Once again we finish the AIMS Games this year being exceptionally proud of our Northcross students and staff who represented at the tournament last week. The determination and effort given by all 224 students, their Coaches & Managers, Support Staff and Parents, was second to none. The commitment given in the lead up to the tournament, with extra training & tournaments, certainly paid off. It was a great week, with all teams and individuals displaying skill, agility, precision, stamina, and true grit in every game or event, right throughout the tournament week. There were many highs, lots of anxious times and a few heartbreaking moments, but through it all, our students showed incredible character and resilience, keeping their heads held high. Each athlete did NX very, very proud. Congratulations to the individuals and teams who attained top placings this year.

This year, NX produced excellent results – below is the summary of those top placings:

• Orienteering Gold for Y8 Boys Rogaine team of Danil Taran, Adam Huang and Lucas Deng
• Tennis Hunter Pang & Max Horrocks – Gold medal Div 1 Doubles; NX finished 2nd in Boys Singles.
• RockClimbing Stig Zhou – 1st Place overall (Speed wall – 3.90 seconds!); Tom Patmore – 4th place Y7 Boys.
• Gymnastics 2nd for Ethan Roodt for Trampoline and Double Mini; Lilly Sweetman and Ward Halal – 3rd Overall in their Artistic Divisions. 
• Swimming William Sun – 2nd Overall in Under 12’s (8 medals in total); Boys Freestyle Relay – Gold: William S, Gary, William Z & Junghee. Boys Medley Relay – Gold: William S, William Z, Junghee and Kris L. 
• MTB Seb Bassett – 2nd place in Y7 Boys Enduro.
• Boys Hockey 3rd place overall
• Waterpolo Finished 7th place
• BMX Camryn Colquhoun (3rd place in Y7 Girls) and Seb Bassett (4th place in Y7 Boys) – together 4th place in Teams event
• Badminton Girls Singles Team – 1st place!  Well done Heiley Lei, Anna and Anny Ai; Div 1 Girls Doubles – 1st place – Anna Ai and Heiley Lei. Div 1 Boys Doubles 4th place – Edmond Chung and Alister Liu; Div 1 Girls Doubles 4th place – Anny Ai and Mickie Guo.

A huge thanks to our special team of Teachers, Coaches, Managers and Support Staff who went  above and beyond to organise, support and inspire the NX AIMS team this year. Their support, effort and commitment they gave to driving their team to be the best they could be, was second to none – they  all did an incredible job! Thank you also to our fantastic Physio, Wayne Rhodes – we very much appreciated his expertise and healing hands.

Shannon Hale – NX AIMS Coordinator