Bcs Takes A New Look At School Sport
Newcastle Herald
Tuesday November 11, 2003
TERM four at Bulahdelah Central School has signalled the launch of a new range of exciting sports, adapted from existing sports programs at other Hunter Region schools.
The program was adopted by the school sports organiser, Mr Ron McCarthy, and includes a wide variety of sport choices such as ten pin bowling, tennis, boxercise, gymnastics, snorkelling, canoeing, sailing and fishing.
These were not previously sports offered to students of Bulahdelah due to the school's location but due to some clever thinking students now have the opportunity to try some new sports.
As shown by the pie graph (above), the most-popular choice was ten pin bowling, which was split into two groups as a result.
Many people did not accept their choices at first, as shown by the undecided 28per cent of people, but these people were later placed into other sport groups, particularly sailing and tennis. Numbers in these groups then swelled dramatically.
Instead of spending two hours every Wednesday afternoon playing sport, students from BCS now plays sport for four hours fortnightly on a Friday afternoon.
This time frame accommodates bus trips to more distant venues. Destinations include locales such as Raymond Terrace, Forster, Hawks Nest and Myall Shores.
Since students travel in school groups the cost of sport is now only $10 for the term. This includes the bus fare, on-site equipment hire and qualified instruction for each sport.
This arrangement ensures all can participate and not be disadvantaged due to their financial status.
After the first week most of the sports were already receiving positive feedback.
Sailing and snorkelling were both held at Jimmy's Beach, near Hawks Nest. They were both hailed as a great success and the sailors had a great time capsizing their boats.
This has been a successful change not only for the students of Bulahdelah but for local businesses as they now have extra people using their facilities.
In addition, many students have discovered that they can play sport outside of school as well.
This form of sports organisation is recommended to any school in an isolated locations.
© 2003 Newcastle Herald
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