Sport

From our Director of Sport

Last Friday, the Pymble Swimming program was fortunate to have a live Q&A Zoom session with Olympic Gold Medallist Bronte Campbell and 200m Backstroke swimmer and Pymble ex-student Abbey Harkin. Bronte and Abbey shared stories about their experiences in Tokyo, as well as preparation for the Olympics and their plans for the future. A link to the Q&A can be found here.

On Thursday of this week, another live Q&A has been organised for Pymble students with Olympic Rower and Pymble Ex-student, Genevieve Horton. 

In the coming weeks, we plan to host further Q&A Zoom sessions with more Olympians and will share details on the College portal.

Pymble Online Sport

To view the timetable of online sport sessions available each week, please click here. Please check the link regularly for updates to session details. It will be updated on Thursday 12 August at 12.00pm for Week 6.

Click the link here for our Netball Online montage.

Click the link here to watch Emily Long (Year 2) diving.

Mr Greg Meagher

Director of Sport

From our Head of Sport 7-12

Tokyo Olympic Games

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been amazing with the Australian team coming home with 46 medals: 17 gold, seven silver and 22 bronze. Whilst there shouldn’t always be a focus on outcome, it was a tough journey for the athletes to get there and in the words of Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee; the athletes “amazed us with your sporting achievements, with your excellence, with your joy, with your tears. You created the magic of these Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. You were faster, you went higher, you were stronger because we all stood together in solidarity. For the first time since the pandemic began, the entire world came together. The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 are the Olympic Games of hope, solidarity and peace.”

We congratulate all the athletes and are especially proud of our Pymble alumni:

Mackenzie Little (2014) Javelin placed eight in the final.

Edwina Tops-Alexander (1991) Show Jumping placed 31st overall.

Genevieve Horton (2012) Rowing Women’s Eight placed 5th in the A Final.

Abbey Harkin (2016), 200m Breaststroke placed 17th.

We hope you enjoyed the success and triumphs of the Olympic Games. Get ready to watch the 2020 Paralympics which begin Tuesday 24 August to Sunday September 5.

Fred’s Big Run 

Shivani and Alice are excited with how the College is going with Fred’s Big Run to raise funds for The Fred Hollows Foundation and help restore sight to those who are visually impaired or blind. We have currently raised $6,196 and done 1,049km together as a team of 70 members!! Great job team Pymble!

Many Pymble students, staff, parents, and siblings have signed up for this awesome challenge that suits all fitness levels. They are challenging themselves to the distance (50km, 100km or 150km) to run or walk throughout the month of August to help Pymble contribute to this valuable cause. 

Four out of five people who are blind do not need to be, therefore participating in this challenge will help these people receive the treatment they so desperately need and will continue Fred Hollows’ legacy.

The Fred Hollows Foundation has made a huge difference to our First Nations population, particularly in remote parts of Australia where his ground-breaking cataract surgery has restored sight to thousands. First Nations perspectives are a key element within the Social Intelligence pillar of our ‘Watch Us Change the World’ Strategic Direction, providing further impetus to put on our trainers and clock up our steps.

It is not too late to sign up for the challenge, please click on this link  and follow the steps to join team Pymble Ladies’ College. 

Mrs Katie Edwards

Head of Sport 7 to 12