Bailey White - Triathlon

Bailey recently earned selection in the School Sport SA State Triathlon team for his efforts at the championships held earlier this year at West Lakes. Since then, he has attended training sessions in Adelaide as well as a few of his own sessions.

Bailey competed against many other students from S.A. along with others from around Australia on the sunny Sunshine Coast (Qld). It was a great experience for Bailey where he finished 17^th overall as a Junior Boy (1^st for S.A.). Bailey looks forward to continuing his training for future triathlon events.

Bailey reported “it was a great experience with lots of learning and character building" (as he away from his family for four days) and "I enjoyed the challenge of competing against the best in S.A.”

Congratulations on a huge start to the year Bailey!

Gemma Letton - Softball

Gemma was recently selected for the School Sport SA Girls Softball team (U17) to compete at the championships held in Canberra. As well as her selection to the team, Gemma was chosen to be a co-captain by her peers. Unfortunately a few results earlier in the week didn’t go their way, making it difficult for them to finish any higher than 4^th.

Gemma said that “the experience was great as she I the opportunity to challenge myself and play against some of the best players in Australia (in my age group). Along with playing softball for her state and meeting lifelong friends, Gemma visited the Australian Institute of Sport and the Australian War Memorial (adding to her experience).

Gemma and the South Australian team had mixed results over the week, finishing fourth out of the six teams. On a personal level Gemma was awarded Most Valuable Player (MVP) for S.A. and also named in the All-Australian Tournament Team.

Congratulations Gemma.

Janis Richter - Motocross

Some of us may or may not be aware but we have a motocross star in the making attending RHS. Janis Richter has been riding motorbikes with her dad, brothers and friends since see was young. Janis recently started racing in what is a growing sport amongst females. Her recent success and hard work has led her to be ranked as number 3 in the state.

She recently finished 2^nd in a mixed team event at the Tyler Lange weekend event. She then competed in the Girls 150/85cc class and finished 3^rd.

Janis is looking forward to continuing her hard training in preparation for her next race in Keith (June).

Well done Janis.

Alex Curtis

After a successful competition in Aubrey (NSW) in January Alex was selected (1 in 3 South Australians) to compete in New Zealand in the U17 Australian Country Junior Basketball Competition. They competed against a variety of local teams from New Zealand and finished with 2 wins from 5 games.

Alex said that “it was a great experience to see different parts of New Zealand and experience their culture along with playing basketball in a different country.”

He is currently working hard to prepare himself for his next commitment, which is a trip to Darwin in July as part of the South Australian Country Team. They will play against the other state country and metro teams over a week.

Congratulations Alex and all the best in Darwin.