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Tenison
Notches Up 13th Victory in Annual Sporting Exchange
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Tenison Woods College defeated Cardijn College for the 13th
time last week in the annual sporting exchange between the
two schools.
Tenison Woods College has a 23 year tradition of hosting the
exchange with Cardijn College, situated in the southern
suburbs of Adelaide. Each school shares hosting the
exchange, which started in 1987.
On Sunday, May 24, 50 Cardijn College students travelled to
Mount Gambier for the 23rd annual carnival, which
Tenison Woods College went on to win 6-3, taking out the
shield for the third year in a row.
The exchange began Monday morning with the debate. The
Tenison Woods College team consisting of Laura McEntee, Jess
Hoggan and Ali Wilson had the tough task of arguing the
negative side “everyone in Australia should have their
DNA on a national database”. Tenison’s team put forward
some strong arguments, some interesting evidence, and had
some very strong rebuttal. Tenison came out with the win,
putting it one up early on in the carnival. Ali Wilson was
named overall best speaker for Tenison.
Badminton followed the debate, which involved two boys and
two girls from each team in a game of singles, then followed
by a game of doubles. With some very strong competition,
Cardijn won both boys and girls doubles, both boys singles
and one girls singles, whilst Tenison came away with only
one win in one girls singles match. Cardijn College played a
more strategic game and came out on top wining 10 games to
Tenison’s 5.
The atmosphere lifted upon the commencement of the
Volleyball which proved a good spectacle for the crowd.
Cardijn has been hot favourites going into the volleyball in
previous exchanges however this was not going to deter the
positive team spirit and determination of the Tenison Woods
girl’s team. After losing the first 2 sets the Tenison team
then fought back to take out the third and fourth sets
leaving the score 2 sets each at full time. After a points
tally, Tenison were granted the win with 113 points to 103.
The boy’s volleyball saw Tension Woods College defeated by
Cardijn College 99 to 95. This came after yet another
equally competitive game which also saw the score 2 sets all
at full time, leaving it up to a points tally at the end of
the match to determine the winners.
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The girl’s basketball was the next event for the exchange
with both teams showing a high quality of skill on the
court. It was a tough game with lots of hard, physical
plays.
The first quarter of the girls game was a little slow with
the only points (4) being scored by Tenison. By half time
however Cardijn finally had points on the board, whilst
Tenison had doubled their own score to 8. Tenison
eventually broke the game open, winning convincingly with
the final score 30 points to 12.
After a very intense game, the boys took the court in what
was another exciting match-up leaving spectators on the edge
of their seats into the final minutes. Tenison had the lead
up until ¾ time, as Cardijn attempted to turn the game
around with just 3 points difference. The fourth quarter was
certainly a nail-biter with Tenison fortunate enough to
regain the lead. The Tenison boys secured the win in
overtime with the score 47-42 at the final siren.
This left the score overnight at TWC 4–Cardijn 2, and some
very emotionally and physically tired students after a day
of great competition. With the netball and football still to
come on day two, Tenison only needed to capture one of these
to secure the shield.
On Tuesday morning, Tenison’s A netball team was highly
motivated from the first whistle. In a highly skilled match
between two very even teams, the game was a display of
outstanding skills, pressure, and great sportsmanship from
both sides.
Tenison broke open the first half of the game, leading by 8
goals at half time. The Cardijn girls were then forced to
lift their game. 100% accuracy from their shooters and a
lack of scoring opportunities for Tension saw Cardijn come
within 3 points at ¾ time. The fourth quarter was certainly
the decider, with the home crowd almost deafening but their
Tenison spirit was not quite enough to get the girls over
the line with the final score going Cardijn’s way with one
point the difference – 29 to 30.
The TWC B netball team enjoyed a very close and exciting
encounter with Cardijn. The pressure was on Tenison
requiring just one more win to secure the exchange shield.
Cardijn held the lead for much of the first half through
strong defensive pressure, thus creating more scoring
opportunities. Tenison outscored the away side in the third
quarter, putting them within just 2 goals of the lead. The
end result eventually came down to the very last second with
Tenison taking a penalty shot after the siren to take out a
one point victory. The final score was 34 to 33.
The final game for the exchange was the football match with
the Mount Gambier weather making for tough conditions for
both teams at Malseed Park. A tight contest was played in
the first quarter with Matt Berkfeld, Jack Primer and Joe
Walker being strong contributors and winning their positions
for the Tenison side. The score heading in to the second
quarter saw Tenison up by 5 points. This saw an undermanned
Cardijn side struggling to create scoring opportunities
against the tight Tenison defence. At the half time break,
Cardijn were trailing by four goals to the home side and
were under immense pressure. The next two quarters saw
Tenison break the game open, continuing their pressure
winning the match with a final score of 13.7 85 to 3.5 23.
An assembly followed and was a chance for students to say
farewell to friends and for announcements of best players
and sportsmanship awards to be given. The Doyle/Rijtkin
medal is awarded to the competitor from each College who
best demonstrates a combination of good sportsmanship and
excellence in their sport. This medal is in recognition of
the exchange founders (Paul Ritjkin and Rob Doyle). The
2009 Ritjkin/Doyle medal for Tenison was awarded to squad
captain Matt Berkefeld.
Tension Woods College Sports Coordinator Daniel Stratford
congratulated students and staff on their success. “Both
teams should be congratulated for the way they competed over
the two days.”
“The Tenison— Cardijn Exchange has a long history of over 22
years. It has a proud history of bringing city and country
students (and staff) together for friendly but spirited
competition. But it does more than just that. It gives
students a chance to experience a different way of life and
it builds friendships that can last a lifetime.” Mr
Stratford said.
“At the centre of the exchange has always been about
sportsmanship.”
Mr Stratford said “The play hard but play fair motto has
been the corner stone at which the exchange has been built
around. There have been countless examples of sportsmanship
between the two Colleges and we look forward to many more as
the exchange between both schools continues.”
To recognise the achievements of talented students during
each sport throughout the exchange, a Most Valuable Player
Award and Sportsmanship Award was presented for each sport,
recognising the importance of good sportsmanship during
competition. Winners for each event were:
Badminton:
MVP: Liarna Buck, Sportsmanship Award: Matt Berkfeld.
Girl’s Volleyball:
MVP: Alannah Campbell, Sportsmanship Award: Renae Hunt.
Boy’s Volleyball:
MVPs Andrew Illman, Sportsmanship Award: Torsten Gustavsson.
Girl’s Basketball:
MVP: Meg Fennell, Sportsmanship Award: Sarah Pretty.
Boy’s Basketball:
MVP: Matt Berkfeld., Sportsmanship Award: Cameron Kennedy
A Netball:
Best players: Alannah Campbell & Meg Fennell,
Sportsmanship Award: Taylah McCourt
B Netball:
Best players: Chloe Parslow & Kelli Williams
Sportsmanship Award: Sally Gazzard
Football:
MVP: Matt Berkfeld, Sportsmanship Award Jack Primer
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