[Published June 20 2023]
CATHOLIC College Sale’s Marist netball team departed for Western Australia for the 27th Australian Marist Netball Carnival on Sunday.
This year’s tournament is running from June 18 to 21 and will be hosted by Newman College, Churchlands (WA). This will be CCS’ first entry into this event since it was last hosted in Alice Springs in 2019, where Sale finished third overall.
CCS will compete against 12 schools from around Australia, in round robin format across the first two days of competition.
Tomorrow (Wednesday June 21) will see the top four schools play off in semi-finals for a spot in the Grand Final.
The team is made up of a strong group of Year 11 and 12 students, who were incredibly keen to head interstate to represent the college.
Players taking part are Isla McCarthy (captain), Kate van der Voort (vice captain), Hannah Abdallah, Ciara Fitt, Ash McDonough, Scarlett Morris, Kate Ronchi, Milla Anderson, Lucy Jones and Millie Lamb.
All team members play prominent roles in their respective Gippsland and North Gippsland league netball teams. Kirralee Carstairs and Boisdale-Briagolong A Grade premiership coach Sarah Gardiner will coach the side, while Jamie Murphy will act as team manager.
Team members conducted fundraising in the lead up to the carnival, selling raffle tickets and holding a barbecue on site at the college to assist with airfare and accommodation costs.
The school thanked the community for their support of this team and also the following businesses for their contributions: Sporting Legends Sale, Carmody’s Tyre Service, Always Greener, Intersport Sale, Redd Catt, Collins Bookstore and Coles Supermarket.
