Improvement Contribution Excellence (RCGC) and receive expert tuition from a
RCGC golf professional. In 2020/21, the golf
Senior Female Hannah Hardy Ellen Mihaljevic Nikita Crabb
program grew to include 21 Junior School
Senior Male Angus Walker Ethan Toscan Ben Heatley students and 18 Secondary School students.
Year 10 Female Sophia Teschendorf Zoe Macintosh Hannah Sampson The golf program at Radford College has
helped support the development of junior
Year 10 Male Jake Schemen-Rogers Connor Jacopino Hamish Roberts golfers within the Radford community,
Year 9 Female Chloe Miller Siobhan Hall Mia Kluth providing them the opportunity to excel in
competitions throughout the year. The golf
Year 9 Male Noah Vosen Will Pak Poy Stuart Ward program is open to all students and provides
Year 8 Female Thea Reinhardt Tahlia Hunt Audrey Potter useful skills that can be carried on later in life.
There are no ICE awards presented for
Year 8 Male Jeffrey Pei Rowan Harris Hamish Whithear
this program.
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Tennis Division
Junior Boys Singles
Opponent 1
Ravi Vadher def.
Opponent 2
Peter Gordiev
In early December 2020, the inaugural the first School Tennis Championship, we Junior Boys Green Ball Singles Ethan Whittaker def. Ankith Atluri
Radford School Tennis Championships intend for the event to be run again in 2021.
Junior Boys Doubles Peter Gordiev | Avyukth Sudharsan |
were held, which saw several of Radford’s The competition is a perfect opportunity
Isaac Waldren def. Aarav Kochhar
budding tennis players take to the for students who have been completing the
court to see who would be crowned the year-long summer tennis program to put Junior Boys Green Ball Doubles Ethan Whittaker | Hamilton Ryan |
overall champion. their newfound skills to the test. Ankith Atluri def. Charlie Moss
The event was contested across a number A sincere thank you to the Tennis Program Senior Boys Singles Aaron Liu def. Ryan Duan
of divisions and saw many competitive Manager, Annabel Ellwood, and her team
games over three days. After the success of of coaches. Senior Boys Green Ball Singles Luke Davis def. Neelarn Niranjane
Senior Boys Doubles Aaron Liu | Ryan Duan def. Xavier Pauza | Diego Ruta
Junior Girls Singles Ashley Ward def. Lexi Ruta
Girls Doubles Kiera Daley | Sarah Zhang |
Chelsea Allen def. Tiffany Chue Kee Cheung
In 2020, Radford College entered the ACT League Competition. The inclusion of a
Junior Tennis Pennant Div 1 Competition Junior Pennant side is a fantastic reflection
for the first time. The team performed of the growth of the tennis program at
strongly, securing a position in the State Radford over the last couple of years.
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Water Polo Blast Cricket Centre launch It was an exciting start to 2021 with the importantly, experienced a whole new It was with great excitement that Radford The Radford Blast Centre was co-ordinated introduction of a new sport in the Junior level of fun! Our students were incredibly Sport introduced a Cricket Blast program at by Grace Kuchlmayr (collegian, Year School, water polo. The development of this fortunate to be coached by our College the College in Term 1 2021. This proved to of 2020) and supported by Tom Phelps team was made even more significant with Captain and Vice-Captain Olivia Wilson be a popular program for our Junior School (collegian, Year of 2020). Several Radford an introduction to a new interschool format. and Kate Daley, both experienced water students, with 60 students registering to be Cricket students volunteered their time Sixteen teams from a range of independent, polo players. This competition will be back part of the program. to mentor and coach our up-and-coming Catholic and public schools participated on up and running in Term 4 2021. Friday afternoons came alive as a sea of colour cricketers. We encouraged parent support a Friday evening at CISAC Aquatic Centre. With the water polo vibe in the air, our was splashed over the JA Mackinnon Oval. As and saw many giving up their time to help All our Radford students were new to the Secondary School students also had the a part of the program, Cricket Australia gifted in the afternoons. Nothing more Australian sport, which created much excitement opportunity to participate in several gala all our participates a personalised t-shirt, hat than finishing off with a BBQ sausage sizzle and anticipation of how the season would days as an introduction to the sport. This and bat from their favourite BBL team. After to end a big week of school and an afternoon develop. It was a wonderful experience for was very well received and popular, with the busy summer of cricket in Canberra, of cricket! our students, who developed new levels of the inclusion of teams in the Girls and Boys students were super excited to learn and A Catching, Striking & Throwing program fitness, games skills, challenges and, most Years 7–10 and Senior competitions. develop fundamental skills in cricket. will be held in Term 4. 18 Radford College — Summer Sports Awards 2020/21 Radford College — Summer Sports Awards 2020/21 19
Athletics
Athletics continued over Term 4 2020 The Athletics co-curricular program ensures
and Term 1 2021, with our Junior and participants learn appropriate warm-up
Secondary School students afforded the processes, the correct technique for each
opportunity to learn and extend their event, and experience competitive situations.
skill development in the various track and Faye Robertson (former elite athletics
field domains. athlete) and Andrew Sullivan delivered the
2020/21 program.
K–1 basketball and
football programs Australian Representatives
Over the 2020/21 Summer Series, Radford
Sport ran two programs for our junior
The Fundamental Movement Skills Program
has been developed to introduce to students
and National Champions
students to assist in further developing the basic building blocks of physical activity.
their fundamental skills in both basketball The skills and activities delivered in the FMS The following students have recently been selected to compete at various events or have
and football. The programs were led by have been designed to ensure children can recently won National Championships.
experienced members of the Radford confidently participate in physical activity
Name Year Sport/Team
Coaching cohort and enabled students later in life. These skills aim to improve
to learn all the basics required to go on a child’s locomotor (travelling), stability Ben Heatley 11 Coxswain, U19 Australian Rowing Team that
and compete in their chosen sports at a (balance) and manipulative (object control) competed at the 2021 World Rowing Cup 3
later stage. skills. The program is delivered in three-
week blocks before new skills are added Cameron Terry 9 U14 National Futsal Champions with all being
The K–1 programs have now evolved
and children are challenged to build on the Callum Baran selected in the U15 Australian Team to tour in 2022
into the Winter Season Fundamental
skills they have previously learned. The FMS Sacha Kelleher-Cole
Movement Skills (FMS) Program, which
will enable students to learn foundational Program is being piloted in Terms 2 & 3, with Owen Toyne 8 U17 National 5km Race Walk Champion
movement skills across a number of sports. two sessions on offer per week. One session
The FMS Program will provide a strong per week will focus on court-based sports
foundation for students to progress and and the skills required to participate, while
engage in a variety of sports or physical the second session will focus on the football
activity later in life. codes, developing proficiency in soccer,
rugby and AFL-style skills.
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