Sport at Inaburra
Our Goals
The Inaburra Sports Program aims to integrate student activity wherever possible. This includes Senior School students coaching younger students and alumni being employed as sports coaches. Peer group leaders are also encouraged to run sporting events and actively take lead roles in gala days and swimming and athletic carnivals. Sports at Inaburra has four core objectives:
- Providing a pathway for students to excel
- Building community spirit
- Increasing awareness and enjoyment of physical activity
- Glorifying God in our collective efforts
Senior Sport
Representative Sports
Inaburra is a member of the Christian Schools Sports Association (CSSA), a state-based association that encompasses over 80 schools. Students who are in the first few places at swimming, athletics and cross country events represent Inaburra at the CSSA Zone and possibly State level.
Inaburra also regularly enters teams in CSSA Zone and State Gala Days and competitions for other sports, including soccer, netball, touch football, Oz Tag and cricket.
Inaburra is a member of Combined Independent Schools (CIS). This organisation allows students to be selected in State and National sporting teams. Students who achieve high placings at a CSSA State Carnival go on to compete at CIS level.
Click here for a sample representative sport calendar.
Recreational Sports
Students in Years 7-10 participate in a weekly Recreational Sports program that offers a broad range of activities to promote a lifelong enjoyment of physical activity and an overall value for health while developing core values of teamwork, respect, communication, discipline, and integrity. The programs are run by a combination of staff members, external providers, and Alumni coaches. We seek to provide students with unique sporting experiences by partnering with local organisations and sporting clubs to maximise opportunities in Surfing, Fencing, Lawn Bowls and more. Click here to see a sample program.
Junior Sport
Representative Sports
Recreational Sports
Throughout the year, Junior students can opt-in to a variety of rec sports. At times, these are combined activities with other Independent Schools or are activities provided by external specialists. Example sports include sailing, basketball, tennis, swimming, soccer and cricket.
Representative Sport Pathway
Junior School Pathway
Senior School Pathway
Training & Development
Inaburra utilises qualified sports coaches and teachers to work with our sports teams in preparation for representative sport. Training and development squads play a significant role in developing team spirit, allowing students to acquire new
skills, sharpen existing ones and enhance performance. Participation in development squads is also open to students not yet competing at representative level who wish to further their skills.
The focus this year is developing squads for those CSSA sports in which Inaburra competes. Training primarily occurs before school from 7:00am-7:50am.
Other competitive teams for both girls and boys take part in inter-school or Gala Day competitions in the following sports: Hockey, Tennis, Oztag, Touch Football, Volleyball, Softball and Triathlon.
Elite Sport Support
Inaburra has a proud tradition of supporting elite student athletes. In order to receive support of this sort, students must be selected for school representative sport at the CSSA, CIS, NSW Schools and Australian Nationals levels.
Financial support is available through an application process, to elite athletes involved in representative competitions to assist with costs such as travel.
Annual Sports Awards
Inaburra is proud to celebrate the achievements of its athletes. Each year an Annual Sports Awards presentation evening recognisse the hard work and accomplishments of students across a range of representative sports. In 2023 we were fortunate to host 5-time World Triathlon Champion and 12-time Australian Triathlon Champion, Craig Alexander OAM who spoke on ‘Lessons learnt in Sport’.
