Armidale Rugby Carnival

Students from Years 5, 6 and 7 ventured down to Armidale over the last weekend of the Easter school holidays for The Armidale School Rugby Carnival. This is the tenth year Pacific has sent a team to the carnival, which is the largest rugby carnival in Australia for Under 12’s. Team’s from all over Queensland and New South Wales competed over the weekend, with one team from Western Australia making the long journey to be part of the weekend. 

The Pacific team began training back in Term Four last year in preparation for the carnival and the skill level of the team greatly improving as a result of these training sessions.

At the carnival all teams play four games on the Saturday and one final game on the Sunday. From the five games over the weekend, Pacific recorded two wins, one draw and two losses which was a great result after being down one or two players for most of the weekend due to injuries. The results from each game were as follows:

• Game 1 - Pacific 7 defeated Padua College 0

• Game 2 - Pacific 0 drew with Highland Goats 0

• Game 3 - Tamworth 24 defeated Pacific 0

• Game 4 - Pacific 10 (first try scorer) defeated Moree Bulls 10

• Game 5 - Dalby Wheat men 12 defeated Pacific 5

A special mention must go to the Pacific coaches who gave up their time training the boys in the lead up to the carnival and over the weekend of the carnival. Thanks to Mr Scott Crompton, Mr Josh Danzey, Mr Jordan MacLeod and Mr Stuart Pohlner who all freely gave their time and expertise to help make this experience possible. The students who took part in the carnival greatly appreciated their efforts over the weekend.

Mr Darren Hooper – Head of Junior Sport